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Recent Publications (2019-2020)

Alatawna A., M. Birenboim, R. Nadiv, M. Buzaglo, S. Peretz-Damari, A. Peled, O. Regev, R. Sripada (2020). The effect of compatibility and dimensionality of carbon nanofillers on cement composites. Construction and Building Materials 232: 117141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117141
Barak H., A. Brenner, A. Sivan, A. Kushmaro (2020). Temporal distribution of microbial community in an industrial wastewater treatment system following crash and during recovery periods. Chemosphere 258(2020) 127271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127271
Bar'am A., G. Yagoda-Biran, and R. Kamai (2019). Evaluation of generic reference rock site conditions for Israel. Seismological Research Letters 90 (4): 1584–1591. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180377
Bar'am, A., G.Yagoda-Biran, and R. Kamai (2020). Evaluating proxy-based site-response in Israel. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 110 (6): 2953–2966. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120200140
Birenboim M., R. Nadiv, A. Alatawna, M. Buzaglo, G. Schahar, J. Lee, G. Kim, A. Peled, O. Regev (2019). Reinforcement and workability aspects of graphene-oxide-reinforced cement nanocomposites. Composites Part B 161: 68–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.10.030
Boukobza E., G. Bar-Nes, O. Klein-BenDavid, B. Carmeli (2019). Modeling of strontium leaching from carbonated Portland cement pastes using a simplified diffusion-kinetic analytical model. Journal of Applied Geochemistry 100:258-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.11.014
Brenner A., H. Cohen, O. Gradus, O. Koren, S. Shandalov, and Y. Zinger (2019). Incorporation of hybrid biofilters in water sensitive urban design. Present Environment and Sustainable Development, 13(2): 167-178. https://doi.org/10.15551/pesd2019132012.
Cohen E., A. Peled, G. Bar-Nes (2019). Dolomite-based quarry dust as sustainable for fly-ash geopolymers and cement pastes. Journal of Cleaner Production 235: 910-919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.261
Cohen E., A. Peled, G Bar-Nes (2020). The chemical durability of cement pastes and geopolymers substituted with dolomite-based quarry-dust. International RILEM Workshop on Concrete Durability and Service Life Planning (ConcreteLife 2020), pp. 63-66. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-43332-1_13
Faturechi, R., Isaac, S., Miller-Hooks, E. and Feng, L. (2018). Risk-based models for emergency shelter and exit design in buildings. Annals of Operations Research, 262(1): 185-212. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10479-016-2223-3
Finzi, Y., Ganz, N., Dor, O., Davis, M., Volk, O., Langer, S., Arrowsmith, J. R., and Tsesarsky, M. (2020) Stability analysis of fragile rock pillars and insights on fault activity in the Negev, Israel. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth. ESSOAr https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10501628.1
Frid M. and R. Kamai (2020). An analytical approach for estimating the spectral P/S ratio within ground motions. Computers and Geotechnics 119 (2020) 103379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103379
Getuli, V., Capone, P., Bruttini, A., Isaac, S. (2020). BIM-based immersive virtual reality for construction workspace planning: A safety-oriented approach. Automation in Construction 114, 103160: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926580519313743
González-Mariño, I. et-al. [A. Brenner] (2019). Spatio-temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from seven years of international wastewater monitoring. Addiction 115(1):109–120. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/add.14767
Gupta A.K., S.B. Chen, Liya E. Yu, A. Prhashanna, D. Katoshevski (2019). CFD study on particle grouping under an oscillatory flow in a wavy duct. Separation and Purification Technology 213:303-313.
Haik R., I.A. Meir, A. Peled (2019). Sustainable hemp-clay-lime concrete. SMSS 2019 RILEM International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Systems and Structures, March 18-22, Rovinj, Croatia. M. Serdar, N. Štrimer, J. Provis (eds). Proc. Int. Conf. Sustainable Materials, Systems and Structures (SMSS2019)- New Generation of Construction Materials, RILEM Publications S.A.R.L., Paris. pp.494-501. http://toc.proceedings.com/50439webtoc.pdf
Haik R., G. Bar-Nes, A. Peled, I.A. Meir (2020). Sustainable lime hemp concrete (LHC): Alternative unfired binders as lime replacement. Construction and Building Materials. 241(2020) 117981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117981
Haik R., A. Peled, I.A. Meir (2020). The thermal performance of lime hemp concrete (LHC) with alternative binders. Energy and Buildings 210(2020) 109740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109740
Halfi E., A. Brenner, D. Katoshevski (2019). Separation of colloidal minerals from water by oscillating flows and grouping. Separation and Purification Technology, 210:981-987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2018.08.054
Halfi E., A. Brenner, D. Katoshevski (2019). Effect of container geometry on colloids removal from water in oscillation-based flocculation. Water Science and Technology – Water Supply, 20.1: 328-334. https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2019.165
Halfi E., A. Arad, A. Brenner, and D. Katoshevski (2020). Development of an oscillation-based technology for the removal of colloidal particles from water: CFD modelling and experiments. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 14(1): 622-641. https://doi.org/10.1080/19942060.2020.1748114
Isaac, S., Shubin, S., and Rabinowitz, G. (2020). "Cost-Optimal Net Zero Energy Communities." Sustainability, 12, 2432: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/6/2432
Knop Y. and A. Peled (2019). Simulation of cement-paste setting behavior based on physical properties of blended-cement powders. Journal of Green Building 14(3): 47-61. https://doi.org/10.3992/1943-4618.14.3.47
Maiti K. S. and R. Kamai (2020). Interaction between fault and off-fault seismic sources in hazard analysis – a case study from Israel. Engineering Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2020.105723
Mavrigiannaki A., G. Pignatta, M.N. Assimakopoulos, M. Isaac, R. Gupta, D. Kolokotsa, M. Laskari, I.A. Meir, S. Isaac (2020). Examining the benefits and barriers for the implementation of Net Zero Energy settlements. Energy and Buildings 230(2021) 110564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110564
Meir, I.A., R. Bernstein, K. Shalev (2019) Architectonic experimentation in early Israeli architecture vis-à-vis climatic constraints: the case of the Negev Desert. In I. Ben-Asher Gitler and A. Geva (eds) Israel as A Modern Experimental Lab, 1948-1978. Critical Studies in Architecture of the Middle East series (edited by M. Gharipour and C. Gruber), Intellect Books, Bristol, pp. 255-278 (invited paper).
Meir I.A., S. Isaac, D. Kolokotsa, K. Gobakis, G. Pignatta (2019) Towards ZECs – A brief note on commissioning and POE within the EU ZeroPlus Settlements. SBE19 Conf. Sustainability in the Built Environment for Climate Mitigation, Thessaloniki, Oct.23-25. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 410 012038.
Munwes, Y. Y., Geyer, S., Katoshevski, D., Ionescu, D., Tobias Licha, T., Lott, C., Siebert, C., Laronne, J. B. (2019). Discharge estimation of submarine springs in the Dead Sea based on velocity and density measurements in proximity to the water surface. Hydrological Processes 34:455–472. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13598
Nahum L., A. Peled and E. Gal (2020). The flexural performance of structural concrete beams reinforced with carbon textile fabrics. Composite Structures 239: 111917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.111917
Nahum L., E., G. Erez and A. Peled (2020). Tensile behavior of fabric-cement-based composites reinforced with non-continuous load bearing yarns. Construction and Building Materials 236: 117432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.117432
Pinkert, S. (2019). Dilation behavior of gas-saturated methane-hydrate bearing sand. Energies. 12(2937):1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12152937
Povetkin, K., Isaac, S. (2020). "Identifying and addressing latent causes of construction waste in infrastructure projects." Journal of Cleaner Production, 266, 122024: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652620320710
Klar, A., Deerberg, G., Janicki, G., Schicks, J., Minshull, T., Riedel, M., Fietzek, P., Mosch, T. Tinivella, U., De La Fuente Ruiz, M., Gatt, P., Schwalenberg, K, Heeschen, Katja, Bialas, J., Pinkert, S., Tang, A. M. and Wallmann, K. (2019). Gas hydrate technology: state of the art and future possibilities for Europe. COST- MIGRATE report.
Ofer-Rozovsky E., M. Arbel Haddad , G. Bar-Nes, E.J.C. Borojovitz , A. Binyamini , A. Nikolski , A. Katz (2019). Cesium immobilization in nitrate-bearing metakaolin-based geopolymers, Journal of Nuclear Materials 514:247-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2018.11.003
Ore G., H.J. Bruins, I.A. Meir (2020). Ancient cisterns in the Negev Highlands: Types and spatial correlation with Bronze and Iron Age sites. Journal of Archaeological Science 30 (2020) 102227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102227
Ornai D., S.M. Elkabets, Y. Kivity, G. Ben-Dor, L. Chadad., E. Gal, B. Tavron, E. Gilad, R. Levy, and I.M. Shohet (2020). A methodology of risk assessment, management and coping actions for Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) hit by high-explosive warheads. Advanced Engineering Informatics (Special issue on Constructing Smart Cities) 46: 101192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2020.101192
Pinkert, S. and Nadav, D. (2020). Analytical–empirical approach for estimating kinematic-response relationships between hydrate-bearing soils and standard soils. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. 147(1): 04020148. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/full/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GT.1943-5606.0002395
Raveh-Amit H. and M. Tsesarsky (2020). Biostimulation in desert soils for microbial-induced calcite precipitation. Applied Science 10(8): 2905. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10082905
Reider R., I.A. Meir (2019). Comparing the energy implications of FRP and concrete residential construction in a hot arid climate. Energy & Buildings 186: 98-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.01.003
Saroglou S., T. Theodosiou, B. Givoni, I.A. Meir (2019). A Study of different envelope scenarios towards low carbon high-rise buildings in the Mediterranean climate - can DSF be part of the solution? Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 113(2019)109237: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.06.044
Saroglou S., T. Theodosiou, B. Givoni, I.A. Meir (2019). Studies on the optimum double-skin curtain wall design for high-rise buildings in the Mediterranean climate. Energy and Buildings 208 (2020) 109641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.109641
Saroglou S., T. Theodosiou, I.A. Meir (2020). Adapting high-rise buildings to local climates: Studies for an optimum envelope scenario towards energy efficiency for a high-rise building in the Mediterranean climate. In S. Roaf, F. Nicol, W. Finlayson (eds.) 11th Windsor Conference, Resilient Comfort in a Heating World. Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, 16-18 Apr. 2020, pp. 579-591. https://windsorconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/WC2020_Proceedings_final_compressed.pdf
Saroglou T., T. Theodosiou, I.A. Meir (2020). Improving the energy efficiency of a Mediterranean high-rise envelope. CTBUH Journal 2020 II: 20-27. https://global.ctbuh.org/resources/papers/download/4301-improving-the-energy-efficiency-of-a-mediterranean-high-rise-envelope.pdf
Shimony, R., Gvirtzman, Z and Tsesarsky, M. (2020). Seismic energy release from intra-basin sources along the Dead Sea Transform and its influence on regional ground motions. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, bssa-2020215.1. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120200215
Shmerling, A., & Levy, R. (2019). Seismic structural design methodology for inelastic shear buildings that regulates floor accelerations. Engineering Structures, 187, 428–443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.02.062
Shmerling, A. (2019). Seismic retrofit of two-way unsymmetric-plan buildings with added masses. Engineering Structures, 198, 109522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.109522
Tiwari A., I.A. Meir, A. Karnieli (2020). Object-based image procedures for assessing solar energy photovoltaic potential from heterogenic rooftops using airborne LiDAR and orthophoto. Remote Sens. 2020, 12(2), 223. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/2/223
Stoecklin, A., Trapper, P.A. and Puzrin, A.M. (2020). Controlling factors for post-failure evolution of subaqueous landslides. Géotechnique. https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.19.P.230
Trapper, P.A. (2019). Feasible numerical method for analysis of offshore pipeline in installation. Applied Ocean Research 88: 48–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2019.04.018
Trapper, P.A. (2020). Feasible numerical analysis of steel lazy-wave riser. Ocean Engineering 195: 106643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2019.106643
Trapper, P.A. and Mishal, I. (2020). Numerical analysis of offshore pipe-lay subjected to environment-induced non-uniformly distributed follower loads. Applied Ocean Research 100: 102149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2020.102149
Trapper, P.A. (2020). Static analysis of offshore pipe-lay on flat inelastic seabed. Ocean Engineering 213: 107673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107673
Trapper P.A. (2020). Feasible Numerical Technique for Analysis of Offshore Pipelines and Risers. OMAE2020-18564, Proc. ASME 39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2020).
Yulevitch, G., Danon, M., Krasovitov, B., Fominykh, A., Tsesarsky, M., Katra, I. (2019). Evaluation of wind-induced dust-PM emission from unpaved roads varying in silt content by experimental results. Atmospheric Pollution Research 11(2): 261-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2019.10.010
Zamir M., R. Sripada, A. Peled (2019). Hybrid fillers in carbon-fabric-reinforced cement-based composites. Cement and Concrete Composites 98: 113–124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2019.02.005

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - List of Faculty

The faculty list is divided by colors to the different research disciplines as follows:

Geomechanics, Geology and Soil

Structural Engineering: Design and Analysis

Construction Engineering and Management

Building materials and Sustainable building

Environmental Engineering

Dr. Shmulik Pinkert	Methane hydrate-bearing soils; Penetration problem in soils; Soil viscosity; Discrete geometrical representation of granular soils • Analytic and empiric geotechnical investigation; Underground openings for waste disposal
Dr. Ronnie Kamai	Seismic hazard analysis, Ground motion models, Site-response; Geotechnical aspects of earthquakes; Mechanical and dynamic properties of soils.
Prof. Michael Tsesarsky	Engineering Seismology; Ground Motion Modeling; Microbial Methods for Ground Improvement; Engineering Geology
Dr. Pavel Trapper	Multiphysics numerical simulations: (1) Structural analysis involving structures of hard and soft materials, which undergo small/large deformations. (2) Fluid – structure interaction. Computational soil mechanics.
Dr. Assaf Shmerling	Seismic retrofit of Buildings; Seismic design methodologies development based on the optimal control theory; Structural Control; Dynamics of Structures and buildings; Earthquake upgrade of buildings.
Dr. Igor Shufrin	Hybrid, composite, and auxetic materials and structures; Mechanics of fragmented solids and interlocking solids and structures; Photogrammetric methods for non-invasive measurements
Prof. David Ornai	Protective structures, Explosion hazards, Protective technologies, Structural stability, Structures resistance to fire, Fracture and cracking of structures
Prof. Erez Gal	Multi-scale modelling (incl. concrete); Engineering aspects of green sustainable construction.
Prof. Igal M Shohet	Critical Facilities Maintenance, Performance and Operations Management; Critical Infrastructures Risk Analysis, Assessment and Management; Construction Engineering and Management; Construction Safety. Building Information Modeling.
Dr. Shabtai Isaac	Construction management; Design Management; Building Information Modeling
Prof. Alva Peled	High-performance cement and concrete composite materials, and particularly textile reinforced concrete (TRC) focused on advanced processing, bonding, durability and micro and nano structure of those materials. Development of new advanced building materials with nanomaterials such as graphene and nanotubes as well as alternative building materials as geopolymer and hemp-based concrete.
Prof. Isaac A Meir	Sustainable/green architecture in arid zones with a special focus on energy and other resources conservation. Energy aspects of skyscraper envelope design in hot, arid climates. Post occupancy evaluation (POE) and indoor environment quality (IEQ). Zero energy communities. Integration and uptake of green technologies. Evolution and adaptation of building technology and types, with a special focus on the vernacular and low-cost/low-tech retrofit. Proactive contingency planning. Life Cycle Energy Analysis (LCEA).
Dr. Oz Kira	Human exposure to air pollutant (VOC) at the indoor and outdoor environment. Agriculture impact on global greenhouse gas balance. In-situ and remote environmental sensing. Sustainable agriculture.
Prof. David Katoshevski	Trapping Nano-Particles Reducing the Exposure to Particles in Workplaces (Occupational Safety). Air-Pollution Control Aerosol Modelling Reactive Two-Phase Flows Fuel Sprays Fluid Dynamics / Aerodynamics Medical Aerosols Removal of Secretions from the Respiratory system
Prof. Asher Brenner	Water technologies, Wastewater treatment & reuse, Industrial wastewater management, Stormwater harvesting.