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Computational Geotechnics

Southern Illinois University
Subsurface Constructors Incorporated, St. Louis, MO
Research & Senior Development Institute, Tehran, Tehran
Paya Pardazesh Khak Consulting Engineering Company, Arak, Markazi
The 1st International Conference on Dams and Hydropower, Tehran, Tehran
2011-2016

Workshop Description:
Several workshops and presentations have been held in the area of computational engineering topics including:
  • Numerical modeling in the geotechnical engineering
  • Numerical modeling of coal mines
  • Software based workshops including FLAC, FLAC3D, PLAXIS and GeoStudio package
  • Seismic analysis of geotechnical projects

Introduction
This course is an introduction to modeling geotechnical problems using commercially available geotechnical software. Different geotechnical programs and numerical methods will be discussed and compared with each other. Principals of numerical modeling will be described. The modeling procedure for several practical geotechnical examples will be demonstrated using FLAC, GeoStudio software package, and PLAXIS.
The material is very useful for students and professionals in the field of civil, geotechnical, and mining engineering.
The materials of this course have been discussed in different workshops and short courses by Siavash Zamiran. A list of workshops is available in here. 

​Course Handout 
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Course References
  • FLAC, Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua Manual, Itasca Inc., 2013
  • Steven F. Bartlett, Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, The University of Utah, 2012
  • Plaxis User Guide Manual, Plaxis Inc., 2007


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Geo-Institute SIUE chapter presents: Geotechnical Workshop - 10 PDH Credits  This course is an introduction to modeling geotechnical problems using commercially available geotechnical software. Different geotechnical programs and numerical methods will be discussed and compared with each other. Principals of numerical modeling will be described. The modeling procedure for several practical geotechnical examples will be demonstrated using FLAC and GeoStudio software package. The workshop is very useful for students and professionals in the field of civil, geotechnical, and mining engineering.
Affiliations
•  Committee Member, ASCE GI Geophysics Committee, 2017-Present
•  Committee Member, ASCE GI Deep Foundations Committee, 2017-Present

•  Committee Member, ASCE GI Rock Mechanics Committee, 2016-Present
•  Member, American Society of Civil Engineering, 2015-Present
• Committee Member, Geomate Technical Program, 2015-Present
• Councilor-at-Large, Illinois State Academy of Science, 2017-2019
• Individual Member, Deep Foundation Institute, 2015-2016
•  Member, St. Louis Engineer Club, 2015-2017

•  President & Founder, Geo-Institute SIUE Student Chapter, 2015-2017
•  Member, Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society in the US, 2015-Present
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Siavash Zamiran, Ph.D., P.E.
Senior Project Engineer, Marino Engineering Asscoiates, Inc.