Arvin Farid, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Civil Engineering
arvinfarid@boisestate.edu
Phone: (208) 426-4827 | Fax: (208) 426-2351 | Office: ERB 3133
Civil Engineering
arvinfarid@boisestate.edu
Phone: (208) 426-4827 | Fax: (208) 426-2351 | Office: ERB 3133
Bio
Dr. Farid is an associate professor at the Civil Engineering Department. He joined the faculty in Civil Engineering at Boise State as an assistant professor in spring 2008. He was an Associate Research Scientist, CenSSIS (Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems), Northeastern University, Boston, MA. From 2001-2003 he was a Research Assistant, Civil & Environmental Engineering Dept., Northeastern University (CenSSIS), Boston, MA.
Education
- Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston in 2004
- B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Civil Engineering from Shiraz (formerly Pahlavi) University of Iran in 1993 and 1997, respectively.
Publications
- Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications:
- PUBLISHED:
- Books and Book Chapters: Farid, A. (2016) Geohazards Caused by Human Activity, InTech, Copyright 2016, London, UK. Farid, A., Alshawabkeh, A. N., and Rappaport, C. M. (2011) Electromagnetic Waves: Propagation in Complex Matter, InTech, Rijeka, Croatia, Chapter 5, pp. 117-154, Edited by Ahmed A. Kishk, Book Chapter
- Journals: Bender, J. and Farid, A. (2019) “Predicting Power Transformer Bushing Seismic Vulnerability: Mounting Stiffness and Coupling,” ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Vol. 33, No. 3, June, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0001286 Farid, A., Najafi, A., Browning, J., & Barney Smith, E. (2018). Electromagnetic Waves’ Effect on Airflow during Air Sparging, Elsevier Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Vol. 220, Issue 1, pp. 49-58 January, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2018.11.004 Bender, J., Farid, A. (2018) “Seismic Vulnerability of Power Transformer Bushings Complex Structural Dynamics and Seismic Amplification, Elsevier Journal of Engineering Structures, Volume 162, No. 1, pp. 1-10, May DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.01.052 Nadelson, L. S. McGuire, S., Davis, K., Farid, A., Hardy, K., Hsu, Y., Kaiser, U., Nagarajan, R. & Wang, S. (2015) Am I a STEM professional? The development and results of a measure of student professional identity development. Studies in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2015.1070819
- Azad, S., Farid, A., and Browning, J. (2015) “Consequence of EM stimulation on Hydraulic Conductivity of a Bentonite Clayey Sample,” Environmental Geotechnics Journal, DOI: 10.1680/envgeo.13.00027
- Farid, A., Azad, M., Browning, J., and Barney-Smith, E. (2015) “Electromagnetically Induced Transport in Water for Soil/Groundwater Remediation,” ASCE Journal of Geoenvironmental & Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 141, No. 3, pp. 04014115-1 – 0404115-10, March, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001244
- Azad, M., Sangrey, H., Farid, A., Browning, J., and Barney-Smith, E. (2013) “Electromagnetic Stimulation of Two-Phase Transport in Water-Saturated Media for Geoenvironmental Applications,” ASTM, Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 97-106, January
- Farid, A., Martinez, J. A., Alshawabkeh, A. N., and Rappaport, C. M. (2012) “Tunnel Detection Using Cross-Well Radar,” ASCE, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 138, No. 12, pp. 1537-1541, December
- Farid, A., Alshawabkeh, A. N., and Rappaport, C. M. (2009), “Cross-Well Radar I: Experimentation Simulation of Cross-Tomography and Validation,” ASCE, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 135, No. 9, pp. 1209-1218
- Farid, A., Zhan, H., Alshawabkeh, A. N., and Rappaport, C. M. (2009), “Cross-Well radar II: Comparison and Experimental Validation of Modeling Channel Transfer Function (CTF),” ASCE, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 135, No. 9, pp. 1219-1227
- Zhan, H., Farid, A., Alshawabkeh, A. N., Raemer, H., and Rappaport, C. M. (2007), “Validated Half-Space Green’s Function Formulation for Born Approximation for Cross-Well Radar Sensing of Contaminants,” IEEE, Transaction of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 45, No. 8, pp. 2423-2428, August.
- Farid, A., Habibagahi, G. (2007), “Coupled Seepage-Dissolution Finite Element Analysis through Formations Containing Soluble Materials,” ASCE, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 133, No. 6, June 2007, pp. 713-722 (Nominated for Award by Reviewer), June.
- Farid, A., Alshawabkeh, A. N., and Rappaport, C. M. (2006), “Calibration and Validation of a Laboratory Experimental Setup for CWR in Sand,” ASTM, Geotechnical Testing Journal, Volume 29, Issue 2, pp. 158-167
- Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings:
- Farid, A., Azad, M., Browning, J., and Barney Smith, E. (2013) “Electromagnetic Stimulation of Transport in Water for Geoenvironmental Applications,” Proceedings of PIERS 2013, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 1843-1848, August
- Farid, A., Azad, S., Browning, J., and Barney Smith, E. (2013) “Consequences of Electromagnetic Stimulation on Hydraulic Conductivity of Soils,” Proceedings of PIERS 2013, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 1510-1514, August
- Azad, Mahsa, Farid A., Browning, J., Barney Smith, E. (2012) “Interaction between Electromagnetic Waves and Transport in Saturated Media,” Proceedings, ASCE GeoCongress 2012, March, Oakland, CA
- Rocha, J., Faird, A., and Browning, J. (2011) “Effects of Electromagnetic Stimulation on Soils’ Hydraulic Conductivity,” 2011 Pan-AM CGS Geotechnical Conference, Toronto, ON. Canada, October
- Farid A., Sangrey, H., and Browning, J. (2011) “Electromagnetic Stimulation of Water for Geoenvironmental Applications,” ASCE, Proceedings of GeoFrontiers 2011, Dallas, TX, February
- Farid A., Sangrey, H., and Browning, J. (2010) “Electromagnetic Stimulation of Air Sparging for Geoenvironmental Applications,” Proceedings of 6th ICEG, India, New Delhi, November
- Farid A. (2010) “Effect of Antennae Polarization Relative to Tunnel Orientation on Electromagnetic Wave Scattering due to Underground Tunnels,” IEEE, PIERS 2010, Cambridge MA. July.
- Farid A., Sangrey, H., and Browning, J. (2010) “An Experimental Setup for Electromagnetic Stimulation of Air Sparging,” ASCE, Proceedings of GeoFlorida 2010, West Palm Beach, FL, February
- Farid, A., and Raza, Tabish (2009) “Effect of Antennae Polarization Relative to Tunnel Orientation on Electromagnetic Wave Scattering due to Underground Tunnels,” Proceedings of COMSOL 2009, Boston, MA, October
- Cui, K., Vaisman, E., Farid, A., Martinez, J. A., and Rappaport C. M. (2008), “Detecting Tunnels and Monitoring Activities within Them Using Cross-Well Radar,” IEEE, Proceedings of Piers 2008, Cambridge, MA
- Farid, A., Martinez, J. A., Alshawabkeh, A. N., Rappaport, C. M. (2008) “Tunnel Detection Using CWR,” ASCE, Proceedings of GeoCongress 2008, Characterization, Monitoring, and Modeling of GeoSystems, Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring of Geoenvironment, pp. 284-291, New Orleans, LA, March
- Farid, A. Kurson, C, Alshawabkeh, A. N., and Rappaport C. M. (2007) “Minimally Invasive Microwave Measurement and Modeling of Dielectric and Physical Properties of Sandy Soils,” EEGS, Proceedings of SAGEEP 2007, Denver, CO, April
- Farid, A., Alshawabkeh, A. N., and Rappaport C. M. (2007) “Detecting Soil Disturbance Using Cross-Well Radar,” EEGS, Proceedings of SAGEEP 2007, Denver, CO, April
- Gamache, R., Rappaport C. M., and Farid, A. (2006) “A Comparison of FDFD and FEM Methods Applied to the Buried Mine Problem,” Proceedings of CM2006, Boston, MA. October Zhan, H., Rappaport, C. M., Farid, A. M, and Miller, E. (2006), “A Lossy Half-space Greens Function Forward Model for Inversion of Geophysics Problems,” IEEE, Proceedings of Piers 2006, Cambridge, MA
- Farid, A., Habibagahi, G. (2006), “Coupled Seepage-Dissolution Finite Element Analysis through Formations Containing Soluble Materials,” Proceedings of SECTAM XXIII, Southern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, UPRM, Puerto Rico
- Farid, A., Alshawabkeh, A. N., and Rappaport, C. M. (2005), “Travel Time Tomography Using Frequency Responses collected by CWR,” EEGS, Proceedings of SAGEEP 2005, EEG, Electronic Proceedings, 12 pp., April
- Farid, A., Alshawabkeh, A. N., Zhan, H., and Rappaport, C. M. (2005), “Challenges and Validation of Cross Tomography Experimentation for Inverse Scattering Problems in Soil,” ASCE, Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers, Austin, TX, Electronic Proceedings, January
- Zhan, H., Farid, A., Rappaport, C. M., and Alshawabkeh, A. N. (2005), “Born Approximation Forward Modeling of Inverse Scattering Through Soil,” ASCE, Proceedings of Geo-Frontiers, Austin, Texas, Electronic Proceedings, January
- Farid, A., Alshawabkeh, A. N., and Rappaport, C. M. (2003), “Modeling Borehole Dipole Antenna Patterns for Cross-Well Radar DNAPL Imaging,” ASCE, Proceedings of Soil-Rock Conference, MIT, Boston, MA, Proceedings, pp. 261-267
- Farid, A., Alshawabkeh, A. N., and Rappaport, C. M. (2003), “Experimental DNAPL Detection Using Cross-Well Radar,” EEGS, Proceedings of SAGEEP 2003, EEG, San Antonio, TX, Electronic Proceedings
- Farid, A., Alshawabkeh, A. N., and Rappaport, C. M. (2002), “DNAPL Detection Using Cross-Well Radar,” Environmental Geotechnics, 4th ICEG, Proceedings, pp. 465-470
- IN PROGRESS: Farid, A., Najafi, A., Browning, J., Barney Smith, E. (2019) “Effects of Air Injection Pressure on Airflow Pattern of Air Sparging,” Environmental Geotechnics, Minor Revision Submitted. Nazari, A., Farid, A., and Cornel, K. (2019) “Impedance-based water-quality monitoring using parallel-plate method,” In Progress Zimmermann, D. and Farid (2019) “Coupled finite-difference model to evaluate energy-pile capacity setup and its variations in clayey soils,” ASCE, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, In Progress Acharya, R., Farid, A., Browning, J. (2019) “Optimized coupled FE-FD model governing electromagnetically altered hydraulic conductivity,” ASCE Journal of Geomechanics, In Progress Azad, S., Farid, A., Browning, J., Barney Smith, E. (2019) “Optimization of coupled FE-FD analysis to develop a model governing effect of electromagnetic fields on hydraulic conductivity,” Environmental Geotechnics Journal, In Progress
Research
- Funded Projects:
- 2019-Date Virtual Networked Research Center for Development of Sustainable Materials for Soil Remediation, Funded by IUSSTF office, USA lead PI, $90,000 2018-Date ERC Planning: FIRE: Fire Impacts, Remediation, Education, $99,806 funded by NSF (National Science Foundation), ERC (cofounded by several programs) (ERC 1840654), PI
- 2014-2016 I-Corps: Electromagnetically-induced groundwater remediation, $50,000 funded by NSF (National Science Foundation), I-Corps (Innovation Corps) Program (I-Corps 1450654), PI
- 2012-2014 Characterization of fluids for medical and water-quality testing (detection and quantification), collaboration with industry (PsiFlow Inc.) for sensor development, Co-PI
- 2009-2013 IDR: Remote and Directive Electromagnetic Stimulation of Transport Mechanisms to Enhance Soil Remediation: $371,783 funded by NSF (National Science Foundation, IDR (Engineering Interdisciplinary Research: ELECT, PHOTONICS, & DEVICE TEC) Program (CBET-0928703), PI
- 2011-2014 NEESR: Induced Partial Saturation (LPS) Through Transport and Reactivity for Liquefaction Mitigation, $1,197,461 funded by NSF, NEESR (National Earthquake Engineering Research) Program (NEESR 1134940), Lead University is NEU, Co-PI through a subcontract to BSU
- 2011-2013 Phase II: Evaluation of Concrete Sealer Products to Extend the Life of Concrete Pavements Used by ITD: $100,000 ITD (Idaho Transportation Department), Co-PI
- 2010-2012 Measurement of Dust Motion under Electrical and Mechanical Perturbation: $50,000 funded by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), ISGC (Idaho Space Grant Consortium), Co-PI
- 2008-2010 Phase I: Evaluation of Concrete Sealer Products to Extend the Life of Concrete Pavements Used by ITD: $94,000 ITD (Idaho Transportation Department), Co-PI
Areas Of Interest
- Research focus areas include:
- Electromagnetic Stimulation of Geomechanisms
- Effect of EM Waves and Soil Properties
- Energy Piles in Clayey Soils
- Sensor Fusion for Rapid Soil Characterization, using an innovative dynamic penetrometer along with density and moisture content sensors, and technologies such as electrical impedance spectroscopy (Sponsored by US Army Corps of Engineering)
- Contaminant (e.g. DNAPL) detection using radar (Sponsored through Gordon CenSSIS, an ERC for subsurface sensing and imaging systems, sponsored by NSF) Tunnel Detection (Potential sponsors: DOD and Department of Homeland Security)
- Real-time monitoring of contaminant fate and transport
- Contaminant Transport Modeling
- Quantifying air sparging application for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental applications such as Liquefaction mitigation, etc. (Sponsored by NSF through a liquefaction mitigation research)
- Liquefaction Mitigation
- Graduate Opportunities:
- The Department of Civil Engineering at the Boise State University (BSU) (http://coen.boisestate.edu/ce/) invites applicants for one M.Sc. level graduate research assistant position in the general area of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. Research Assistantship includes an annual stipend, health insurance, and tuition and fees. Boise State University is a member of the state system of higher education and is the largest university in Idaho, with an enrollment of more than 18,000 students. In 2007, BSU College of Engineering ranked 14th on U.S. News & World Report’s list of best Masters engineering colleges among public universities. programs. The University is located in Idaho’s capital city and largest metropolitan area, which serves as the government, business, and economic, healthcare, and cultural center of the state. The Boise area is home to an expanding array of high technology companies, regional medical centers, and a gr