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Students and post-docs advised by the PI are marked with an asterisk (*). Full list on and .

2026

• Aimane Najmeddine*, Santiago Marín Jiménez*, Zhen Xu, Connor Thompson, Guoliang Liu, Maryam Shakiba, “Aging-invariant fractocohesive length in thermally aged elastomers.” Extreme Mechanics Letters.
• Zeping Chen, Marwa Yacouti*, Maryam Shakiba, Jian-Xun Wang, Tengfei Luo, Vikas Varshney, “Predicting Stress and Damage in Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Composites Deformation Process using Composite U-Net Surrogate Model.” Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters.
• Santiago Marin*, Marwa Yacouti*, Maryam Shakiba, “Thermo-Oxidative Aging of polyimide films: Experimental Characterization and Predictive Modeling of Mechanical Degradation.” Polymer Degradation and Stability.

2025

• Marwa Yacouti*, Donald J. Erb, Hang Z. Yu, Kathy Lu, Maryam Shakiba, “Predicting the Mechanical Response of Shape-Memory Zirconia-Reinforced Metal-Matrix Composites Using Finite Element Analysis and Deep Learning.” Composite Structures.
• Marwa Yacouti*, Maryam Shakiba, “Integrated Convolutional and Graph Neural Networks to Advance Complex Composites Analysis.” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.
• Santiago Marin*, Ross White*, Francisco López Jiménez, Maryam Shakiba, “Determination of Mode I Interlaminar Fracture Energy and Cohesive Zone Modeling Parameters in Carbon/Epoxy Composites.” Proceedings of the American Society for Composites Thirty-ninth Technical Conference.

2024

• Aimane Najmeddine*, Maryam Shakiba, “Efficient BFGS Quasi-Newton Method for Large Deformation Phase-Field Modeling of Fracture in Hyperelastic Materials.” Engineering Fracture Mechanics.
• Marwa Yacouti*, Maryam Shakiba, “Performance Evaluation of Deep Learning Approaches for Predicting Mechanical Fields in Composites.” Engineering with Computers.
• Sina Niazi*, Aimane Najmeddine*, Maryam Shakiba, “A Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Framework for Simulating the Failure Response of Asphalt Concrete under Freezing Conditions.” Cold Regions Science and Technology.
• Aimane Najmeddine*, Maryam Shakiba, “Physics and Chemistry-Based Constitutive Framework for Thermo-Chemically Aged Elastomer using Phase-Field Approach.” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences.

2023

• Sina Niazi*, Aimane Najmeddine*, Maryam Shakiba, “The Effects of Curing Process on the Damage Behavior of Additively Manufactured Fiber-Reinforced Thermosetting Composites.” Applied Composite Materials.
• Reza Sepasdar*, Sina Niazi*, Scott Case, Maryam Shakiba, “A 3-D Micromechanical Framework to Study Damage Propagation and Failure of Printed Aligned Discontinuous Fiber-Reinforced Composites.” Journal of Composite Materials.
• Maryam Shakiba, Aimane Najmeddine*, “Physics-based Constitutive Equation for Thermo-Chemical Aging in Elastomers based on Crosslink Density Evolution.” The Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures.
• Mojtaba Ziyadi, Hasan Ozer, Maryam Shakiba, Imad L. Al-Qadi, “Vehicle Excess Fuel Consumption due to Pavement Deflection.” Road Materials and Pavement Design.

2022

• Reza Sepasdar*, Anuj Karpatne, Maryam Shakiba, “A Data-Driven Approach to Full-Field Inelastic Stress Distribution and Failure Pattern Prediction in Microstructure-Dependent Composites using Deep Learning.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.
• Aimane Najmeddine*, Zhen Xu, Gehui Liu, Zacary L. Croft, Guoliang Liu, Alan R. Esker, Maryam Shakiba, “Physics and Chemistry-based Constitutive Modeling of Photo-oxidative Aging in Semi-Crystalline Polymers.” International Journal of Solid and Structures.
• Reza Sepasdar*, Maryam Shakiba, “Micromechanical Study of Multiple Transverse Cracking in Cross-Ply Fiber-Reinforced Composite Laminates.” Composite Structures.
• Marwa Yacouti*, Maryam Shakiba, “Numerical Investigation of Shape-memory Zirconia-reinforced Metal-matrix Composite for Energy Dissipation and High Temperature Applications.” Proceedings of the American Society for Composites Thirty-seventh Technical Conference.
• Sina Niazi*, Aimane Najmeddine*, Maryam Shakiba, “A 3D Thermo-Mechanical Analysis of Additively Manufactured Aligned Discontinuous Fiber-Reinforced Composites.” Proceedings of the American Society for Composites Thirty-seventh Technical Conference.

2021

• Aimane Najmeddine*, Maryam Shakiba, “Micromechanical Study of Porosity Effects on Coupled Moisture-Mechanical Responses of Viscoelastic Asphalt Concrete.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics.
• Maryam Shakiba, “Detecting Transverse Cracks Initiation in Composite Laminates via Statistical Analysis of Sensitivity Data.” Mechanics Research Communications.
• Abril Yu-Shan*, Maryam Shakiba, “Flooded Pavement: A Numerical Investigation of Saturation Effects on Asphalt Pavement Structures.” The Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements.
• Marwa Yacouti*, Maryam Shakiba, “Microstructural Simulation of Superelastic Zirconia-Reinforced Metal Composite for Energy Dissipation Applications.” Proceedings of the American Society for Composites Thirty-sixth Technical Conference.

2020

• Reza Sepasdar*, Maryam Shakiba, “Overcoming the Convergence Difficulty of Cohesive Zone Models through a Newton-Raphson Modification Technique.” Engineering Fracture Mechanics.
• Aimane Najmeddine*, Maryam Shakiba, “Impact of Void Morphology on the Mechanical Response of Time-Dependent Heterogeneous Media.” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering.
• Luis Hernandez*, Reza Sepasdar*, Maryam Shakiba, “Sensitivity of Crack Formation in Fiber-Reinforced Composites to Microstructural Geometry and Interfacial Properties.” Proceedings of the American Society for Composites Thirty-fifth Technical Conference.

2019

• Maryam Shakiba, David R. Brandyberry, Scott Zacek, Philippe H. Geubelle, “Transverse Failure of Carbon Fiber Composites: Analytical Sensitivity to the Distribution of Fiber/Matrix Interface Properties.” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

2017

• Maryam Shakiba, Masoud K. Darabi, Dallas N. Little, “Effect of Pore Water Pressure on the Response of Asphalt Concrete.” Transportation Research Record.
• Maryam Shakiba, Angeli Gamez, Imad L. Al-Qadi, Dallas N. Little, “Introducing realistic tire-pavement contact stresses into Pavement Analysis using Nonlinear Damage Approach (PANDA).” International Journal of Pavement Engineering.

2016

• Maryam Shakiba, Hasan Ozer, Mojtaba Ziyadi, Imad Al-Qadi, “Mechanics Based Model for Predicting Structure-Induced Rolling Resistance (SRR) of the Tire-Pavement System.” Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials.
• Maryam Shakiba, Masoud K. Darabi, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, “A Thermodynamic Framework for the Constitutive Modeling of Coupled Moisture-Mechanical Induced Damage in Partially Saturated Viscous Porous Media.” Mechanics of Materials.

2015

• Maryam Shakiba, Masoud K. Darabi, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Taesun You, Eyad A. Masad, Dallas N. Little, “Three-dimensional Microstructural Modeling of Coupled Moisture-Mechanical Response of Asphalt Concrete.” International Journal of Pavement Engineering.

2014

• Maryam Shakiba, Masoud K. Darabi, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Eyad A. Masad, Dallas N. Little, “Microstructural Modeling of Asphalt Concrete using a Coupled Moisture-Mechanical Constitutive Relationship.” International Journal of Solids and Structures.
• Maryam Shakiba, Masoud K. Darabi, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Eyad A. Masad, Dallas N. Little, “Constitutive Modeling of the Coupled Moisture-Mechanical Response of Particulate Composite Materials with Application to Asphalt Concrete.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics.

2013

• Maryam Shakiba, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Masoud K. Darabi, Taesun You, Eyad A. Masad, Dallas N. Little, “A Continuum Coupled Moisture-Mechanical Damage Model for Asphalt Concrete.” Transportation Research Record.

2011

• Mohammad M. Alinia, Amir Gheitasi, Maryam Shakiba, “Postbuckling and Ultimate State of Stresses in Steel Plate Girders.” Thin-Walled Structures.

2009

• Mohammad M. Alinia, Maryam Shakiba, Hamid R. Habashi, “Shear Failure Characteristics of Steel Plate Girders.” Thin-Walled Structures.