Mehrad Kamalzare

Dr. Mehrad Kamalzare joined California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) in the fall of 2016 as an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, where prior to that he was a licensed Professional Engineer in New York as well as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Rutgers University, Piscatawat, NJ, teaching graduate level classes in geotechnical engineering.

In 2022 Dr. Kamalzare was promoted to Associate Professor, and currently teaches variaty of undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of Geotechnical Engineering, where his major research focus is also at. He serves as Associate Editor of the International Journal Geotechnical Engineering (ISSN: 1938-6362) as well as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering (ISSN: 2379-8769). He is also serving as technical reviewer for several other journals including Soils and Foundations journal, Elsevier (ISSN: 0038-0806), Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE (ISSN:1090-0241), Journal of Acta Geotechnica Slovenica (ISSN:1854-0171), Journal of Central South University, Springer (ISSN:2095-2899), Journal of Testing and Evaluation - ISSN: 0090-3973, ASTM, and Journal of Geomechanics and Engineering, ASCE (ISSN: 2092-6219). 

• Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013
• M.S. Geotechnical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, International University of Qazvin, 2010
• B.S. Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, International University of Qazvin, 2008

• P.E. Registered Professional Civil Engineer in the States of CA, NY, CT

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering (ISSN: 2379-8769), New York, NY, Jan. 2015 – Present 

• Associate Editor, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (ISSN: 1938-6362), Taylor & Francis, London, UK, Jan. 2017 – Present