Rate My Professor Mohamed Shahin

Professor Mohamed Shahin is a Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering within the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University, Australia, where he also leads the Geomechanics and Pavements group. He obtained his BSc and MSc degrees from Cairo University, Egypt, and his PhD in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Adelaide, Australia, completing it in 2003. With more than 25 years of combined academic and industrial experience, Shahin joined Curtin University in November 2006 as a Lecturer, progressing to Senior Lecturer (July 2009–December 2011), Associate Professor (January 2012–December 2020), and Professor since January 2021. Earlier positions include Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong (January 2004–October 2006 or December 2004–November 2006) and Research Associate at the University of Adelaide (January–December 2003).

Shahin's research focuses on ground improvement methods including bio-cementation through microbially induced calcite precipitation, geopolymer stabilisation, and soft clay consolidation; computational geomechanics encompassing finite element methods, artificial intelligence, and stochastic reliability analysis; and railway track geotechnology, particularly the behavior of track foundations under moving loads. He has produced over 211 publications, including seminal papers such as 'Artificial Neural Network Applications in Geotechnical Engineering' (2001), 'Predicting Settlement of Shallow Foundations using Neural Networks' (2002), 'Cementation of sand soil by microbially induced calcite precipitation at various degrees of saturation' (2013), and 'State-of-the-art review of biocementation by microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) for soil stabilization' (2016), as well as edited volumes like 'Advances in Computational Geomechanics' (2026). His scholarship has attracted over 9,396 citations. Shahin is a Fellow and Chartered Professional of Engineers Australia and a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He received the 2025 Curtin Senior Researcher of the Year Award, the Geosciences 2025 Editor of Distinction Award, and the 2011 Early Career Vice-Chancellor Award for Innovation in Teaching at Curtin University. He serves as Chief Editor for the Geomechanics Section of Geosciences (MDPI) and on the editorial boards of the Canadian Geotechnical Journal and Georisk.