Mehdi Omidvar
Graduate Research Assistant
Civil Engineering
- Phone: 718 260 3134
- Email: momidv01@students.poly.edu
- Location: RH-416
- Website: www.momidvar.weebly.com
Education
Mazandaran University, Iran, Class of 2007
B.Sc., M.Sc., Geotechnical Engineering
Experience
Pars Rayab Co.
Design Engineer (Sub-Contract)
Stability Analysis of Hozian Embankment Dam
From: August 2008 to February 2009
Peyab Consultant Co.
Design Engineer
Stability and Seepage Analysis of Barandoozchai Embankment Dam
From: August 2006 to February 2007
Industry and Management Consultant Co.
Geotechnical Consultant
From: April 2004 to March 2006
Research Interests
- Modeling with Transparent Soils
- High Strain Rate Behavior of Sand and Clay
- Liquefaction Potential Assessment
- Constitutive Modeling of SandAwards + Distinctions
- Recipient of United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) sponsored Ph.D. Fellowship, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, 2010
- Recognized Leading Researcher Award from the President and Vice-president for Research, Golestan University, Iran – 2009
Memberships
Affiliations
- GeoInstitute
- ASCE
- ASTMJournal Articles
[1] Omidvar, M., Iskander, M. and Bless, S. (2012). Stress-Strain Behavior of Sand at High Strain Rates. International Journal of Impact Engineering, In Press. (Elsevier) --> DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2012.03.004
[2] Noorzad, R., and Omidvar, M. (2010). Dynamic Analysis of Embankment Dam with Reinforced Cohesive Shell. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 30, Issue 11, pp. 1149-1157. (Elsevier) -->DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2010.04.023
[3] Ghotbi, A., Omidvar, M. and Barari, A. (2011). Infiltration in Unsaturated Soils – An Analytical Approach. Computers and Geotechnics, Vol. 38, No. 6, pp. 777-782. (Elsevier). -->DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2011.05.007
[4] Noorzad, R., Safari, S. and Omidvar, M. (2009). Effect of Structure on Wave-Induced Liquefaction Potential of Seabed Sand Deposits. Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 25-30. (Elsevier). -->DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2009.03.002
[5] Omidvar, M., Barari, A., Ghotbi, A.R. and Ganji, D.D. (2010). New Class of Solutions for Water Infiltration Problems in Unsaturated Soils. Geomechanics and Geoengineering: An International Journal, Vol 5, Issue 2, pp. 127-135. (Taylor and Francis). -->DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17486020903294333
[6] Sfahani, M. G., Barari, A., Omidvar, M., Ganji, S.S. and Domairy, G. (2011) “Dynamic Response of Inextensible Beams by Improved Energy Balance Method,” Journal of Multi-body Dynamics, Vol. 225, No.1, pp. 66-73. (Sage Publications). -->DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2041306810392113
[7] Barari, A., Omidvar, M., Ghotbi, A.R. and Ganji, D.D. (2008). Application of Homotopy Perturbation Method and Variational Iteration Method to Nonlinear Oscillator Differential Equations. Acta Applicandae Mathematicae, Vol. 104, No. 2, pp. 161-171. (Springer). -->DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10440-008-9248-9
[8] Barari, A., Omidvar, M., Ganji, D.D. and Tahmasebi Poor, A. (2008). An Approximate Solution for Boundary Value Problems in Structural and Engineering and Fluid Mechanics. Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Article ID: 394103. (Hindawi). -->DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/394103
[9] Hosseinpour, I., Mirmoradi, H., Barari, A., Omidvar, M. (2010). Numerical Evaluation of Specimen Size Effect on the Stress-Strain Behavior of Geotextile-Reinforced Sand. Journal of Zhejiang University – Science A, Vol. 11, No. 8, pp. 555-562. (Springer). --> DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1631/jzus.A0900535
[10] Barari, A., Omidvar, M., Ghotbi, A.R. and Ganji, D.D. (2009). Assessment of Water Penetration Problem in Unsaturated Soils. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, Volume 6, pp. 3811-3833. (European Geosciences Union). --> DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-6-3811-2009
Other Publications
Conference Papers:
[1] Barari, A., Omidvar, M., Gholitabar, S. and Ganji, D.D. (2007). Variational Iteration Method and Homotopy Perturbation Method for Solving Second Order Nonlinear Wave Equation. American Institute of Physics (AIP) International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, Sep. 2007, Vol. 936, pp. 81-85.
[2] Noorzad, R. and Omidvar, M. (2008). Seismic Analysis of Reinforced Embankment Dams. Proceedings of Fourth National Congress on Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran, May 2008, Paper No. 1149. (In Farsi)
[3] Noorzad, R., Omidvar, M. and Gholitabar, S. (2010). Behaviour of Single Piles adjacent to Deep Excavations. Proceedings of Fifth National Congress on Civil Engineering, Mashhad, Iran.
Research Projects Completed:
[1] Noorzad, R. Khosravian, A. and Omidvar, M. (2007). Dynamic Analysis of Embankment Dams under near-Field and Far-Field Earthquakes. Ministry of Energy, Iran, Project No. DAM3-84001, 194p. (In Farsi)
[2] Noorzad, R. Limouee, M. and Omidvar, M. (2007). Stability of Embankment Dam with Shell of Reinforced Cohesive Soil using Limit Equilibrium Method. Ministry of Energy, Iran, Project No. DAM3-84012, 176p.(In Farsi)
Favorite Books + Authors
- Nikos kazantzakis
- George Orwell
- Ignazio Silone
- Mark twain
- Albert Camus
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Karl Popper
- Jose Saramago
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Gunter Grass
- Franz Kafka
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Leo Tolstoy
- Milan Kundera