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Fields of Research

•     Element-Free Methods

•     Error Estimation & Adaptivity

•     Computational Contact Mechanics

•     Mechanics of Composites

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Published Papers & Books

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Teaching Experiences

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Professional Information

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Current Projects

• Challenging a new life!

• Bridge engineering, Mouchel Ltd, UK

• Bridge designing & engineering team managing, Hexa Consulting Engineers (Finished)

• Directing IT department of Hexa Consulting Engineers (Finished)

• “Developing an Adaptive Algorithm for the Element-Free Methods” (Finished)

• Developing “EFAP 2006”, an object-oriented software with pre/post-processor at the moment for 2D quasi-harmonic partial differential equations analysis using element-free Galerkin method (Finished)

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About My Name

Some of my foreign friends ask about the meaning of my name. My first name, “Sohail”, is the name of the second brightest star in the night-time sky after “Shabahang” (known as “Sirius” or “Alpha Canis Majoris” in English). The English equivalent of my name is “Canopus” or “Alpha Carinae”. Further information about the star “Sohail/Canopus” is available at Wikipedia Encyclopaedia.

My family name, “Forouzan-sepehr”, consists of two Persian words: “forouzan” which means “bright”, “luminous” and “sepehr” which is the Persian equivalent of “sky”. Therefore, my family name can be translated as an adjective in English which means “someone who has bright sky or simply is lucky!”

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Biographical Information

• I was born in London, UK in 26 June 1977. 

• In 1986, I had a trip to Hamburg, Germany & went to school there.

• In 1995, my Diploma in “Maths & Physics” from Alborz High school with the GPA 18.36/20 (=91.8%).

• In 1996, my first book in Maths (including 900 problems for top young students) was published. This book has been published 15 times in Iran up to now (see abstract).

• 1996-97,  teaching “Statics” for BSc students as  Teacher-Assistant in Polytechnic of Tehran.

• In 1999, my BSc in Civil Engineering from Amir-Kabir University of Technology (Polytechnic of Tehran) with the GPA of 17.29/20 (=86.45%) was finished & I achieved 1st rank among the whole students of the faculty.

• In 1999, my second book in Maths (including texts, problems & tests for top young students) was published (see abstract).

• In 2001, my MSc in Structural Engineering from “University of Tehran, Faculty of Engineering” was finished with the GPA 18.36/20 (=91.8%) & I achieved 2nd rank among the students of the major. I defended my MSc thesis in 26 September 2001 successfully with the grade of 20/20 (=100%).

• In September 2001, I have been accepted in PhD course entrance exam of University of Tehran with the grade 75.79% (1st rank among the whole students of Civil Engineering majors taking part in the exam) & started the course in Structural Engineering.

• 2002-04, teaching “Dynamics of Structures” for MSc students as Teacher-Assistant in University of Tehran.

• Summer 2002, My paper entitled “Contact based delamination and fracture analysis of composites” was published in Thin-Walled Structures (see further details & full text).

• 2003-04, teaching engineering courses (solid mechanics & ...) for BA students in Dept of Industrial Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran.

• Since May 2003, project managing, designing & controlling prestressed/reinforced concrete & box-girder bridges at “HEXA Consulting Engineers”.

• In March 2005, my third book in intellectual skills improvement was published (see abstract).

• January 2008, relocating to UK to challenge a new life & working as bridge designer at “Mouchel Ltd”.

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Personal Interests

•     Music

•     Photography

•     Painting

•     Arts & Architecture

•     History & Archaeology

•     Travelling

•     Other Cultures & Civilisations

•     Psychology

•     Web Designing!

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My Profiles in eCommunities

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 My Visual DNA!

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