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Dr

Negin Yousefpour

Doreen Thomas Postdoctoral Fellowship
Infrastructure Engineering
AI/ML
Uncertainty/Risk Analysis
Numerical methods
SSI
Scour
Geoseismic Analysis
asphalt concrete
cyclic loading
earth fill dam
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Dr

Negin Yousefpour

 
Division
Engineering
 
Primary Interest
Computational Geotechnics
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Dr

Negin Yousefpour

 

Dr Negin Yousefpour has joined the Infrastructure Department at University of Melbourne as a Doreen Thomas Fellow in 2020, where she has been leading collaborative, interdisciplinary research on computational geotechnics, applied AI/ML, data-driven and probabilistic methods, performance simulations and advanced soil-structure interaction analyses. Negin also holds a senior engineer appointment with Arup, where she has been involved in technical developments, leadership, and delivery of a wide range of projects in advanced technology and research, infrastructures, building, energy and digital engineering sectors since 2014.

Negin received her Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology and her Master’s from Sharif University where she worked on an extensive laboratory investigation of dynamic properties of asphalt concrete as the core of earth dams. Negin received her PhD in Geotechnical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2013, where her research focused on computational geotechnics, predictive modeling with AI/Ml, and Bayesian probabilistic methods.

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 8 most recent scholarly works by Negin Yousefpour.

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Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Track Embankments for High-Speed Trains

N Yousefpour, E Almog

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Geo-Congress 2019

With the first high speed trains (HST) emerging in the United States, it is critical to develop better understanding of the design..

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Application of Machine Learning in Geotechnics

Negin Yousefpour, Sogol Fallah

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  Civil Engineering Research in Ireland 2018: Conference Proceedings

Machine learning (ML) is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) field of study that allows computers to learn from existing data without ..

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Evaluation of unknown foundations of bridges subjected to scour physically driven artificial neural network approach

N Yousefpour, Z Medina-Cetina, JL Briaud

Journal article  |  2014  |  Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Missing substructure information has impeded the safety assessment of bridges with unknown foundations, especially for scour-prone..

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Electrical resistivity imaging of unknown bridge foundations

R Arjwech, ME Everett, JL Briaud, S Hurlebaus, Z Medina-Cetina, S Tucker, N Yousefpour

Journal article  |  2013  |  Near Surface Geophysics

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Determination of unknown foundation of bridges for scour evaluation using artificial neural networks

N Yousefpour, Z Medina-Cetina, K Jahedkar, J Delphia, JL Briaud, S Hurlebaus, S Tucker, M Everett, R Arjwech

Conference Proceedings  |  2011  |  Geo-Frontiers 2011

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3-D resistivity imaging of buried concrete infrastructure with application to unknown bridge foundation depth determination

ME Everett, R Arjwech, J Briaud, S Hurlebaus, Z Medina-Cetina, S Tucker, Negin Yousefpour

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  AGUFM proceedings

Bridges are always vulnerable to scour and those mainly older ones with unknown foundations constitute a significant risk to publi..

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Strength parameters of asphalt concrete used in core zone of earth dams

F Jafarzadeh, N Yousefpour

Conference Proceedings  |  2009  |  Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering: The Academia and Practice of Geotechnical Engineering

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Stress-Strain Behavior of Asphalt Concrete as a Water Barrier in Earth Fill Dams under Cyclic Loading

Negin Yousefpour, Fardin Jafarzadeh

Conference Proceedings  |  2009  |  Conference Proceedings 8th International Congress on Civil Engineering

Behavior of asphalt concrete samples as a sealing element in earthfill dams' core under cyclic loading was investigated in the pre..

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Scholarly Works

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2018

Arup Global Research Challange Grant Award
2013

Society of Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Travel Award
2012

College of Engineering Scholarship
2012

Asscoiation of Former Students Scholarship
2009

Outstanding Graduate Students Department Head’s Fellowship,

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Doreen Thomas Postdoctoral Fellowship

Infrastructure Engineering

Member

Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS)

Committee Member

Transportation Research Board, on Bridge Foundations and Other Structures - AFS 30

Committee Member

Transportation Research Board, Soil and Rock Properties - AFP 30

Member

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Geo-Institute

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Texas A & M University

Master of Science

Sharif University of Technology

Bachelor of Science

Iran University of Science and Technology

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