Organizing Committee Member
Hamid Bahai
Professor
Brunel University, London
United Kingdom
Biography
Hamid Bahai received his Ph.D. degree in 1993 in Computational Mechanics from Queen Mary College, University of London. Between 1993 and 1995 he worked as a Senior Research Engineer at T&N Technology where he was involved in research and development work on several projects for the automotive and aerospace industries. This was followed by a period at Halliburton Inc during which time he carried out design and analysis of a few major offshore structures. In 1996 he moved to the aerospace industry by joining Astrium, an aerospace subsidiary of European Aeronautics Defense and Space company, whereas a senior scientist, he played a leading role in conducting design, mathematical modeling and computational analysis of Euro3000 spacecraft structures and Arian launcher/spacecraft adapter. It was during this period that he was made a fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers for his outstanding technical contributions and services to the scientific and engineering communities. In 1998 he returned to academia and joined Brunel University where he is currently a Professor in Computational Mechanics and Head of Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. He has led several research projects covering a wide range of topics in the area of Computational Mechanics and has published over 120 papers on various themes in the field. Amongst Hamid Bahai’s many theoretical and applied contributions include the development of a new type of non-linear shallow shell strain based finite element and a novel inverse eigenvalue formulation for optimizing the vibratory behavior of structures. His current research interests include the development of non-linear finite element formulations and fluid-solid interaction algorithms He has conducted consulting work in the field of structural integrity for the many UK and International companies and has given invited talks and courses the world over on various topics in structural computational mechanics. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Computational Mechanics.
Research Area
Computational Mechanics, Finite element analysis, Physics of Materials, Applied Sciences, Aerospace structure and Materials Studies, Materials analytics, Floating Production System studies, Mathematical modelling of Materials.