PhD Candidates

Alireza Sabetimani “Development of a Novel Soil Moisture Content Sensor”

Present: Research & Teaching Assistant, York University

Tehreem Naseer “Prediction of Maximum Frost Depth in Ontario using Numerical Modeling and Machine learning”

Present: Lecturer at Department of Architectural Engineering & Design, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

Sebnem Boduroglu “Flow and Transport of Grey Water in Unsaturated Environments” 

Present: Geotechnical Engineer, Jacobs Canada Inc

Leila Baninajarian “Analyzing the Impact of Spatial Variability in Soil Hydraulic Parameters on Rainfall-Induced Soil Embankment Failures"

Present: Geotechnical Engineer, Rocscience Inc

MASc Candidates

P. Bandara "Use of Artificial Intelligence in Foundation Design"

Present: Technical Lead, BGIS Integrated Facility Management Services

N. Obando "Designing for the Heat: The Role of Concrete Thermal Properties in Climate-Adaptive Bridge Engineering"

Present: Research & Teaching Assistant, York University

Abdul Nasir "Effect of Climate Change on the Performance of Seasonal Frozen Capillary Barrier Divergence Cover in Arctic Region"

Present: Geotechnical Engineer, Kiewit

Kiara Mavalwala "Numerical Modelling of Unsaturated Flow and Solute Transport to Support Climate Resilient Precision Agriculture"

Present: Research & Teaching Assistant, York University

Arian Timsari "Effects of Climate Change on Chloride Transport in Reinforced Concrete" (Co‐supervision with Dr. Stavroula Pantazopoulou)

Present: Research & Teaching Assistant, York University

Mehdi Sagharichin "Development of Novel Techniques for Residential Geothermal Systems” 

Present: Managing Director, SA-TECH Inc.

Reham Abdelmawgood "Effect of Climate Change on Hydrologic Design of Pervious Pavements"

Present: Technician, Dept. of Civil Engineering, York University

Post Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Mohammad Fereshtehpour. “Incorporating Climate Change into Rainfall Prediction”

Dr. Elahe Mohammadi. “Prediction of Frost Penetration Depth under Pavements in Northern and Southern Ontario”

PhD Students

Saad Saad “Thermal Effects on Concrete Bridges in A Changing Climate” (Co‐supervision with Dr. Stavroula Pantazopoulou)

Present: Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo

MASc Students

Urooma S. "The Use of Instrumented Capillary Rise Experiments with Time-Domain Reflectometry to Determine Capillary Rise and Soil Salinity in Real-Time"

Present: Geotechnical EIT, AECOM

Moamenbellah Moustafa "Effect of Soil Hydraulic Hysteresis on Contaminant Transport"

Present: Tailings Geotechnical Engineer, Hatch

Eyad Abu Rish "Development of IRI Models for Alberta using Regression and Artificial Intelligence” 

Present: Geotechnical & Tunnelling Designer (Geotechnics & Tunnelling Engineering), Arup

Abdul Basit “Spring Load Restriction Requirements under Changing Climate” (Co‐supervision with Dr. Matthew Perras)

Present: Geotechnical EIT, Thurber Engineering Ltd.

Sahand Seyfi. “Numerical Prediction of Expansive Soil Behavior in Changing Climate” 

Present: Meter Data Management Analyst, Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)

Satbir Guram "Effect of Climate Change Low Impact Development Practices”

Present: Geotechnical Engineer in Training, GHD

Farsheed Bagheri “Effect of Climate Change on Slope Stability of Variably Saturated Embankments Using Local Factor of Safety and In-Situ Stress Finite Element Analysis”

Present: Engineering Principal - Tunnels and Underground Structures Engineering, Metrolinx

Sina Hojjat. “Soil Structure Interaction for Seismic Design” (Co‐supervision with Dr. Stavroula Pantazopoulou)

Present: Senior Project Manager Tunnels, Metrolinx

Leila Baninajarian. “Effect of Climate Change on Slope and Embankment Stability in the Province of Ontario”

Present: Geotechnical Engineer, Rocscience

Fiaz Ahmed. “Effect of Climate Change on Soil Cover Design” (Co‐supervision with Dr. Ryley Beddoe) 

Present: Geotechnical Engineer, Saffa Engineering Inc

Shubhra Pk “Effect of Climate Change on Embankment Stability” (Co‐supervision with Dr. Ryley Beddoe)

Present: Civil Engineer (Geotechnical / Environmental), Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Eric Pastora Chevez “Effect of Climate Type and Temporal Variability in Meteorological Input data on Modelling of Salt Transport in Unsaturated Soils”

Present: Hydrogeologist, WSP

Muhammad Sahi “Simulation of Daily Climate Data for Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Applications” (Co‐supervision with Dr. Jit Sharma) 

Present: Principal - Manager Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Services, PNJ Engineering Inc

Prateek Jindal. “Effect of Pore-water Surface Tension on Tensile Strength of Unsaturated Sand” (Co‐supervision with Dr. Jit Sharma)

Present: National Director, Strategic Sourcing, BGIS

Jarret Thomson. “Rock Mass Properties Influencing Groundwater Flow Potential for Shaft Sinking” (Co‐supervision with Dr. Chris Hawks)

Present: Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Golder Associates/WSP

Stephen Klemmer “Rock Mass Air Permeability Test Results and Applications to Underground Mining” (Co‐supervision with Dr. Doug Miln)

Present: Mine Engineer, PotashCorp

MEng Students

Jiaxi Sun “Effect of a Surface-Active Solute on Compaction Characteristic of the Soils” (Co‐supervision with Dr. Jit Sharma)

Present: Tailings Geotechnical Engineer at Canada Natural Resources (CNRL)

Choudhary Zeeshan Ahmed “The Effect of Surface Active Agents on Atterberg Limits of Fine Grained Soils” (Co‐supervision with Dr. Jit Sharma)

Present:  Engineer, Roads and Highways Meinhardt MENA

Visiting Scholars

Halina Stefaniak “Effect of Hysteresis of Soil-Water Characteristic Curves on Infiltration under Different Climatic Conditions”, ETH Zürich. (Co‐supervision with Dr. Jit Sharma)

Present:  Lecturer at Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Undergraduate Students

Ons Marouani (MITACS Globalink Research Intern), "Generation of Climate Data for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Problems"

Sarra Echibani (MITACS Globalink Research Intern), "Characterization of Hydraulic and Thermal Properties of Roadbed Materials"

Shanza Abdul Razzak (MITACS Globalink Research Intern), "Investigating the Effects of Climate Change on Pavement Performance"

Dhruvi Mistry (Undergraduate Research Assistant), "Measurement of Thermal Properties of Pavement Materials"

Maranath Hormiz (Undergraduate Research Assistant), "Compilation of Frost Penetration Data for Northern and Southern Ontario"

Utkarsh Gupta (MITACS Globalink Research Intern), "Studying Relevant Drought/Moisture Indices for Geotechnical Considerations"

Arbaz Khan (MITACS Globalink Research Intern), "Climate Change Scenario Selection for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Problems"

Abdul Nasir (Lassonde Undergraduate Research Award), "Climate Change Assessment for Bridges"

Kuwar Aneeq Khan (MITACS Globalink Research Intern), "Simulation of Climate Data for Geotechnical Design Problems"

Fatima Zehra (MITACS Globalink Research Intern), "Development of a Methodology for Climate Change Scenario Selection for Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Design Problems"

Urooma Samoon (Lassonde Undergraduate Research Award), Development of a Post Processing Module for HYDRUS 1D

Moamenbellah Moustafa (Lassonde Undergraduate Research Award), "Compilation and Classification of Historical and Future Climate Date for Different Locations Across Ontario"

Pausali Pradhan (MITACS Globalink Research Intern), "Modification of Thermal Properties of Bentonite Using Sand And Carbon Materials" 

Moamenbellah Moustafa (Lassonde Undergraduate Research Award), "Effect of Climate Change on Soil Embankments"

Yi Yu (Globalink Research Intern), "Effect of Saturation on Thermal Properties of Wyoming Bentonite"

Yanling Bai (MITACS Globalink Research Intern), "Effect of Climate Change on Groundwater Recharge in the Province of Ontario in Canada"

Karishma Loharkar (MITACS Globalink Research Intern), "Effect of Grey Water on Compaction Characteristics of Soils"

Research Associates

Dr. Ali Ghassemi. “Effect of Climate Change on Road Embankments in Ontario"

Present: Senior Geotechnical Engineer, GHD Pty Ltd

Dr. Roderick Amores “Buffer and Backfill Sealing Materials – Carbon Steel/Concrete/ Bentonite Interaction”

Present: Senior Environmental Scientists, EcoMetrix Inc