About Me

I am a Senior Engineer in Hot Section Engineering at Pratt & Whitney. Previously, I served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Connecticut, focusing on developing a 3-D multi-scale framework combining the mixture theory with the multiscale FE-method (i.e. finite elements of multiscale mixtures, FE2M) to solve two-scale, non-linear, coupled and time dependent boundary value problems (BVPs) for fluid-saturated porous media. I  received my M.Sc. degree in Structural Engineering from Bauhaus–Universität Weimar, Germany and my Ph.D. degree in Structural Mechanics from the University of Colorado Boulder, focused on developing numerical methods for important class of engineering applications. My research involved predicting polycrystalline solidification with a diffusive interface approach and stress analysis with the material interfaces, i.e. grain boundaries. Also, I developed computational methods for modeling friction in crack surfaces based on the strong form meshfree collocation method. During my master studies, I coupled Finite Elements with stochastic analysis to predict the Young's modulus of the nanocomposite. I also used the computational homogenization and hierarchical multiscale modeling to study the behavior of the interphase layer and its effect on the overall stiffness of polymer (epoxy) clay nanocomposites.

Positions Held

• Senior Structural Method Engineer (Nov. 2022 - present): CMC Acceleration Team, Hot Section Engineering, Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, CT, USA

• Research Scholar (Nov. 2022 - present): Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (May 2020 - Nov. 2022): Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

• University Staff (Jan. 2020 - Apr. 2020): College of Engineering and Applied Science BOLD Center, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA

• Graduate Research Assistant (Jan. 2016 - Dec. 2019): Department of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA

• Graduate Research Assistant (May 2014 - Jul. 2015): Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Structural Mechanics, Bauhaus–Universität Weimar, TH, Germany

• Graduate Research Assistant (Dec. 2013 - Dec. 2014): Research Training Group (GRK 1462), Bauhaus–Universität Weimar, TH, Germany

Education

• Ph.D., Structural Mechanics (Jan. 2016 - Dec. 2019): Department of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA

• M.Sc., Structural Engineering (Oct. 2012 - Jan. 2015): Department of Civil Engineering, Bauhaus–Universität Weimar, TH, Germany

      Academic Genealogy Tree

Honors and Awards

• Rstars Achievement Award, being recognized for Innovation, CMC Acceleration Team, Hot Section Engineering, Pratt & Whitney, 2024. 

• Rstars Achievement Award, being recognized for Innovation, CMC Acceleration Team, Hot Section Engineering, Pratt & Whitney, 2023. 

• Conference Award, Selected by U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM) for the 16th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM), 2021.

• SB3C Diversity Participation Awards, Selected by the 2021 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference (SB3C), 2021. 

• Years of Service Recognition Award, Presented by the Boulder Campus Staff Council & the University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA, 2021.

• Staff Incentive Award, Selected by the College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA, 2020.

• Travel Award, Selected by University of Colorado Boulder Graduate School to attend ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference (EMI), 2019.

• Travel Award, Selected by U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM) for the 13th World Congress in Computational Mechanics (WCCM), 2018.

• Research/Teaching Assistantship, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA, 2016-2019.

• Professional Civil Engineering License Grade 3 , Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Iran, 2011.

Research Interests

• Multiscale Modeling of Materials

• Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC)

• Porous Media

• Computational Homogenization

• Meshfree methods

• Contact Mechanics

• Fracture Mechanics

• Microstructure Evolution

Peer Review Activities

• Elsevier: Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

• ASCE: Journal of Engineering Mechanics

• Hindawi: Mathematical Problems in Engineering; Shock and Vibration

• MDPI: Mathematics

• SAGE: Advances in Mechanical Engineering

• Frontiers: in Built Environment

• Scientific Research Publishing: Open Journal of Civil Engineering

• SB3C: Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering and Biotransport Conference 

Professional Society Affiliations

• Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 

• Member, the U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM)

• Member, Society of Engineering Science (SES)