Arsalan Ghahramani

Arsalan Ghahramani is a researcher in the area of Soil Mechanics.Many have considered him as father of Soil Mechanics of Iran. He has made significant contributions in the area of Soil Mechanics(particularly Zero Extension Line Theory for several applications in soil mechanics and foundation engineering). He obtained his Ph.D from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Princeton.

Ghahramani is currently Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the Engineering Department of University of Shiraz.Some of his major contributions are graduating first Iranian students in soil mechanics and foundation engineering and design of Tehran Tower foundation, 440 meters high.

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* [http://www.arsalanghahramani.com Arsalan Ghahramani's website] He has been supervising several Ph.D. and M.Sc. students in Shiraz University as well as other foreign universities. Among them are:Dr. Mohammad Reza Razavi (Associate Professor in the U.S.A.),Dr. Abdol Hossein Haddad (Associate Professor in Semnan University),Dr. Abdol Hossein Rahnama(Assistant Professor in Shiraz University of Technology),Dr. Amin Keshavarz ( [http://www.keshavarz.org Assistant Professor in Persian Gulf University] ),Dr. Mohammad Hajiazizi (Assistant Professor in Semnan University),Dr. Mansour Mosallanejad ( [http://www.mosalla.ws Assistant Professor in Yasuj University] ),Dr. Mehrashk Meydani (Assistant Professor in Shahrekord University),Dr. Ali Reza Bagherieh (Assistant Professor in Hamadan University),Dr. Ali Jouhari

Seyyed Mohammad Binesh (Ph.D. Candidate),Abbas Esalmi Haghighat (Ph.D. Candidate),Mohsen Morshedi (Ph.D. Candidate),Reza Fazeli (Ph.D. Candidate),Mohsen Ajdari (Ph.D. Candidate),Ali Reza Hajiani Boushehrian (Ph.D. Candidate),Mehdi Veiskarami (Ph.D. Candidate),Ehsan Nikooyi (Ph.D. Student),Ali Moaddeli (Ph.D. Student),Mehdi Heydari (Ph.D. Student)