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The team

Eleven researchers, from the lab leader to postdoctoral and visiting fellows and PhD researchers.

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Dr Mohammad Mehdi Kashani

Dr Mohammad Mehdi Kashani

Research Lab Leader · Associate Professor · BSc(Hons) MSc PhD CEng FICE MIStructE FHEA

Leads the lab’s work on corrosion-damaged and ageing structures, seismic resilience and infrastructure asset management. Principal Investigator of the €1.03M Horizon Europe MSCA REVIVE project, and recipient of the ICE John Henry Garrood King Medal 2025.

Postdoctoral & research fellows

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Dr Masoud Mohandes

Dr Masoud Mohandes

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Researcher

Real-time structural health monitoring using unsupervised machine learning.

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Dr Hammed Aminulai

Dr Hammed Aminulai

Research Fellow

Corrosion effects on reinforced concrete and masonry structures; railway sleeper lateral resistance.

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Dr Ziliang Zhang

Dr Ziliang Zhang

Visiting Research Fellow

Future load-carrying capacity of ageing metallic railway bridges.

PhD researchers

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Saba Ghassemi

Saba Ghassemi

PhD Researcher & Academic Teaching Assistant

Corrosion effects on ageing metallic and reinforced-concrete railway bridges.

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Saeid Ekraminia

Saeid Ekraminia

PhD Researcher & Academic Teaching Assistant

Climate-driven degradation of railway earthworks; corrosion effects on RC columns.

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Hailong Cao

Hailong Cao

PhD Researcher

Next-generation sustainable and resilient bridge design and construction.

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Karl Minta

Karl Minta

PhD Researcher

Resilience-based design of composite segmental bridges with low-carbon materials.

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Amirreza Zarei

Amirreza Zarei

PhD Researcher

 

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Mahshad Molaei

Mahshad Molaei

PhD Researcher

Nonlinear dynamic performance of multi-span ageing bridges retrofitted with smart composite materials.

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Milad Akbari

Milad Akbari

PhD Researcher

Surrogate modelling of ageing bridge networks under extreme dynamic loading.

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