{"id":4,"date":"2019-04-12T11:16:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T15:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/portfolio-pre.uqac.ca\/gabarit\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-01-10T20:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T01:14:16","slug":"presentatio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\">Ali Saeidi<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"color: #000000;font-family: verdana\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\" style=\"color: #808080\"><span title=\"\">Professor in the Department of Applied Sciences, ing., Ph.D.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"color: #000000;font-family: verdana\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"\">Canada Research Chair in Prediction and Prevention of Risks Related to Hydro-geotechnical hazards<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"\">Field<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"\">Civil and Geomechanical Engineering<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"\">Fields of interest<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Expertise:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #000000;font-family: verdana;font-size: 100%\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"\">Risk analysis associated with natural hazards<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000;font-family: verdana;font-size: 100%\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\" style=\"color: #000000\"><span title=\"\">Numerical analysis in geotechnical engineering\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000;font-family: verdana;font-size: 100%\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"\">Stability assessment in geomechanics\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000;font-family: verdana;font-size: 100%\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"\">Sensitive clay mechanical behaviour\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000;font-family: verdana;font-size: 100%\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"\">Rock burst prediction\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #000000;font-family: verdana;font-size: 100%\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"><span title=\"\">Underground spaces stability analysis<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: #000000;font-family: verdana;font-size: 100%\">John Franklin Award from the Rock Mechanics Division of the Canadian Geotechnical Society 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RrMnLMxHCYk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-600 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi\/files\/2025\/12\/John-A.-Franklin-Award-Dr.-Ali-Saeidi-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Development of a damage simulator for the probabilistic assessment of building vulnerability in subsidence areas<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijrmms.2014.10.007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-411\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/files\/2019\/07\/Developmentofadamagesimulatorfortheprobabilistic-1024x719.png\" alt=\"Ali-Saeidi-Development-of-a-damage-simulator-for-the-probabilistic-assessment-of-building-vulnerability-in-subsidence-areas\" width=\"474\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/files\/2019\/07\/Developmentofadamagesimulatorfortheprobabilistic-1024x719.png 1024w, https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/files\/2019\/07\/Developmentofadamagesimulatorfortheprobabilistic-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/files\/2019\/07\/Developmentofadamagesimulatorfortheprobabilistic-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/files\/2019\/07\/Developmentofadamagesimulatorfortheprobabilistic.png 1217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Development of a semi-real-scale unique spillway at UQAC to study erosion of the rock mass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-611 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/files\/2019\/04\/photomodele-e1665452799303-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Development of a semi-real-scale unique spillway at UQAC to study erosion of the rock mass\" width=\"474\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/files\/2019\/04\/photomodele-e1665452799303-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/files\/2019\/04\/photomodele-e1665452799303-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/files\/2019\/04\/photomodele-e1665452799303-768x1365.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8pxEUaEO5CI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-610 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/files\/2019\/04\/Video_Dr_Saeidi.jpg\" alt=\"Development of a semi-real-scale unique spillway at UQAC to study erosion of the rock mass + Ali Saeidi \" width=\"505\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/files\/2019\/04\/Video_Dr_Saeidi.jpg 505w, https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/files\/2019\/04\/Video_Dr_Saeidi-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"gtx-trans\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Saeidi Professor in the Department of Applied Sciences, ing., Ph.D.\u00a0 Canada Research Chair in Prediction and Prevention of Risks Related to Hydro-geotechnical hazards Field Civil and Geomechanical Engineering Fields of interest Expertise: Risk analysis associated with natural hazards Numerical analysis in geotechnical engineering\u00a0 Stability assessment in geomechanics\u00a0 Sensitive clay mechanical behaviour\u00a0 Rock burst prediction\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/\" 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