Dr Hamid Eslimy-Isfahany

Dr Hamid Isfahany is a Structural Engineer, Principal Lecturer in Structural Design and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Dr Isfahany is interested in the (i) role of structural engineers to sustainable design and (ii) pedagogy of engineering education.

How I like to teach

I have taught structures and design at various levels and the romanticised definition of Civil Engineering, which is “to engineer civilisations”, fuels my enthusiasm for educating the next generation of civil engineers. In my experience, practical and hands on lessons will keep students engaged, hence, my lectures are informed by my design practice and research results. I treat my students as “Civil Engineers in training” and I expect them to act like practitioners. In 2008, I won Excellence in Facilitating and Empowering Learning Awards and I have been nominated for inspirational lecturer by students.

My research interests

I am interested in the role of civil engineering in hazards mitigation and the relevance of structural engineers to sustainable design of buildings, as well as computer-integrated analysis, design and fabrication of structures. I am equally passionate about computer aided (or blended) learning and project based learning to improving students' visualisation, drawing and design skills.

Research activity

Research Centres and Groups

Sustainability and Resilience Engineering (SuRE) research group

Contact me

Dr Hamid Eslimy-Isfahany
Principal Lecturer

Environment and Technology
Moulsecoomb
Brighton
BN2 4GJ

Telephone: +441273642385

Email: H.Isfahany@brighton.ac.uk

Biography

I joined the University of Brighton in March 2007, during this time I have been Course Leader for Civil Engineering Programme (2007-2012), Course Leader for Science withput Borders Programme (2013-2016) and Assistant Head of School (2015-16). Moreover, I have served as Member of Faculty Academic Board (2008-2011), Faculty Representative in Student Services Committee (2009-2011) and committee member in The ACED - Association of Civil Engineering Departments (2015-16). In 2012, I participated in University Academic Leadership Programme.

Prior to University of Brighton, I was working in University of Wuppertal, Germany, as a Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation working on affordable earthquake-proof housing in developing countries.

For many years, I practiced as a structural designer, mainly in the fields of strengthening and retrofit of masonry buildings to withstand seismic loads. I am professionally qualified and a Member of Esfahan Construction Engineering Organisation, Iran.

Research output

Number of items: 10.

Liassides, Maria Christina, Eslimy-Isfahany, Seyed and Gidado, Kassim (2015) Integrating highway engineering and transformation project management In: The 6th international conference on engineering, project, and production management (EPPM2015), Surfers Paradise Marriot Resort and Spa, Gold Coast, Australia, 2-4 September 2015.

Eslimy-Isfahany, S.H.R. and Pegels, G. (2006) Seismic-proof housing: reconstruction in rural areas In: Third International I-Rec Conference, Post-disaster reconstruction: Meeting stakeholder interests, 17-19 May 2006, Florence, Italy.

Pegels, G., Kabiri, S. and Eslimy-Isfahany, S.H.R. (2006) Baumanagement für Entwicklungsländer? Deutscher Verband der Projektmanager in der Bau- und Immobilienwirtschaft, Berlin, Germany, pp. 284-289. ISBN 9783937130156

Eslimy-Isfahany, S.H.R., Pegels, G. and Parvizian, J. (2006) Proposing a learning centre for "earthquake-resistant buildings" In: Second International Congress on Education and Training for Disaster Prevention, 26-28 Sep 2006, Madrid, Spain.

Eslimy-Isfahany, S.H.R. and Pegels, G. (2004) Net-distributed co-operation including developing countries, practical case study - Iran In: Joint International Conference on Computing and Decision Making in Civil and Building Engineering, Montreal, Canada, 14-16 June, 2006.

Eslimy-Isfahany, S.H.R. and Banerjee, J.R. (2004) The importance of dynamic behaviour in the design of laminated composite beams In: Proceedings of the international conference on Advanced Polymer Composites in Construction, ACIC, 2004, The University of Surrey, 20-22 April, 2004.

Eslimy-Isfahany, S.H.R. and Azadnia, H.R. (2003) Information technology in structural design - a literature review and a call for practical deployment In: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Civil Engineering, University of Technology, Iran, 2003.

Pegels, G., Eslimy-Isfahany, S.H.R. and Azadnia, H.R. (2003) A proposal for best practice in design, detailing and fabrication of steel structures in developing countries based on worldwide experience Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Building and Housing), 4 (2-4). pp. 87-99. ISSN 1563-0854

Eslimy-Isfahany, S.H.R. and Banerjee, J.R. (2000) Advances in optimisation of dynamic stresses in axially loaded composite timoshenko beams In: Proceedings of the AERO 2000 First International & Third Bi-Annual Conference of the Iranian Aerospace Society, Tehran, Iran, 2000.

Eslimy-Isfahany, S.H.R. and Banerjee, J.R. (2000) Use of generalized mass in the interpretation of dynamic response of bending-torsion coupled beams Journal of Sound and Vibration, 238 (2). pp. 295-308. ISSN 0022-460X

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