HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
Dedicated pavement and construction engineer with strong experimental and educational background in pavement and construction materials supported by more than 7 years of innovative lab and field research, and work in:
• Asphalt Pavement Characterization and Modeling
• Infraustructure and Pavement Materials
• Mechanical and Rheological Properties of Materials
• Material Testing
• Pavement Interlayer Systems
• Digital Image Correlation in Material Testing
• Fatigue and Fracture in Pavement Materials
• Cement and Asphalt Concrete Mix Design
• Cement Concrete Technology (Microstructure, Properties, and Materials)
• Pozzolanic Materials with focus on Metakaolin
• Roadway Design
• Project Planning and Management
• Maintenance and Repair of Structures
EDUCATION
. Doctor of Philosophy in Transportation Materials and Systems, (GPA: 3.845/4.0) May 2015
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Advisor: Prof. Y. Richard Kim
Dissertation Title: Investigating fatigue and fracture characteristics of grid-reinforced asphalt concrete pavement.
. Master of Science in Construction Engineering and Management, (GPA: 4.0/4.0) 2008
Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran
Dissertation Title: The feasibility study of Metakaolin production in Iran and study on strength properties and durability of concretes containing two domestic metakaolins.
. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering 2005
Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran
SKILLS
. Computer Programming: Matlab, Fortran
. Control System Software: LabView
. Statistical Software: SAS, SPSS
. Simulation Software: ARENA
. Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point
. Drawing: AutoCAD
. Structural Modeling: SAP, ETABS, SAFE, Abaqus
. Project Planning: Primavera, MS Project
. Pavement Analysis and Design Tools: ALPHA-Fatigue, ALPHA-MAT, LVECD, DARWin ME, MEPDG, KEN LAYER, ELSYM
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
North Carolina State University, Research Assistant 2010-Present
• Lab and Field Testing and Measurement Method Development for Asphalt Pavements
• Studying the Effect of Interlayer Systems on Reflective Cracking by Utilizing Image Processing (DIC)
• Simulation and Modeling of Asphalt Concrete and Grid-Reinforced Asphalt Pavement
• Performance Prediction of Grid-Reinforced Asphalt Pavement Under Reflective Cracking
North Carolina State University, Asphalt Laboratory Coordinator 2015-Present
• Coordinating activities that invole using Concrete mixer, slab compactor, automatic saws and coring machine
Amirkabir Concrete Technology and Durability Research Center, Research Assistant 2005-2008
• Studying the strength and durability properties of cement concretes containing pozzolanic materials.
Private Sector Five Story Apartment with Concrete Structure (43,000 sq²) 2008-2009
• Construction Co-Supervisor
RELEVANT COURCES
• Inelastic Behavior of Construction Materials
• Highway Pavement Design
• Theory of Concrete Mixtures
• Advanced Concrete Technology
• Fracture Mechanics
• Special Topic in Transpotation Engineering
• Maintenance Management in Buildings and Highway Projects
• Construction Project Management
• Maintenance Management in Building and Highway Projects
• Principal Rules of Contracts
• Financial Management and Project Accounting
• Management of Equipments
• Renovation and Strengthen of Structures
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
• Safavizadeh, S. A., A. Wargo, M. G...
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