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Yacoub "Jacob" M. Najjar

 

   Contacting Address

Dr. Yacoub  Najjar 
PhD,  PE 
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS, 66506

Phone: (785) 532-5863
Fax:     (785) 532-7717

E-mail: ea4146@ksu.edu

 

  Education

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  • PhD  1990, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Department of Civil Engineering. Major: Geotechnical engineering.

  • MS  1986,  University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Department of Civil Engineering. Major: Geotechnical engineering.

  • BS  1983,  Yarmouk University (five-year program) , Jordan, Department of Civil Engineering. Major: Structural engineering. .

  Research Interests

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  • Geo-engineering systems
  • Soil-structure interaction
  • Computational neural networks
  • Constitutive laws
  • Transportation geotechniques
  • Finite element
  • Civil engineering information /infrastructure systems
  • Liquefaction assessment

 

  • Computational geomechanics
  • Site characterization and visualization
  • Numerical modeling
  • Geosynthetics
 

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