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Research Interests

Numerical simulation of tunnels and caverns in rocks
Constitutive modeling of geomaterials
Finite element modeling
Fracture mechanics
Optimization and sensitivity analysis

Current projects

Material Approach for Opalinus Clay | 2018 - 2021 | ENSI | Partners: Florian Amann, Mohammadreza Jalali | More information

Professional Experience

Since 04/2019: Senior Scientist, Department of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen, Germany
03/2017-03/2019: Research Associate, Institute of Applied Mechanics, RWTH Aachen, Germany
11/2012-12/2016: Research Associate, Chair of Foundation Engineering, Rock and Soil Mechanics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
06/2011-10/2012: Research and Teaching Assistant, Chair of Foundation Engineering, Rock and Soil Mechanics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
02/2011-10/2012: Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute for Structural Mechanics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
03/2010-07/2010: Piping Stress Analysis Engineer, Bamdej Tarh Company,Tehran, Iran
01/2009-02/2010: Piping Stress Analysis Engineer, Tarh O Palayesh Engineering Company,Tehran, Iran
01/2008-12/2008: Research Assistant, Niroo Research Institute (NRI), Tehran, Iran

Education

2017-2018: Postdoc. Institute of Applied Mechanics, RWTH Aachen, Germany
2012-2016: Ph.D. Chair of Foundation Engineering, Rock and Soil Mechanics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
2010-2012: M.Sc. Computational Engineering, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
2006-2008: M.Sc. Energy Management, Power and Water University of Technology , Tehran, Iran
2002-2006: B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran

Awards and Grants

2017: Best PhD dissertation at Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Germany
2012: Best graduated student in Computational Engineering, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
2012: Best young researcher prize at Mech2012 conference, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006: Best graduated student in Mechanical Engineering, University of Tabriz, Iran.

Publications and Networks

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=R8dLVyEAAAAJ&hl=en

 

Publications

Title	Author(s)
A comparative study on methods for determining the hydraulic properties of a clay shale Journal Article (2020)	Winhausen, Lisa (Corresponding author) Amann-Hildenbrand, Alexandra Fink, Reinhard Jalali, Mohammadreza Khaledi, Kavan Hamdi, Pooya Urai, Janos Schmatz, Joyce Amann, Florian