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Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Pavement Geotechnics
  • Asphalt mixtures
  • Recycled and waste materials in geotechnical/pavement applications
  • Geotechnical engineering
  • Sustainable transport infrastructures

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

About Ehsan Yaghoubi

Ehsan Yaghoubi is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering with the College of Sport, Health and Engineering. Ehsan is the also the Associate Director (Research) at the Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities, and Leader at Geotechnical, Rock Mechanics and Pavement research group (Pavement Geotechnics & Recycled Materials). Ehsan is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) of the Institute of Engineers Australia in Civil Engineering & Geotechnical Engineering.

Ehsan’s area of expertise includes asphalt mixtures, pavement geotechnics, circular economy & recycled/waste materials in geotechnical and pavement applications, unsaturated soil mechanics, and improvement of expansive/reactive soils. 

Ehsan has been awarded two State Government funds by Sustainability Victoria which he has been leading in close collaboration with geotechnical and water industry partners. He has also been a chief investigator in several projects, including a project funded through the Victorian Higher Education Strategic Investment Fund to investigate sustainable pavement systems made of waste/recycled materials in collaboration with pavement industries and local governments. He has been a recipient of the 2021 Vice Chancellor's Award in the "Innovation" Category & the 2022 Vice Chancellor's Award in the "Sustainability" Category.

Ehsan had a leading role in the development of VU’s state of the art geotechnical and pavement laboratories and has established VU’s inaugural asphalt testing facility capable of undertaking cutting edge research on asphalt and pavement materials.

Before joining Victoria University, Ehsan worked as a Geotechnical and Pavement Engineer for a few years, where he contributed to more than 40 infrastructure projects in Australia with a range of responsibilities including project management, design, and supervision of geotechnical investigations. He has authored more than 20 industry project reports including:

  • Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal (Area 1) Geotechnical Report for Level Crossing Removal Authority
  • Inland Rail Project (T2A Section) Geotechnical Report for Australian Rail Track Corporation and KBR
  • Pavement Assessment & Design of Various Roads for South Western Alliance (VicRoads)

Qualifications

  • PhD, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, 2018
  • MSc, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran, 2009
  • BSc, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran, 2006

Key publications

Year Citation
2023 Yaghoubi, E., AL-TAIE, A., Fragomeni, S., Disfani, M., Gmehling, E., & Trikha, S. (230709). Experimental investigation and field monitoring of recycled material mixtures used for backfilling sewer trenches In Rahman, M. ;. (Ed.), Australian Geomechanics Society.
2023 Yaghoubi, E., & wardle, L. (230709). Performance of recycled aggregates as unbound structural layers for airfield pavements In Rahman, M. ;. (Ed.), Australian Geomechanics Society.
2023 Yaghoubi, E., AL-TAIE, A., Fragomeni, S., Guerrieri, M., Disfani, M., & Gmehling, E. (230705). Blends of recycled aggregates for backfilling excavated pipeline trenches in trafficable areas: an experimental and numerical study Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS).

Year Citation
2024 Yaghoubi, E., Ghorbani, B., Saberian, M., van, Staden., Guerrieri, M., & Fragomeni, S. (240401). Strength and resilient modulus characteristics of emulsion-stabilised demolition wastes in pavement structures. Journal of Building Engineering, 82

doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2023.108257

2024 Al-Taie, A., Yaghoubi, E., Disfani, M., Fragomeni, S., & Gmehling, E. (240201). Field Performance Evaluation of Recycled Aggregate Blends Used for Backfilling Deep Excavated Trenches. International Journal of Geomechanics, 24(2),

doi: 10.1061/IJGNAI.GMENG-7588

2023 Teodosio, B., Wasantha, P. LP., Yaghoubi, E., Guerrieri, M., Fragomeni, S., & van, Staden. (231201). Environmental, economic, and serviceability attributes of residential foundation slabs: A comparison between waffle and stiffened rafts using multi-output deep learning. Journal of Building Engineering, 80

doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2023.107983

2023 Al-Taie, A., Yaghoubi, E., Gmehling, E., Fragomeni, S., Disfani, M., & Guerrieri, M. (231019). Recycled aggregate blends for backfilling deep trenches in trafficable areas. Construction and Building Materials, 401

doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.132942

2023 Zhu, J., Saberian, M., Li, J., Yaghoubi, E., & Rahman, M. T. (230922). Sustainable use of COVID-19 discarded face masks to improve the performance of stone mastic asphalt. Construction and Building Materials, 398

doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.132524

2023 Yaghoubi, E., Al-Taie, A., Disfani, M., Fragomeni, S., Guerrieri, M., & Gmehling, E. (230901). Cement and fly ash-treated recycled aggregate blends for backfilling trenches in trafficable areas. Transportation Geotechnics, 42

doi: 10.1016/j.trgeo.2023.101091

2023 Noura, S., Yaghoubi, E., Fragomeni, S., Wasantha, P. LP., & Van, Staden. (230901). Fatigue and stiffness characteristics of asphalt mixtures made of recycled aggregates. International Journal of Fatigue, 174

doi: 10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107714

Research funding for the past 5 years

Please note:

  • Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
  • Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
  • The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.

Used textile and cardboard fibres as reinforcing-agents in structural concrete
From: Recycling Victoria Markets Acceleration Fund
Other investigators: Prof Zora Vrcelj, Prof Maurice Guerrieri, Dr Malindu Sandanayake, Prof Salvatore Fragomeni, Dr Paul Joseph
For period: 2022-2025
$250,355

Recycled Material Blends to Backfill Sewer Trenches in Trafficable Areas
From: Sustainability Victoria
Other investigators: Prof Maurice Guerrieri, Prof Salvatore Fragomeni
For period: 2021-2024
$220,000
Blends of 100% recycled materials for construction of sustainable slab and pavement systems suitable for the West of Melbourne.
From: Victorian Higher Education Strategic Investment Fund
Other investigators: Prof Salvatore Fragomeni, Dr Piyal wasantha Pallewela liyanage, Prof Maurice Guerrieri, Dr Rudi Van staden
For period: 2021-2022
$1,837,000

Recycled Materials Blend to Improve the Life of Sewer Pipes
From: Sustainability Victoria
Other investigators: Prof Salvatore Fragomeni
For period: 2019-2022
Not disclosed

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

Currently supervised research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
2 PhD Associate supervisor
1 PhD Principal supervisor

Currently supervised research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD (2) Associate supervisor
PhD (1) Principal supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
1 Master of Research Principal supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

Students & level Role
Master of Research (1) Principal supervisor

Key academic roles

Dates Role Department / Organisation
Mar 2019 - Present
Lecturer
Victoria University
Jan 2014 - Oct 2016
Academic Tutor and Research Assistant
Swinburne University of Technology
Dates Role & Department/Organisation
Mar 2019 -
Present
Lecturer
Victoria University
Jan 2014 -
Oct 2016
Academic Tutor and Research Assistant
Swinburne University of Technology

Key industry, community & government roles

Dates Role Department/Organisation
Sep 2017 - Mar 2019
Geotechnical Engineer
Coffey, A Tetra Tech Company, Melbourne
Sep 2015 - Sep 2017
Laboratory Manager and Geotechnical Engineer
Bamford Rock Testing Services, Melbourne
Feb 2011 - Aug 2013
Senior Highway Engineer
ORB Consulting Engineers, Iran
Dates Role & Department/Organisation
Sep 2017 - Mar 2019
Geotechnical Engineer
Coffey, A Tetra Tech Company, Melbourne
Sep 2015 - Sep 2017
Laboratory Manager and Geotechnical Engineer
Bamford Rock Testing Services, Melbourne
Feb 2011 - Aug 2013
Senior Highway Engineer
ORB Consulting Engineers, Iran

Awards

Year Award
2013

Swinburne University Postgraduate Research Award - Swinburne University of Technology

Professional memberships

  • Member, Institute of Engineers Australia
  • Member, Australian Geomechanics Society
  • Member, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • Reviewer, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering