Profile

I graduated with distinction in Structural Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), a renowned technical university in the Middle East. In 2015, I received the EPSRC Doctoral Prize Scholarship at the University of Sheffield, enabling me to pursue a PhD in optimum design of cold-formed steel structures.

After completing my PhD, I embarked on a path in academia and research, taking up two Post-Doctoral roles in Structural Engineering at the University of Cambridge and the University of Northampton. In 2021, I returned to the University of Sheffield, having successfully secured an EPSRC Early Career Fellowship for my research project on the New Generation of Demountable Resilient Cold-Formed Steel Connections. Following my Lectureship position in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Aston University for about two years, I joined Loughborough University as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Structural Engineering in 2023 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in 2025.

Professional affiliations

  • Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
  • Member of Tehran Construction Engineering Organization (TCEO)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Member of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)

Awards

  • Royal Society International Exchange (£12,000), New Generation of Sustainable Lightweight Cold-Formed Steel Structures, 2023
  • Pedagogical Research Grant (£5,000), Comparison of approaches in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), Aston University, 2023
  • British Council Reconnect Travel Grant (£12,000), New Generation of Resilient Modular Constructions in Hazardous Environments, 2022
  • EPSRC Doctoral Prize Scholarship, University of Sheffield, 2015
  • Best paper award – International Conference on Architecture, Structure and Civil Engineering, Turkey, 2014

External activities

  • Editorial board member, International Journal of Architectural Engineering Technology
  • Editorial board member, Journal of Data Science and Intelligent Systems (JDSIS)
  • Guest editor of Journal of Buildings, Special Issue: High-Performance Steel Structures
  • Technical reviewer of the leading journals in Structural Engineering Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Thin-Walled Structures, Engineering Structures and Structural Engineering (ASCE), Construction and Building Materials

Key collaborators

My research and enterprise activities are conducted with a range of academic and stakeholder partners, including:

  • Universities: Sheffield, Cambridge, Imperial College, Edinburgh, Derby, Auckland, Hong Kong Metropolitan, Western Australia, Nottingham (Malaysia)
  • Industrial partners: UK steel industries