02/2022:

• The paper "Analytical and numerical investigation of finite and infinite peridic lattices for mitigation of seismic waves in layered grounds" is now available online.

01/2022:

• The paper "Mitigation of Vibrations Caused by Dynamic Compaction Considering Soil Nonlinearity" is now available online.

01/2022:

• The paper "Vibration mitigation of pile groups by coupling a wave-based vibration analysis and genetic algorithm" is now available online.

12/2021:

• The paper "Numerical Study of the Failure in Elbow Components of Buried Pipelines under Fault Movement" is now available online.

12/2021:

• The paper "Covariance matrix adaption evolution strategy for topoogy optimization of foundations under static and dynamic loadings" is now available online.

09/2021: 

• Alireza Esmaeili successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis. Congratulations Alireza!
• Sina Sadeghi successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis. Congratulations Sina!

05/2021

• I received Teaching award in 8th Educational Fesitval at University of Tehran. 

03/2021: 

• Arash Ebrahimkhanloo successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis. Congratulations Arash!
• Shahab Amanat successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis. Congratulations Shahab!

01/2021:

• The paper "Optimal design of wave barriers in dry and saturated poroelastic grounds using Covariance Mtrix Adaption Evolution Strategy" is now available online.

11/2020:

• The paper "Seismic wave propagation in framed structures by joint-based wave refraction method" is now available online.

09/2020

• I am elected as the Head of Geotechnical Engineering Division at School of Civil Engineering at University of Tehran. 

08/2020:

• The paper "An optimal design procedure of wave barriers for mitigation of underground and above-ground railway vibrations" is now available online.

02/2020:

• Mohammad Eskandarighadi joined University of Canterbury, New Zealand, to pursue his PhD degree. Congratulations and best wishes to Mohammad!

09/2019: 

• Mohammad Eskandari-Ghadi successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis. Congratulations Mohammad!
• Ali Farahani successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis. Congratulations Ali!
• Faezeh Hashemi successfully defended her M.Sc. thesis at University of Science and Culture. Congratulations Faezeh!

08/2019:

• The paper "A systematic wave-based method for analysis of large planar frame structures based on Timoshenko waveguide theory " is now available online.

06/2019:

• The paper "A Joint-Based Systematic Wave-Propagation Approach for Forced Vibration Analysis of Large Waveguide Systems " is now available online.

03/2019:

• The paper "Design of wave barriers for mitigation of train-induced vibrations using a coupled genetic-algorithm/finite-element methodology" is now available online.

12/2018:

• The paper "Three-Dimensional Finite Element Modeling of Stone-Column-Improved Soft Saturated Ground" is now available online.

10/2018:

• The paper "Topology optimization of jet-grouted overlapping columns for mitigation of train-induced ground vibrations" is now available online.

09/2018:

• Marzieh Shahraki joined The University at Buffalo, NY, USA, to pursue her PhD degree. Congratulations and best wishes to Marzieh!

08/2018:

• Farbod Yarmohammadi joined The University of Auckland, New Zealand, to pursue his PhD degree. Congratulations and best wishes to Farbod!

07/2018:

• Majid Zakerinia joined The University of Auckland, New Zealand, to pursue his PhD degree. Congratulations and best wishes to Majid!

04/2018:

• The paper "Soil-buried wave barriers for vibration control of structures subjected to vertically incident shear waves" is now available online.

03/2018:

• The paper "Dynamic Behavior of Masonry Arch Bridge under High-Speed Train Loading: Veresk Bridge Case Study" is now available online.
• I had a presentation at University of Tehran about "Using K-Stiffness Method for Design of Geosynthetic MSE walls" in collaboration with Iranian Geosynthetic Engineering Society. 

02/2018: 

• Farbod Yarmohammadi successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis. Congratulations Farbod!

11/2017

• The paper "Topology Optimization of Wave Barriers for Mitigation of Vertical Component of Seismic Ground Motions" is now available online. 
• Dr. Samadzad and I received a grant from from Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) to develop a robust software for continuous wave propagation modeling of complex structural frames.  

09/2017

• Majid Zakerinia successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis. Congratulations Majid!

06/2017

• Amir Rezaie joint EPFL university to pursue his PhD degree in Civil Engineering. Congratulations and good luck Amir!

05/2017

• I received Dr. Ashtiani's Prize from Iran's National Elite Foundation. 

04/2017

• Amir Rezaie successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis. Congratulations Amir!