Dr Allin A Azarbakht BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Dr Azarbakht received his BSc and MSc degrees in Civil Engineering and Earthquake Engineering in 2000 and 2002. After his PhD graduation (with excellent honours) in civil and earthquake engineering from the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES) in 2007, he joined Arak University in Iran as an assistant professor in Civil Engineering Department within the Engineering Faculty. He was promoted to associate professor in 2013 in the same department. During this period, he was involved in teaching, research and administrative activities, as well as industry-linked projects.

After 12 years working in Iran, in September 2019, he joined the University of Strathclyde as a Research Fellow working as the co-leader of work package 3 of the European H2020 TURNkey, a multidisciplinary project among 21 European partners aiming at increasing earthquake safety in Europe. This project was also an excellent opportunity for his communication skills, where he strengthened his abilities to listen, engage, liaise, exploit, and present complex technical information in an accessible way to a range of non-technical end-users/audiences.

He joined the University of Greenwich as a lecturer in the civil engineering portfolio in 2022 which allowed him to look for a new professional challenge and to broaden his horizons.

In terms of teaching and scholarship, he has more than 20 years of extensive teaching experience in Structural Analysis, Finite Element Method, Structural Design (Concrete, Steel and Masonry), Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Hazard and Risk. Besides, he has a Fellowship in the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

He follows a supportive and responsive teaching scheme for his students by providing them with a wide variety of timely teaching materials, swiftly responding to their teaching demands and closely working with other colleagues, the student service team and student union representatives. His teaching approach is research-informed, industry-oriented, and project-based, focusing on enhancing students' research abilities and problem-solving skills. Besides, he uses adaptive, responsive, and progressive evaluation to assess students' performance and ensure that they meet the learning outcomes.

Dr Azarbakht's research interests consist of Resilient Modelling for Multi-Natural Hazards, Offshore Wind Turbine Structures, Structural Engineering, Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering, Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, Operational Earthquake Forecasting and Uncertainty Treatments in Engineering Problems. He has acted as the supervisor of more than 50 MSc theses, one PhD thesis, a co-supervisor of four PhD theses, a co-advisor of an EPSRC Vacation Intern, and an advisor of an MSc intern at the University of Grenoble. Besides, he is keen to consider self-funded PhD proposals through the University of Greenwich admission.