Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)

DEPARTMENT HISTORY

The establishment of the Department of Civil Engineering coincided with the foundation of Amirkabir University in 1959, but its activities goes back to 1952 as the Institute of Road and Construction Engineering. Later on, in 1984, it was renamed to the Department of Civil and Environment Engineering.

BRIEF PROFILE

Academic Programs offered:

Bachelor of Civil Engineering

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Male82%

Female18%

Undergraduate Student

Male84%

Female16%

Graduate Student

BRIEF PROFILE

42 Academic Staff

10 Adjunct Professor

32 Teaching Assistants

124 PhD Candidate

460 Graduate Student

373 Undergraduate Student

1550 conferred Master's degrees

98 conferred Doctoral degrees

2137 conferred Bachelor degrees

2 Foreign Students

OFFERING PROGRAMS

Construction Management

Environmental Engineering

Geotechnical Engineering

Hydraulics Engineering

Structural Engineering

Earthquake Engineering

Water Resources Engineering

HSE

Rail way Engineering

Transportation

Highway Engineering

President of Department

OFFICIALS

Dr. Ali Khodaii

Finance & Administrative Vice-President

Dr. S.M. Reza Imam

Research Vice-President

Dr. S.M. Mir Mohammad Hosseini

Educational Vice-President

Lecturer Mansour Peydayesh

Graduate Student Affairs Vice-President

Dr. Abolfazl Eslami

Director of Student AffairsMrs. Hafezeh Shokrani

Head of Computer CenterDr. Mehdi Banazadeh

RESEARCH CLUSTERSTransportation Engineering Faculty

Faculty

•A review of the state of the art on stripping phenomenon in asphalt concrete•Experimental study of asphaltic concrete dynamic properties as an impervious core in embankment dams•Laboratory evaluation of recycled waste concrete into asphalt mixtures•Assessment of Analytical Techniques of Flexible Pavements by Final Element Method and Theory of Multi-Layer System•Development of Pervious Concrete Pavement Performance Models using Expert Opinions•Pervious Concrete Pavement Performance Modeling Using the Bayesian Statistical Technique

SOME OF THE

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Associate Prof.

Ali Khodaii

Associate Prof.

Fereidoon Moghadas

Nejad

Assistant Prof. Khosro Oveisi

Assistant Prof. shirazian

Assistant Prof. masod tabibi

Assistant Prof. Amir Golroo

Assistant Prof. Meeghat Habibian

RESEARCH CLUSTERSStructural Engineering Faculty

Faculty

•Resistance of Concrete Specimens Strengthened with FRP Sheets to the Penetration of Chloride Ions•Characteristics of wall-frame interaction in steel plate shear walls•Performance Evaluation and Strengthening of Concrete Structures with Composite Bracing Member•Numerical study on reinforcing of thin walled cracked metal cylindrical columns using FRP patch•Modeling of Unreinforced Brick Walls under In-plane Shear & Compression Loading

SOME OF THE

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Dean of the Faculty Prof. Mohammad

Mehdi Alinia

Assistant Prof. Ardeshir deylami

Assistant Prof. Saeed Erfani

Associate Prof. Mohammad Zaman Kabir

Assistant Prof. Abolghasem

Keramati

Prof. Vahid Lotfi

Prof. Ali Reza Rahai

Assistant Prof. Shapoor Tahouni

Assistant Prof. Kourosh Shahverdiany

Lecturer Hafezeh Shokrani

RESEARCH CLUSTERSEarthquake Engineering Faculty

Faculty

•Simulation of different failure mechanisms in Braced Moment Resisting Frames using system reliability reassessment•Response surface reliability assessment and design of high rise structures with active control under earthquake excitation•Risk-Based Optimal Retrofit of a Tall Steel Building Using Friction Dampers•A Consecutive modal pushover procedure for nonlinear static analysis of one-way asymmetric-plan tall building structures•Evaluation of FEMA-440 for including soil-structure interaction•Evaluation of Frictional Controller Behavior for Seismic Protection of Vulnerable Equipment

SOME OF THE

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Assistant Prof. Mehdi Banazadeh

Associate Prof. Faramarz

Khoshnudian

Associate Prof. Touraj Taghikhany

Prof. Mohsen Tehranizadeh

RESEARCH CLUSTERSGeotechnical and Transportation Engineering Faculty

Faculty

•A Comparison of Multi-Resolution Methods for Detection and Isolation of Pavement Distress•Analyses of the effect of seismic behavior of tunnels in liquefiable grounds•Piles shaft capacity from CPT and CPTu data by polynomial neural networks and genetic algorithms•Modeling the constitutive behavior of sand for the analysis of static liquefaction•Nonlinear Genetic-Based Models for Prediction of Flow Number of Asphalt Mixtures•Pre and Post-cyclic Behavior of Mixed clayey soils•Mechanical behaviour of nanoclay modified asphalt mixtures

SOME OF THE

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Dean of the Faculty Prof. Ahmad

Fahimifar

Assistant Prof. Esmail Aflaki

Associate Prof. Abolfazl

Eslami

Assistant Prof. Kazem

Fakharian

Assistant Prof. S.M. Reza

Imam

Prof. S.M.Mir Mohammad

Hosseini

Dr. A. Amir Shahkarami

Associate Prof. Abas Soroush

Dr. Mahmood Zolfaghari

RESEARCH CLUSTERSEnvironmental and Water Engineering Faculty

Faculty

•A comparison study on Acid Red 119 dye removal using two different types of waterworks sludge•Numerical Modeling of Two Phase Fluid Flow and Oil Slick Transport in Estuarine Waters•Comparison of Deterministic and Stochastic Criteria for the Initiation of Motion in Tidal Basins•" Green Approach" the great outcome of sustainable development planning•Flood protection considerations for reconstruction of damaged cities•Application of Neural Network Algorithem in Sediment Transport•Effect of intake head wall and trash rack on vortices

SOME OF THE

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Dean of the Faculty Assistant Prof. Morteza

Kolahdouzan

Associate Prof. S. Mohammad Reza

Alavi Moghadam

Dr. Habib A. Bayaat

Dr. Taghi Ebadi

Assistant Prof. Reza Maknoon

Associate Prof. Ahmad Taher shamsi

Associate Prof. S. Jamshid Mosavi

Prof. Amir Reza Zarrati

RESEARCH CLUSTERSConstruction Engineering Management Faculty

Faculty

•A fuzzy expert system for diagnosis assessment of reinforced concrete bridge decks•Prediction of concrete strength by polynomial neuro-fuzzy Networks•A suitable neural network design based on statistical analysis for concrete prediction of both compressive strength and abrasion resistance•Concrete properties estimation and mix design optimisation based on Neural Networks

SOME OF THE

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Dean of the Faculty Associate Prof.

Mohammoad Hasan Sebt

Dr. Mohammad Taghi banki

Assistant Prof. Rabee Montaser

Kouhsaari

Lecturer Mansour

Peydayesh

Assistant Prof. Hossein Rajaie

Associate Prof. Abdollah Ardeshir

Prof. Ali Akbar Ramezanianpour

Assistant Prof. Eghbal Shakeri

PUBLICATIONS

Over 528 Published Papers in ISI Journals such as:Thin Walled StructuresComposite StructuresJournal Structural EngineeringJournal of Hazardous MaterialsGeotechnical Testing JournalJournal of Geotechnical EngineeringJournal of Testing and Evaluation, ASTMJournal of Materials in Civil Engineering Cement and Concrete CompositesJournal of Water ManagementJournal of Hydraulic Research

Over 2005 Conference Papers

191 Published Books

INVENTIONS

Over 58 Registered Inventions such as:Innovative friction damper of brake pads

High performance concrete incorporating rice husk ash char

Self compacting concrete compatible with environment

Dam Break Mechanism in Laboratory Scale

Application of cement and silica fume in treatment of electroplating sludge containing

Channel Data Logging System 60A

Contact Pressure Transducer to Measure Dynamic Earth Pressure

Dye removal using sludge and ash of Mazandaran wood and paper industries

Retrofitting of thin walled structures by FRP

AWARDS

1st Prize in National Concrete Competition in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in the Fields of Lightweight Concrete and Structural Concrete

3rd Prize in National Concrete Festival in 2009 in the Field of High Strength Lightweight Concrete

2nd Prize in Concrete Institute Competition in 2004

Concrete Competitions:

AWARDS

In 2006: 3rd Prize in Soccer Competition

In 2007: 1st Prize in Soccer, 1st Prize in Basketball, 2nd Prize in Volleyball, 2nd Prize in Chess and Five 1st Prize in Swimming Competitions

In 2008: 1st Prize in Soccer, 1st Prize in Basketball and 1st Prize in Volleyball Competitions

In 2009: 3rd Prize in Soccer, 1st Prize in Basketball, 1st Prize in Volleyball, 1st Prize in Shooting, 2nd Prize in Chess, Three 1st Prize in Swimming and 1st Prize in Table Tennis Competitions

Sport Competitions:

STUDENT UNIONS

Scientific UnionHead: Rozbeh Mohammadi

Guild CouncilHead: Amirbahador Azargoun

Activities:6 National Spaghetti Competition

4 National Concrete Competition

Tens of Civil Software Courses

Tens Of Scientific Tours

RESEARCH CENTRES

3. CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY AND DURABILITY RESEARCH CENTER

Head of CTDRC : Prof. Ali Akbar Ramezanianpour

1. CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR RETROFITTINGHead of the Center : Dr. Mohammad Zaman Kabir

2. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE

Concrete Technology and Durability Research Center

Main Fields:Concrete quality control

Nanotechnology in concrete

Durability and strength test of concrete

Rehabilitation of concrete

CTDRC Recent Activities led to: 12 M.Sc. Degree Report

6 PhD Report

322 Published Papers

55 Published Books

LABORATORIES

Concrete Lab

National Structures Lab

Soil Mechanics Lab

Hydraulic Lab

Environmental Chemistry Lab

Rock Lab

Pavement Lab

Surveying Workshop

Welding Workshop

NATIONAL STRUCTURES LABORATORY

National Structures lab’s equipment consist of Fundamental EquipmentLoading EquipmentMeasurement Equipment

NATIONAL STRUCTURES LABORATORY

Fundamental EquipmentStiff foundation consist of a 3 x 4.5 x 2 meters concreteFrame with 100 ton vertical, and 10 to 100 ton horizontal loading capacity

Loading Equipment3 Actuators with 100, 600, and 1000 KN static and dynamic loading capacity

Measurement EquipmentDiverse Load Cells, LVDTs, Strain gauges, Data Loggers, and so on

SOIL MECHANICS LABORATORY

Soils Clasification Grain size analysis; Atterberg limits determination

Physical parameters of soils Different methods of compaction; CBR

Shear strength parameters of soils Direct shear test; The uniaxial and dynamic triaxial pressure

Consolidation parameters of soils One dimensional odometer

In-situ tests Plate load test; Direct shear test

Some of Laboratory Experiments

HYDRAULIC LABORATORY

Hydraulic jump tests in 5 meters canal

Pitot tube and Venturi tube tests

Orifice and jet of water tests

Friction test in Pipelines

Wind tunnel test

Bed Profiler

Flumes with diverse wide and length

Acoustics Doppler Velocimeter (ADV)

Some of Laboratory Experiments and Equipment

Environmental Engineering Laboratory

Approaches to Solving Water and Soil Quality Problems:

Sequencing batch reactor (SBR)

Membrane bioreactor (MBR)

Coagulation & Flocculation

Electrocoagulation

Sorption

Activated sludge systems

Advanced Oxidation Process

Nanotechnology

Researches and Projects:

Environmental Engineering Laboratory

DR/4000 SpectrophotometerCOD Meter.BOD Sensor.DO Meter.pH Meter.EC and Salinity Meter.Total Account of Bacteria.Microscope.Muffle Furnace (25-1200 °C)Ovens (25-250 °C)Turbidity MeterFlame photometer

Major Equipments:

Asphalt and Bitumen Laboratory

4& 6 Inch core.Binder extraction.Temperature controlled bath.Flash point test.High speed shear mixer.Penetration.Ductility Test.Marshal Compactor.Marshal Test .UTM.Press Box.Skid resistance.

Major Equipments:

Skid resistance ASTM E103 & EN 13036-4

DEPARTMENT WEBSITEFor More Information Check

http://civil.aut.ac.ir

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