School of Engineering and Built Environment
Gold Coast QLD, Australia
Dr Zia Javanbakht is a chartered engineer (in three fields of civil, structural, and mechanical engineering) and an early-career academic in the field of computational mechanics and material modelling. He has extensive knowledge in finite element analysis (ABAQUS and MSC MARC), programming (FORTRAN, Python, and MATLAB), and material modelling of composites and auxetics. He is an expert in developing customised programming code to solve unconventional engineering problems. He has published several peer-reviewed journal articles, authored books, edited books, and conference papers in collaboration with researchers from around the world. He has more than a decade of industry experience in structural modelling/design and project management. He provides consultancy services for national and international companies particularly in solid mechanics and simulation. He has been able to secure more than $3M funding from external and university grant applications. He holds the Fellow status of Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Mr Rahul Singh Dhari
PhD Student
Ms Fereshteh Hassani
PhD Student
Mr Ali Ebrahimzadeh Dehghani
PhD Student
Mr Mobin Mobin Majeed
PhD Student
Mr Akshay Asthana
MPhil Student
Mr Premraj Joshi
MPhil Student
Prof Andreas Öchsner
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Prof Holm Altenbach
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Prof Stefanie Feih
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Prof David Lloyd
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Prof Paulo de Souza
Edith Cowan University
A/Prof Wayne Hall
Griffith University
Dr-ing Marcus Aßmus
University of Magdeburg
A/Prof Sardar Malek
University of Victoria
Dr Hamid Ahmadi
University of Southern Queensland
Dr Leonhard Hitzler
Technical University of Munich
Dr Nima Talebian
Bond University
Dr Dane Miller
Bond University
Dr Ian Underhill
Griffith University
Ms Marie-Theres Liebers
Research Intern
Dr Mahyar Masaeli
PhD Student
Ms Simone Heilgeist
MSc Student
Mr Jip Rijksen
Research Intern
Dr Andreas Kromik
Research Fellow
Mr Brenton Miller
BSc Student