Graduate Student
Michigan State University
Okemos, MI, United States
Mohamad Yaman Fares is a Ph.D. candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University, specializing in pavement and geotechnical engineering. His research focuses on the resilient behavior and cross-anisotropy of unbound geomaterials through advanced laboratory testing and data-driven modeling. Under the supervision of Professors Bora Cetin and Michele Lanotte, he integrates experimental, mechanistic, and machine learning approaches to improve the prediction and representation of material stiffness in pavement design.
He has been actively involved in collaborative projects with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC), conducting large-scale experimental campaigns on a wide range of base, subbase, and subgrade materials using both the standard AASHTO T307 test and the advanced SPAX-3000 true-triaxial system. His work aims to quantify anisotropic stiffness behavior and evaluate the applicability of predictive models across different loading directions and stress conditions.
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Comparative Evaluation of Predictive Models for Anisotropic Stiffness of Unbound Materials
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time