Mahdi Zandi Assistant Professor Of Structural Engineering Office: #37, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Isfahan, 81744-73441 Isfahan, Iran. Phone: +98-31-3793-5305 Fax: +98-31-3793-5085 Email: s.m.zandi@eng.ui.ac.ir     smehdizandi@yahoo.com  Google Scholar    ORCID    Scopus    Publons    ResearchGate

     Education:

• 2009-2014,PhD, Department of Civil Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. 
• 2006-2008,MSc, Department of Civil Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. 
• 2002-2006,BSc, Department of Civil Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.

     Honors:

• 2002  Hit top 0.5% in the Iranian nation-wide undergraduate entrance exam   amongst about 350,000 participants
• 2002-2006 Selected as “Exceptional Talented student” by the Exceptional Talents Center, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
• 2006  Ranked 2nd amongst 100 undergraduate students of Class of 2006 of Civil Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
• 2006  Ranked 4th in the 11th Iranian nation-wide Civil Engineering Olympiad (Ministry of Science, Research and Technology)
• 2006-2008 Selected as “Exceptional Talented student” by the Exceptional Talents Center, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
• 2008  Ranked 1st amongst 20 graduate students of Class of 2008 of Structural Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
• 2011  Ranked 4th in the Iranian nation-wide exam to get license for engineering works in field of civil engineering (Ministry of housing and urban planning)

 

     Teaching Experience:

·       2011-Present Statics, Strength of Materials I & II, Theory of Structures I & II, Earthquake Engineering, Concrete structures project, Finite Element Method, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

 

·        2008-2011  Statics & Strength of Materials, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

 

·        2008-2010  Earthquake Engineering & Seismic Design of Buildings, Islamic Azad University, Khomeini-shahr Branch, Iran

 

·         S. Bazazzadeh, B. Boroomand, S.M. Zandi, A mesh-free method for 3D simulation of nonlinear sloshing in tanks, Ocean Engineering (Under Review)

 

Publication: 

  

·         S.M. Zandi, B. Boroomand, S. Soghrati, Exponential basis functions in solution of incompressible fluid problems with moving free surfaces, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 231 (2012) pp. 505–527

 

·         S.M. Zandi, B. Boroomand, S. Soghrati, Exponential basis functions in solution of problems with fully incompressible materials: A mesh-free   method, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 231 (2012) pp. 7255–7273

 

·         S.M. Zandi, B. Boroomand, Two dimensional incompressible materials analysis using standard formulation in a meshless style, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, Valencia, Spain, 2010, Paper 117

 

·         S.M. Zandi, B. Boroomand, S. Soghrati, Exponential basis functions in solution of incompressible fluid problems with moving boundaries, Report N-363, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain

 

·         S.M. Zandi, A. Rafizadeh, A. Shanehsazzadeh, Exponential basis functions in simulation of solitary wave propagation, Journal of Oceanography (In Persian - Under review)

 

·         S.M. Zandi, A. Rafizadeh, A. Shanehsazzadeh, Different theories for generating solitary wave by piston-type wave maker in experimental or numerical studies, Proceedings of the 14th Iranian Hydraulic Conference, Sistan & Baluchestan, Iran, November 11-13, 2015. (In Persian)

 

·         S.M. Zandi, A. Rafizadeh, A. Shanehsazzadeh, Simulation of solitary wave propagation by Lagrangian meshless method based on pressure, Proceedings of the 14th Iranian Hydraulic Conference, Sistan & Baluchestan, Iran, November 11-13, 2015. (In Persian)

 

·         S.M. Zandi, B. Boroomand, 2D Analysis of incompressible materials by strictly satisfying the incompressibility condition using exponential basis functions, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Civil Engineering, May 11-13, 2009, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran (In Persian)

Research Interests:

·         Dam-reservoir interaction

·         Base-isolated liquid containers

·         Numerical methods in structural engineering

·         Numerical methods in fluid-structure interaction

·         Mesh-based and mesh-free methods in engineering

·         Lagrangian free surface flow in wave flume and interaction with floating objects

 

Professional Affiliations:

·         2005-2006           Kavak Chehelsoton Engineering Co. (Design Engineer)

 

·         2006-2012           Mohaseban Pars Tarh Engineering Co. (Design Engineer)

 

·         2010-2011           Sepahan Beyond Research Co. (Design Engineer)

 

·         2013-2013             Arme Tarh e Espidan Engineering Co. (Structure Design Supervisor)

 

·         2013-2014           Cashalot Engineering Co. (Structure Design Supervisor)

 

·         2013-2014           Saraman Engineering Co. (Structure Design Supervisor)

 

      ·         2010-Present        American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Select Professional Projects:

·         2005  Estimating the displacement of active faults around Isfahan for seismic rehabilitation of Gas pipelines.

 

·         2005  Designing the Commercial & Residential 18 story building (Hokmabad Tower, Qazvin, Iran)

 

·         2006  Designing the Commercial & Residential 20 story building (Eram Tower, Shiraz, Iran)

 

·         2006  Designing the Melting Saloon with 110 Ton Overhead Crane (Khazar Steel Company, Rasht, Iran)

 

·         2007  Retrofit of continuous casting crane structure using Finite Element modeling (Mobarakeh Steel Company, Isfahan, Iran)

 

·         2008  Seismic rehabilitation of Lordegan agriculture bank using external seismic frames.

 

·         2010  Designing Foundation for Billet Grinder (Iran Alloy Steel Company, Yazd, Iran)

 

·         2011  Designing 40 Ton crane structure 3000 m2 (West Asia Steel Company, Salafchegan to Delijan Road, Qom, Iran)

 

·         2007-2013 Project manager and supervisor of seismic rehabilitation of more than 300 school building in Isfahan province.