Email: kianoosh@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-3674
Office: Carson Engineering Center, Room 450B
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Personal website
Education
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Geotechnical Engineering
RMC and Queens University, Canada
Ph.D., Structural Engineering
McMaster University, Canada
M.S., Hydraulic Structures
Sharif University of Technology, Iran
B.S., Civil Engineering
Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
Dr. Hatami is a Presidential Professor at the University of Oklahoma (OU) School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science (CEES), with a primary research area in geosynthetic engineering and soil reinforcement. His track record to date includes more than 140 peer-reviewed publications in premier archival journals and conference proceedings, in addition to numerous research final reports, newsletter articles and invited presentations at different venues.
Dr. Hatami is a recipient of prestigious research awards, including the Middlebrooks Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers, Sir Casimir Gzowski Medal from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, and the Regents' Award for Superior Research and Creative/Scholarly Activity at the University of Oklahoma. He is the inventor and a patentholder of the Sensor-Enabled Geosynthetics (SEG) technology, which is aimed to help with performance monitoring and asset management of earthwork structures involving geosynthetics, improving their design methodologies, and reducing their costs and construction time in transportation and urban development applications.
Dr. Hatami has served as a voting member of several national committees on geosynthetics at ASCE, ASTM and TRB, and as an editorial board member (EBM) of peer-reviewed journals on geosynthetics, including Geotextiles & Geomembranes, Geosynthetics International and the International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering.
ASCE Fellow (2022), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Ed Cline Faculty Development Award (2022), University of Oklahoma
Presidential Professorship (2018), University of Oklahoma
Regents' Award for Superior Research and Creative/Scholarly Activity (2017), University of Oklahoma
Outstanding Engineering Graduate, Top 150 Engineering Alumni for Canada's 150th Anniversary (2017), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2017), Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights, NJ, USA
Honorary Franklin Membership (2017), London Journals Press, Theale, UK
Distinguished Honorary Member (NSCS) (2017), Washington, DC, USA
Faculty Investment Program Awards (2017, 2019, 2021), University of Oklahoma
Brandon H. Griffith Teaching Award Nomination (2013, 2014), University of Oklahoma, College of Engineering
ASCE/GI Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award (2012), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (Past Winners)
Honorable Mention for Best Paper (2012), Geotextiles & Geomembranes
Faculty Challenge Grant Program Award (2011), University of Oklahoma
College of Engineering & Michael F. Price College of Business Alumni Teaching Awards (2007, 2008 & 2009 - Award available during 2007-2009 only), University of Oklahoma
Best Paper Award Nomination in Soil Mechanics Section (2008), by the TRB AFS70 Committee
Casimir Gzowski Medal for the Best Refereed Technical Paper in 2005, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, Montreal, QC, Canada
PI Research Investment Program Award (2007), University of Oklahoma
Junior Faculty Research Program Awards (2005 & 2007), University of Oklahoma
College of Engineering Cross-Disciplinary Seed Funding Awards (2006, 2009, 2013), University of Oklahoma
Faculty Senate Development Awards (2005, 2006), University of Oklahoma
