Babak Abbasi

• Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2017
• M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2012
• B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2010
• NODET High School, Diploma, Physics and Mathematics Discipline, Tabriz, Iran 2006

Joined WSU Tri-Cities in 2017 from WSU Pullman

Teaching

• Statics
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Indeterminate Structures
• Foundations
• Groundwater
• Dynamics of Structures
• Finite Elements

Research

• Molecular Dynamics modeling of clay, asphalt binder, and calcium silicate hydrate
• Computational Fluid Dynamics methods in geotechnical engineering
• Earthquake Engineering
• Geomechanics of oil and gas wells and reservoirs
• Bio-inspired geotechnics

• Abbasi, Ta X. H, B. Muhunthan, S. Ramezanian, N. Abu-Lail, TH. Kwon. “Modeling of permeability reduction in bioclogged porous sediments.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE (2017)
• Abbasi, B. Muhunthan, “Crystalline swelling mechanism and dynamic properties of interlayer water in Wyoming-montmorillonite: Effects of monovalent exchangeable cations and hydration state” Clay Minerals (2017) – under review.
• Muhunthan, N. V. Vijayathasan, and B. Abbasi. Liquefaction-induced downdrag on piles and drilled shafts, 2017, Research Report, Washington Department of Transportation, 139 pp
• B. Abbasi, and TH. Kwon. “Diffusive and convective transport of disposed CO₂ in porous media: A numerical approach.” Proceedings Geo-Congress 2014 Geocharacterization and Modeling for Sustainability. ASCE.