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Associate Professor Ahad Javanmardi

Biography

Dr. Ahad Javanmardi is an associate professor at the College of Civil Engineering at Fuzhou University, China. Since May 2023, he is a Visiting Fellow at Centre for Infrastructure Engineering at the School of Engineering Design and Built Environment (EDBE) of Western Sydney University. He has over ten years of international experience in academia and industry. He obtained his doctorate in Structural Engineering and Materials from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, in 2019. Prior to this, he completed his Master of Engineering major in Civil-Structure from University Technology Malaysia, Malaysia, in 2014. He was awarded several fellowships and grants such as China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Fellowship and University Malaya Postgraduate Research Fund. His research expertise encompasses interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary areas, including Structural Engineering, Structural Dynamics, Structural Control Systems, Bridge Engineering, Soil-Structure Interaction, Strengthening, Structural Health Monitoring, smart and resilient cities, and digital twin. He is an editor of several international SCI journals such as PLOS ONE, Buildings, Advances in Civil Engineering, Frontiers in Built Environment, and Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. Further, he was an organizing committee member of IABSE 2018 Spring Conference and a scientific committee member of several well-known international conferences. He has published over 38 peer-reviewed articles, two book chapters, and two patents. He has given speeches at several international conferences and taught online courses.

Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

Dr. Javanmardi has hands-on experience in designing and conducting small-to-large-scale tests, operating hydraulic actuators (MTS and Instron), using 3-array shaking tables, and managing sensor installation and data acquisition systems.

His research areas include:

  • Bridge Engineering
  • System Identification
  • Structural Engineering
  • Structural Dynamic Analysis
  • Earthquake Engineering
  • Vibration-Based Health Monitoring
  • Structural Control Systems
  • Smart And Resilient Cities
  • Performance-Based Design
  • Ultra-High Performance Concrete
  • Retrofitting and Strengthening
  • Digital Twin
  • Soil-Structure Interaction
  • Bridge Management System

Current Grants and Projects

  • 2021-2025 Fuzhou University Research Grant (511148) (PI)
  • 2022-2023 Fujian Provincial Foreign Experts Recruitment Programs (Youth Program)
  • 2020-2021 China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Fellowship (2020M682074) (PI)
  • 2019-2020 Fujian Provincial Foreign Experts Recruitment Programs (Youth Program)
  • 2016-2019 University of Malaya, PPP Grant (PG242-2015B) (Co-PI)

Selected Publications

Ghaedi, K., Javanmardi, A.*, et al., (2023). Experimental and numerical studies on the cyclic performance of structural frames equipped with bar dampers. Structures, 50, 707–722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2023.02.070

Ghalehnoei, M. S., Javanmardi, A.*, et al., (2023). Finite Element Analysis of Shear Reinforcing of Reinforced Concrete Beams with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer. Buildings, 13(1034), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.3390/ buildings13041034

Javanmardi, A., Ghaedi, K., et al., (2022). Pounding mitigation of a short-span cable-stayed bridge using a new hybrid passive control system. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 134, 625–636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2021.10.020

Javanmardi, A., Huang, F., et al., (2022). Experimental Study on Seismic Response of an Integral Abutment- Steel H-pile Structure under Quasi-static Cyclic Loads. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2022.2112999

Huang, F., Li, L., Javanmardi, A.*, et al., (2022). Modified calculation method of earth pressure and internal force of the abutment-pile in integral abutment jointless bridges. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 22:205, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43452-022-00533-2

Javanmardi, A., Ghaedi, K., Huang, F., et al., (2021). Application of structural control systems for the cables of cable-stayed bridges: State-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-021-09632-4

Ghaedi, K., Ibrahim, Z., Javanmardi, A., & Rupakhety, R. (2021). Experimental study of a new bar damper device for vibration control of structures subjected to earthquake loads. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 25:2, 300-318, https://doi.org/10.1080/13632469.2018.1515796

Javanmardi, A.*, Ibrahim, Z., Ghaedi, K., et al., (2020). State-of-the-art Review of Metallic Dampers: Testing, Development and Implementation. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 27 (2), 455-478. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-019-09329-9

Javanmardi, A.*, Ghaedi, K., Ibrahim, et al., (2020). Development of a new hexagonal honeycomb steel damper. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 20 (2), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43452-020-00063-9

Javanmardi, A., Ibrahim, Z., Ghaedi, K., et al., (2017). Seismic response characteristics of a base-isolated cable-stayed bridge under moderate and strong ground motions. Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 17(2), 419–432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acme.2016.12.002

Contact details

Email: Ahadjavanmardi@gmail.com