Mohsen Ajdari, Ph.D., P.E.
Dr. Mohsen Ajdari joined the Department of Civil Engineering at WVU Tech in 2025 as an Associate Professor. He brings more than 20 years of academic, research, and professional engineering experience to the classroom and laboratory.
Dr. Ajdari earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Mississippi State University, where his research focused on physics-informed, data-driven constitutive modeling of unsaturated soils under thermo-hydro-mechanical loading conditions. He also holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Shiraz, Iran, and completed a sabbatical at the University of Lorraine in France.
He began his academic career as an instructor and was promoted over the years to assistant professor and then associate professor before continuing his career at WVU Tech. His research interests include experimental and analytical unsaturated soil mechanics, constitutive modeling, multi-physics processes in geotechnical systems, machine learning applications in geotechnics, and geohazard assessment. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and conferences and has co-designed innovative geotechnical laboratory devices, with patents in soil testing equipment.
Dr. Ajdari has taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses throughout his career, including soil mechanics, foundation engineering, rock mechanics, advanced soil mechanics, and unsaturated soil mechanics. At WVU Tech, he currently teaches Construction Materials, Foundation Engineering, Soil Mechanics, and Groundwater, with a strong emphasis on integrating real-world engineering practice and research innovations into the classroom.
In addition to teaching, Dr. Ajdari has supervised more than 20 graduate theses on diverse topics in geotechnical engineering. He has also worked as a geotechnical project engineer in the U.S. and internationally, contributing to major infrastructure projects involving dams, tunnels, retaining structures, and transportation systems. His diverse background as an educator, researcher, and practitioner supports his commitment to preparing students for successful careers in civil and geotechnical engineering while advancing resilient and data-driven infrastructure solutions.