Babak Kamrani

PhD Student in Civil Engineering

400 Snell Engineering Center
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: 617.373.2444
Fax: 617.373.4419

Email: kamrani@coe.neu.edu

 

 

 

 

Education

 

·   PhD. Civil Engineering, Department  of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, USA, Since September 2009, Advisor: Professor Mehrdad Sasani

 

·   M.Sc. Degree in Earthquake Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, September 2007

        Thesis title: “Control of Seismically Excited Structures by Linear and Nonlinear Behavior with Tuned Mass Dampers”, Advisor: Professor Mohammad Rahimian

 

·   B.Sc. Degree in Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, July 2004

 

 

Research Interests

 

·   Progressive Collapse of Reinforced Concrete Structures

·   Numerical Simulations in Earthquake Engineering

·   Performance Based Earthquake Engineering

·   Parallel Computation Methods and Object Oriented Programming

·   Nonlinear Modeling and Analysis of Structures

 

Honors and Awards

 

·   Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Northeastern University, 2009

 

·   Ranked 2nd among the Earthquake Engineering Graduates in University of Tehran , 2007

 

·   Ranked 102nd in the Civil Engineering Graduate Entrance Exam for M.Sc. program (among more than 15,000 participants), 2004

 

·   Ranked 433rd in the nationwide Entrance Exam for B.Sc. Program (among more than 400,000 participants), 1999

 

·   Ranked 8th in Pre-University Entrance Exam, 1998

 

Publications

 

·   Saharaeian M. S., Ghalandarzadeh, A., Kavand, A., Kamrani Moghaddam, B., Seismic Microzonation of Shiraz City, Southwest of Iran, Accepted in 4th Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Conference, Sacramento-USA, 2008

 

·   Kamrani Moghaddam B., Imanpour A., Evaluation of Nonlinear Shear Beam for Pushover Analysis of Structures, Accepted in 4th National Congress on Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran, 2008 ( In Persian)

 

·   Kamrani Moghaddam B., Rahimian M., Ghorbani Tanha S. A. K. and Zahrai S. M., Effects of Considering Local Site Conditions on the Design of Tuned Mass Dampers, Accepted for Oral Presentation in 4th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring, San Diego-USA, 2006

 

·   Kamrani Moghaddam B., Rahimian M., Ghorbani Tanha S. A. K. , Performance of Tuned Mass Dampers for Response Reduction of Structures under Near-Field and Far-Field Seismic Excitations, Accepted for Oral Presentation in 4th International Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan October 12-13, 2006

 

·   Kamrani Moghaddam B., Rahimian M., Ghorbani Tanha S. A. K. Seismic Structural Control with Tuned Mass Dampers, Accepted for Oral Presentation in 1st International Conference on Seismic Retrofitting, Tehran, Iran, May 2006 ( In Persian)

 

·   Kamrani Moghaddam B., Earthquake Risk Management, Faculty of Engineering University of Tabriz Alumni Magazine, May 2005 (In Persian)

 

Journal Reviews

 

·   ICE Structures and Buildings

 

Selected Projects and Researches

 

 

·   A Finite Element Computer Program for Seismic Dynamic Time History Analysis of Shear Wall with Plane Stress Element (Prepared for Numerical Methods in Earthquake Engineering Course Project), 2005

 

·   A Computer Program for Stochastic Analysis of Structures (Prepared for M. Sc. Thesis ), 2006

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·   A Computer Program for Time History Analysis of Structures Using Modal and State Space Methods (Prepared for M. Sc. Thesis ), 2005

 

·   Cooperation in Vulnerability Assessment Study of Tehran Greater Area Bridges, Iran Natural Disasters Institute, 2003-2004

·  A Computer Program for Analysis of Frames (Prepared for Matrix Structural Analysis Course Project), 2003

·   Cooperation in Seismic Design Criteria of Bridges for Tehran Greater Area, Tehran Municipality, 2008-2009

 

·   Cooperation in Seismic Microzonation Project of Bam City, Building and Housing Research Center, 2006-2007

 

·   Cooperation in Seismic Microzonation Project of Shiraz City, Building and Housing Research Center, 2006-2007

 

·   Cooperation in Axle Load Rising Project, Metra Consulting Engineers, Tehran, Iran, May 2007

 

·   Nanotechnology Applications in Seismic Damage Reduction in Lifelines, Technical Report, University of Tehran Science and Technology Park, 2005, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

 

·   Nanotechnology Applications in Structural Control, Technical Report, University of Tehran Science and Technology Park, 2005, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

 

·   Cooperation in Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Lorestan Province Railway Bridges Project, University Of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2005

 

 

 

Professional and Industrial Activities

 

·  Registered Professional Engineer in Tehran Province, Since 2008

·   School of Civil Engineering, University of Tehran

- Cooperation in the Foundation and Development of the Parallel Processing Laboratory, 2004-Pres

- Administrator and Technical Manager of the computer center of the School of Civil Engineering and Email Server Maintenance, (More than 100 Microsoft Windows Workstations and 1000 Users), 2000-2006

- Maintenance of the Computer Network Backbone of the School of Civil Engineering, 2000-2006

- Maintenance of the Computer Systems of Laboratories and Faculty Members offices of the School of Civil Engineering, 2000-2006

 

·   2nd Conference on Construction in Capital, May 2006, University of Tehran

- Scientific Student Committee Member

- Head of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Engineering Subcommittees

- Organizer and Responsible of the Disaster Management Technical Panel

 

·   1st Conference on Construction in Capital, February 2002, University of Tehran

- Responsible of IT Committee

 

·   3rd Conference on Iranian Hydraulic, University of Tehran, November 2001

-Responsible of IT Committee

 

 

·   Working Experience as an Engineer, TNA Consulting Engineers, Tehran, Iran, 2008-2009

·   Working Experience as an Engineer, Rahavar Consulting Engineers, Tehran, Iran, 2008-2009

·   Working Experience as an Engineer in Design of Some Railway and Road Bridges, Metra Consulting Engineers, Tehran, Iran, 2007-2008

·   Cooperation in some Structural Design and Seismic Retrofitting Projects, Istabon Consulting Engineers, Tehran, Iran, 2004-2009

 

Workshops, Technical Speeches and Presentations

 

·   Kamrani Moghaddam, B. A Lecture on Earthquake Risk Management, May 2007, Qom University.

·   Kamrani Moghaddam, B. and Kavand, A., Workshop on Earthquake Loss Estimation, 1st Disaster Management Conference, December 2006, University of Tehran.

·   Kamrani Moghaddam, B. and et. al, Dahuye Earthquake Reconnaissance Report, September 2005, School of Civil Engineering University of Tehran.

·  Kamrani Moghaddam, B., A Lecture on Seismic Design and Retrofit of Bridges, Earthquake Effects on Special Structures Course Class, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, May 2005

 

 

Society Membership

 

·   Young Professional Member of Earthquake Engineering Institute (EERI), Science 2008

·   Student Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Science 2001

·   Student Member of the American Society of Mechanic Engineers (ASME), Science 2001

·   Student Member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), Science 2005

·   Iranian Earthquake Engineering Society(IEES), Science 2004

·   Iranian Construction Engineers Organization, Science 2005

·   Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran Alumni Association, Science 1999