Sherif Elfass

Sherif Elfass is a Research Professor at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno. His contact details include a phone number: (775) 784-6664 and email: elfass@unr.edu. He is affiliated with the EEL building, room 216, and mail stop 0258.

Research Interests:

• Experimental and analytical studies of seismic performance of bridge foundations, including shallow and deep foundations.
• Soil-structure interaction and pile/pile group response under axial loading.
• Use of grout techniques to enhance drilled shaft load capacity and deep foundation instrumentation/testing.
• Theoretical/experimental aspects of earthquake engineering and soil dynamics.
• Undrained soil behavior, soil liquefaction, and geosynthetic applications to improve soil performance.

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