Mehrad Kamalzare

Mehrad Kamalzare

Associate Professor , Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Email

Phone number

909.869.4908

Office location

Building 17 - Room 2673

Office hours

T | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM W | 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Selected Publications

Book:

  • Investigation of levee failure and validation of erosion evolution: embankments, earthen dams and levees; M. Kamalzare. Scholars’ press, ISBN: 978-3639717594, June 2014.

 

Book Chapter:

  • Book Title: “Dam Breach Modelling and Risk Disposal” Chapter Title: Kamalzare, M., and Marquez, H., (2020), Stability Assessment of the Embankment Dam Systems Under Different Seismic Loads in Southern California and Evaluation of the Current Design Criteria. Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG. 

 

Peer-Reviewed Journal:

  • Effect of nanoclay on erosion of embankment dams; an investigation through image processing; S.M.A. Zomorodian, M.J.A. Noghab, M. Zolghadr, and M. Kamalzare, Journal of GeoEngineering, vol. 17 (4), pp. 215-224, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.6310/jog.202212_17 (4).5
  • Seismic Assessment of the Levee Systems in Southern California; M. Kamalzare, L. Nunes, and E. Vo., Journal of Acta Geotechnica Slovenica, vol. 19, pp. 30-47, 2022.
  • Effects of Soil Spatial Variability on Structural Reliability Assessment in Excavations; Z. Luo, H. Di, M. Kamalzare, and Y. Li. Journal of Underground Space, Elsevier, vol 5 (1), pp. 71-83, 2020.
  • Lateral Bearing Capacity of Pile Foundations in Sandy Soils using Neural Network Analyses; M. Jesmani, M. Kamalzare, and H. Soroushnia. Journal of Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering, vol. 5 (2), pp. 46-54, 2019.
  • Finite Element Modeling of Undrained Vertical Bearing Capacity of Piles adjacent to Different Types of Clayey Slopes; M. Jesmani, A. Kasrania, and Kamalzare. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. Vol. 12 (2), pp. 147-154, 2018.
  • Numerical Study of the Dynamic Active Lateral Earth Pressure Coefficient of Cohesive Soils; M. Jesmani, H. Alirezanejad, H. F. Kashani, and Kamalzare. Acta Geotechnical Slovenica, Vol. 14, pp. 75-87, 2017.
  • A New Visualization Method to Evaluate Sediment Transport and Erosion; Kamalzare, T. Zimmie, B. Cutler, and W.R. Franklin. Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 431-446, 2016.
  • Seismic Response of Geosynthetic Reinforced Clayey Retaining Walls; Jesmani, M. Kamalzare, and B. B. Sarbandari. Geomechanics and Engineering, Vol. 10 (5), pp. 635-655, 2016.
  • Undrained Vertical Bearing Capacity of Pile Located near Soft Clay Slope; M. Jesmani, A. Kasrania, M. Kamalzare, and I. Mehdipour. Journal of Engineering Research; Vol. 3 (3), pp. 21-38, 2015.
  • Improving Physical Characteristics of Collapsible Soil (Case Study: Tehran-Semnan Railroad); Ziaie Moayed and M. Kamalzare. Journal of Engineering Geology; Vol. 9 (2), pp. 2869- 2890, 2015.
  • Numerical Analysis of Buckling Behavior of Concrete Piles under Axial Load Embedded in Sand. M. Jesmani, S. H. Nabavi, and M. Kamalzare. Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, Vol. 39 (4), pp. 2683-2693, 2014.
  • Hydraulic and Mechanical Properties of Wax-Coated Sands. M. Jesmani, J. P Bardet, N. Jabbari, and M. Kamalzare. Journal of Central South University, Vol. 20 (12), pp. 3667-3675, 2013.
  • Numerical Study of Behavior of Anchor Plates in Clayey soils; Jesmani, M. Kamalzare and M. Nazari. International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, Vol. 13 (5), pp. 502-513, 2013.
  • Three Dimensional Analyses of Concrete Piles in Clayey Soils; Ziai Moayed, M. Kamalzare and A. Judi. Proceedings of the ICE - Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 166 (4), pp. 399-407, 2012.
  • Correlation between Cα/Cc Ratio and Index Parameters of Soils; Jesmani, R. Vaezi and M. Kamalzare. Journal of Engineering Geology & Hydrogeology, Vol. 45 (2) pp: 207-220, 2012.
  • Influence of Geosynthetic Reinforcement on Shear Strength Characteristics of Two-Layer Subgrade; Kamalzare and R. Ziaie Moayed. Acta Geotechnica Slovenica, pp. 39-49, 2011.
  • Optimum Geometrical Properties of Active Isolation; M. Jesmani, A. Hamissi, M. Kamalzare and R. S. Vileh. Proceedings of the ICE - Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 164, (6), pp: 385-400, 2011.
  • Improvement of Shear Strength Characteristics of Saline Soil Using Cement and Polymer. Ziaie Moayed, M. Samimifar and M. Kamalzare. International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 5 (3), pp: 307-314, 2011.
  • Static Stress-Strain Analyses of Embankment Dam with Asphalt core; Ziaie Moayed, M. Nazari and M. Kamalzare. Journal of Applied Science, Vol. 11, (1), pp. 125-131, 2011.
  • Evaluation of Piled Raft Foundations Behavior with Different Dimensions of Piles; Ziai Moayed, M. Kamalzare, and M. Safavian. Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10 (13), pp. 1320-1325, 2010.
  • Effect of Plasticity and Normal Stress on Undrained Shear Modulus of Clayey Soils. Jesmani, H. F. Kashani, and M. Kamalzare. Acta Geotechnica Slovenica, 2010/1, pp. 47-59, 2010.
  • Comparison between Numerical and Analytical Solutions of Dynamic Response of Circular Shallow Footing; Jesmani and M. Kamalzare. Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering; Vol. 15/P, 2010.
  • Impact of Elasticity, Core Zone and Accelerogram on Embankment Dam under Earthquake Load; R. Ziaie Moayed, M. Ramezanpour and M. Kamalzare. Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 14/F, 2009.

 

Peer-Reviewed Conferences:

  • Evaluation of different common geosynthetic design procedures for materials in pavements; M. Kamalzare, and S. Ahmed. 12th International Conference on Geosynthetics, Roma, Italy, 2022. 
  • Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Cement treatments on the Swelling Potential of Clayey Soils; M. Kamalzare, and J. Arellano. EFFC-DFI International Conference on Deep Foundations and Ground Improvement, Berlin, Germany, May 18-20, 2022. 
  • Predicting Post-Construction Settlement of Waste Material in a Superfund Site Pre-Loaded with a Surcharge Embankment; M. Kamalzare, and M. A. Sater. International Conference of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE), 2022, Sydney, Australia.
  • Finite Element Analyses of Life-line Infrastructure Systems with regard to Seismic Response; M. Kamalzare, Geo-Extreme 2021: Geotechnical Engineering for Extreme Events, Nov. 2021, Savannah, Georgia, USA.
  • Geotechnical stability analyses of embankment dam systems and assessment of the current design criteria; M. Kamalzare, and H. Marquez, 6th International Conference on Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization, Budapest, Hungary, 2021.
  • Geotechnical risk analyses and evaluation of design criteria of embankment dam systems; H. Marquez, and M. Kamalzare. 7th International Symposium on Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials, Strathclyde's Technology & Innovation Centre, Glasgow, UK. E3S Web of Conferences 92, 16015 (2019), IS-Glasgow 2019; (https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199216 015)
  • Physical Model Testing to Evaluate Erosion Quantity and Pattern; M. Kamalzare and T. Zimmie. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (ICPMG 2018), July 17-20, 2018, pp. 1049-1054, Taylor & Francis, London, UK.
  • Measuring the Rate of Sediment Transport and Erosion in Physical Model Testing; T. Zimmie, and M. Kamalzare, Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering GSP, International Foundations Congress and Equipment Expo, ASCE, pp. 330- 341, Orlando, FL, 2018.
  • Computer Simulation of Levee’s Erosion and Overtopping; M. Kamalzare & T. F. Zimmie, T. S. Han, M. McMullan, B. Cutler, W. R. Franklin. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE) 2013, Paris, France.
  • Computer Simulation of Levee Erosion and Overtopping; M. Kamalzare, T. S. Han, M. McMullan, C. Stuetzle, T. F. Zimmie, B. Cutler and W. R. Franklin. Proceeding: Geo-Congress 2013 at Stability and Performance of Slopes and Embankments, ASCE, pp. 1851-1860, San Diego, California, USA.
  • Validation of Erosion Modeling: Physical and Numerical; M. Kamalzare, C. Stuetzle, Z. Chen, T. F. Z., B. Cutler and W. R. Franklin. Geo‐Congress 2012: pp. 710-719, Oakland, California, USA.
  • Computer Simulation of Levee’s Erosion and Overtopping; M. Kamalzare, T. F. Zimmie, C. Stuetzle, B. Cutler, W. R. Franklin. XII International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology, Energy and Global Sustainable Development, International Society for Environmental Geotechnology: pp. 264-273, June 2012, Los Angeles, California, USA.
  • Computer Simulation of Overtopping of Levees; M. Kamalzare, Z. Chen, C. Stuetzle, B. Cutler, W. R. Franklin and T. F. Zimmie. 14thPan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference). Oct. 2011, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Measuring Terrain Distances Through Extracted Channel Networks; C. Stuetzle, B. Cutler, Z. Chen, W. R. Franklin, M. Kamalzare, and T. Zimmie. 19th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, Vol. 3 (3), pp. 21-26, 2011 Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Effect of Moisture on Shear Strength Characteristics of Two-Layer Geosynthetic Reinforcement Sub-grade; Ziai Moayed and M. Kamalzare. The 8th International Conference on Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering “GEOTROPIKA2010”, Sabah, Malaysia, Dec. 2010.
  • Influence of Geosynthetic Reinforcement on Shear Strength Characteristics of Two-Layer Sub-grade; R. Ziai Moayed and M. Kamalzare. Proceeding of the XIVth Danube-European Conference on Geotechnical Engineering “From Research to Design in European Practice”, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, June 2010.