Dr. Alireza Ahangar Asr
School of Science, Engineering and Environment
Current positions
Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Biography
I joined University of Salford, School of Computing, Science and Engineering, in 2015 as a Lecturer in Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering before which I worked at University of East London since March 2013 as a lecturer and senior lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering. I stared at University of East London immediately after completing my PhD in (Geotechnical) Engineering at University of Exeter which was fully funded by the prestigious Exeter Research Scholarship (ERS) award. I have been involved in teaching and research activities including research proposals to attract internal and external funding. I have supervised undergraduate and postgraduate research students and projects. My research works have so far been published in the form of journal and conference publications as well as book chapters and were part of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 submission. I am also member of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), institution of civil engineers, British geotechnical association and a number of other professional associations/societies.
Areas of research
Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Computational Geomechanics, Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence in constitutive modelling of complicated civil and geotechnical engineering materials and systems, Slope Stability, Saturated and Unsaturated Soils
- Level 6 – Case Studies in Environmental Engineering / Integrated Design Exercise / Final Year Projects (MEng, BEng & BSc Civil Engineering)
- Level 5 – Soil Mechanics / Integrated Design Exercise (MEng, BEng & BSc Civil Engineering)
- Level 4 – Civil Engineering Materials and Geology / Integrated Design Exercise (MEng, BEng & BSc Civil Engineering)
- Industrial Placements tutor for Civil Engineering students
- Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering
- Computational Geo-mechanics
- Constitutive and intelligent finite element modelling of saturated and unsaturated geotechnical systems and civil engineering materials including but not limited to:
- Mechanical, hydro-, chemo- and thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of clays and granular materials
- Stability of soil and rock slopes
- Compaction characteristics of soils
- Liquefaction in clay-free sands and silt deposits
- Compressed air tunneling
- Rubber concrete
- Load bearing capacity of piles
- Stability analysis of 2D & 3D slopes under seismic loading
- Swelling potential and swelling control in expansive soils (considering soil reinforcement effects including effect of auxetic, non-biodegradable industrial wastes and natural reinforcing materials)
- Soil reinforcement and stabilization
- Aquifer systems (Seawater intrusion)
Qualifications
- PhD in (Geotechnical) Engineering, University of Exeter, 2013
- Post Graduate Certificate (PGCE) in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of East London, 2014
- MSc in Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering, 2007
- BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering, 2004
Memberships
- Higher Education Academy (HEA) – Fellow (FHEA)
- Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
- British Geotechnical Association (BGA)
- International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM)
- International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)