Faculty
Yacoub "Jacob" M. Najjar, Ph.D., P.E. Office: 2111 Fiedler Hall |
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Education
- B.S., Yarmouk University, 1983
- M.S., University of Oklahoma, 1986
- Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1990
Teaching Activities
Jacob M. Najjar teaches the following courses:
- CE 522: Soil Mechanics
- CE 822: Shear Strength and Slope Stability of Soils
- CE 890: Graduate Seminar in Civil Engineering
Research Activities
Areas of Research
- Geotechnical engineering
- Neural networks
- Pavement performance
- Transportation engineering systems
- Geoenvironmental systems
- Geosynthetics
- Geomechanics
- Computational mechanics
- Soil-structure interation
- Underground excavations
Institutional & Professional Service
National/International
- Member, Transportation Research Board (TRB) A2K05: Committee on Modeling Techniques in Geomechanics. (Jan. '93 - present)
- Member, TRB A2C04: Committee on Tunnels and Underground Structures. (Jan. '97 - present)
- Chairman,TRB A2K05(3): Subcommittee on Neural Nets and Other Computational Intelligence-Based Modelling Systems.( Jan. '97 - Present)
- Member, TRB A2K05(2): Subcommittee on Reliability in Geotechnical and Pavement Engineering
- Member, ASCE-GI: Computer Applications Committee. ( Jan. '99 - Present)
- Member, ASCE-EM: Inelastic Behavior Committee. ( Jan. '96 - Present)
- Member, ASCE-EE: Groundwater Quality Committee. ( Jan. '95 - Present)
- Member, ASCE-WR: Task Force Committee on Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Hydrology. ( Jan. '97 - Aug. '99)
- Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.( Jan. '95 - Present)
- Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
College of Engineering
- Member, College of Engineering Co-Operative Education Committee, 1993-present
- Member, College of Engineering Committee on Planning, 2000-present
- Member, College of Engineering STARS Task Force, 1995-1998
Department of Civil Engineering
- Faculty Advisor, ASCE Student Chapter, 7/98-6/2000
- Faculty Co-advisor, ASCE Student Chapter, 7/97-6/98
- Faculty Advisor, Open House Student Activities, 7/98-7/99
- Faculty Co-advisor, Open House Student Activities, 7/97-6/98
- Chair/member, Civil Engineering Undergraduate Study Committee, 1994- 1998
- Member, Civil Engineering Equipment Needs Committee, 1995-present
- Chair, CE Undergraduate Program Assessment and Curriculum Committee, 2000-present
- Member, Civil Engineering ABET/Program Assessment Committee, 1996-2000
- Member, Civil Engineering Graduate Committee, 2000-present
- Secretary, Civil Engineering Department Faculty Meetings, 1995-1997
- Member, Faculty Search Committee, 7/97-7/99
- Member, Fiedler Hall Space Needs for CE Department Committee, 1997-2000
- Scholarship Day, Fall 1994, Fall 1995 and Fall 1996
- Engineering Day, Fall 1993 and Fall 1995
- "Civil Engineering". Presentation for the Engineering and Science Summer Institute, May 30, 1997 at KSU
- "Civil Engineering: An Exciting Career with a Monumental History". Presentation for the Engineering and Science Summer Institute, June 2 & June 9, 1995 at KSU
- Participated in the regional ASCE concrete canoe faculty race, Spring 1994
- Taught EIT Statics Review Session, Fall 1993
