Research Areas

 

Ali Akbar Aghakouchak (Professor)

    Farhad Daneshjoo (Professor)

    • System identification, health monitoring, damage detection and retrofitting of structures and structural components using dynamic and static characteristics and behavior.
    • Performance based Analysis, design, retrofit and rehabilitation of structures (such as high rise structures, bridges and building frames) under wind, earthquake and other dynamic loadings.
    • Linear and nonlinear static and dynamic behavior evaluation of structures (such as buildings, bridges, towers and frames) and their components against dynamic loads (such as wind, earthquakes, impulse
    • Analysis, design and performance evaluation of active, semi-active and non-active dampers used in structures (such as high rise structures and bridges) and designing new dampers.

    Hamid Moharrami (Professor)

    • Structural Optimization
    • Steel Shear walls
    • Perlite Light-weight Concrete
    • Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis
    • Plastic Analysis and Design of Structures
    • Nonlinear Static Analysis
    • Structural Control

    Abolfazl Arabzadeh (Associate Professor)

      Sharif Shahbeyk (Associate Professor)

      • Mesoscopic simulation of concrete
      • Mechanics of cellular materials
      • Multiscale modeling of heterogeneous materials
      • Mechanics of 3D woven sandwich panels
      • Impact mechanics and structural crashworthiness
      • Mechanics of EPS concrete
      • Fracture mechanics
      • Ultra low cycle ductile fracture of metals

      Hamed Khezrzadeh (Assistant Professor)

      • Application of FRP Composites in Structural Engineering
      • Fracture Mechanics
      • Micromechanical Methods for the Characterization of Materials
      • Application of Shape Memory Materials in Structural Engineering
      • Passive Dampers