Mehrdad Shafiei Dizaji

Associate Researcher at Turner-fairbank Highway Research Center
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Location
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, US
Languages
  • English Professional working proficiency
  • Azerbaijani Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Arabic Limited working proficiency
  • Persian Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Turkish Full professional proficiency
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Credentials

  • MatchID, Digital Image Correlation
    Drexel University College of Engineering
    Jun, 2018
    - Sep, 2024
  • Space Structures
    University of Surrey
    Apr, 2008
    - Sep, 2024
  • Certificate of Participation in ISAV 2012
    Sharif University of Tech.
    Dec, 2012
    - Sep, 2024

Experience

  • Turner-fairbank Highway Research Center
    • United States
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Associate Researcher
      • Jun 2023 - Present
  • University of Virginia
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Associate, Engineering Systems and Environment Department, LinkLab
      • Oct 2021 - Present

      Adaptive Digital Twinning, Deep Learning, Visual Sensing, Mixed Augmented Reality, Finite Element Modeling, Structural Identification Adaptive Digital Twinning, Deep Learning, Visual Sensing, Mixed Augmented Reality, Finite Element Modeling, Structural Identification

  • University of Massachusetts Lowell
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Postdoctoral Fellow, Mechanical Engineering Department, Francis College of Engineering
      • Jun 2020 - Sep 2021

      Data-Driven Structural Health Monitoring, Machine Learning, Phase-Based Video Magnification, Time series Analysis, Signal Processing, Wavelet Analysis and Risk Analysis Data-Driven Structural Health Monitoring, Machine Learning, Phase-Based Video Magnification, Time series Analysis, Signal Processing, Wavelet Analysis and Risk Analysis

    • Lecturer
      • Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

    • Graduate Research Assistant
      • Aug 2015 - Jun 2020

      I am a Ph.D., currently affiliated with the University of Virginia, where I am conducting research transportation infrastructure preservation using emerging image-based structural health monitoring strategies. For the past four years, I have conducted my research with support from Virginia Transportation Research Council and Mid-Atlantic Transportation Sustainability Center. During my time at the University of Virginia, I have contributed as a key researcher on a number of projects including Load Rating Strategies for Concrete Bridges with Missing or As-Built Information and Preserving Coastal Infrastructure through the Design and Implementation of Image-Based Structural Health Monitoring (iSHM). My current research explores image and video characterization techniques that can be used to assess service infrastructure components non-invasively. Show less

  • Sharif University of Technology
    • Iran
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Research Assistant
      • Sep 2005 - Aug 2008

      My M.Sc. thesis fairly had a multidisciplinary subject along which not only I had to be acquainted with other fields such as artificial neural networks (ANNs), it also demanded to have vigorous background in programming language and to be familiarized with nonlinear finite elements method as well. It took me a while to understand all the features of neural networks. I also attended Dr. Khoei’s class optionally to catch on more about nonlinear finite element method. My thesis was about the application of neural networks in nonlinear dynamic analysis of concrete gravity dams with an emphasis on dam crest deformation. Developing mathematical models for characterizing the deteriorating hysteresis behavior of concrete due to the growth of micro-cracks, defining could be a cumbersome task. By contrast, neural networks can learn nonlinear behavior of the materials implicitly. My adviser, Dr. Joghataie, and I designed new architecture of neural network to simulate degradation and hysteresis behavior of concrete. In 2009, we published the results of this work as a paper in the Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering, London, U.K. Show less

Education

  • University of Virginia
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Engineering Systems and Environment
    2015 - 2020
  • Sharif University of Technology
    Master of Science (M.Sc.), Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering
    2005 - 2008
  • University of Tabriz
    Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Civil Engineering
    2000 - 2005

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