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Junied Aziz Bakr (Lecturer)

PhD in Geotechnical Engineering
lecturer
Civil - Engineering
junied.bakr@uoanbar.edu.iq


Biography

Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering at Civil Engineering Department / College of Engineering / University of Anbar 

Awarded PhD Dgree in Civil Engineering / Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering from the University of Manchester / United Kingdom (UK)

Academic assignments 

  • Teaching several courses at Civil Engineering Department / College of Engineering / University of Anbar:
  1. Engineering Geology (second year)
  2. Soil Mechanics I (third year)
  3. Soil Mechanics II (third year)
  • Supervision several final year projects of undergraduate students at Civil Engineering Department / College of Engineering / University of Anbar

Administrative assignments 

  • Director of Postgraduate Research studies at Civil Engineering Department / College of Engineering / University of Anbar
  • Member of the Postgraduate Studies Committee at Civil Engineering Department / College of Engineering / University of Anbar
  • Member of the examination committee for postgraduate studies at Civil Engineering Department / College of Engineering / University of Anbar
  • Member of the Department Council at Civil Engineering Department / College of Engineering / University of Anbar
  • Member of the Academic Accreditation Committee at Civil Engineering Department / College of Engineering / University of Anbar

Consultant assignments

  • Geotechnical consultant at Engineering Consulting Bureau at College of Engineering / University of Anbar

Scientific assignments

  • Reviewer at High-Quality Scientific Journals and International Conferences in Geotechnical Engineering listed below:
  1. International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE)
  2. Journal of Building Engineering (Elsevier)
  3. Natural Hazards (Springer)
  4. Indian Geotechnical Journal (Springer)
  5. Soil dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (Elsevier)
  6. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials
  7. First International Conference on Geotechnical-Iraq 2020
  8. Second International Conference on Geotechnical-Iraq 2021
  9. Third International Conference on Geotechnical-Iraq 2022
  • Member at International society for soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering
  • Member at Iraqi Geotechnical Society

Research interests

  1. Soil dynamics
  2. Earthquake engineering
  3. Soil-structure interaction
  4. Soil liquefaction
  5. Numerical methods
  6. Finite element method
  7. Finite difference method
  8. Seismic behaviour of earth structures 
  9. Seismic behaviour of deep and shallow foundations
  10. Seismic behaviour of earth dams
  11. Critical speeds of trains running on  soft soils
  12. Applications of artificial neural networks in civil and geotechnical engineering

Publication

  • Junied Bakr, Mohd Ahmad Syed, and Domenico Lombardi., 2019, Finite-Element Study for Seismic Structural and Global Stability of Cantilever-Type Retaining Walls. International Journal of Geomechanics, (ASCE). October 2019, Volume 19, Issue 10. DOI: 10.1061/ (ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001505. © 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers.
  • Junied Bakr, Mohd Ahmad Syed, and Domenico Lombardi., 2019, Natural Frequency of A Cantilever Retaining Wall and Its Seismic Stability. Proceeding of the 7th international Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (VII ICEGE).At: Roma, Italy.
  • Junied Bakr, Mohd Ahmad Syed, and Domenico Lombardi., 2018, Displacement-Based Approach for Seismic Stability of Retaining Structures. The University of Manchester, PhD Thesis.
  • Junied Bakr, and Mohd Ahmad Syed., 2018, A finite element performance-based approach to correlate movement of a rigid retaining wall with seismic earth pressure. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 114(November 2018):460-479, DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2018.07.025.
  • Junied Bakr, and Mohd Ahmad Syed., Effect of earthquake characteristics on the permanent displacement of a cantilever retaining wall. Proceedings of the 9th NUMGE Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering in Porto, Portugal, 25-27 June, 2018.
  • Junied Bakr, and Mohd Ahmad Syed., 2018. Effect of foundation soil stiffness on the seismic earth pressure. Submitted to the Conference: Proceedings of the MACE PGR Conference. Rogers, B. D. (ed.). Manchester, At the University of Manchester.
  • Junied Bakr, and Mohd Ahmad Syed., 2017. Risk assessment for the seismic behaviour of a cantilever retaining wall. Conference: Proceedings of the MACE PGR Conference. Rogers, B. D. (ed.). Manchester, p. 29- 31., At the University of Manchester.
  • Junied Bakr and Mahmood, K. R., 2011., Using artificial neural networks for evaluation of collapse potential of Some Iraqi gypseous soils. Iraqi Journal of Civil Engineering. (7):21-28.
  • Junied Bakr and Mahmood, K. R., 2011, Using artificial neural networks for evaluation of collapse potential of Some Iraqi gypseous soils. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference (ICITG) Shanghai, IOS Press, Amsterdam. Available from: ProQuest Ebook Central. [15 April 2019].At: Shanghai.
  • Junied Bakr and Mahmood, K. R., 2010., Using artificial neural networks for evaluation of collapse potential of Some Iraqi gypseous soils. University of Anbar, MSc Dissertation.

Lectures

  • Teaching several courses at Civil Engineering Department/College of Engineering/University of Anbar:
  1. Engineering Geology (First year)
  2. Soil Mechanics I (third year)
  3. Soil Mechanics II (third year)

Other

Activities, workshops and keynote lectures:

  1. Participating in the First International Conference on Information Technology in Geo-Engineering in Shanghai, September 2010
  2. Participating in the MACE PGR Conference. At the University of Manchester. 2017.
  3. Participating in the MACE PGR Conference. At the University of Manchester. 2018.
  4. Participating in the 5th International Geosynthetic Society (IGS) - UK- Rail Symposium at the National Rail Museum. York /UK. April, 2018
  5. Participating in the 9th NUMGE Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering in Porto, Portugal, 25-27 June, 2018.
  6. Participating in the Rankine Lecture workshop that was held by Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) for discussing "Critical State Soil Mechanics: 125 years of developments", 26/09/2018 - Westminster, London / UK
  7. Participating in the 58th Rankine Lecture organised by the British Geotechnical Association and delivered by Dr Nick O' Riordan (Arup) in Manchester, November, 2018
  8. Presenting keynote lecture at symposium that was held by the Iraqi Geotechnical society IGS to discuss the recent research methods and techniques in geotechnical engineering at AL Mustansiriyah University – Baghdad / Iraq. April 2018
  9. Participating in the 7th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering - Roma (Italy), June 2019
  10. Presenting keynote lecture at symposium that was held in Civil Engineering Department – College of Engineering at the university of Anbar to discuss the effect of dynamic loads on the infrastructure performance at west area of Iraq to treat the issue of the slight increase of seismic activity in the area last two years. Anbar – Iraq, November, 2019
  11. Participating in the 1st International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering –Iraq , 2020 (19-20 February) which was held in Iraq - Baghdad - the University of Baghdad – College of Engineering and organised by Iraqi Geotechnical Society and Civil Engineering Department at the University of Baghdad
  12. Participating in the workshops that was held by Bentley Institute for training in the : SIG Workshop: Geotechnical Analysis - Simulating Soil Lab Tests for PLAXIS Soil Model Parameters, 2021
  13. Participating in the workshops that was held by Bentley Institute for training in the : SIG Workshop: Bentley Webinar: Geotechnical Engineering for Embankments, 2021
  14. Participating in the workshops that was held by Bentley Institute for training in the : SIG Workshop: Bentley Webinar: Increasing the value of your geotechnical data, 2021
  15. Participating in the workshops that was held by Bentley Institute for training in the : SIG Workshop: Bentley Webinar: Designing Better Tailing Dam Facilities, 2021
  16. Participating in the workshops that was held by Bentley Institute for training in the : SIG Workshop: ACCELERATE PLAXIS: Introduction to PLAXIS 2D — Initial Stresses and Groundwater, 2021
  17. Participating in the workshops that was held by Bentley Institute for training in the : SIG Workshop: ACCELERATE PLAXIS: PLAXIS 2D Soil Parameters — Parameters for Clay, 2021
  18. Participating in the workshops that was held by Bentley Institute for training in the : SIG Workshop: ACCELERATE PLAXIS: Introduction to PLAXIS 2D — Concepts and Structural Elements, 2021 Participating in the workshops that was held by Bentley Institute for training in the : SIG Workshop: ACCELERATE
  19. PLAXIS: PLAXIS 2D Soil Parameters — Parameters for Sand, 2021
  20. Participating in the workshops that was held by Bentley Institute for training in the : SIG Workshop: Geotechnical Analysis – Working With 3D Deep Excavation in PLAXIS, Part 1 and 2, 2021
  21. Participating in the workshops that was held by Bentley Institute for training in the : SIG Workshop: Geotechnical Analysis - PLAXIS + PlaxFlow, Running a Groundwater Flow Analysis, 2021
  22. Participating in the workshops that was held by Bentley Institute for training in the : SIG Workshop: From Structural to Geotechnical. Deep Foundations Analysis in PLAXIS 3D from a STAAD.Pro Model, 2021
  23. Participating in the workshops that was held by Bentley Institute for training in the : SIG Workshop: Special Considerations of Seismic Analysis- Advantages of Using Signed Response Quantities in Response Spectrum Analysis, 2021
  24. Participating in the training workshops that was held by German Board Institute for using CSI Programs in the analysis and design concrete and steel structures. January, 2022