Developed Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Sciences, Volume II Select proceedings of 5th International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering-Iraq (5ICGE)

Prof. Mahdi Karkush is a professor of Civil Engineering at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Baghdad, and has served as the president of the Iraqi Scientific Geotechnical Society (ISGS) since 2018. He earned his B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Babylon in 1995 (ranking 3rd), his M.Sc. in Civil Structural Engineering in 1998, and his Ph.D. in Civil Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Baghdad in 2008. Prof. Karkush began his academic career at the University of Babylon (1999–2008) before joining the University of Baghdad, where he continues his teaching, research, and professional activities. Over the course of his career, he has authored more than 150 scientific publications, including 110 peer-reviewed journal papers and approximately 40 conference contributions, and has supervised over 30 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students.

Prof. Deepankar Choudhury is a Prof. T. Kant chair professor and head of Civil Engineering Department at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India. He received his Ph.D. Civil Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering from IISc Bangalore, India, in 2002 and received Prof. G. A. Leonard’s Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from IGS. He is a Humboldt fellow of Germany, JSPS fellow of Japan, TWAS-VS fellow of Italy. He has authored over 300 technical publications including 160 peer-reviewed journal papers. He has supervised over 25 Ph.D. students. He is an associate editor of ASCE-International Journal of Geomechanics and served as an editorial board member of several world class journals like Soils and Foundations (Elsevier), Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (Springer), Geomechanics and Engineering (Techno-Press), etc.