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Dr. Mounir Naili

University : Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Sciences, Concordia University

Country : Canada

Research Interest : Liquefaction induced flow failure of tailing dams and remediation techniques; Development of an Early Warning System for Rock-burst Monitoring and Seismic slope stability

Bio :

Mounir Naili is a full time faculty member at Concordia University, (Montreal, Quebec). Graduated from the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Technology and Sciences of Algiers in 1991, he received a Post-graduate diploma in Seismology and Earthquake Engineering in 1998 from the International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE), Building Research Institute (BRI), Tsukuba, Japan, and a Magister (Master degree) in 2001 in Construction Engineering from the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Technology and Sciences of Algiers in 2001. He also received a Diploma of Philosophy Doctorate from Tsukuba University, Japan after developing a new and breakthrough Numerical Method on the Assessment of Liquefaction Induced Earthquake Ground Displacement Using Smoothed Particles Hydrodynamics, a Langrangian meshfree particle approach based on Fluid Mechanics principles. This achievement lead him join the Public Works Research Institute as a Post-doctoral researcher from 2006-2008, investigating the physical properties of the liquefied sand undergoing large deformations using the large 6m earthquake centrifuge.

Before joining the Concordia university, Mounir was a senior researcher and a team leader at the National Centre for Applied Research in Earthquake Engineering (Algiers, Algeria), an Arab and African leading institution in Earthquake Engineering field. In 2012, he was appointed by the Ministry of Construction as the Head of the Earthquake Engineering Division, managing and coordinating six research teams. His wide expertise lies mainly in Seismic Hazard Analysis, Ambient vibration survey and monitoring, Structural monitoring, Vulnerability analysis of Existing Structures and Industrial Facilities and Seismic Risk Assessment. Author of many publications in ISI journals and congress proceedings, he was contributing to a best knowledge to the seismic hazard of Algeria, vulnerability analysis of existing structures and risk management solutions. He was appointed recently as an Editor for the American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (AJEAS). He has also reviewed many papers (Springer Journals (Sustainable Civil Infrastructures) and the Iranian Journal and Technology Transactions of Civil Engineering).