Prof. Kenan Hazirbaba

Title:	Professor – Geotechnical Engineering
School:	School of Engineering
Department:	Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Department
Office:	Bldg. G-309
Phone:	+971 7 246 8724
Email:	kenan.hazirbaba@aurak.ac.ae

Dr. Kenan Hazirbaba is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in the Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Department. He has worked on numerous large-scale infrastructure projects including port and harbour facilities, pipelines, levees, bridges and roadways, seismic upgrades of municipal structures, tanks, reservoirs, offshore facilities, power facilities, airports, earth dams, office buildings, and oil refineries.

Dr. Hazirbaba received his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX in Civil Engineering, his Masters of Science in Civil Engineering from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey in 1999, and his Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey in 1996. He is a registered professional Geotechnical Engineer.

Research

Dr. Hazirbaba’s research interests include stabilization of marginal soils, liquefaction of shallow and deep deposits under seismic loading, and numerical studies and modelling of transport facilities and substructures.

Publications

Hazirbaba, K. (2018). “Large-scale direct shear and CBR performance of geofiber reinforced sand,” Road Materials and Pavement Engineering, 19 (6), 1350-1371.
Hazirbaba, K. (2017). “Field and laboratory performance of a cold-region sand reinforced with geofiber and synthetic fluid,” Cold Regions Science and Technology, Elsevier, 135, 16-27.
Hazirbaba, K. and Omarow, M. (2015). “Post-cyclic loading settlement of saturated clean sand,” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier, Vol. 77, Oct 2015, 337-347.
Cox, B., Wood, C., and Hazirbaba, K. (2012). “Frozen and Unfrozen Shear Wave Velocity Seismic Site Classification of Fairbanks, Alaska.” Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 26, No.3, 118–145.
Hazirbaba, K., Zhang, Y., and Hulsey. J.L. (2011). “Evaluation of Temperature and Freeze-thaw Effects on Excess Pore Pressure Generation of Fine-Grained Soils,” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier, Vol. 31, No. 3, 372-384.
Yang, Z., Dutta, U., Xu, G., Hazirbaba, K., and Marx, E. (2011). “Numerical Analysis of Permafrost Effects on the Seismic Site Response,” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier, Vol. 31, No. 3, 282-290.
Hazirbaba, K. and Gullu, H. (2010). “California Bearing Ratio Improvement and Freeze-Thaw Performance of Fine-grained Soils Treated with Geofiber and Synthetic Fluid,” Cold Regions Science and Technology, Elsevier, Vol. 63, No. 1-2, 50-60.
Gullu, H. and Hazirbaba, K. (2010). “Unconfined Compressive Strength and Post-Freeze-Thaw Behavior of Fine-grained Soils Treated with Geofiber and Synthetic Fluid,” Cold Regions Science and Technology, Elsevier, Vol. 63, No. 2-3, 142-150.
Hazirbaba, K. and Rathje, E.M. (2009). “Pore pressure generation of silty sands due to induced cyclic shear strain,” Journal of the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 135, No. 12, 1892-1905.
Derakhshandi, M., Rathje, E.M., Hazirbaba, K., Mirhosseini, S.M. (2008). “The effect of plastic fines on the pore pressure generation characteristics of saturated sands,” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier, Vol. 28, No. 5, 376-386.
Chang, W.J., Rathje, E.M., Stokoe II, K.H., and Hazirbaba, K. (2007). “In situ pore pressure generation behavior of liquefiable sand,” Journal of the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 133, No. 8, 921-931.