CV at a glance✍️

Languages:

• English (Fluent), German (B1), Spanish (Basic), Farsi (Native)

Skills, Research Interests and Experiences

• Nonlinear Solid & Continuum Mechanics

• High-Fidelity Physics-Based Finite Element Modeling 

• Computational Plasticity & Crystal Plasticity

• Constitutive Modeling of Metals, Polymers, Elastomers & Composites 

• Dislocation-Based Constitutive Modeling (Crystalline Metals) t

• Constitutive Modeling of Post-Yield Hardening & Strengthening Mechanisms

• Large Deformation, Size-Dependent & Rate-Dependent Behavior

• Thermo-Mechanical Coupling and Multi-Physics Modeling 

• Multiscale Deformation (Macro-to-Micro Scale)

• Material Characterization, Calibration & Experimental Validation 

• Nanoindentation & Micropillar Compression Modeling

• Structural Mechanics, Impact, Fatigue & Durability Analysis

• Composite Structures and Lightweight Engineering Materials

• Predictive Simulation Framework Development

• Mechanics of Semi-Crystalline Polymers (Nylon 6) & Elastomers

• Advanced Materials Modeling

Professional Experience

✅ Principal Investigator (DFG-Funded Research Project)

  Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany | 2020–2023

• Secured and led a highly competitive €300,000+ research grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG)

• Directed independent research in computational mechanics,  crystal plasticity and multiscale material modeling

• Developed high-fidelity physics-based constitutive models implemented in Abaqus (UMAT/UEL) 

• Integrated numerical simulations with experimental characterization and validation

• Supervised research activities, project deliverables, publications, and collaborations

• Developed predictive simulation methodologies linking material microstructure to structural performance

✅ Postdoctoral Researcher

Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany | 2014–2020

• Conducted advanced research in nonlinear solid mechanics and computational plasticity

• Developed and validated finite element models for metallic materials and structures

• Implemented advanced constitutive models in Fortran and Abaqus

• Investigated size-dependent, strain-rate-dependent, and thermo-mechanical material behavior

• Performed simulation-supported analysis of deformation and hardening mechanisms
  
  

✅ Visiting Scholar

Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany | 2013–2014

• Performed advanced research in materials modeling and mechanical characterization

• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams on deformation and microstructure analysis.

Academic Qualifications 

🎓 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
      National University of Singapore | 2009–2013

🎓 M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering
      Amirkabir University of Tech (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran | 2005–2008

🎓 B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering
      Isfahan University of Technology, Iran | 2001–2005

Skills:CAE, CAD, Meshing Tools

• Abaqus (Implicit & Explicit)

• Advanced Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

• User Subroutine Development (UMAT, VUMAT, UEL)

• Structural, Dynamic & Thermo-Mechanical Simulations

• Fatigue & Durability Assessment

• Solidworks

• HyperMesh 2023, ANSA (Basic)

• CATIA V5

• Advanced Meshing & Nonlinear Analysis.

Programming & Scientific Computing

• Fortran (Constitutive Model Implementation)

• Python (Scientific Computing, FEM Prototyping)

• MATLAB

Experimental and Laboratory Expertise

• Material Calibration & Model Validation

• Nanoindentation Testing

• Micropillar Compression Testing

• Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) Testing

• High-Strain-Rate Material Characterization

• Drop-Weight Impact Testing

• Digital Image Correlation (DIC)

• Thermographic Measurement Systems

• Composite Manufacturing (Hand Lay-Up & Vacuum Bagging)

• Sandwich Structure Fabrication & Testing

Professional Certificates 

• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) – Project Management Institute (PMI)

• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt – AIGPE

• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA, DFMEA, PFMEA) Specialist – AIGPE

• Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Specialist – AIGPE

• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)

• Material Selection for Mechanical Design

• Theories of Failure & Fatigue Design

• Aerospace Engineering: Aircraft Fundamentals & Advanced Concepts

• Bill of Materials (BOM) & Product Lifecycle Fundamentals

Honors, Awards and Scholarships

• 2020 – Principal Investigator Research Grant (€300,000+)
  German Research Foundation (DFG), Germany
  Highly competitive national research funding supporting independent project leadership.

• 2016 – Travel Award
  24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), Canada

• 2013 – Visiting Research Scholarship
  Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany

• 2008 – Ph.D. Scholarship (Four-Year Award)
  National University of Singapore

Professional Membership & Academic Service 

• Member, European Network for the Mechanics of Matter at the Nano-Scale (MecaNano)

• Invited Peer Reviewer, Journal of Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Patent

• Rolling tool design for spline forming (IR Patent No. 40124)