PUBLICATION

Journals

1. Fereshtehpour, M., Bashir, R., & Tandon, N. (2026). Development of an interactive web-based tool for flood risk analysis and climate–resilient road drainage design: RiskDRAIN. Environmental Modelling and Software. 106867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2026.106867 

2. Fereshtehpour, M., Bashir, R., & Tandon, N. (2025). Risk-based framework to determine climate-informed design storms for road drainage infrastructure. Science of the Total Environment,1001, 180427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180427

3. Seyfi, S., Ghassemi, A., & Bashir, R. (2025). Numerical modeling of expansive soil behavior using an effective stress-based constitutive relationship for unsaturated soils. Geotechnics, 5(3), Article 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/geotechnics5030053.

4. Seyfi, S., Bashir, R., & Ghassemi, A. (2025). Numerical simulation of unsaturated expansive soil behavior in a changing climate using a single stress state framework. Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 43, 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-024-02995-y

5. Saad, S., Nasir, A., Bashir, R., & Pantazopoulou, S. (2025). The effect of climate change on thermal loads in concrete box girders. ASCE, Journal of Bridge Engineering, 30(3), 04025004. https://doi.org/10.1061/JBENF2.BEENG-6835

6. Saad, S., Bashir, R., Pantazopoulou, S., Nasir, A., & Czekanski, A. (2025). The effect of temperature on the thermal expansion coefficient of concrete. ASCE, Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, 39(2), 04025005. https://doi.org/10.1061/JCRGEI.CRENG-818

7. Guram, S., & Bashir, R. (2024). Designing effective low-impact developments for a changing climate: A HYDRUS-based vadose zone modeling approach. Water, 16, 1803. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16131803

8. Saad, S., Bashir, R., & Pantazopoulou, S. (2024). Bridge decks under cold waves: The effect of concrete’s temperature dependent coefficient of thermal expansion. Engineering Structures. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2024.118351

9. Basit, A., Shafiee, M., Bashir, R., & Perras, M. A. (2024). Evaluating the effects of climate change on spring load restrictions across Ontario, Canada. ASCE, Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, 38(3), 04024013. https://doi.org/10.1061/JCRGEI.CRENG-693

10. Saad, S., Nasir, A., Bashir, R., & Pantazopoulou, S. (2023). The effect of cold wave events on the structural performance of concrete box girders. ASCE, Journal of Bridge Engineering, 28(10), 04023069.

11. Guram, S., & Bashir, R. (2023). Examination of measured to predicted hydraulic properties for low impact development substrates. Hydrology, 10(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10050105

12. Boduroğlu, S., & Bashir, R. (2023). Numerical experiments for surfactant infiltration in the vadose zone to demonstrate concentration dependent capillarity, viscosity, and sorption characteristics. Geosciences, 13, 104. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13040104

13. Basit, A., Shafiee, M., Bashir, R., & Perras, M. A. (2022). Climate change and asphalt binder selection across Ontario: A quantitative analysis by the end-century. Construction and Building Materials, 361, 129682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.129682

14. Boduroğlu, S., & Bashir, R. (2022). Review of capillary rise experiments for surface-active solutes in the subsurface. Geotechnics, 2(3), 706–730. https://doi.org/10.3390/geotechnics2030034

15. Saad, S., Bashir, R., & Pantazopoulou, S. (2022). The effect of cold wave events on the structural performance of concrete box girders. Structural Engineering International, 32(4), 596–604. https://doi.org/10.1080/10168664.2022.2117675

16. Bashir, R., Sahi, M., & Sharma, J. (2022). Using synthetic climate datasets for geotechnical and geoenvironmental design problems. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 59, 1305–1320. https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2021-0408

17. Pk, S., Bashir, R., & Beddoe, R. (2021). Effect of climate change on earthen embankments in Southern Ontario, Canada. Environmental Geotechnics, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.18.00068

18. Bashir, R., Ahmad, F., & Beddoe, R. (2020). Effect of climate change on a monolithic desulphurized tailings cover. Water, 12, 2645. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12092645

19. Bashir, R., & Pastora Chavez, E. (2018). Spatial and seasonal variations of water and salt movement in the vadose zone at salt-impacted sites. Water, 10(12), 1833. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10121833

20. Bashir, R., Smith, J., & Stolle, D. (2018). Surfactant flow and transport in the vadose zone: A numerical experiment. Environmental Geotechnics. https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.17.00090

21. Bashir, R., Sharma, J., & Stefaniak, J. (2016). Effect of hysteresis of soil-water characteristic curves on infiltration under different climatic conditions. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 53, 273–284.

22. Jindal, P., Sharma, J., & Bashir, R. (2016). Effect of pore-water surface tension on tensile strength of unsaturated sand. Indian Geotechnical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-0

23. Bashir, R., & Sharma, J. (2015). Discussion: Climatic influence on geotechnical infrastructure: A review. Environmental Geotechnics, 4(2), 249–252.

24. Bashir, R., & Hatley, J. (2013). Inflows in uranium mines of northern Saskatchewan, risks and mitigation. CIM Journal, 4(2), 95–108.

25. Bashir, R., Smith, J., & Stolle, D. (2011). The effect of ionic strength of soil water on surfactant induced unsaturated flow. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 48(4), 644–654.

26. Smith, J., Henry, E., & Bashir, R. (2011). Solute-dependent capillarity induced focused flow during infiltration into alcohol contaminated soil. Vadose Zone Journal, 10(1), 403–411.

27. Hatley, J., & Bashir, R. (2011). Shaft sinking experience in Athabasca Basin and geoscientific investigations for future shafts. Geomechanics and Tunnelling, 4(5), 454–463.

28. Bashir, R., Smith, J., Henry, E., & Stolle, D. (2009). On the importance of hysteresis in numerical modelling of surfactant-induced unsaturated flow. Soil Sediment Contamination: An International Journal, 18(3), 264–283.

29. Bashir, R., Smith, J., & Stolle, D. (2009). Surfactant induced unsaturated flow: Instrumented horizontal flow experiment and hysteretic modelling. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 72(6), 1510–1519.

30. Bashir, R., Stolle, D., & Smith, J. (2007). A flux-based alternative formulation for variably saturated subsurface flow. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 12(5), 501–512.

31. Al-Shayea, N., Abduljauwad, S., Bashir, R., Al-Ghamedy, S., & Asi, I. (2003). Determination of parameters for hyperbolic model of soils. Geotechnical Engineering Journal, 156, 105–117.

 Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings:

1. Baninajarian, L., Javankhoshdel, S., & Bashir, R. (2025, November 2–5). Probabilistic analysis of a landslide under an extreme rainfall considering spatial variability of soil strength and hydraulic parameters. ASCE Geo-Extreme 2025, Long Beach, CA, United States.

2. Nasir, A., & Bashir, R. (2025). Effect of climate change on the performance of seasonal frozen capillary barrier divergence cover in Arctic region. Geo-Manitoba 2025, the 78th Annual Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

3. Sabetimani, A., Bashir, R., & Rizvi, R. (2025). Advancing geotechnical applications with U-shaped fiber optic sensors for soil moisture measurement: A novel approach. Geo-Manitoba 2025, the 78th Annual Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

4. Naseer, T., Nasir, A., Bashir, R., Sangiuliano, T., Gillen, H., & Mohsin, E. (2025). Prediction of maximum frost depths for Ministry of Transportation structures and highways. Geo-Manitoba 2025, the 78th Annual Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

5. Samoon, U., & Bashir, R. (2025, June 22–25). The use of TDR and inverse modelling to determine soil salinity in real-time due to capillary rise. 4th Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

6. Naseer, T., Bashir, R., & Perras, M. A. (2025, June 22–25). Exploring the influence of surface boundary conditions on thermal regimes beneath flexible pavements. 4th Pan-American Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

7. Samoon, U., & Bashir, R. (2024). Using instrumented capillary rise experiments and inverse modelling to determine soil hydraulic properties. GeoMontreal 2024, the 77th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada.

8. Baninajarian, L., Javankhoshdel, S., & Bashir, R. (2024). Analyzing the impact of spatial variability in soil hydraulic parameters on rainfall-induced soil embankment failures through the Random Limit Equilibrium Method (RLEM). GeoMontreal 2024, the 77th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada.

9. Baninajarian, L., Javankhoshdel, S., & Bashir, R. (2023). Probabilistic analysis of an embankment under different rainfall events considering spatial variability of soil strength parameters. Rocscience International Conference 2023 (RIC2023), Toronto, ON, Canada.

10. Moamenbellah, M., & Bashir, R. (2023). Assessing the impact of hydraulic hysteresis with air entrapment consideration on water and salt transport in the vadose zone. GeoSaskatoon 2023, the 76th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

11. Seyfi, S., Bashir, R., & Ghassemi, A. (2022). Prediction of expansive soil volumetric change behavior subject to long-term climate data using coupled variably-saturated flow and deformation analysis. GeoCalgary 2022, the 75th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Calgary, AB, Canada.

12. Ghassemi, A., Seyfi, S., & Bashir, R. (2022). Void ratio constitutive relationship for expansive soils based on single stress state variable framework. GeoCalgary 2022, the 75th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Calgary, AB, Canada.

13. Saad, S., Bashir, R., & Pantazopoulou, S. (2022). Effect of temperature dependent thermal coefficient of expansion of concrete on structural behavior of a bridge deck during a cold wave event. 11th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, Toronto, ON, Canada.

14. Saad, S., Bashir, R., & Pantazopoulou, S. (2021). Influence of climate change on thermal stresses in concrete box girders. IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, 21, 43–51. https://doi.org/10.2749/ghent.2021.0043

15. Guram, S., & Bashir, R. (2021). Design and performance of low impact developments under changing climate. GeoNiagara 2021, the 74th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada.

16. Baninajarian, L., Bashir, R., Ghassemi, A., DeSira, A., & Sangiuliano, T. (2021). Evaluation of the effects of initial soil moisture conditions on the stability of slope under extreme events considering climate change. GeoNiagara 2021, the 74th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada.

17. Basit, A., Shafiee, M., Bashir, R., & Perras, M. (2021, June 6–9). Climate change implications for asphalt binder selection in pavement construction across Ontario. ASCE International Conference on Transportation & Development, Virtual Event.

18. Guram, S., & Bashir, R. (2020). Determination of unsaturated hydraulic properties for low impact developments. GeoCalgary 2020, the 73rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Calgary, AB, Canada.

19. Baninajarian, L., Bashir, R., Ghassemi, A., DeSira, A., & Sangiuliano, T. (2020). Development of fragility curves for soil embankment slopes due to future extreme rainfall events. GeoCalgary 2020, the 73rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Calgary, AB, Canada.

20. Bagheri, F., Ghassemi, A., & Bashir, R. (2020). Assessment of local factor of safety field for variably saturated embankments due to climate change using in-situ stress finite element analysis. GeoCalgary 2020, the 73rd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Calgary, AB, Canada.

21. Baninajarian, L., Ghassemi, A., Bashir, R., DeSira, A., & Sangiuliano, T. (2019). Effect of climate change on soil embankment stability. GeoSt. John's 2019, the 72nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference, St. John's, NL, Canada.

22. Hojjat, S., Bashir, R., & Pantazopoulou, V. (2019). Soil-structure-interaction effect on seismic response of a pile group at bridge pier supports. 12th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Québec City, QC, Canada.

23. Bashir, R., Ahmed, F., & Beddoe, R. (2019, December 5–7). Effect of climate change on a monolithic soil cover in a moist humid climate. 15th International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, Lahore, Pakistan.

24. Boduroğlu, S., & Bashir, R. (2018). Numerical experiments on flow and transport of various surfactant solutions in the vadose zone. GeoEdmonton 2018, the 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

25. Turab, M., & Bashir, R. (2018). Effect of hydraulic hysteresis on slope stability assessments for different climate types. GeoEdmonton 2018, the 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

26. PK, S., Bashir, R., & Beddoe, R. (2018). Quantification of climate change impacts on road embankments in Ontario. GeoEdmonton 2018, the 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

27. House, T., Bashir, R., Sharma, J., & Khan, U. (2017). Characterization of unsaturated hydraulic properties for soils used in low impact development. GeoOttawa 2017, the 70th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

28. Sahi, M., Bashir, R., & Sharma, J. (2016). Simulation of climate data for geotechnical and geoenvironmental design problems. GeoVancouver 2016, the 69th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

29. Ahmed, C., Sharma, J., & Bashir, R. (2016). Effect of pore fluid surface tension on liquid and plastic limits of fine-grained soils. GeoVancouver 2016, the 69th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

30. Stianson, J., Bashir, R., Fredlund, D., Nguyen, A., Sawatsky, L., Wilson, W., & Martens, S. (2014). Feasibility of sand farming to dewater coarse sand tailings. Fourth International Oil Sands Tailings Conference, Lake Louise, AB, Canada.

31. Bashir, R., Jindal, P., & Sharma, J. (2014). Effect of surface tension on tensile strength of moist uniform fine sand. GeoRegina 2014, the 67th Annual Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Regina, SK, Canada.

32. Bashir, R., & Hatley, J. (2012). Dewatering of a flooded underground uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan. International Mine Water Association (IMWA) Annual Conference, Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia.

33. Bashir, R., Stone, J., & Fredlund, D. (2011). Effect of ambient temperature on the calibration of thermal conductivity suction sensors. 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering & 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.

34. Klemmer, S., Miln, D., & Bashir, R. (2011). Rock mass air permeability test results and applications to underground mining. Maintenance Engineering & Mine Operators Conference 2011 (MEMO 2011), Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

35. Robson, D., Bashir, R., et al. (2010). Underground mining of the Lower 163 and 163 Deep zone through groundwater drainage at the Eagle Point Mine. Uranium 2010, 3rd International Conference on Uranium, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

36. Bashir, R., Imran, S., & Hatley, J. (2010). A reliability based design procedure for mine dewatering systems. Uranium 2010, 3rd International Conference on Uranium, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

37. Liu, H., Bashir, R., et al. (2010). Quantifying the effect of localized depressurization on a deep underground orebody at the McArthur River Mine through cross hole hydraulic testing and ground water modelling. Uranium 2010, 3rd International Conference on Uranium, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

38. Bashir, R., & Hatley, J. (2010). Inflows in uranium mines of northern Saskatchewan: Risks and mitigation. Uranium 2010, 3rd International Conference on Uranium, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

39. Thompson, J., Hawkes, C., Bashir, R., & Miln, D. (2010, May). Assessing factors that affect groundwater inflows into underground excavations in a fractured sandstone. CIM 2010 Conference and Exhibition, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

40. Klemmer, S., Milne, D., Hawkes, C., & Bashir, R. (2010, May). Air permeability test results and application to underground mining. CIM 2010 Conference and Exhibition, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

41. Liu, H., Bashir, R., et al. (2008). Depressurizing of deep underground workings at McArthur River Mine. Uranium, Mining and Hydrogeology, Germany.

42. Beatie, D., Bashir, R., & Hately, J. (2008). Impact of geotechnical and hydrogeological parameters upon shaft sinking performance in the Athabasca Basin. 10th International Mine Water Association Congress, Czech Republic.

43. Liu, H., Hately, J., Bashir, R., & Atkinson, L. (2008). Depressurizing a deep underground orebody at the McArthur River Mine. 10th International Mine Water Association Congress 2008, Czech Republic.

44. Bashir, R., Smith, J. E., & Stolle, D. E. (2007). Scaling of hysteretic soil water characteristic curves wetted with a surface-active solute. 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference / 8th Joint CGS/AIH-CNC, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

45. Bashir, R., Stolle, D. E., & Smith, J. E. (2004). An alternative formulation for unsaturated flow. 57th Canadian Geotechnical Conference / 5th Joint CGS/AIH-CNC, Quebec City, QC, Canada.

 Abstracts/Presentations:

1. Bashir, R. (2025, December 4–5). Navigating the new normal: Adapting geotechnical and geoenvironmental designs for a changing climate [Keynote address]. 17th International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering and 8th International Symposium on Geohazards, Lahore, Pakistan.

2. Boduroğlu, S., & Bashir, R. (2022). Capillary rise of surfactant solutions. Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Chicago, IL, United States.

3. Thomson, J., Hawkes, C., Bashir, R., Milne, D., & Klemmer, S. (2010, August). Rock mass properties influencing groundwater flow potential for shaft sinking. 3rd International Conference on Uranium and 40th Annual Hydrometallurgy Meeting, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

4. Bashir, R., Smith, J. E., & Henry, E. J. (2007). Simulation of two-dimensional surfactant-induced unsaturated flow with hysteretic moisture retention functions. International Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, Crops Science Society of America, and Soils Science Society of America, New Orleans, LA, United States.

5. Smith, J. E., Henry, E. J., & Bashir, R. (2006). Focused flow during infiltration into surfactant-contaminated porous media. Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, United States.

6. Smith, J., Bradley, J., Smith, J. E., & Bashir, R. (2004). Microbially induced changes in unsaturated zone hydraulic properties during soil flushing remediation trials. 2004 Joint Assembly, American Geophysical Union, Montreal, QC, Canada.

 Reports:

1. 1. 1. Fereshtehpour, M., Bashir, R., & Tandon, N. (2025). Incorporating climate change into rainfall prediction [Report]. Ministry of Transportation Ontario, Highway Infrastructure and Innovation Funding Program.

      2. Bashir, R., & Tehreem, N. (2025). Frost depth prediction in northern and southern Ontario (Interim Report). Ministry of Transportation Ontario, Highway Infrastructure and Innovation Funding Program.

      3. Bashir, R., Ghassemi, A., Baninajarian, L., & Moustafa, M. (2021). Effect of climate change on embankment stability [Report]. Ministry of Transportation Ontario, Highway Infrastructure and Innovation Funding Program.

      4. Bashir, R., Beddoe, R., & PK, S. (2017). Climate change effects on stability of embankments [Report]. Ministry of Transportation Ontario, Highway Infrastructure and Innovation Funding Program.

      5. Amroes, R., & Bashir, R. (2016). Buffer and backfill sealing materials: Carbon steel/concrete/bentonite interaction [Report]. Nuclear Waste Management Organization.

      6. Bashir, R., Moss, E., & Schneider, G. (2011). Initial screening for siting a deep geological repository for Canada's used nuclear fuel: Northern Village of Pinehouse, Saskatchewan [Report]. Nuclear Waste Management Organization.

      7. Bashir, R., Moss, E., & Schneider, G. (2011). Initial screening for siting a deep geological repository for Canada's used nuclear fuel: English River First Nation, Saskatchewan [Report]. Nuclear Waste Management Organization.

      8. Khan, S., Aslam, F., Bashir, R., Fatah, A., Kazmi, S., Mahmood, A., Parvez, K., & Saher, N. (1998). Rural water supply scheme sustainability in Pakistan: A comparative institutional analysis (Monograph Series No. 3). Sustainable Development Policy Institute.