Publications

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

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. DOI
  • 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. DOI
  • Santiago Marin*, Marwa Yacouti*, Maryam Shakiba, “Thermo-Oxidative Aging of polyimide films: Experimental Characterization and Predictive Modeling of Mechanical Degradation.” Polymer Degradation and Stability. DOI

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. DOI
  • Marwa Yacouti*, Maryam Shakiba, “Integrated Convolutional and Graph Neural Networks to Advance Complex Composites Analysis.” Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. DOI
  • 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. DOI
  • Marwa Yacouti*, Maryam Shakiba, “Performance Evaluation of Deep Learning Approaches for Predicting Mechanical Fields in Composites.” Engineering with Computers. DOI
  • 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. DOI
  • Aimane Najmeddine*, Maryam Shakiba, “Physics and Chemistry-Based Constitutive Framework for Thermo-Chemically Aged Elastomer using Phase-Field Approach.” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. DOI

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. DOI
  • 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. DOI
  • 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. DOI
  • Mojtaba Ziyadi, Hasan Ozer, Maryam Shakiba, Imad L. Al-Qadi, “Vehicle Excess Fuel Consumption due to Pavement Deflection.” Road Materials and Pavement Design. DOI

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. DOI
  • 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. DOI
  • Reza Sepasdar*, Maryam Shakiba, “Micromechanical Study of Multiple Transverse Cracking in Cross-Ply Fiber-Reinforced Composite Laminates.” Composite Structures. DOI
  • 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. DOI
  • 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. DOI

2021

  • Aimane Najmeddine*, Maryam Shakiba, “Micromechanical Study of Porosity Effects on Coupled Moisture-Mechanical Responses of Viscoelastic Asphalt Concrete.” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics. DOI
  • Maryam Shakiba, “Detecting Transverse Cracks Initiation in Composite Laminates via Statistical Analysis of Sensitivity Data.” Mechanics Research Communications. DOI
  • 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. DOI
  • 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. DOI

2020

  • Reza Sepasdar*, Maryam Shakiba, “Overcoming the Convergence Difficulty of Cohesive Zone Models through a Newton-Raphson Modification Technique.” Engineering Fracture Mechanics. DOI
  • Aimane Najmeddine*, Maryam Shakiba, “Impact of Void Morphology on the Mechanical Response of Time-Dependent Heterogeneous Media.” ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. DOI
  • 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. DOI

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. DOI

2017

  • Maryam Shakiba, Masoud K. Darabi, Dallas N. Little, “Effect of Pore Water Pressure on the Response of Asphalt Concrete.” Transportation Research Record. DOI
  • 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. DOI

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. DOI
  • 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. DOI

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. DOI

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. DOI
  • 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. DOI

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. DOI

2011

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

2009

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