Mostafa Ebrahimi

Ph.D

Geological Engineering

Southern Illinois University

Research Assistant

o Assisted the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) with the scour project. o Led a small team of civil engineering students to conduct the field test o Performed statistical modeling with Minitab and R programming for soil erodibility predictiono Performed computational fluid dynamic (CFD) and 35 trial tests for calibration of EFA and PSTD • o Conducted the erosion lab tests to classify the soil erodibility for cohesive and cohesionless samples • o Created the quarterly progress reports for IDOT • o Designed the Erosion control filter in the levee project, Illinois • o Conducted a site selection project based on geotechnical assessment including geospatial analysis, Cone Penetrometer Test (CPT) and Standard Penetration Test (SPT) information to perform the erosion field test • o Drew the stick logs to show the subsurface for geotechnical exploration • o Conducted the seismic Hazard Assessment, seismic site classification, and spectral analysis • o Conducted the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the base and sub-base layers of roads • o Conducted the time-lapse ERT for monitoring of erosion piping, groundwater, and contamination • o Performed the electrical resistivity, GPR, and IP for subsurface investigation • o Conducted the Settlement analysis for the residential area • o Prepared check sheets for the field tests • o Conducted the ERT and IP Surveys for leakage monitoring, and leak Detection of GCLs in the Landfills • Graduate Teaching Assistant • o Experienced in teaching AutoCAD and Civil3D in Engineering design and graphics courses (CE 204) • o Experienced in teaching in the soil mechanics lab