Shabnam Shirazizadeh

RMIT University

PhD candidate

Shabnam is a PhD candidate in Geotechnical Engineering at RMIT University. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and her Master’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering, both as a Talent Student Graduate. Her Master’s thesis, “A study on dynamical and kinematical conditions of shear band formation in hypoplastic granular materials,” reflects her strong interest in continuum-based approaches to modeling the mechanical response of granular media.

Her current research interests lie in applying the concepts of Continuum Mechanics to geotechnical engineering problems, with a focus on the conditions that govern localization phenomena such as shear band formation in granular and porous materials. In addition, she is interested in seismic analysis of geotechnical problems using the Modified Pseudo-Dynamic (MPD) method and in reliability-based assessment of geotechnical problems. Through her research, she seeks to advance rigorous theoretical frameworks and computational methodologies for the analysis and design of geotechnical problems.