EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering, Guilan university, Iran, (2004-2008),

Thesis Title: Prediction of Dynamic Behavior of Smart Functionally Graded Shells (Supervisor: Prof. M. Darvizeh).

M.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, Guilan university, Iran, (1996-1999), Graduated honors with an average GPA of 3.4 out of 4.

Dissertation Title: Buckling Analysis of Composite Cylindrical Shell with Radius Imperfection (Supervisor: Prof. M. Darvizeh).

B.Sc.: Mechanical Engineering, Guilan university, Iran, (1992-1996) Graduated honors with an average GPA of 3.2 out of 4.

Undergraduate Diploma, Koshiar, Rasht, Iran, 1992

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

1999-2004: Head of the Engineering department, Pars Shahab Lamp Co. Ltd., Rasht, Iran.

2000-2002: Engineering Consultant, Caspian Co. (Manufacturer of industrial valves), Anzali free trade zone, Iran.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Guilan University, Iran, (1999-2004). Teaching experience (Courses taught for Undergraduate):

   Mechanical Vibrations Machine Design1 Machine Design 2 Strength of Materials 1 Static.

RESEARCH BACKGROUND AND FIELD OF INTERESTS

General

Mathematical modeling and analysis of mechanical behavior of engineering structures, especially shells, plates and beams made of fibrous composite and FGMs

Energy and variational principles and methods.

The employed mathematical methods are: Modification of exact method [1,3,10]

Generalized Differential quadrature rules, (GDQR). The results are published in [2,4,6,12]] Rayleigh Ritz method [2]

Semi-analytical Finite element method on cylindrical shells [5] Finite strip method on rectangular plates

Current Research Activities:

Thermo-mechanical analysis of functionally graded materials in plate and shell structures [6,12] Analysis of laminated composite plates and shells with actuators/sensors

Analysis of magnetorheological dampers for vibration control Nonlinear analysis

Construction of meta model/ surrogate model using GMDH type neural network [9]

Construction of meta model/ surrogate model using ANFIS (Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference system)

Optimum design using multi objective optimization based on genetic algorithm [11] Robust optimum design by minimizing the deviation in the mean value and the variance Probabilistic analysis in the presence of uncertain parameters

Employing other new mathematical approaches in plate and shell structures such as: Moving least square differential quadrature method

Extended Kantorovich approach Mesh free methods

Space state approach for solving PDEs Numerical inversion of Laplace transforms

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Published articles:

1. The effect of radius variation on buckling of fibrous composite structures subjected to different types of loading, M. Darvizeh, A. Darvizeh, R. Ansari and C. B. Sharma, Iranian Journal of Science & Technology, Transaction B, Vol. 27, No.B3, pp535-550, (2003).


2. Buckling analysis of generally laminated composite plates (generalized differential rules versus Rayleigh-Ritz method), M. Darvizeh, A. Darvizeh, R. Ansari and C. B. Sharma, Journal of Composite Structures, 63 (2004) 69-74.
   
   
   
   1. The effect of boundary conditions on the dynamic stability of orthotropic cylinders using a modified exact analysis, M. Darvizeh, H. Haftchenari, A. Darvizeh, R. Ansari and C. B. Sharma, Journal of Composite Structures, 74 (2006) 495-502.
      
      
      
      1. Dynamic analysis of composite cylindrical shells using differential quadrature method (DQM),
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
   

M. Darvizeh, H. Haftchenari, R. Ansari and C. B. Sharma), Journal of  Composite  Structures,  Article in Press, Available on line at www.sciencedirect.com (2005).

1. The effects of piezoelectric on buckling behavior of composite cylinders, M. Darvizeh, H. Haftchenari, A. Darvizeh, R. Ansari and A. Alijani) International Journal of World Scientific and Engineering Academy (WSEAS) on Computer (2005).
   
   
   
   1. Thermal buckling analysis of FGM thick plates using GDQ rules, (R. Ansari, M. Darvizeh, A. Darvizeh, H. Haftchenari and C. B. Sharma), Submitted for review, Journal of  Composite  Structures.
   
   
   
   

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

1. The effect of radius variations on buckling of fibrous composite structures subject to different types of loading, M. Darvizeh, A. Darvizeh, R. Ansari, the 1^st International Conference in Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ASEM '99) Seoul, Korea 23-25 August, 1999.
   
   
   
   1. Buckling analysis of composite tubes due to non uniform axial loading , M. Darvizeh, A. Darvizeh, R. Ansari, ASEM '99, Seoul, Korea 23-25 August, 1999.
   
   
   
   

9.  Numerical simulation of incandescent lamp cooling process in exhaust machine and its modeling using GMDH type neural network , N. Amanifard, R. Ansari, N. Nariman-Zadeh, ISME2005, The International Conference, Esfahan, Iran.

1. The effects of piezoelectric actuators on static behavior of plates, M. Darvizeh, R. Sabeti, R. Ansari, Accepted, ISME2006, The International Conference, Esfahan, Iran.