Some of the most representative publications by the members (corresponding author is denoted by an asterisk).

Afzali, S. F., Hemayati, M., Niazi, A., & Nikooee, E. (2023). Toward Industrialization of Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation for Wind Erosion Suppression: Novel Methodology, Challenges, and Opportunities. IJST, 1-7. 

Available online at:  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40996-023-01190-y 

Owji, R., Habibagahi, G., Nikooee*, E., & Afzali, S. F. (2021). Wind erosion control using carboxymethyl cellulose: From sand bombardment performance to microfabric analysis. Aeolian Research, 50, 100696. 

Razavifar, M., Mukhametdinova, A., Nikooee, E., Burukhin, A., Rezaei, A., Cheremisin*, A., & Riazi*, M. (2021). Rock porous structure characterization: a critical assessment of various state-of-the-art techniques**. Transport in Porous Media, 136(2), 431-456. 

(**The idea of this paper came out of my course on the mechanics and hydraulics of porous materials which is open to PhD students from civil engineering as well as petroleum engineering)

Fazli Ghiyasabadi, S., Habibagahi, G., & Nikooee*, E. (2021). A Capillary Water-Retention Framework for the Effective Stress Parameter Considering Hydraulic Hysteresis. Transport in Porous Media, 138(3), 489-509. 

Daneshian, B., Habibagahi, G., & Nikooee*, E. (2021). Determination of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of sandy soils: a new pore network approach. Acta Geotechnica, 16(2), 449-466. 

Sakhaei, Z., Nikooee, E., & Riazi*, M. (2020). A new formulation for non-equilibrium capillarity effect using multi-gene genetic programming (MGGP): accounting for fluid and porous media properties. Engineering with Computers, 1-13. 

Nikooee*, E., Mirghafari, R., Habibagahi, G., Khorassani, A. G., & Nouri, A. M. (2020). Determination of soil-water retention curve: an artificial intelligence-based approach. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 195, p. 02010). EDP Sciences. 

Saffari*, R., Nikooee, E., Habibagahi, G., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2019). Effects of biological stabilization on the water retention properties of unsaturated soils. Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, 145(7), 1-12. 

Moravej*, S., Habibagahi, G., Nikooee, E., & Niazi, A. (2018). Stabilization of dispersive soils by means of biological calcite precipitation. Geoderma, 315, 130-137. 

Milatz*, M., Törzs, T., Nikooee, E., Hassanizadeh, S. M., & Grabe, J. (2018). Theoretical and experimental investigations on the role of transient effects in the water retention behaviour of unsaturated granular soils. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 15, 54-64. 

Saffari, R., Habibagahi, G., Nikooee, E., & Niazi, A. (2017). Biological stabilization of a swelling fine-grained soil: The role of microstructural changes in the shear behavior. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering, 41(4), 405-414. 

Huyghe, J. M., Nikooee, E., & Hassanizadeh, S. M. (2017). Bridging effective stress and soil water retention equations in deforming unsaturated porous media: a thermodynamic approach. Transport in Porous Media, 117(3), 349-365. 

Chareyre, B., Nikooee, E., Chalak, C., & Yuan, C. (2017) Micromechanical Insights into the Effective Stresses. In Poromechanics VI (pp. 419-426). 

Nikooee, E. (2016). The Effect of Stress Level on Soil Porous Structure: Insights from Fractal Analysis. In Poromechanics VI (pp. 1388-1395). 

Ariyan, M., Habibagahi, G., & Nikooee, E. (2016). Seismic response of earth dams considering dynamic properties of unsaturated zone. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 9, p. 08002). EDP Sciences. 

Rostami, A., Habibagahi*, G., Ajdari, M., & Nikooee, E. (2015). Pore network investigation on hysteresis phenomena and influence of stress state on the SWRC. International Journal of Geomechanics, 15(5), 04014072. 

Sisakht, B. N., Nikooee*, E., Habibagahi, G., and Niazi, A. (2015). Stabilization of collapsible soils: A biological technique.” In Proc., European Conf. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Eng. London: Institution of Civil Engineers.

Lu, N., Khalili, N., Nikooee, E., & Hassanizadeh, S. M. (2014). Principle of effective stress in variably saturated porous media. Vadose Zone Journal, 13(5). 

Tavakoli Dastjerdi, M. H., Habibagahi*, G., & Nikooee, E. (2014). Effect of confining stress on soil water retention curve and its impact on the shear strength of unsaturated soils. Vadose Zone Journal, 13(5), 1-11. 

Talebbeydokhti*, N., Nikooee, E., Kazemi, M.M., Habibagahi, G., Ghasemi, Y. (2013) Biological Stabilization of the Fine-Grained Soils Using Microalgae: Evaluation of the Effective Parameters, appeared in the proceedings of the U.S.-IRAN Academies of Sciences symposium on air pollution in megacities, page 52-65, September 3-5, 2013, The Beckman Center of the National Academy of Sciences and Engineering, Irvine, California, USA.

Nikooee*, E., Habibagahi, G., Hassanizadeh, S. M., & Ghahramani, A. (2013). Effective stress in unsaturated soils: A thermodynamic approach based on the interfacial energy and hydromechanical coupling. Transport in porous media, 96(2), 369-396.