Mojtaba Mahsuli

P h . D .  C a n d i d a t e

YEAR OF BIRTH: 1982

Email:

Mailing Address:

Department of Civil Engineering
The University of British Columbia
6250 Applied Science Lane
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4

Office:

CEME - Room 1201

education

• 2007-To Date: Ph.D. Student and Research Assistant in Structural Engineering

  • The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  • Supervisor: Dr. Terje Haukaas

  • GPA: 98%

• 2004-2006: M.Sc. in Earthquake-Structural Engineering

  • Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

  • Supervisor: Dr. M. Ali Ghannad

  • Top Student Honours, GPA: 93% (18.61 out of 20)

• 2000-2004: B.Sc. in Civil Engineering

  • Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

  • Top 10 Student Honours, GPA: 81% (16.24 out of 20)

publications

• Mahsuli, M., Haukaas, T. (2011) “Regional risk by reliability analysis,” 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, August 1-4 (8 pages).

• Mahsuli, M., Haukaas, T. (2011) “Software for multi-model reliability analysis,” 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, August 1-4 (8 pages).

• Mahsuli, M., Haukaas T. (2011) “Large-scale regional seismic risk,” 6th International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran, May16-18 (8 pages).

• Mahsuli, M., Haukaas, T. (2010) “Methods, models, and software for seismic risk analysis,” 9th US National & 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 25-29 (10 pages).

• Mahsuli, M., Haukaas, T. (2010) “An example of regional seismic risk assessment with reliability methods and probabilistic models,” 9th US National & 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 25-29 (10 pages).

• Pathman, K., Chang, S., Mahsuli, M., Haukaas, T. (2010) “Examining earthquake-related transportation disruption in Metro Vancouver,” 9th US National & 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 25-29 (10 pages).

• Haukaas, T., Mahsuli, M. (2009) “Adaptive Reliability Analysis of Regional Infrastructure,” ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Rhodes, Greece, June 22–24 (10 pages).

• Mahsuli, M., Ghannad, M.A. (2009) “The effect of foundation embedment on inelastic response of structures,” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 38(2), pp. 423–437.

• Mahsuli, M., Ghannad, M.A. (2007) “The effect of foundation embedment on inelastic behavior of structures,” Proceedings of the 9th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 26-29 (9 pages).

• Mahsuli, M., Ghannad, M.A., Jahankhah, H. (2007) “Evaluation of kinematic soil-structure interaction with cone models and averaging methods,” 5th International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran, May 14-16 (8 pages).

• Mahsuli, M. (2006) “The effect of soil-structure interaction on inelastic response of structures with embedded foundation,” M.Sc. Dissertation, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

• Technical Report (2005) “Strength reduction factors for conventional buildings in Iran,” Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, Iran.

awards and honours

• 2009-2011: Killam Doctoral Fellowship, The most prestigious award available to graduate students at UBC, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

• 2009-2011: University Graduate Fellowship, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

• 2007-2011: Dissertation Research Funding (through Infrastructure Risk Research Project), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

• 2007-2011: Ph.D. Tuition Award, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

• 2010: Travel Award from Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), 9th US National & 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Toronto, ON, Canada.

• 2007: Brilliant Talent Award, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

• 2006: Graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Master's Program, Ranked 1^st among Civil Engineering Graduate Students of All Branches, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

• 2004: Graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Bachelor's Program, Ranked in Top 10 among Civil Engineering Undergraduate Students, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

research interests

• Risk and Reliability Analysis

• Software Development: I have developed Rt, a software application for reliability analysis.

• Performance Based Engineering

• Computational Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

• Finite Element Method

• Soil-Structure Interaction

work experience

• 2006-2007: Civil and Structural Engineer, Iran Water & Power Resources Development Co. (IWPC), Gotvand Dam & H.E.P.P. Project, Tehran, Iran.

• 2003: 1 Year Experience -As a Trainee- in Consultant Engineer of “ASRE SANATE SHARGH” in Construction of Buildings, Tehran, Iran.

computer programming

• Click here to download my résumé of computer programming.