Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Geotechnical dam engineering, Principles of soil mechanics, Foundation design, Geology, Fudemental of engineering drawing
Research areas
Soil behavior, soil erosion, soil stabilization, expansive soil, and soil testing
Education
PhD, Kansas State University, USA, 1989
ME, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA, 1987
BS, Yarmouk University, Jordan, 1985
Professional experience
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 1991-2007
Staal Gardner and Dunne, Inc., California, USA, 1990-1991
Kansas State University, Kansas, USA, 1987-1989
Memberships
American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE),Jordan Society of engineering
Contact
mattom@aus.edu
+971 6 515 2854
Dr. Mousa Attom
Professor
PhD, Kansas State University, USA
Mousa Attom worked for two years in the industry as a soil laboratory manager and a consultant engineer in Southern California. Dr. Attom has also taught at the Jordan University of Science and Technology. Dr. Attom's research interests include expansive soil, soil stabilization, soil testing and soil behavior.
Publications
Mousa Attom, Magdi El-Emam, Zahid Khan and Vandanapu, Ramesh (2018). Reducing the collapsibility of clay using a cement–polymeric fibre admixture. Ground Improvement-ICE. Vol. 171 (GI1), pp 38-48.
Vandanapu, Ramesh, Joshua R. Omer, Mousa Attom, and Farrokh Rafati Afshar (2017): "Laboratory simulation of irrigation-induced settlement of collapsible desert soils under constant surcharge." Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Vol. 35 (6), pp 2827-2840.
Yamin, Mohammad, Mousa Attom, and Robert Liang (2017): “Solutions for Soil-Pile-Soil Forces in Pile Stabilized Slopes” Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Vol. 35 (4), pp 1859-1869.
Attom, Mousa, Farid Abed, Magdi El-Emam, Munir Nazal, and Nouran ElMessalami (2016): "The Effect of Treated Waste-Water on Compaction and Compression of Fine Soil." International Journal of Civil, Environmental, Structural, Construction and Architectural Engineering, no. 9, url: http://waset.org/publications/10005302/.
Vandanapu, Ramesh, Joshua R. Omer, and Mousa Attom (2016): "Geotechnical case studies: emphasis on collapsible soil cases." Proceedings of Institute of Civil Engineer-Forensic Engineering, Vol. 169(3), pp 103-110.
Attom, Mousa, Mathew Kou, and Nabeel Al-Akhras (2016): "Geoenvironmental utilization of iron-filling with cement in soil stabilization." International Journal of Technology and Engineering Studies. Vol 2 (2), KKG Publications.
Abdalla, Jamal A., Mousa Attom, and Rami Hawileh (2015): "Prediction of Minimum Factor of Safety against Slope Failure in Clayey Soils using Artificial Neural Network." Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol. 73, No. 9, Springer
Munjed M. Al-Sharif and Mousa F. Attom (2014):“A geoenvironmental application ofburned wastewater sludge ash in soil stabilization”Environmental Earth Science- Environmental Geology, Vol. 71 (5), pp 2453-2463, Springer, Germany
Attom, M., Hawileh, R., and Naser, M. (2013): "Investigation on Concrete Compressive Strength Mixed with Sand Contaminated by Crude Oil." Journal of Construction & Building Materials, Vol. 47, pp. 99-103, Elsevier, Netherlands
• Attom, Mousa, Rami Hawileh, and Jamal A. Abdalla (2013) "Development of prediction models for determining the minimum factor of safety against slope failure in clayey soils" InternationalJournal of Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 2, USA
Al- Akhras N. M., Attom, Mousa F., and Al-Akhras, K.M. (2010): “ Performance of olive waste ash concrete exposed to thermal cycling, Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 7, USA
Mousa F. Attom and Magdi El-Emam (2010): “Soil stabilization using stone-slurry- waste recovered from cutting stone process in rock quarries” accepted for publication in The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, to be published in Vol. 37, 2011, USA
Mousa F. Attom and Adil K. Al-Tamimi (2010): “Effects of polypropylene fibers on shear strength of sandy Soil” International Journal of Geoscience, Vol. 1, No. 1., Scientific Research, USA
M. F. Attom, Nabeel M. Al-Akras, and Abdallah H. Malkawi (2009): “Effect of fibers on some mechanical properties of clayey soil” Geotechnical Engineering Journal, Vol. 162, Issue GE5,Thomas Telford, United Kingdom
Attom, Mousa F. and Al-Akhras N. M. (2008): “Experimental evaluation of anisotropy in shear strength of clayey soils” Geotechnical Engineering Journal, Thomas Telford, United Kingdom, Vol. 161, No. 5, pp. 269-273
Al- Akhras N. M., Attom M. F., Al-Akhras K. N, and Malkawi, A. H. (2008): “Influence if fibers on swelling properties of clayey soil” Geosynthetic International, Vol. 15, No. 4, Thomas Telford, UK
Attom, Mousa F., (2008): “Shear strength characteristics of Irbid clayey soil mixed with iron filling and iron filling-cement mixture” International Journal of Geoscience- Environmental Geology Journal, Volume 55, No 4, Springer, Germany
Attom, Mousa F., Basma, Adnan, and Zayed, Adnan (2008): “The effect of the shape of soil earth reinforcement bars on pullout resistance” University of Sharjah Journal of Pure and Applied Science, Vol. 5. No. 1(UAE)
Attom, Mousa F., Khedaywi, Taisir, and Mousa, Sameer, A., (2007): “The effect of shredded waste tire on the shear strength, swelling and compressibility properties of the clayey soil”, Journal of Solid Waste and Management, Vol. 33, No. 4, Nov., USA
Nabeel Al-AkhrasN. M., Khaled Al-Akhras and Mousa Attom, (2007): Thermal cyclic of wheat straw ash concrete” Construction Material Journal , Thomas Teloford, UK
Attom, Mousa F., (2006): “The use of shredded waste tires to improve the geotechnicalengineering properties of sands”,Environmental Geology Journal, Vol. 49, No. 4,Springer, Germany
Magdi E. El-Emam, Mousa F. Attom, and Zahid H. Khan (2011): “Numerical prediction of plane strain properties of sandy soil from direct shear test” Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, J. Ross Publishing, Inc.
Conference Presentations
Attom, Mousa, Maruf Mortula, and Munjed M. Alsharif, (2017), "Shear strength stabilization using burned sludge ash." In Proceeding of International Academy of Science, Technology, Engineering and Management International Conference (IASTEM), 1-4. India: IRAJ, 2017
Vandanapu, Ramesh, Joshua R. Omer, and Mousa Attom (2017):"Laboratory Study of the Effects of Surface Irrigation on the Settlement of a Collapsible Stratum beneath a Lightly Loaded Structure." Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Civil, Architectural and Environmental Sciences (CAES-17), Dubai, UAE.
Attom, Mousa, and Raed Abokwiek (2016):"The Effect of Sand Content on the Internal Erosion of Clay Soils."Paper presented at the The International Conference on Engineering & Technology, Computer, Basic & Applied Sciences (ECBA), Manila, Philippine
Attom, Mousa F. and Magdi El-Emam, (2008): ?Control of Soil Swelling Pressure using Iron Filling and Iron Filling Cement-Mixture,? Twenty-Third International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp. 987- 994.
M. Attom and M. El-Emam, (2010): ?The use of cutting-stone-slurry-waste in engineering practice,?International Soil Science Congress on ?Management of Natural Resources to Sustain Soil Health andQuality?, Samsun, Turkey
M. F. Attom, (2011): ?Improvement of soil shear strength using iron filling-cement mixture,? Acceptedin The 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (May 2011),The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Awards and Honors
Scholarship; Kansas State university, USA, 1987-1989
Other creative/research
Chapter in a book (chapter 10)"Expansive Soils Recent Advances in characterization and treatment", Tylar & Francis, GreatBritain, 2005
