Education

Speciality: Design Optimization in Civil and Structural Engineering

PhD.:Civil Engineering, the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 1993. Thesis: Design Optimization of Reinforced Concrete Structures.

MSc. :Structural Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, IR Iran, Feb. 1988. Thesis: A Novel Method for Reanalysis of Structures.

B.S.  :Civil Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, IR Iran, Feb. 1980

University Positions

Faculty Member Since Oct. 1993 in Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, I.R. Iran.

Director of Structural Engineering Group., Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, I.R. Iran.

Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs, Schoolof Engineering, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, I.R. Iran

Vice Chancellor in Planning & Development, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, I.R.Iran (August 1995 - Feb.1998).

Chancellor : The University of Zanjan, Zanjan, IR Iran, (Feb. 1998 - Sept. 1999).

Scientific Counsellor, Embassy of I.R. Iran, to Canada, May 2011 –Sept. 2012

Academic Activities

Fields of Special Interest

§  Design Optimization,

§  Nonlinear Analysis using Mathematical Programming,

§  Structural Control,

§  Numerical Methods in Engineering,

§  Heuristic Optimization e.g. Genetic Algorithms

§  Neural Networks.

Lectured Courses

o        Structural Optimization.

o        Finite Element Methods.

o        Analysis and Design of inelastic structures.

o        Matrix Structural Analysis.

o        Advanced Steel Structures.

o        Theory of Plates and Shells.

Supervision of thesis