Ph.D. Student
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, United States
Mohammad Nader Al-Khateeb is a Ph.D. candidate in Geotechnical Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University, where he also serves as a Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant.
His dissertation research focuses on mitigating frost heave in pavement subgrades using innovative approaches such as water-repellent treatments. His work integrates laboratory and field-scale frost-heave experiments with advanced thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) modeling in PLAXIS to enhance pavement foundation design and performance.
He holds both a Master’s and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with distinction, specializing in Geotechnical Engineering. His research interests include frozen soil mechanics, theoretical and numerical soil modeling, cavity expansion theory, foundation engineering, and geothermal energy applications.
In addition to his research, Al-Khateeb has gained diverse professional and academic experience as a lecturer, teaching assistant, technical engineer, consulting engineer, and design engineer across several institutions.
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