Dr Hossein Derakhshan

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Faculty of Engineering,
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering


Personal details

Positions

Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Keywords

Reinforced concrete, Unreinforced masonry, Construction materials, Continuum mechanics, Computational mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Structural dynamics, Earthquake, Seismic retrofit

Research field

Civil Engineering

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Qualifications

  • PhD(Civil) (University of Auckland)

Professional memberships and associations


  • Member of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society (AEES)

Teaching

Teaching areas

  • Reinforced concrete design
  • Engineering mechanics
  • Earthquake engineering and structural dynamics
  • Seismic evaluation and design of masonry buildings


Students have evaluated my teaching competency as 83% and 87%, respectively in 2014 and 2017.

Experience

Publications

QUT ePrints

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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/hossein.derakhshan

Awards

Selected research projects

Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.

Supervision

Current supervisions

  • Characterisation and Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Vintage Unreinforced Masonry Buildings in Queensland, Australia
    PhD, Principal Supervisor
    Other supervisors: Professor David Thambiratnam