International Collaborations

• Editorial board member: International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping (since June 2012)
• Editorial board member: Structural Engineering and Mechanics (Since February 2013)
• Editorial board member: Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics (Since December 2013)
• Editorial board member: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science (Since 2016)
• Editorial board member: Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures (Since 2016)
• Editorial board member: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, IMechE, Part L (Since 2016)
• Editorial board member: The Journal of Adhesion (Since 2017)
• Editorial board member: Material Design and Processing Communication (Wiley) (Since August 2018)
• Guest co-editor: Theoeticat and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Issue: October 2017.
• Guest co-editor: Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Special issue “Brittle or Quasi-Brittle Fracture of Engineering Materials”, 2014.
• Member of ISRM committee for development of standard for fracture toughness testing by SCB specimen, (by invitation), 2011-2012.
• Iran representative in the Asian Society of Experimental Mechanics (ASEM)
• Research collaboration with University of Bristol, UK.
• Research collaboration with University of Padua, Italy.
• Research collaboration with Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
• Research collaboration with University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia.
• Research collaboration with Technical University of Graz (TUGraz), Austria.
• Research collaboration with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
• Research collaboration with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway.
• Research collaboration with ETH, Switzerland.
• Research collaboration with Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic.

Academic Background/Experience

• Vice Chair in Research Affairs (2000- 2008), School of Mechanical Engineering, IUST.
• Member of University research council (2000-2008), Iran University of Science and Technology.
• Member of committee for promotion assessment (2004-2016), School of Mechanical Engineering, IUST.
• Head of the Solid Mechanics educational group (2008-2016), School of Mechanical Engineering, IUST.
• Director of Fatigue and Fracture Research Laboratory (Since 2001), School of Mechanical Engineering, IUST.
• Director of the B.Sc. projects office (1989-1993), School of Mechanical Engineering, IUST.
• Distinguished Professor Since  July 2017, School of Mechanical Engineering, IUST.
• Professor 2007-2017, School of Mechanical Engineering, IUST.
• Associate professor 2003-2007, School of Mechanical Engineering, IUST.
• Assistant professor 1999-2003, School of Mechanical Engineering, IUST.
• Instructor 1989-1994, School of Mechanical Engineering, IUST.

International Keynote/Invited speaker

Keynote speaker, 5th International Conference On Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, December 2019
• Keynote speaker, The International Congress of Mechanics, Mechatronics and Materials (IC3M), Sousse, Tunisia, December 2019
• Keynote speaker, 1st International Workshop on Plasticity, Damage and Fracture of Engineering Materials (IWPDF), Ankara, Turkey, August 2019.
• Invited speaker, IMAP, Technical University of Graz, Austria, May 2019.
• Keynote speaker, 7th International Conference on Applied Science and Technology (ICAST2019), Karbala, Iraq, March 2019.
• Keynote speaker, International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME2018), Istanbul, Turkey, December 2018.
• Plenary lecturer, 2nd International Conference on Structural Integrity and Durability (ICSID-2018) , Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 2018
• Keynote speaker, 26th Annual International Conference of Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineering, Semnan, Iran, April 2018.
• Keynote speaker, 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing, Modeling and Mechatronics (IC4M 2018), Barcelona, Spain, February 2018.
• Keynote speaker, International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME2017), Istanbul, Turkey, December 2017.
• Keynote speaker, Asian conference on Experimental Mechanics (ACEM2017), Indonesia, August 2017.
• Keynote speaker, International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials (THERMEC2016), Austria, May 2016
• Invited speaker, University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia, January 2015
• Keynote speaker, XVII International Colloquium on Mechanical Fatigue of Metals, Verbania, Italy, June 2014
• Invited speaker, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), November 2014
• Invited speaker, Technical University of Graz (TUGraz), Austria, November 2013
• Invited speaker, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), April 2013
• Invited speaker, University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia, January 2013
• Invited speaker, University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia, April 2012

PHD students

• Zakeri, M., “Photoelastic analysis of cracks under mode I, mode II and mixed mode loading” (PhD), 2008.
• Aliha, M.R.M., “Mixed mode fracture in rock materials” (PhD), 2009.
• Torabi, A.R. “Brittle fracture in U and V-notched components” (PhD), 2009.
• Shadlou, S. “Fracture behavior of epoxy-based nanocomposites reinforced by MWCNTs”, (PhD) 2011.
• Akbardoost, J. “Geometry and size effects on mixed mode fracture in quasi-brittle materials”,(PhD) 2012.
• Pirmohammad S., “Experimental investigation of brittle fracture in hot mixed asphalt at low temperatures”, (PhD) 2013.
• Chamani H.R. , “Micromechanical study of fracture in ductile cast iron”, (PhD) 2016..
• Sabouri, B., “Investigation of the effect of out-of-plane shear load on fracture behavior of brittle polymers and carbon nanotube/epoxy nanocomposites”, (PhD) 2015.
• Mahdavi, E., “Study of crack growth in rock test specimens” (PhD) 2017.
• Karimzadeh, A “Investigation on Orthodontic Bond Strength Using Experimental and Numerical Methods”, (PhD) 2017.
• Akhavan Safar, H., “Failure load prediction of single lap adhesive joints based on the theory of critical distances”, (PhD) 2017.
• Rashidi Moghaddam, M. , “Geometry effects on fatigue and fracture of cracked components – An energy-based approach”, (PhD) 2017.
• Rahimi, A.S. “Investigating nonlinear fracture behavior of notched polymer-based nanocomposites using equivalent material concept”, (PhD) 2018.
• Heydari Meybodi, M. “Rupture assessment of rubber-like materials weakened by cracks and notches with or without nanoparticle reinforcement”, (PhD) 2018.

  MSc Students

  Supervised more than 100 MSc theses 2000-2019.