Aryan Rezaei Rad

Assistant Professor

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Aryan Rezaei Rad
Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering
University of Toronto
35 St. George St.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5S 1A4

Room GB 245

Tel: (416) 978-2077

aryan.rad@utoronto.ca

Background

Dr. Aryan Rezaei Rad, who prefers to be called Rad, is Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto. The overarching theme of his academic activities is to advance sustainability and foster the associated state-of-the-art knowledge in research, teaching, and technology transfer.

RESEARCH: Professor Rad’s research is located at the interface of multi-scale experimental and computational methods. With a particular focus on the structural engineering aspects, his research integrates advanced digital fabrication technologies and human-machine interactive design with eco-friendly construction materials (i.e. timber and wood-based products) to embrace new design frameworks and principles for sustainable structural systems.

TEACHING: Professor Rad’s teaching philosophy is based on promoting programs and courses that offer students the technical know-how to exploit sustainable design solutions to the fullest in their future professional life. This has led him to be passionate about teaching the design of (mass) timber structures, advanced manufacturing and digital fabrication technology for structural engineers, and computational methods and algorithmic thinking in AEC, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER & COLLABORATION: Given his experience in knowledge and technology transfer, Professor Rad has a passionate interest in launching research-industry partnerships, establishing synergistic collaboration with other academic centers and research groups, and collaborating with both public and private sectors through sponsorship, all within the context of the mission of the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto.

Education

Docteur ès Sciences (Ph.D.), Civil Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, (2020).
- Financially supported by the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication centered at ETH Zürich.
MSc., Civil (Earthquake) Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic (Amirkabir University of Technology), Iran (2015).
BSc., Civil Engineering, University of Guilan, Iran (2012).

Research Interests

Structural systems with sustainable solutions in design
Digital fabrication
Pre-fabricated structures
(Mass) timber structures
Conceptual design
Computational (Structural) design
Digital building technology
Integrated approach in structural design
Simulation-based engineering science and CAE
(Structural) design of discrete assemblies
Physical modeling of structures

Professional membership and experience

Registered civil engineering member in the Canton de Vaud section (ID: 528121), Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA), Switzerland (2020-2022).
Postdoctoral researcher, Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication and EPFL, Switzerland (2020-2022).

Research Opportunities

Graduate Student Opportunities
We are currently looking to grow our research group with graduate MASc and PhD students.

For those enthusiastic and highly motivated students who are interested in joining the group and conducting research in the field of timber structures: please feel free to email me your short CV, and preferably your unofficial transcripts

Publications

Journals

A. Rezaei Rad, H. Burton, N. Rogeau, P. Vestartas, and Y. Weinand. “A framework to automate the design of digitally-fabricated timber plate structures”, Computers & Structures, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2020.106456, 2020.

A. Rezaei Rad, H. Burton, and Y. Weinand. “Out-of-plane (flatwise) behavior of through-tenon connections using the integral mechanical attachment technique”, Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.120001, 2020.

A. Rezaei Rad, H. Burton, and Y. Weinand. “Macroscopic model for spatial timber plate structures with integral mechanical attachments”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0002726, 2020.

A. Rezaei Rad, H. Burton, and Y. Weinand. “Experimental push-out investigation on the in-plane force-deformation behavior of integrally-attached timber Through-Tenon joints”, Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.04.156, 2019.

A. Rezaei Rad, H. Burton, and Y. Weinand. “Performance assessment of through-tenon timber joints under tension loads”, Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier, DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.02.112, 2019.

Burton, A. Rezaei Rad, Z. Yi, D. Gutierrez, and K. Ojuri. “Seismic collapse performance of Los Angeles soft, weak, and open-front wall line woodframe structures retrofitted using different procedures”. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s10518-018-00524-w, 2019.

A. Stitic, AC. Nguyen, A. Rezaei Rad, and Y. Weinand. “Numerical simulation of the semi-rigid behaviour of integrally attached timber folded surface structures”. Buildings, MDPI. DOI: doi.org/10.3390/buildings9020055, 2019.A

A. Rezaei Rad and M. Banazadeh. “Probabilistic risk-based performance evaluation of seismically base-isolated steel structures subjected to far-field earthquakes”. Buildings, MDPI. DOI: 10.3390/buildings8090128, 2019.

H. Tajammolian, F. Khoshnoudian, A. Rezaei Rad, V. Loghman. “Seismic fragility assessment of asymmetric structures supported on TCFP bearings subjected to near-field earthquakes”. Structures, Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/j.istruc.2017.11.004, 2018.

Book Chapters

Technical Reports

Conference Papers

N. Rogeau,A. Rezaei Rad, P. Vestartas, P. Latteur, and Y. Weinand. “A Collaborative Workflow to Automate the Design, Analysis, and Construction ofIntegrally-Attached Timber Plate Structures”. In J. van Ameijde, N. Gardner, K. Hoon Hyun, D. Luo, and U. Sheth (eds.), POST-CARBON - Proceedings of the 27th CAADRIA Conference, Sydney, pp. 151-160, 9-15 April 2022.

P. Vestartas,A. Rezaei Rad, and Y. Weinand. “Robotically-Fabricated Nexorades from Whole Timber”in Conceptual Design of Structures 2021 International fib Symposium, Attisholz, 16-18 September 2021.

A. Rezaei Rad, H. Burton, and Y. Weinand. “Macro Modeling Technique for Integrally-Attached Timber Plates: Sensitivity Analysis” in WCTE 2021 World Conference on Timber Engineering, Santiago, 9-12 August, 2021.

P. Vestartas, L. Pelletier, M. Nakad,A. Rezaei Rad, and Y. Weinand. “Segmented spiral using inter-connected timber elements”. In Proceedings of IASS Annual Symposia: Timber and Bio-based Structures, Barcelona, pp. 1-8(8), 07 October 2019.

A. Rezaei Rad, H. Burton, and Y. Weinand. “A new macro modeling approach in structural analysis of integrally-attached timber plate structures”. In International Conference on Computational Methods in Wood Mechanics – from Material Properties to Timber Structures. ECCOMAS Thematic Conference, Växjö, 17-19 June, 2019.

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Meet Aryan Rezaei Rad: CivMin’s newest professor

Professor Aryan Rezaei Rad joins the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering as an Assistant Professor as of January 1, 2023. CivMin spoke with Professor Rezaei Rad to learn more about his research direction, passion for teaching, and what attracted him to Toronto. As an almost blackbelt and polyglot (Persian, Azerbaijani, English, French and Gilaki), […]