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Welcome!

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I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR).  

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I have about two decades of progressive and diversified academic and industry experience in Structural and Mechanical Engineering research and practice. Before joining UNR, I worked as a senior engineer in Industry and as a postdoctoral scholar at Caltech. My Ph.D. is in Structural Engineering from UC San Diego. Prior to that, I worked as an engineering consultant, an academic lecturer, and an entrepreneur.

My research primarily revolves around the following board subjects:

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  • Wildfire Engineering: our focus is on computational modeling, data analytics, and integrating models with data toward developing technology solutions for disaster management.

  • Integration of physics-based models with data through Bayesian inference methods for data assimilation, uncertainty quantification, and digital twinning. Applications include data-informed monitoring, diagnosis, and prognosis of civil structures and offshore wind turbine systems. 

  • Experimental and computational structural mechanics, including large-scale testing and structural behavior studies, as well as finite element simulation and model updating.   

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As an academic researcher, I enjoy questioning, investigating, thinking, and exploring. The broad reach of my research interests stems from my passion to pursue new learning opportunities. As a teacher, I strive to convey my passion, knowledge, and technical experience to students in an engaging and stimulating manner. I believe research and teaching should not be confined to purely scholastic materials, but rather, it should bridge the gap between theory and practice.

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My academic future lies in the marriage of the realm of the scholastic research with the real-life world of engineering. Moving forward, I expect my academic research and interests to be increasingly geared toward addressing real-world problems using creative technology solutions to improve the quality of our lives and better safeguard our assets. 

FAVORITE QUOTE

 

We are the children chasing wondrous thrills
Chasing a vision, baby, like we're running downhill

 

― "Alive" Song by NEEDTOBREATHE

© 2014-2025 by Hamed Ebrahimian

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