Rate My Professor Mohamed Almahakeri

Mohamed Almahakeri is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He earned his Ph.D. from Queen's University, Canada, in 2013, with his doctoral thesis titled 'Stability of buried steel and glass fibre reinforced polymer pipes under lateral ground movement.' Prior to joining the University of Arkansas, he held the position of Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering and Technology at Central Michigan University. His office is located in MEEG 214, and he teaches courses such as MEEG 214.

Almahakeri's research centers on structural engineering, pipe-soil interaction, polymers, and finite element analysis. He conducts experimental and numerical simulations related to pipelines, soft materials, and composites, with a focus on buried oil and gas pipelines under lateral earth movements, as well as structural health monitoring. His expertise includes finite element analysis, composite materials, nonlinear analysis, mechanics of materials, solid mechanics, computational mechanics, continuum mechanics, and experimental mechanics. Key publications include 'Deep Neural Network-Based Intelligent Health Monitoring System for Oil and Gas Pipelines' (2025), 'Numerical techniques for design calculations of longitudinal bending in buried steel pipes subjected to lateral Earth movements' (Royal Society Open Science, 2019), 'Numerical study of longitudinal bending in buried GFRP pipes subjected to lateral earth movements' (Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, 2017), 'Experimental investigation of longitudinal bending of buried steel pipes pulled through dense sand' (Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, 2014), 'Longitudinal bending and failure of GFRP pipes buried in dense sand under relative ground movement' (Journal of Composites for Construction, 2013), 'The flexural behavior of buried steel and composite pipes pulled relative to dense sand: Experimental and numerical investigation' (International Pipeline Conference, 2012), and 'Experimental investigation of the flexural behavior of GFRP composite pipes in dense sand' (2012). These contributions, frequently developed in collaboration with researchers Ian D. Moore and Amir Fam, enhance the understanding of pipeline flexural behavior, bending, and failure under geotechnical loads, supporting improved design and safety in pipeline engineering.