CURRICULUM VITAE Marital Status Last Name: BELKHATIR First Name: Mostefa Date of birth: 58/06/22 Marital status: Married, with 04 children Citizenship: Algerian Address: B.P. 632 02000 - , Tel: 00-213-7-75-41-10-35 (Mobile) 00-213-27-72-24-59 (University) Fax: 00-213-27-72-24-59 (University) E-mail: [email protected] Academic title: Associate Professor

Employer Hassiba Benbouali University of Chlef Faculty of Civil Engineering & Architecture Department of Civil Engineering. Position 2012 :- up to now : Associate Professor class «A». University of Chlef 2010 – 2011 : Associate Professor class «B». University of Chlef 2008 –Juillet 2010 : Lecturer (Assistant Professor) class «A». University of Chlef 2004 – 2008 : Lecturer (Assistant Professor) class “A”. University of Chlef 2000 – 2003 : Lecturer (Assistant Professor) class “B”. University of Chlef 1988 – 1999 : Assistant. University of Chlef University Degrees October 2012 : University Habilitation in Civil Engineering, Hassiba Benbouali University of Chlef, Algeria Novembre 2010 : PhD in Civil Engineering Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University of Mostaganem, Algeria June 2000 : Magister in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering option) Hassiba Benbouali University of Chlef, Algeria December 1987 : Master in Geotechnical Engineering TUFTS University, Medford, USA January 1984 : Bachelor in Civil Engineering from University of (USTOran), Algeria. June 1978 : High School degree, Algeria. Education 1971 – Primary school degree 1965 – 1971 Elementary School of Lahlef Algeria 1975 – Medium School degree 1971 – 1975 Medium School of Oued/Rhiou Algeria 1978 – High School degree 1975 – 1978 High School of Oued/Rhiou Algeria 1984 – Bachelor’s degree 1978 – 1983 University of Science and Technology of Oran (USTO). 1985 – English Language degree 1984 – 1985 Eckerd College St Petersburg, Florida, USA 1987 – Master’ degree 1985 – 1987 TUFTS University, Medford , USA 2000 – Magister 1998 – 2000 Hassiba Benbouali University of Chlef (UHBB) Algeria 2010 – PhD (Doctorate) 2003 – 2010 Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University of Mostaganem (UBB) Algeria 2012 - University Habilitation 2011 – 2012 Hassiba Benbouali University of Chlef (UHBB) Algeria Professional Experience 1988 – 1999 Teaching and research Assistant Courses : Soils Mechanics, Soil Laboratory Work, Strength of Materials, Technical English 2000 – 2001 Lecturer Courses : Soils Mechanics, Laboratory Work, Strength of Materials, Technical English, Soil Laboratory work 2003 – 2008 Lecturer (Assitant Professor) Soil Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Reinforced Concrete, Hydrogeology, Technical English, Soil Laboratory work 2008 – 2010 Lecturer (Assitant Professor) Soil Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Reinforced Concrete, Hydrogeology, Technical English, Construction Materials, Soil Laboratory work. 2010 – 2013 Associate Professor Soil Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Reinforced Concrete, Hydrogeology, Technical English, Construction Materials, Soil Laboratory work. Scientific and administrative activities Chairman of Civil Engineering Department, 1989-1992 Director of studies in the Civil Engineering Institute, 1992 – 1998. President of coordination committee of studies Third year Civil Engineering (2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007). President of Final projects of studies commission (PFE) (2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007). Member of scientific committee of Civil Engineering Department (CSD) (1989/1998). Member of organization committee of the third international seminar on Earthquake Engineering, Chlef 2000, Algeria. Member of organization committee of the fourth International Symposium on Civil Engineering Constructions, Chlef 2005, Algeria. Member of organization committee of Civil Engineering national seminar (SNGC08), Chlef 2008, Algeria Member of organization committee of the fifth International Symposium on Seismic Area Constructions SICZS_2010, Chlef 2010, Algeria. Member of organization committee of the National Seminar of Civil Engineering on Materials and Environment Protection SNMPE 2011, Mostaganem 2011, Algeria. Proposal to open a Bachelor in Civil Engineering option “Geotechnics” during the academic year 2011/2012. Research activities Reviewer, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering Reviewer, Geotechnical and Geological Engineering Journal Reviewer, CRAS Compte Rendu Mecanique Journal Member of geotechnical research group since 1988 up to now. Member of the Laboratory of Sciences Materials & Environment (LSME) since 2001 up to now. Member of research project entitled "Dynamic behaviour of reinforced soils: experimentation and modeling", Research Project Code: J0201/04/01/03. Member of research project entitled "Characterization and reinforcement of soils at high risk of liquefaction", Research Project Code: J0400720090001. Supervision Undergraduate Supervision of Master Thesis Research in Geotechnical Engineering “Laboratory study of hydraulic conductivity of silty sands in the region of Chlef” Thesis defense on June 2012 Supervision of Master Thesis Research in Geotechnical Engineering “Laboratory study of the compressibility characteristics of silty sands of Chlef region” Thesis defense on June 2012 Supervision of Master Thesis Research in Geotechnical Engineering “Laboratory study of the behavior of soils in the region of Chlef” (2003/2004, 2005/2006 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011). Graduate Supervision of PhD Thesis in Geotechnical Engineering entitled “Laboratory evaluation of the performance of a reinforced silty sand by fiber and geosynthetics” Thesis defense scheduled on June 2014 Supervision of PhD Thesis in Geotechnical Engineering entitled “Study of soil liquefaction in the region of Chlef” Thesis defense scheduled on June 2015 Supervision of PhD Thesis in Geotechnical Engineering entitled “Liquefaction susceptibility of sand-silt mixtures: effect of grain size and shape” Thesis defense scheduled on December 2016 Supervision of PhD Thesis in Geotechnical Engineering entitled “Mechanical behaviour of overconsolidated soils: effect of the initial structure” Thesis defense scheduled on December 2016

Publications with peer-review process 1. Belkhatir Mostefa, Schanz Tom, Arab Ahmed, Della Noureddine, and Kadri, Abdelkader (2014) “Insight into the Effects of Gradation on the Pore Pressure Generation of Sand–Silt Mixtures,” Geotechnical Testing Journal,Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 1–10, doi:10.1520/GTJ20130051 ISSN 0149-6115.

2. Mostefa Belkhatir, Tom Schanz, Ahmed Arab, Noureddine Della (2014) “Experimental Study on the Pore Water Pressure Generation Characteristics of Saturated Silty Sands” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering , Paper in press

3. N Della, M Belkhatir, A Arab, J Canou, JC Dupla (2014) “Effect of fabric method on instability behavior of granular material” Acta Mechanica, 1-15 4. A Arab, M Sadek, M Belkhatir, I Shahrour (2014) “Monotonic Preloading Effect on the Liquefaction Resistance of Chlef Silty Sand: a Laboratory Study” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 39 (2), 685-694

5. Belkhatir M., Arab A., Della N. and Schanz T. (2014) “Laboratory Study on the Hydraulic Conductivity and Pore Pressure of Sand-Silt Mixtures Marine Georesources & Geotechnology 32 (2), 106-122

6. Noureddine Della & Mostefa Belkhatir & Ahmed Djafar Henni & Jean Canou & Jean Claude Dupla (2013) “Laboratory assessment of saturation and sample molding effects on shear resistance and mechanical characteristics of sandy soil” Arabian Journal of Geosciences online first 02 August 2013

7. Mostefa Belkhatir, Tom Schanz and Ahmed Arab (2013) “Effect of fines content and void ratio on the saturated hydraulic conductivity and undrained shear strength of sand– silt mixtures” Environmental earth sciences online 14 February 2013

8. Hanifi Missoum, Mostefa Belkhatir & Karim Bendani (2013) “Undrained shear strength response under monotonic loading of Chlef (Algeria) sandy soil” Arabian Journal of Geosciences No. 6 pp. 615-623.

9. Missoum H., Belkhatir M., Bendani K. and Maliki M. (2012) “Laboratory investigation into the effects silty fines on liquefaction susceptibility of Chlef (Algeria) sandy soils” Geotechnical and geological Engineering, accepted (On-line First, 15 November 2012).

10. Belkhatir M., Arab A., Della N. and Schanz T. (2012) “Experimental study of undrained shear strength of silty sand: effect of fines and gradation”, Geotechnical and geological Engineering, May 2012, Volume 30, N° 5, pp 1103-1118.

11. Belkhatir M., Arab A., Della N. and Schanz T. (2012) «Undrained monotonic pore pressure response of saturated silty sand soils», Special Topics & Reviews Porous Media v3, i3, 2012, pp. 257-270.

12. Arab A. and Belkhatir M. (2012) “Fines content and cyclic preloading effect on liquefaction potential of silty sand: A laboratory study”, Journal of Applied Sciences (Acta Polytechnica Hungarica), Volume 9, N°4, July 2012, pp. 47-64.

13. Mekkakia MM., Arab A., Belkhatir M. et al. (2012) “Non-linear behaviour of sands under longitudinal resonance column testing”, Journal of Applied Sciences (Acta Polytechnica Hungarica), Volume 9, N°2, March 2012, pp. 209-220.

14. Krim A., Zitouni Z., Arab A. and Belkhatir M. (2012) “Identification of the behavior of sandy soil to static liquefaction and microtomography” Arabian Journal of Geosciences, accepted (On-line First, 28 February 2012).

15. Belkhatir M., Arab A., Schanz T., Missoum H. and Della N. (2011) « Laboratory study on the liquefaction resistance of sand-silt mixtures: effect of grading characteristics», Granular Matter, Volume 13, N°5, October 2011, pp. 599-609. 16. Belkhatir M., Missoum H., Arab A., Della N. and Schanz T. (2011) « The undrained shear strength of sand-silt mixtures: Effect of intergranular void ratio and other parameters», KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Volume 15, N°8, November 2011, pp. 1335-1342.

17. Belkhatir M., Missoum H., Arab A., Della N., Schanz T. (2011) « Reply to the comment by M. Rahman on “Influence of intergranular void ratio on monotonic and cyclic undrained shear response of sandy soils” by M. Belkhatir et al. [C. R. Mécanique 338(2010) 290 -330]», Journal Comptes Rendus Mecanique (CRAS),Volume 339, January 2011, pp. 63-66.

18. Belkhatir M., Missoum H., Arab A., Della N. and Schanz T. (2011) « The undrained shear strength characteristics of silty sand: an experimental study of the effect of fines », Geologia Croatica,Volume 64, N°1, February 2011, pp. 35-43.

19. Missoum H., Belkhatir M. and Bendani K. (2011) “Undrained shear strength response under monotonic loading of Chlef (Algeria) sandy soil” Arabian Journal of Geosciences, accepted (On-line First, 4 September 2011).

20. Djafar Henni A., Arab A., Belkhatir M., Saaed Hamoudi A. and Khelafi H. (2011) “Undrained behavior of silty sand: effect of the overconsolidation ratio” Arabian Journal of Geosciences, accepted (On-line First, 8 June 2011).

21. Della N., Arab A., Belkhatir M. (2011) « Influence of specimen –reconstituting method on the undrained response of loose granular soil under static loading», Acta Mechanica Sinica, Volume 27, N°5, 2011, pp. 796-802.

22. Della N., Arab A., Belkhatir M. (2011) « Static liquefaction of sandy soil: An experimental investigation into the effects of saturation and initial state», Acta Mechanica, Volume 218, N°1-2, April 2011, pp. 175-186.

23. Della N., Arab A., Belkhatir M. (2011) “Laboratory investigation on the effects of overconsolodation and saturation on undrained monotonic shear behaviour of granular material”, Marines Georessouces and Geotechnology, N° 29 (2011), pp. 218-229

24. Della N., Arab A., Belkhatir M., Missoum H., Bacconnet C. and Boissier D. (2010) « Effect of the initial structure on the behavior of Chlef sand», Acta Geotechnica Slovenica, Volume 7, N°2, December 2010, pp. 5-15.

25. Della N., Missoum H., Arab A., and Belkhatir M. (2010) « Experimental study of the overconsolidation and saturation effects on the mechanical characteristics and residual strength of Chlef River sandy soil», Periodica Polytechnica-Civil Engineering, Volume 54, N°2, December 2010, pp. 107-116.

26. Belkhatir M., Arab A., Della N. (2010) « Liquefaction resistance of Chlef river silty sand: effect of low plastic fines and other parameters», Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Volume 7, N°2, July 2010, pp. 119-137. 27. Belkhatir M., Arab A., Della N., Missoum H., Schanz T. (2010) « Influence of intergranular void ratio on monotonic and cyclic undrained shear response of sandy soils », Journal Comptes Rendus Mecanique (CRAS),Volume 338, May 2010, pp. 290-303.

28. Della N., Arab A., Belkhatir M., Missoum H. (2009) « Identification of the behavior of the Chlef sand to static liquefaction », Journal Comptes Rendus Mécanique (CRAS), Volume 337, Juillet 2009, pp. 282-290.

29. Della N., Arab A., Belkhatir M., Missoum H. & Bacconet C. (2009) «Effet de la méthode de préparation sur le comportement non drainé d’un sol granulaire », Revue Française de Géotechnique, N° 126-127, 1er et 2ème trimestre 2009, pp. 101-110.

30. Belkhatir M., Arab A., Della N. and Schanz T. «Laboratory Study on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Sand-silt mixtures» 1er Colloque International sur l’Amélioration des Sols – CIAS2012 – Chlef 21–22 Octobre 2012.

31. Belkhatir M., Arab A., Della N. and Schanz T. « Experimental study on the shearing behaviour of saturated sandy soils based on triaxial tests », 1er Congrés International – GCDD2011 – Tébessa 17 – 19 Octobre 2011.

32. Belkhatir M., Arab A., Della N., Missoum H. and Schanz T. « Effect of grading characteristics on the undrained shear strength of sand-silt mixtures », 5ème Symposium International sur la construction en zone sismique SICZS_2010, 26 et 27 Octobre 2010, Chlef, pp. 10-20.

33. Della N., Arab A., Belkhatir M., Missoum H. « Etude expérimentale du comportement monotone d'un sol granulaire: Effet de la structure initiale », 5ème Symposium International sur la construction en zone sismique SICZS_2010, 26 et 27 Octobre 2010, Chlef, pp. 1-8.

34. Schanz T., Belkhatir M., Alabdullah J., Lins Y « Soil Water characteristic curve of sand- clay mixture as function of fine content», Colloque International Sols non Saturés et Environnement UNSAT09, 27 et 28 Octobre 2009, Tlemcen, pp. 118-130.

35. Della N., Arab A., Belkhatir M., & Missoum H. « Identification du comportement du sable de Chlef à la liquéfaction statique », 1er Symposium Méditerranéen de Géoengineering SMGE09, les 20 et 21 Juin 2009, Alger, pp. 554-560.

36. Arab A., Shahrour I., Belkhatir M., Della N. « Effect of fines fraction on the behaviour of silty sand », Symposium Méditerranéen de Géoengineering SMGE09, les 20 et 21 Juin 2009, Alger, pp. 216-223.

37. Belkhatir M., Arab A., Della N., Missoum H. « Effect of fines content on the mechanical properties of silty sand », Symposium Méditerranéen de Géoengineering SMGE09, les 20 et 21 Juin 2009, Alger, pp. 186-194.

38. Della N., Arab A., Belkhatir M., Missoum H. « Effet de la méthode de préparation sur le comportement non drainé d’un sol. », Colloque International Caractérisation et Modélisation des Matériaux et Structures CMMS08, les 16,17 et 18 Novembre 2008, Tizi- Ouzou, Algérie, pp.166-167.

Publications without peer review process 1. Belkhatir M., Arab A., Della N. and Missoum H. « Effect of fines on the stress-strain behavior of Chlef sand », Algérie Equipement, N°46, Décembre 2009, pp. 2-7.

2. Belkhatir M., Harichane K. and Missoum H. « Etude expérimentale de l’effet de la fraction fine sur la résistance au cisaillement des sols de Chlef », Algérie Equipement, N°43, Décembre 2007, pp. 17-21.

3. Belkhatir M., Missoum H., Arab A., Della N., Schanz T. « Experimental study of undrained shear strength of silty sand : Effect of grading characteristics», 1èr Séminaire National de Génie Civil sur les Matériaux et Protection de l’Environnement (SNMPE 2011), les 14 et 15 Mars 2011, Mostaganem, Algérie.

4. Della N., Arab A., Belkhatir M., Missoum H. « Experimental investigation on monotonic shear resistance of granular material : Effect of the reconstitution method and other parameters», 1èr Séminaire National de Génie Civil sur les Matériaux et Protection de l’Environnement (SNMPE 2011), les 14 et 15 Mars 2011, Mostaganem, Algérie.

5. Brahim A., Arab A., Della N., Lamri B., Belkhatir M., Djafar H.A., Mekkakia M.M. «Etude en laboratoire du renforcement des sols par geotextiles», 1èr Séminaire National de Génie Civil sur les Matériaux et Protection de l’Environnement (SNMPE 2011), les 14 et 15 Mars 2011, Mostaganem, Algérie.

6. Della N., Arab A., Belkhatir M., Missoum H. « Effet de la structure initiale sur le comportement d’un sable», 1ères Journées Scientifiques de Génie Civil, le 25 Janvier 2010, Mostaganem, Algérie.

7. Belkhatir M., Arab A., Della N., Missoum H. « Effect of low plastic fines on the shear strength characteristics of Chlef sand-silt mixtures», 1ères Journées Scientifiques de Génie Civil, le 25 Janvier 2010, Mostaganem, Algérie.

8. Belkhatir M., Arab A., Della N., Missoum H., Schanz T. « Liquefaction resistance of Chlef River silty sand : Effect of low plastic fines and other parameters », 1ères Journées Scientifiques de Génie Civil, le 25 Janvier 2010, Mostaganem, Algérie.

9. Della N., Arab A., Belkhatir M., Missoum H. « Effet de la méthode de déposition sur la réponse non drainée d’un sable », Séminaire National de Génie Civil SNGC08, les 15 et 16 Décembre 2008, Chlef, Algérie.

Training abroad Scholarship from the Algerian government 1984-1987. TUFTS University, Medford, USA.

Two month training. November - December 1998. University of Lille, Laboratory of Mechanics, Civil Engineering Department, .

One month training. March 2005. TU Darmstadt, Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, Geotechnics Institute, Germany.

One month training. March 2006. TU Darmstadt, Laboratory of Soil Mechanics, Geotechnics Institute, Germany.

Two month training. May – June 2009. Ruhr University of Bochum, Laboratory of Soil & Rock Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Germany.

Research stay of three month (DAAD). June – August 2012. Ruhr University of Bochum, Laboratory of Soil & Rock Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Germany.

Research fellowship of one year (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation). 2014-2016. Ruhr University of Bochum, Laboratory of Soil & Rock Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Germany.