Person
Dr.Pooya Hamdi
Senior Scientist
Address
Building: 1540
Room: 121
Lochnerstraße 4-20
52056 Aachen
Research Interests
Dr. Pooya Hamdi is currently a Senior Scientist at RWTH Aachen University. His research focuses on rock mechanics, rock engineering design and numerical modeling applied to various areas including rock slope and landslide analysis, underground excavation and block caving. He has carried out research on application of Discrete Fracture Network to slope stability analysis and rock mass characterization. Recently, he has expanded his research interests on application of 3D-printed synthetic rock mass as an analogue to better understand the behaviour of geomaterials. Before joining RWTH in 2018, Pooya worked at Golder Associate in Vancouver as Rock Mechanics Specialist for almost four years.
Current Projects
Einstein Telescope EMR Site & Technology (E-TEST) | 2020-2023 | Interreg V-A Euregio Meuse-Rhine program | PIs (@LIH Department): Florian Amann, Pooya Hamdi | More Information
Material Approach for Opalinus Clay | 2018-2021 | Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) | PIs : Florian Amann, Mohammadreza Jalali | More Information
Rock Slope Response to Glacier Retreat (Grewingk Glacier and Lake, Alaska) | 2020-2023 | DFG | PIs: Anja Dufresne, Florian Amann, Pooya Hamdi | More Information
Professional Experience
2018 - Present Senior Scientist, Lecturer, RWTH Aachen University
2015 - 2018 Rock Mechanics Engineer, Golder Associates Ltd., Vancouver, Canada
2011 - 2015 Research Assistant, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
2008 - 2010 Research Assistant, Tafresh University, Iran
Education
2011 - 2015 PhD Rock Mechanics/Geotechnics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
2008 - 2010 MSc Geotechnical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Tafresh University, Iran
2004 - 2008 BSc Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Urmia University, Iran
Teaching
Underground Excavation (3rd year MSc)
Landslides and Rock Slope Analysis (co-instruct; 2nd year MSc)
Engineering Modelling in Geosciences (1st year MSc)
Academic Activities
Memberships
International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM)
American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
Review Services for International Journals and Funding Agencies
Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
Journal of Landslides
Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Theses (Co-) Supervised
Over 15 MSc and BSc theses (co-)supervised since 2018.
Publications and Networks
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QqegjnAAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pooya_Hamdi