• Selection and interpretations of soil investigation (field and laboratory);

• Analysis and design of different types of buildings foundation;

• Solution of groundwater problems during and after construction (lowering and dewatering of the groundwater);

• Analysis and design of piles (including the selection of suitable type);

• Study of soil alterations through water infiltration and movement.

2. Advanced Soil Mechanics, M. Sc., 2018-2019, M.Sc. Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Eng. Dept., Faculty of Engineering, University of Kufa.

3. Advanced Foundation Engineering, M. Sc. Structural Engineering, 2015-2016 to 2016-2017, Civil Eng. Dept., Faculty of Engineering, University of Kufa.

4. Advanced Soil Mechanics, M. Sc. Hydraulic Structures, 2008-2009 to 2014-2015, Civil Eng. Dept., Faculty of Engineering, University of Kufa.

5. Flow Through Porous Media, M. Sc. Hydraulic Structures, 2008-2009 & 2009-2010, Civil Eng. Dept., Faculty of Engineering, University of Kufa.

6. Soil Mechanics, 3rd class, 2001-2002 until now, Civil Eng. Dept., Faculty of Engineering, University of Kufa.

7. Computer Programming (FORTRAN), 2nd class, 2002-2003m Mechanical Eng. Dept., Faculty of Engineering, University of Kufa.

8. Building Construction, 2nd class, 2000-

1. Al Saoudi, Namir K. S. and Al Shakerchy, Mohammed Sh. M., 2001, Load-Settlement of a Strip Model Footing above Cavity, First National Conference in Civil Engineering, Al-Anbar University, Iraqi Magazine for Civil Engineering.

2. Al Shakerchy, Mohammed Sh. M., 2005, Suitable No. of Clay Sub Divisions to Estimate Maximum Consolidation Settlement, Journal of Babylon University, 10(5).

3. Al Shakerchy, Mohammed Sh. M., 2005, Effect of Some Soil and Geometric Properties on Reinforcement in Cantilever Retaining Walls, Journal of Babylon University, 2005, 10(5).

4. Al Shakerchy, Mohammed Sh. M., 2007, Effect of Horizontal non Homogeny of Sandy Soil on the Model Strip Footing Behavior, Journal of Kufa University, 8(1).

5. Mohammed Shaker Al Shakerchy, Faris Jasim Al-Talqany, 2007, Extended Study on the Effect of Some Properties on Reinforcement of Cantilever Retaining Walls, Journal of Kufa University, 8(2).

6. Al Shakerchy, Mohammed Sh. M., 2009, Effect of Water Head on The Infiltration Characteristics by Laboratory Tests, Al-Qadisiya for Engineering Sciences, 2(4).

7. Mahmood, Mohammed Shaker, Abbas, Fadhil Abdul and Baqer, Asaad Mohammed, 2012, Infiltration Characteristics of Compacted Samples of Sub-Base Materials, journal of Karbala University, 10(3).

8. Al-Saoudi, Namir K. S., Al-Shakerchy, Mohammed Sh. M., and Abdal Husain, Mustafa M., 2014, Infiltration Characteristics in Agriculture Area of Bahr Al Najaf, Journal of Babylon University, Babylon, Iraq, 22(4), pp. 971-978.

9. Mahmood, Mohammed Shaker, Almurshedi, Kareem R., Hashim, Zaid N., 2014, Hydraulic Geometry Relationships for Meandering River in Al Abbasia Reach In Euphrates River', International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (Ijert), 3(3), ISSN: 2278-0181, pp. 1494-1498.

10. Mahmood, Mohammed Shaker, Almurshedi, Kareem R., and Hashim, Zaid N., 2014, Dimensional Analysis Relationships of Geometry Hydraulic Properties for Meadring River in Al Abbasia Reach in Euphrates River, International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER), 5(5), ISSN: 2229-5518, pp. 48-51.

11. Omran, H. A., Mahmood, Mohammed Shaker and Kadhem, Ali Abbas, 2014, A Study on Current Water Consumption and its Distribution in Bahr An-Najaf in Iraq, International Journal of Innovative Science, Engineering & Technology, 1 (5), pp. 538-543.

12. Omran, H. A., Mahmood, Mohammed Shaker and Kadhem, Ali Abbas, 2014, Quantity and Distribution of the Current Surface and Ground Water Resources in Bahr An-Najaf in Iraq, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, 5 (8), pp. 79-83.

13. Mahmood, Mohammed Shaker, Hashim, Zaid N., 2015, Continuity Analysis in Hydraulic Geometry Relationships for Al Abbasia Reach in Euphrates River, International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER), 6(3), ISSN: 2229-5518, pp. 1026-1031.

14. Mahmood, Mohammed Shaker, 2017, Effect of Time-Based Soaking on Shear Strength Parameters of Sand Soils, Applied Research Journal, 3(5), pp. 142-149, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran.

15. Mohammed Shaker Mahmood, Kareem R. Almurshedi, Zaid Nori Hashim: Non-linear regression models for hydraulic geometry relationships in Al-Abbasia meandering reach in Euphrates river. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering 09/2017; 11(4).

16. Al-Saoudi Namir KS, Mohammed Shaker Mahmood, Abbas Salam A. Geohydrological Investigation of a Lake: Case Study of Lake of Sayf Thulfiqar. Recent Trends in Civil Engineering & Technology. 2018; 8(1): 11–19p.

17. Mahmood, Mohammed Shaker, 2018, Prediction of Discrepancy Settlement Behavior of Sand Soils, Applied Research Journal, 4(2), pp. 30-37, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran.

18. Mohammed S Mahmood: Effect of Soaking On the Compaction Characteristics of Al-Najaf Sand Soil, Kufa Journal of Engineering, 9(2), pp. 1-12, 2018. DOI:10.30572/kje/2018/7108.

19. Aziz, Laith Jawad and Mahmood, Mohammed Shaker, Experimental Simulation of Dam on Soil with Cavity for Measuring Uplift Pressure Force, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, (to be published).

20. Mahmood, Mohammed Shaker, Aziz, Laith Jawad and Al-Gharrawi, Asaad M. B., Load-Time-Settlement Behavior of Sand Soil Upon Soaking Process Using Oedometer Test, International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET), (to be published).

21. Hassan Ali Omran, Mohammed Shaker Mahmood, Ali Abbas Kadhem. Management of Current Water Resources in Bahr An-Najaf Basin in Iraq. Journal of Water Resource Engineering and Management. 2018; 5(2): 1–11p.

22. Mohammed Sh. Mahmood and Suha A. Hameed, 2018, Uncertainty of Pile Design Capacity in Gypseous Sand Soils, Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 5(3), pp. 24-30, India (STM journals).

23. Mustafa M. Abdalhusein, Ali Akhtarpour and Mohammed Sh.

Mahmood, Effect of Soaking on Unsaturated Gypseous Sand Soils, International

Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (SCOPUS), 10(5), 2019, pp. 550-558.

24. Mahmood, Mohammed Sh., Akhtarpour, Ali and Alali, Ameer A. A., 2019, Mechanical Behavior

of Dam-Vertically Sand Drained Foundation, Case study: Sombar Dam J. Eng. Technol.

Sci. 51(3), Indonesia. DOI: 10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2019.51.3.6

25. Mahmood MS, Al-Baghdadi WH, Rabee AM, Almahbobi SH, 2020, Reliability of Shear-Box Tests Upon Soaking Process on the Sand Soil in Al-Najaf City. Key Engineering Materials; 857, 212–220. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.857.212

26. Shaymaa Alsamia, Mohammed Sh. Mahmood and Ali Akhtarpour, 2020, Estimation of Capillary Rise in Unsaturated Gypseous sand Soils, Pollack Periodica An International Journal for Engineering and Information Sciences, 15(2), 118-129. DOI: 10.1556/606.2020.15.2.11

- Conferences Papers:

1. Al Abidi, Abdul Kadhim J. and Al Shakerchy, Mohammed Sh. M., 2008, Groundwater in Al Najaf City and Its Engineering Problems, First Conference for Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Kufa, 12-13 March,

2. Al Saoudi, Namir K. S. and Al Shakerchy, Mohammed Sh. M., 2010, Statistical analysis of some geotechnical properties of Najaf city, Conference on Geotechnical Challenges in Megacities, 7-10/6/2010, Moscow, Russia. www.kopilka-sovetov.ru/index.htm.

3. Al Saoudi, Namir K. S. and Al Shakerchy, Mohammed Sh. M., 2010, Water Infiltration Characteristics of Al Najaf City Soil. In Proceeding of the 4th International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Tehran, Iran, November 2-3, p.p. 1-8. www.civilica.com/Paper-ICGESM04-ICGESM04_263.html.

4. Al Shakerchy, Mohammed Sh. M., 2012, The Importance of Planning in Water Resource Management-Global Experiences with case study in Al Najaf City. (Arabic), 1st Conference in the Faculty of Physical Planning. University of Kufa.

5. Al Saoudi, Namir K. S., Al Shakerchy, Mohammed Sh. M. and Al Janabi, Salam A. Abbas, 2013, Water Infiltration Characteristics for Artificial Lake in Bahr Al-Najaf. In Proceeding of the 1st International Conference on Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering ICGTE, 14 to 15 of April, Baghdad, Iraq, Eng. & Tech. Journal, Vol.31, Part (A), No. 19, p.p. 1-12.

6. Al Saoudi, Namir K. S., and Al Shakerchy, Mohammed Sh., 2013, Foundation systems of some heritage buildings in Najaf / Iraq Case study: Al Shelan Khan, Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites, CRC Press Pages 123–128, DOI: 10.1201/b14895-13

7. Namir K. S. Al-Saoudi, Mohammed Shaker Mahmood, Mustafa M. Abdal Husain, 2015, Analysis and Design of Infiltration Basins In Agriculture Area Of Bahr Al Najaf, 2nd International Conference on Buildings, Construction and Environmental Engineering- BCEE2, Beirut, Lebanon, pp. 171-176, University of Technology, Iraq.

8. Abdal Husain, Mustafa M., Akhtarpour, Ali and Mahmood, Mohammed Shaker, Wetting Challenges On the Gypsiferous Soils, 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Planning, 2018, Shiraz, Iran.

9. Akhtapour, Ali, Mahmood, Mohammed Shaker and Abdal Husain, Mustafa M., Settlement of Gypseous Sand upon Short-Term Wetting, International Congress on Engineering and Architecture, Nov. 2018, Alanlya, Turkey.

10. Akhtarpour, Ali, Mahmood, Mohammed Sh. and Alali, Ameer A A 2019 Evaluation of

Vertical Drain with Different Materials IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and

Engineering 584 012011 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/584/1/012011

11. Mahmood MS, Akhtarpour A, Almahmodi R, Husain MMA, Settlement assessment of gypseous sand after time-based soaking, IOP Conference

Series: Materials Science and Engineering 737 Proceeding of 4th International

Conference on Buildings Construction and Environmental Engineering (BCEE4)

Turkey.2020. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/737/1/012080.

12. Mahmood, Mohammed Sh., Almahbobi, S. H., Rabee, A. M., Rahim, A. M., Naama, M. A., and Mohammed, M. F., Reliable prediction of structure settlement in Al-Najaf city using laboratory testing, 2020 IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 888 012013 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/888/1/012013.

13. Akhtarpour, Ali, Mahmood, Mohammed Sh. and Alali, Ameer A A 2020, Stability analysis of geosynthically piled foundation earth dam; a case study: Sombar dam, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 888. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/888/1/012003

14. Shaymaa Alsamia, Mohammed Sh. Mahmood and Ali Akhtarpour, 2020, Prediction of the contamination track in Al-Najaf city soil using numerical

modeling, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 888 (2020) 012050. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/888/1/012050

15. Hassan Ali Omran, Mohammed Shaker Mahmood and Ali Abbas Kadhem, 2020, Futurity scenario of water resources management in Bahr An-Najaf basin in Iraq, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 888 (2020) 012004. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/888/1/012004

16. Mohammed Shakir Mahmood and Mustafa Jamal Abrahim, 2021, A Review of Collapsible Soils Behavior and Prediction, IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 1094 012044. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/1094/1/012