Dr. Shay Nachum

1. Nachum, S. (2025). Swell Magnitude of Unsaturated Clay as Affected by Different Wetting Conditions. Standards 2025, 5(1), 1.‏
2. Nachum, S. (2024). Examination of the dry density importance's in TDR use and of the ASTM D6780 standard based on a new calibration procedure. Accepted to Geotechnical Testing Journal.
3. Nachum, S., Talesnick, M., & Frydman, S. (2023). Measurement of K0 and K0'during loading and unloading of loose sand. Geomechanics and Engineering, 32(1), 97-110.‏
4. Nachum, S., Talesnick, M., & Furman, A. (2022). Application of TDR in compacted clay soils: Issues of dry density, water content range and calibration. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 60(3). 321-333.
5. Nachum, S., Talesnick, M., & Frydman, S. (2022). Swelling of Compacted Clay as Affected by Quantity of Water Intake and Soil Structure. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 1-14.‏
6. Nachum, S., Talesnick, M., Weisberg, E., & Ziedenberg, R. (2021). Development of swelling induced shear and slickensides in Vertisols. Geoderma, 409, 115629.
7. Nachum, S., Talesnick, M., & Frydman, S. (2020). A new apparatus for studying laterally restrained swell of compacted clay with lateral pressure measurement. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 45(1).
8. Talesnick, M., Nachum, S., & Frydman, S. (2020). K0 determination using improved experimental technique. ICE Géotechnique, 1-12.‏

[2023-present] : Senior lecturer, BRAUDE – College of Engineering, Karmiel.
Post-doctoral
[2023] : Post-Doctoral Scholar, University of Toronto, Canada. with Professor Mason Ghafghazi.
[2022] : Interinstitutional research collaboration: with Professor Andy Take, Queen's University, Canada, and Associate Professor Mark Talesnick, Technion – IIT.

Teaching Experience
Introduction to Geology and Earthquakes
Geomechanics
Flow mechanics
Soil engineering
Building foundations

Research Areas

1.  Cavity Expansion, measurements and numerical modelling. with Professor Mason Ghafghazi, University of Toronto, Canada.
2. Conservation agriculture and soil health with Professor Miguel Cabrera, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, USA
3. Effective Stress Path Measurement in Slope Stability Using Physical Modelling. With Associate Professor Mark Talesnick, Technion – IIT.

   
   Research Interests
   1. Geomechanics
   2. Soil mechanics
   3. Unsaturated soils mechanics
   4. Expansive soils
   5. Water flow in soils
   6. Soil health