Rate My Professor Amin Chegenizadeh

Associate Professor Amin Chegenizadeh serves in the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University, where he specializes in Geotechnical Engineering. He earned his BSc, MSc, and PhD in Civil Engineering from Curtin University, completing his doctorate in 2012. Affiliated with Curtin since 2009, he has advanced from researcher to lecturer and senior lecturer before becoming Associate Professor. Prior to his academic career, he worked as Lead and Senior Civil Engineer in several consultancy firms. Professionally recognized as a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia (FIEAust), Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng), and registered on the National Engineering Register (NER), he coordinates the unit GEOT4002 Geotechnical Design and Construction.

His research encompasses Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, physical and numerical modeling, and geo-environmental engineering, with emphasis on soil stabilization using materials such as cement, sodium silicate, slag, fly ash, lime, and ground granulated blast furnace slag; liquefaction resistance in sands, silts, and sand-bentonite mixtures; fiber reinforcement in clayey sands, silty sands, and low-plasticity silts; and applications of recycled materials including waste PET plastics, powdered recycled tires, and bagasse ash in geotechnical and pavement contexts. He co-edited the book Recycled Materials in Geotechnical and Pavement Applications in 2022. Prominent publications include Investigating the engineering properties of asphalt binder modified with waste plastic polymer (Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2021); Laboratory properties of waste PET plastic-modified asphalt mixes (Recycling, 2021); Effect of GGBFS and lime binders on the engineering properties of clay (Applied Clay Science, 2016); Investigation on shear strength of stabilised clay using cement, sodium silicate and slag (Applied Clay Science, 2016); and Experimental study on effect of fly ash on liquefaction resistance of sand (Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2017). His work has garnered over 2,300 citations, demonstrating substantial impact in sustainable geotechnical practices and pavement engineering. He contributes editorially as a member of the Topical Advisory Panel for Infrastructures and associate editor for soil pollution topics.