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Malek Smadi
Malek@smadi.com
http://www.smadi.com
Local address
ATC Associates Inc.
7988 Centerpoint Drive, Siuite 100
Indianapolis, Indiana 46256
Office: (317) 849-4990 Ext. 1753
Cellular: (317) 828-4098
Fax: (317) 849-4278
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Doctor of Philosophy in Civil
Engineering, January, 2001
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Concentration: Geotechnical Engineering
Thesis: Lateral Deformation and Associated Settlement Resulting
from Embankment Loading of Soft Clay and Silt Deposits
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, May 1991
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Concentration: Geotechnical Engineering
Thesis: Strength of Reinforced Weakly Cemented Granular Soils
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, October 1988
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Concentration: Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
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| Oct.
2000-Present |
Project Engineer
ATC Assocaites
The
engineer-in-charge of different geotechnical engineering projects
ranging from high rise office towers and state highway projects to
schools and single story commercial buildings. In addition to projects
located in seismically active areas, and projects involving the
stability of dams, levees, and earth slopes. The project experience
includes:
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Geotechnical Engineering / INDOT / Lake County, Indiana, USA.
Geotechnical investigation for the 2000 Indiana Toll Road
Improvement projects in Lake County, Indiana. The project
included bridges, large approach embankments, retaining walls,
toll plazas, and pavements. The design and analysis included
four major bridges over the Grand Calumet River and detailed
stability analyses of retaining walls, fills, and tied-back
sheet pile walls constructed over soft soils immediately
adjacent to the river. |
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Geotechnical Engineering / Public Service Indiana / Cayuga,
Indiana, USA.
Performed geotechnical investigation for power plant at PSI
Energy Cayuga, Indiana. This project included design of piles,
drilled piers, mat foundation, shallow spread footings,
embankments and pavements. |
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Geotechnical Engineering / Indiana Dept. of natural Resources /
Lowell, Indiana, USA.
Performed geotechnical investigation for small earth dam to
impound storm water on Rising Run Ditch in Lowell, Indiana. |
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Geotechnical Engineering / Public
Service Indiana / Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Directed
geotechnical investigation for evaluating excessive differential
settlement under the Elderly Housing Building. This project
included design and specifying compaction-grouting solution to
stop the settlement. |
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Geotechnical Engineering / Corps
of Engineers / Lawrenceburg, Indiana, USA.
Geotechnical Study for a levee near the Ohio River. Study
included test borings, laboratory tests and engineering analyses
for settlement and stability of shale fill embankments over soft
clay foundations to heights of 12 m. Special considerations
included analysis of data from piezometers, settlement plates,
slope protection and stability analyses for stage construction. |
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Geotechnical Engineering / American Consulting Engineers /
Dearborn and Ohio County, Indiana, USA.
Geotechnical Study for highway widening project, State Road 56
between Rising Sun and Aurora, Indiana. The major geotechnical
challenges in this project due the fact that the highway passes
through unstable steep zones with pre-exciting shear surfaces
near the Ohio River. |
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Geotechnical Engineering / Various Clients / Indiana, USA.
Geotechnical investigations for many one to two-story building
projects throughout Indiana. Projects include office buildings,
restaurants, apartment communities, banks, industrial
warehoused, storm sewer construction and assisted living
facilities. |
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| Sept.
1999-Oct.
2000 |
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Investigating the potential consequences of earthquakes to Mid-
America waterfront structures, which can cause extensive damage to
coastal as well as inland port facilities and could have great
impact on the economy. The research includes: |
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Damage to port and harbor facilities during past
earthquakes, and lessons learned from damage observations. |
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Current design of port and harbor facilities to
resist earthquakes, and the merits and limitations of these
design procedures. |
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Current dynamic analysis procedures used to
design port and harbor facilities against earthquake ground
shaking effects. |
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Future analytical developments to improve our
understanding of the behavior of port and harbor facilities
during earthquakes, as well as our current seismic design
capabilities. |
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| Jan.
1995-Oct.
2000 |
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Developing an empirical procedure for predicting undrained shear
deformations and settlement in soft clay deposits beneath
embankments, storage tanks and yards. Field measurements of
horizontal deformation of soft clay and silt deposits during
construction of embankments and storage facilities have been
collected throughout the world, covering 180 case histories. The
research includes: |
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Predicting settlement resulting from lateral
deformation. |
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Using lateral deformation as a measure of
undrained stability. |
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Examining time-dependant deformation of soil
subjected to general state of stress and drainage boundary
conditions. |
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Examining limitations of one-dimensional
settlement analysis for magnitude of settlement and rate of
consolidation. |
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Superimposing undrained deformation including
creep and drained three-dimensional consolidation e.g. keeping
track of effective stress increase and updating E and n as a
function of consolidation and yielding at any point in soil
and with time. |
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| July
1994-Oct.
2000 |
Computer Programmer and Data Base Administrator
Office of Minority Students Affairs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Design and develop Information Data Bases |
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Administer Data Bases |
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Design and develop workflow applications |
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Convert legacy RBASE DBMS applications |
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Troubleshoot network problems |
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Install hardware - repeaters, network adapters,
etc. |
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Install software |
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Teach users how to use network applications |
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Develop Tutor Matching Application, which match
the student's schedule with the schedules of available tutors.
Then it generates letters to both tutor and student, informing
each of the time, place, and day of their weekly appointment. |
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| Sept
1996-Sept 1999 |
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Laboratory measurements of horizontal pressure in sand specimens
that are densified by different impulse or steady vibration methods;
intended for a better interpretation of post-densification
penetration resistance and earthquake effects on granular ground.
The research includes: |
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Changes in Ko of sand due to the vibration
effect in the laboratory test. |
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Influence of stress history (loading and
unloading) on response of sand to vibration. |
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Studying the parameters of sand that control Ko
value. |
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Semi-empirical correlation of Ko value with soil
properties and stress history. |
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Interpretation of the result of in-situ
penetration tests in granular soils improved by dynamic
methods and comparing with the laboratory results. |
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In-situ treatment procedures for granular soils
to increase resistance against liquefaction and settlement. |
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| Sept
1994-Sept 1996 |
Programmer for Community Development
Sherman Hall and Family Housing
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Provided a number of programs and activities to help residents
adjust to the U of I. While program topics vary, they included
social, educational, cultural and recreational activities. Some
popular programs were: newcomers receptions, friendship groups, day
trips to nearby major cities, cultural parties and exchanges, coffee
hours, arts, crafts and cooking classes. |
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| Sept
1993-May 1994 |
Tutor
Office of Minority Students Affairs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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Provided tutoring for the introductory math
classes. |
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Provided advanced study skills, either
individually or in groups (2-4 students), in text study
strategies, time management, lecture note taking techniques
and test taking strategies for both essay exams and
multiple-choice exams. |
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Provided enhanced preparation for courses in
which many students are required to take. |
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Helped students acquire critical thinking skills
and study skills that are appropriate and effective for the
particular course and subject area. |
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Provided review sessions to assist students in
preparing for hourly, midterm and final exams. |
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| May
1991-May 1993 |
Geotechnical Engineer
ZAS Engineering |
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Planned and designed
foundations for various projects such as: |
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Houses and multi
story apartment buildings |
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Irbid National
University |
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Grain silos and
wheat flour factory |
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Three major high
schools |
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Five interchange
bridges |
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Inspected construction sites to
monitor progress and ensure conformance to specifications |
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Prepared daily site reports on
status and progress of projects, including the resolution of
on-site conflicts in scope of work, work space, and
scheduling, the negotiation of site access and storage
arrangements, the coordination of material and equipment
deliveries and the arranging of daily labor and subcontractors |
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Laboratory tests and graphic
presentations including oedometer, direct shear, and triaxial
tests |
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Reviewed shop drawings, submittals
and material samples, and prepared cost estimates for changes |
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Monitored pile driving, concrete
reinforcement, cast stone replacement, and masonry cleaning,
re-pointing and repair at Aqaba port, Jordan |
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Supervised a mine grouting job at
south of Jordan |
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Supervised a 200ft deep rock
excavation for a major highway |
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1989-May 1991 |
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Civil Engineering
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan |
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Taught the undergraduate geotechnical labs
with full responsibilities for curriculum development, test
preparation, and proficiency testing. |
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Prepared the homeworks (along with their
solutions) and held office hours and review sessions for the
introductory geotechnical engineering classes |
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| Computer Skills: |
Programming Languages
Knowledge of FORTRAN, and Visual BASIC.
HTML
Created and maintaining the "Geotechnical Engineering Web Resources", which is the most comprehensive Geotechnical Engineering directory on the web.
http://www.GeotechnicalDirectory.com
Operating Systems
Experience on a diverse number of personal computers and
workstations
Knowledge of UNIX, WinNT, Windows, MAC OS, Novell
PC Software
Performs data reduction and mathematical analysis using many PC
Software including, mathematica, matlab, different word processors,
all popular spreadsheet programs, computer graphic programs
including CORELDRAW and AUTOCAD, scientific plotting programs such
as SIGMAPLOT, digitizing programs like SIGMASCAN, STAAD III for
structure analysis, data base programs including RBASE, and ACCESS. |
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| Publications: |
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Smadi, M.M. (1991). "Strength of
Reinforced Cemented Granular Soils," Masters Thesis,
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan |
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Basma, A.A., Al-Homoud, A.S., Taqieddine, S.,
and Smadi, M.M. (1997). "Laboratory Studies on Factors
that Influence the Strength of Reinforced Cemented Sand,"
Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, Vol. III, No. 3, pp.
411-422. |
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Mesri, G., Shahien, M., Smadi, M. M., Alzoubi, M., Vardhanabhuti,
B., and Ooraikul, A. (2000). “Potential Consequences of
Earthquakes to Mid-America Waterfront Structures,” Report
submitted to Mid-America Earthquake Center. |
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Mesri, G., Shahien, M., Smadi, M. M., Alzoubi, M., Vardhanabhuti,
B., and Ooraikul, A. (2000). “Potential Consequences of
Earthquakes to Mid-America Waterfront Structures,” Report
submitted to Mid-America Earthquake Center. |
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Mesri, G., and Smadi, M. M. (2003). “Lateral Deformation and
Associated Settlement resulting from Embankment Loading of Soft
Clay and Silt Deposits,” Paper to be submitted to Geotechnical
and Geoenviron., Engrg. J. of ASCE |
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Mesri, G., Vardhanabhuti B., and Smadi, M. M. (2003). “Geostatic
Stress in Granular Soils Subjected to Vibration,” Paper to be
submitted to Geotechnical and Geoenviron., Engrg. J. of ASCE |
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Honors
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Ralph B. Peck Fellow for
Outstanding Achievement in Geotechnical Engineering at UIUC
(1998) |
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The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, recognition for superior academic performance and exemplary character (2000) |
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| Memberships: |
American Society of Civil Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
American Society for Testing and Materials
American Concrete Institute
Pile Driving Contractors Association
Geo-Institute of A.S.C.E.
Construction Specifications Institute |
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| References: |
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Gholamreza Mesri, Ph.D. Professor of Civil
Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University
of Illinois
2230a Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
205 North Mathews Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Phone: (217) 333-6934
Fax: (217) 333-9464
Email: g-mesri@uiuc.edu
Web: http://cee.ce.uiuc.edu/contact/faculty/mesri1.htm |
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Edward Cording, Ph.D. Professor of Civil
Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University
of Illinois
2230e Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
205 North Mathews Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Phone: (217) 333-6938
Fax: (217) 333-9464
Email: ecording@uiuc.edu
Web: http://cee.ce.uiuc.edu/contact/faculty/cording1.htm |
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James H. Long, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University
of Illinois
2230d Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
205 North Mathews Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Phone: (217) 333-2543
Fax: (217) 333-9464
Email: j-long@uiuc.edu
Web: http://cee.ce.uiuc.edu/contact/faculty/long1.htm |
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Gabriel Fernandez, Ph.D. Research Engineer
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University
of Illinois
2211 Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory
205 North Mathews Avenue
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Phone: (217) 333-6926/(217) 351-8704
Fax: (217) 333-9464 |
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Thomas J. Struewing, P.E.
ATC Associates Inc.
5150 East 65th Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46220
Phone: (317) 849-4990 Ext. 1313
Fax: (217) 849-4278
Email: Struwing86@atc-enviro.com |
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