Muhsin Elie RAHHAL

Professor
Chef de département - Génie civil et environnement - School of Engineering of Beirut

+961 (1) 421 000 ext 3358 muhsin.rahal@usj.edu.lb

Muhsin Elie Rahhal has been a professor and researcher in geotechnics at the Saint-Joseph University of Beirut in Lebanon since 1998. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Sherbrooke in Canada, obtained in 1996 in the field of soil rheology under static and seismic loading. He is a Civil Engineer, member of the Order of Engineers of Beirut, member of the Order of Engineers of Quebec. He teaches soil mechanics, foundations engineering, landslides, environmental geotechnics and seismic geotechnics. He is also an invited associate professor at Laval University in Quebec, Canada. He conducts research in seismic geotechnics and petroleum geology. His areas of expertise are Landslides, soil liquefaction under seismic loading, the behavior of earth structures under earthquakes, shoring problems for urban excavations, soil contamination problems.

Education

Degree	University	Country	Year
Doctorat - Génie civil	Université de Sherbooke (Canada)	Canada	1996
Master - Génie civil	Université de Sherbooke (Canada)	Canada	1991
Diplôme d'ingénieur - Génie civil	American University of Beirut	Liban	1987
Terminales (Bac 2ème partie)			1983

Research themes

- Landslides, - Soil liquefaction under seismic loading, - The behavior of earth structures under earthquakes,- Shoring problems for urban excavations,- Soil contamination problems.- Soil-Pavement interaction

Publications and communications

1-Rahhal, M.E., Lefebvre, G. (2001) Understanding the Effect of Static Driving Shear Stress on the Liquefaction Resistance of Medium Dense Sand, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Journal, Volume 8, issue 5-8, pages: 397-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0267-7261(00)00089-02- Rahhal, M.E., Lefebvre, G. (2006) Characterizing Shear Moduli Reduction in Soils Cyclic Behavior, Proceedings ASCE Geo Congress, Atlanta, USA. Permalink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40803(187)1643- Rahhal, M.E and Najem, D. (2015) Understandings the behavior of Embankments under Seismic Loading Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication Vol. 2, No. 48 p. 1673-1678, http://doi.org/10.3208/jgssp.LBN-024- Sebaaly, G. and Rahhal M. E. (2020) Assessment of Liquefaction Potential Index Using Deterministic and Probabilistic Approaches – A Case Study, Innovative Solutions for Soil Structure Interaction, Chapter, pages 34-46, Publisher: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34252-4_45- Said, S. and Rahhal, M. E. (2022) Improving the Compaction Properties and Shear Resistance of Sand Reinforced with COVID-19 Waste Mask Fibers. Heliyon journal, Elsevier, 22 pages. doi: 10.1016/J.HELIYON.2022.E12129 PMID: 36561680