Dr Arya Assadi Langroudi
Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering
Architecture, Computing and Engineering (ACE), Engineering
I am Leader for the Civil Engineering BSc Hons degree programme, Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering and fellow of the Royal Society (BS MSc PhD GMICE FGS AFHE >20 papers, >80 citation, >£150kgrants). I lead the UG Geotechnical residential field courses, am Academic Lead for Soil Mechanics laboratories and Learning & Teaching Champion for Innovative Practices. My mainstream research is centred around implications of micro-mechanics in understanding emerging geohazards (aging, fatigue,saltation, silicatization and mineral dissolution), with a vision to develop decision-support systems (what-if-analysis) and multifunctional ground improvement techniques. I am Principal Investigator for DST-NRF NewtonSAFE (2017-18) and the RAE Industry Academia Partnership TASMIP projects (2018-20).
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East Building - Room 1.79
University of East London
Docklands Campus
University Way
London, E16 2RD
United Kingdom
E16 2RD - a.assadilangroudi@uel.ac.uk ++44 (0) 20 8223 2170
I am a graduate of the University of Birmingham, bringing >5 years of consultancy experience predominantly gained in tunnel/deep-basement design. I was granted a PhD in 2014 for research on the micromechanics of collapse in loess. My research led to a 2-year secondment at Atkins, in 2012, where I worked towards the engineering of calcareous collapsing soils into embankments within the scopes of CEN/TC 396. This led to my joining Newcastle University as a research associate and then lecturer where I researched into urban ground improvement decision-support systems and led the Ground Improvement Technologies block CPD/MSc course. I joined the University of East London in 2015. I have published on micromechanics (mineral dissolution, clastic/fractal properties of particles, inter-particle forces, structure-based constitutive models and double-porosity concept). I have also published on computer-aided analysis of excavations (RSFEM, DE-FD programming) and cavity stability. I sit on the editorial board for a number of journals and Engineering Framework Review panel of a number of UK universities.
Editor: Newsletter for Commission 18 IAEG - Collapsing
Soils Communiqué (2013-present)
Editor: Modares Civil
Engineering Journal ISSN 2476-6763 (2017-present)
Editor: Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology ISSN 2529-7775 (2017-present)
Reviewer: Quarterly Journal of Engineering
Geology and Hydrogeology (2012-present)
Reviewer: The Bulletin of Engineering
Geology and the Environment, Springer (2012-present)
Reviewer: Engineering Geology, Elsevier
(2013-present)
Reviewer: ICE Engineering Sustainability (2016-present)
Reviewer: Environmental Earth Sciences,
Springer (2017-present)
External consultancy: International steering
technical committee: Tehran Underground Line 7 (2014-2019)
External Reviewer: BEng Tech (Hons)
Engineering Framework – University of Teesside
- BS Civil Engineering
- MSc Geotechnical Engineering
- PhD Geotechnical Engineering
- Fellow of the Geological Society London
- Graduate member of Institute of Civil Engineers ICE - London
- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Overview
The Emerging Urban Geohazards (EUG)
The past 10 years have seen a steep rise in the
number of fatalities and extent of economic losses stemmed from emerging
ground-related hazards (e.g. sinkholes) particularly in urban areas.
Geo-hazards are interconnected, continuously and globally strike cities on a
worryingly escalating scale, claim lives, and demolish infrastructure.
My research is centred on such modern hazards (e.g.
aging and fatigue in soil, urban aerosols and air pollution, urban sinkholes
and ground collapse and extreme climates), their interconnectivity and
mechanisms of occurrence, methods for effective early detection and
preventive/corrective measures. Primarily this is achieved through studying the
mechanisms of hazards at micro-scale and developing macro-scale
cross-disciplinary solutions (e.g. biologically inspired self-healing
technologies). The research offers the earthwork and construction industry
tools to detect early cases of hazards, offers simple decision-support useful
in the less-developed slimly-resourced far flung, and alternative
preventive/corrective measures tailored to problem and location.
Collaborators
Research
Publications
Current funding:
2018 - 2020
PI:
£72,000.00 - TASMIP Industry Academia Partnership Programme IAPP1R2\100195
Royal
Academy of Engineering
PI: R220,000.00 - SAFE2: DST-NRF
Fellowships NFPF170627245562
Royal
Society-DST-NRF
2017
PI: R22,910.00 - SAFE: Visiting Scholar: NRF Institutional
Research Grant
NRF
2015
Co-I: €12,000.00 – SAFE Project: EU-SATURN KH121218 Action 2 Lot 16b
EU Commission - EACEA Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
2010
PI: £3,000.00 - T1 Lot
University of Birmingham
- BP
Funding
Leading
- EG6121 - Final Year BSc (Hons) - Geotechnical Design (15 credits)
- EG5102 -Year 2 BEng (Hons) - Geotechnical and Material Analysis (30 credits)
- EG5118 - Year 2 BSc (Hons) - Geotechnical properties (30 credits)
- Engineering Geology Residential Field Courses EG5118 and EG5102
Contributing to
- EG6110 - Research Dissertation at BSc(Hons) level
- EG6104 - Research Dissertation at BEng(Hons) level
- EG7011 - Research Dissertation at MSc level
Previous teaching leadership:
- Ground Improvement Technologies (leader) – Newcastle University
> Personal tutor for first year students on the BEng Civil Engineering programme
> Member of Civil Engineering & Construction Recruitment working group
> Member of Civil Engineering & Construction Outreach working group