Licences/Certification
Professional Engineer – Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario
May 2012 – Present
Education
- 2010-2012 University of British Columbia
Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Engineering - 2005-2010 Carleton University
PhD, Civil Engineering - 2001-2004 University of Tehran
M.Sc., Concrete Materials Engineering - 1997-2001 University of Tehran
B. Eng., Civil Engineering
Awards and Accomplishments
- 2018 Forty Under 40
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and Ottawa Business Journal - 2012 Ottawa’s 100 Rising Stars
Invest Ottawa - 2011 OCRI Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) - 2010 Morris Cohen Graduate Student Award
Electrochemical Society (ECS) Corrosion Division - 2010 NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) - 2010 Graduate Student Nomination for the Senate Medal
Carleton University
- 2010 NSERC Most Outstanding Nomination for Howard Alper Postdoctoral Prize
NSERC, Selected by Engineering A Committee, Canada - 2009 Academic Award
National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Foundation - 2008 Corrosion Student Poster Travel Award
National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) - 2008 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) - 2007 Jag Mohan Humar Graduate Student Fellowship
Carleton University - 2007 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) - 2005 Graduate and Research Academic Excellence Scholarship for International Students
Carleton University - 2005 Doctoral Scholarship
Carleton University - 2001 Distinguished Student Researcher Award
Iranian Concrete Institute (ICI) - 2001 Distinguished Research Award on High Strength Concrete
Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran - 2001 Distinguished Research Award on Ultra High Strength concrete
University of Tehran - 2000 Minister of Science, Research and Technology Award for Scientific and Cultural Achievement
Tehran, Iran - 2000 ACI Student Award – 3rd Prize Winner in High Strength Concrete Competition
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
Patents
Electrical methods and systems for concrete testing – January 30, 2014
Areas of Expertise
- Concrete materials science
- Bridge engineering
- Corrosion engineering
- Non-destructive testing
