Email:

alireza [at] composites.ubc.ca

Mailing Address:

Frank Forward Building
The University of British Columbia
105 - 6350 Stores Road
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4

Phone:

604 822 2763

Education

• September 2005 - to Date: Ph.D. Candidate in Structural Engineering

  • The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

  • Supervisors: Prof. Reza Vaziri, Prof. Fernand Ellyin

  • Research topic:  Numerical modeling and finite element simulation of fracture and damage in composite materials.

• September 2003 - July 2005: M.Sc. in Structural Engineering

  • Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

  • Supervisor: Dr. Mohammad Taghi Kazemi, Dr. Amir Reza Khoei

  • Research topic: Applications of the Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM) in modeling cohesive cracks

• September 1998 - March 2003: B.Sc. in Civil Engineering

  • Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

• September 1991 - June 1998: Secondary and High School

  • Allameh Helli, National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents, Tehran, Iran 

Research Interests

• Mechanics of Composite Materials
• Computational Fracture and Damage Mechanics

• Advanced Finite Element Simulation

• Dynamics of Structures

Current Research Projects

• Simulation of damage and fracture in CFRP composite laminates using the models based on Non-local regularization

• Modeling damage in composite materials in dynamic cases

Previous Research Projects

• Developing a finite element software based on the extended finite element method to simulate crack growth in concrete structures, MSc research project, Sharif University of Technology

• Developing a nonlinear finite element software to simulate plasticity and large deformation in solids, Sharif University of Technology

• Developing a software to simulate the soil-structure interaction using discrete models, Sharif University of Technology

Teaching

• Fall 2009: Sessional Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, UBC, (CIVL 435/537: Computational Mechanics)

• Spring 2009: Sessional Lecturer, Department of Materials Engineering, UBC, (MTRL 494: Composite Materials)

Selected publications

• A. Forghani, R. Vaziri, Simulation of response of composite panels to lateral impact, Vol 76 / 051304, 2009

• N. Zobeiry, A. Forghani, C. McGregor, R. Vaziri and A. Poursartip, Progressive Damage Modeling of Composite Materials under both Tensile and Compressive Loading Regimes, Published in ECCOMASS Series Book: Mechanical Response of Composites, Springer, 2008 

• M.T. Kazemi, A. Forghani and A.R. Khoei, Modeling cohesive cracks using the Extended Finite Element Method, Published in Sharif Scientific Journal, 2007

Awards and Honours

• University Graduate Fellowship (UGF), UBC, 2007-2009

• Josephine T. Berthier Fellowship, UBC, 2007-2008

• Graduate Entrance Scholarship (GES), UBC, 2005

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude among Master students in Structural Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, July 2005

• Recipient of Bronze medal in the National Physics Olympiad, Iran, August 1997