Education
Carnegie Mellon University 2018-2022
Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics
Thesis: Bayesian Inference of Poroelastic Properties Using an Energy-based Poromechanics Model
Advisors: Matteo Pozzi, Kaushik Dayal
University of Tehran 2011-2018
M.Sc. in Structural Engineering
Thesis: Fracture Analysis of Shape Memory Alloy Composites
Advisors: Soheil Mohammadi
B.Sc. in Civil Engineering
Honor and Awards
Civil and Environmental Engineering Rising Stars workshop, CEE, MIT.
Mao Yisheng Outstanding Dissertation Award, CEE, Carnegie Mellon University.
Dowd Graduate Fellowship, CIT, Carnegie Mellon University.
Julia and Michael Ellegood CEE Strategic Graduate Fellowship, CEE, Carnegie Mellon University.
Dr. Elio D’Appolonia Graduate Fellowship, CEE, Carnegie Mellon University.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Rising Stars workshop, CEE, CMU.
Travel awards (NSF-MMLDT 2021, NSF-SIAM 2021, InterPore 2021, Interpore 2020, USNCCM 2023).
CIT Dean’s Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University.
Fenves travel grant, Carnegie Mellon University.
Waiver of the nationwide entrance exam with acceptance into the M.Sc. program in structural engineering at the University of Tehran based on the high quality B.Sc. academic achievement.
Invited Talks
MCE seminar, Caltech, Feb 2023.
Kutz and Brunton labs, University of Washington, Nov 2021.
MMC seminar, Carnegie Mellon University, Apr 2021.
MMC seminar, Carnegie Mellon University, Apr 2020.
Conference/Workshop Talks
Machine Learning in Solid Earth Geoscience, Jan 2024.
AGU Conference, Dec 2023.
USNCCM Conference, Jul 2023.
ICOSSAR 2021 Conference, Sep 2022.
AGU 2021 fall Meeting, Dec 2021.
Mechanistic Machine Learning and Digital Twins for Computational Science 2021, Sep 2021.
2021 SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Jun 2021.
InterPore 2021 Conference, May 2021.
Engineering Mechanics Institute 2021 Conference, May 2021.
Society of Engineering Science 2020 Meeting, Sep 2020.
InterPore 2020 Conference, Aug 2020.
3rd Machine Learning in Solid Earth Geoscience Conference, 2020, (canceled due to COVID-19).
Engineering Mechanics Institute 2019 Conference, Jun 2019.
Teaching/Mentoring Experiences
Carnegie Mellon University
Supervising a B.Sc. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Summer 2021);
Research topic: Uncertainty Quantification Methods for Induced Seismicity.
Supervising a B.Sc. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Summer 2020);
Research topic: Induced Seismicity in Carbon Storage and Fracking.
Teaching assistant Geology, (2020-2021)
University of Tehran
Teaching assistant Construction Methods, (2017-2018)
Teaching assistant Quantity Surveying and Estimation, (2017-2018)