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College / Department

College of Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering

Teaching areas

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Soil Mechanics, Foundations, Geology

Research areas

Geotechnical earthquake engineering, Static and Dynamic Foundation Analysis, Non-destructive and non-invasive methods for site and material characterization, and Seismic site response and liquefaction analysis

Education

PhD, Civil Engineering / Geotechnical Engineering, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 2007

MASc, Civil Engineering / Geotechnical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2004

BSc, Civil Engineering, NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan, 1992

Professional experience

Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah, 2017 - Present

Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2010 - 2017

Visiting Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2008 - 2010

Foundations Engineer, Ontario Ministry of Transportation, ON, Canada, 2007 - 2008

Director, GDE (GeoDynamics and Engineering) Pvt Ltd, ON, Canada, 2004 - 2007

Research Assistant, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada, 2001 - 2003

Tunnel Engineer, PHLC Consultants, KPK, Pakistan, 1995 - 2000

Design Engineer, Designmen Consultants, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1993 - 1995

Memberships

Professional Engineers of Ontario, Ontario, Canada, July 2004

Canadian Geotechnical Society, Ontario, Canada, September 2002

Pakistan Engineering Council, Islamabad, Pakistan, September 1992

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2926

Dr. Zahid Khan

Associate Professor

PhD, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Zahid Khan has worked as a foundations engineer with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation in Canada. He provided professional engineering services for more than 15 years on projects in Canada and abroad. Dr. Khan is a registered professional engineer in the province of Ontario, where he also managed and directed an engineering firm that provides geotechnical engineering. His research interests involve geotechnical earthquake engineering, static and dynamic foundation analysis, non-destructive and non-invasive methods, and seismic site response and liquefaction analysis.

Publications

Amir Khan, Sakina Khan, Asma Nasrullah, Zahoor Ullah, Syeda Kubra, Noor Akbar, Faizan Ullah, Zahid Khan And Naveed Khan. An Overview on Phytotoxic Perspective of Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents: The Role of Chemical Structure in the Phytotoxicity, Journal Of Cleaner Production

Zahid Khan, Mohammad Yamin, Mousa Attom And Nasser Al Hai. Correlations between SPT, CPT, and Vs for Reclaimed Lands near Dubai, Geotechnical And Geological Engineering, 9 May 2022

Mousa Attom, Zahid Khan, Naser Al Lozi And Ahmed Eltaeb. Geo-environmental solution of using crushed glass waste to improve shear strength properties of sandy soil

Ahmed Khalil, Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam And Kazi Fattah. Dynamic Characterization of Calcareous Sands from Urban Areas of Abu Dhabi, Appl. Sci, March 2022

Mousa Attom, Zahid Khan, Naser Al Lozi And Ahmed Eltayeb. Wheat husk as a mulching technique for subsoil water retention in semi-arid countries/area

Zahid Khan, Giovanni Cascante And Rana Ahmed. Novel evaluation of mass polar moment of inertia of drive plate in resonant column, Geotechnique Letters

Zahid Khan, Mohammad Yamin, Mousa Attom And Nasser Al Hai. Geotechnical Characterization and Development of Correlations for Artificial Island near Dubai, The 74th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, September 2021

Zahid Khan And Giovanni Cascante. A new method for degradation evaluation of dynamic properties in resonant column

Ahmed Khalil, Zahid Khan And Mousa Attom. Degradation Models for the Dynamic Properties of Soils in UAE, June 2021

Mousa Attom, Ramesh Vandanapu, Zahid Khan And Ahmed Eltayeb. A study on influence of engineering properties on erosion characteristics of soil

Ahmad Mohsin, Ahmed Eltayeb, Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom And Magdi El-emam. Effect of sample size on the dynamic properties of soils in UAE

Mousa Attom, Zahid Khan And Ramesh Vandanapu. Efficacy of sand columns to increase the sub‑soil moisture content of clay, Sn Applied Sciences, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2020

Mohammad Yamin, Mousa Attom And Zahid Khan. Lateral Response of Drilled Shafts in A Moving Cohesive Soil., International Journal Of Civil Engineering, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020

Mousa Attom, Zahid Khan And Ramesh Vandanapu. AUGMENTATION OF SUB-SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT OF CLAY USING SAND COLUMNS, 6th International Conference On Integrated Disaster Risk Management, September 2019

Magdi El-emam, Zahid Khan And M Amer. Effect of Water Content, Void Ratio and Clay Content on Sand P-Wave Velocity, Proceedings Of The 4rd World Congress On Civil, Structural, And Environmental Engineering (csee’19), April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Ahmad Mohsen, Ahmed Eltayeb, Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom And Magdi El-emam. Evaluation of dynamic properties of soils in UAE from bender element and cyclic triaxial tests, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Muhammad Irfan, Giovanni Cascante, Dipanjan Basu And Zahid Khan. Novel evaluation of bender element transmitter response in transparent soil, Geotechnique, February 2019

Mousa Attom, Zahid Khan And Ramess Vandanapu. The use of sand column to increase the sub-soil moisture content, 27 August 2018

Mohammad Yamin, Zahid Khan, Hesham El Naggar And Nasser Al Hai. Nonlinear Regression Analysis for Side Resistance of Socketed Piles in Rock Formations of Dubai Area, Geotechnical And Geological Engineering, June 2018

Zahid Khan, Mousa Attom And Magdi El Emam. Effect of admixture’s formulation on the damping of engineered sand, International Journal Of Geotechnical Engineering, 20 March 2018

Zahid Khan, Aqeel Ahmed And Kazi Fattah. Analysis of Prerecorded Video Lectures on the Performance of Undergraduate Students and their Feedback in Geology- A Case Study, 3 March 2018

Mousa Attom, Magdi El-emam, Zahid Khan And Ramesh Vandanapu. Reducing the collapsibility of clay using a cement-polymeric fibre admixture, Proceedings Of The Institution Of Civil Engineers: Ground Improvement, 1 February 2018

Zahid Khan And Mohammad Yamin. Evaluation of shear geophones in MASW testing, International Journal Of Geotechnical Engineering, 19 May 2017

Zahid Khan, Aqeel Ahmed And N Haji Bismillah. Variation of shear wave velocity with SPT-N values for Sharjah, UAE, International Journal Of Geotechnical Engineering, March 2016

Zahid Khan, Magdi El-emam, Mousa Attom And Aqeel Ahmed. Comparison of dispersion curves from horizontal and vertical components of particle motion, 2015

Magdi El-emam, Mousa Attom And Zahid Khan. Reduction of clay soil collapsibility using cement-polymeric fiber admixture, Proceedings Of 16th African Regional Conference On Soil Mechanics And Geotechnical Engineering, Arc’16, 2015

Magdi El-emam, Zahid Khan, Jamal Abdalla And Muhammad Irfan. Local site effects on seismic ground response of major cities in UAE, Natural Hazards, 2015

Muhammad Irfan, Giovanni Cascante, Dipanjan Basu And Zahid Khan. Novel evaluation of bender response in sand specimens using a laser vibrometer, September 2015

Zahid Khan, Magdi El-emam, Giovanni Cascante And Hesham El Naggar. Energy dissipation in engineered sand of large damping ratio, Geomechanics And Geoengineering, 2013

Zahid Khan, Magdi El-emam, Muhammad Irfan And Jamal Abdalla. Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and spectral accelerations for United Arab Emirates, Natural Hazards, 2013

Zahid Khan, Giovanni Cascante, Sohail Moeyrian And Murray Grabinski. Evaluation of Transfer Function and Dynamic Properties from Strain-Controlled Resonant Column Tests, Geotechnical Testing Journal, 1 May 2013

M Irfan, Zh Khan, Magdi El-emam And Jamal Abdalla. Seismic hazard assessment and spectral accelerations for United Arab Emirates, 2012

Magdi El-emam, Mousa Attom And Zahid Khan. Numerical prediction of plane strain properties of sandy soil from direct shear test, International Journal Of Geotechnical Engineering, 2012

M. Irfan, M. El-emam, Z. Khan And J. Abdalla. Analysis of local site effects on seismic ground response of Dubai-Sharjah metropolitan area, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 225 Gps, March 2012

Zahid Khan, Soheil Moayerian, Giovanni Cascante And Murray Grabinsky. Evaluation of strain level and frequency effects on the dynamic properties of sand, 2011

Zahid Khan, Hesham El Naggar And Giovanni Cascante. Frequency dependent dynamic properties from resonant column and cyclic triaxial tests, Journal Of The Franklin Institute, September 2011

Zahid Khan, Giovanni Cascante And Hesham El Naggar. Measurement of dynamic properties of stiff specimens using ultrasonic waves, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2011

Zahid Khan, G Cascante, H El-naggar And C Lai. Evaluation of first mode of vibration, base fixidity, and frequency effects in resonant-column testing, 2009

Zahid Khan, Giovanni Cascante, Hesham El Naggar And Carlo Lai. Measurement of frequency-dependent dynamic properties of soils using the resonant-column device, Journal Of Geotechnical And Geoenvironmental Engineering, 1 September 2008

Zahid Khan, Giovanni Cascante And Hesham El Naggar. Evaluation of the First Mode of Vibration and Base Fixidity in Resonant-Column Testing, Geotechnical Testing Journal, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2008

Zahid Khan, Majid Anwar, Giovanni Cascante, Jean Hutchinson And Pasha Pezeshkpour. Characterization of a cemented sand with the pulse-velocity method, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 1 March 2006

Zahid Khan, Giovanni Cascante And Hesham Naggar. Evaluation of Linearity of First Mode of Vibration in Resonant Column Testing, 2005

Anwar Majid, Zahid Khan, Giovanni Cascante, Jean Hutchinson And Parsa Pezeshkpour. Characterization of a Cemented Sand with the Pulse-Velocity Method, 2004

Conference Presentations

Geotechnical Characterization and Development of Correlations for Artificial Island near Dubai, The 74th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, September 2021

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Development of Closed-Loop Computer-Controlled Resonant Column System, 26 March 2019 - May 2022

Grant, Seismic site amplification factors for major cities of UAE, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2018 - 28 May 2021

Grant, Variation of Vs with SPT-N Values for Representative Soils of the United Arab Emirates, American University of Sharjah, 22 May 2015 - 22 May 2017