My name is Bestun J. Shwan. I have a Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering, unsaturated soil mechanics, graduated from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

 I am head of the Geotechnical Engineering Department (DGENG) and a lecturer in the Geotechnical Engineering Department at the Faculty of engineering at Koya University. 


Publications: Have more than 19 journal and conference papers
e-mail: bestun.shwan@koyauniversity.org
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I teach several topics at my faculty, i.e.

1. Foundation Engineering
2. Tunnel Engineering
3. Computer Applications

My research interests focus on;

1. Unsaturated soil mechanics
2. Computational analysis