Mehdi Pouragha
Associate Professor in Geomechanics
- BSc, MSc (Sharif University of Technology, Iran), PhD (University of Calgary)
- Mehdi.Pouragha@Carleton.ca
- 613-520-2600
Prof. Pouragha’s mailbox is located in room 3432 C.J. Mackenzie Building, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada
Teaching Assignments 2024-2025
- CIVE 3208 Geotechnical Engineering
- CIVE 5800 Topics Geotechnical: Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering
- CIVE 4918 Design Project
Previous Teaching Assignments
- CIVE 4918 Design Project
- CIVE 5506 Fundamentals of Geomechanics
- CIVE 5800 Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering
- CIVE 4208 Geotechnical Engineering
- CIVE 5801 Fundamentals of Geomechanics
- ECOR 1045 Statics
- ECOR 4995 Professional Practice
Research interests:
- Constitutive modelling of geomaterials
- Micromechanics of granular materials
- Thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) behaviours
- Mechanics of anisotropic rocks
- Geomechanics of cold regions
- Thawing/freezing effects on permafrost layers
- Climate change effects
- Mechanics of unsaturated geomaterials
- Micromechanics of effective stress
- Water retention
- Computational geomechanics
- Discrete Elements (DEM) and Finite Elements (FEM) modelling of multiphysic processes.
- Complex systems approach to geomaterials
- Self-organized criticality in granular materials
- Pattern formation processes
- Contact network evolution