ARASH NOSHADRAVAN. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. M.Eng. in Computer-aided Engineering, May 2010.

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1 ARASH NOSHADRAVAN Research Assistant Professor Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University CE/TTI Building, Room 702C College Station TX, Phone: (979) CURRENT AFFILIATION Research Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, College Station, TX, January 2015-Present. PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Engineering Systems Division, Cambridge, MA, January 2012-December EDUCATION University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, January Dissertation: Stochastic Characterization, Realization and Upscaling of Polycrystalline Materials. Advisor: Professor Roger Ghanem University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. M.Eng. in Computer-aided Engineering, May University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. M.Sc. in Structural Engineering, July Dissertation: Capacity Spectrum Method in Performance-based Design of Tall Buildings. Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, July RESEARCH INTERESTS Probabilistic multiscale modeling of materials Life-cycle sustainability assessment of materials and systems Computational stochastic mechanics Risk analysis and reliability Predictive analytics and model reduction Earthquake engineering and structural Dynamics 1 of 7

2 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Material Systems Laboratory (MSL), Engineering Systems Division Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub), Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering Cambridge, MA, December 2011-Present Developed a probabilistic framework for managing parameter uncertainty and scenario variation in the life-cycle assessment of products and systems Developed a probabilistic life-cycle assessment model for enhancing the environmental sustainability of roads. Studied the impact of use-phase scenario uncertainty in the environmental implications of electric vehicles. Developed a data-driven model for evaluating energy consumption and retrofitting energy efficiency of cities. Conducted risk assessment of cost and multi-hazard resistance trade-offs in buildings. Conducted stochastic optimization of scrap usage in aluminum production planning using non-gaussian chance-constrained programming. Research Assistant, University of Southern California Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering USC Group for Uncertainty Quantification Los Angeles, CA, Advisor: Prof. Roger Ghanem Worked on a MURI project funded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research: Multidisciplinary Approach to Health Monitoring and Materials Damage Prognosis for Metallic Aerospace Systems. Developed a data-driven stochastic model for reconstruction of random polycrystalline microstructures. Developed a probabilistic multi-scale model for up-scaling uncertainty in mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials with microstructures. Studied wave propagation in random polycrystalline microstructures. Graduate Research Assistant, University of Tehran School of Civil Engineering Division of Structural and Earthquake Engineering Tehran, Iran, Conducted push-over and time history analysis of bending frames Conducted research on seismic performance-based design in tall buildings TEACHING EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATE Instructor Zachry Department of Civil Engineering College Station, TX CVEN Mechanics of Materials, Spring 2015 MIT Teaching Certificate Program Teaching & Learning Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Spring of 7

3 Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Los Angeles, CA, January 2006-December 2010 CE408: Risk Analysis in Civil Engineering, Fall 2006, Fall 2007 CE107: Introduction to Civil Engineering Graphics, Spring 2006, Spring 2007 CE205: Statics, Spring 2008, Spring 2010 JOURNAL PAPERS M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, A. Noshadravan, J. Sobstyl, J. Toole, J. Ferreira, F-J. Ulm and M. Gonzalez, Large scale data analytics for retrofitting energy efficiency of cities,under review. A. Noshadravan, R. Kirchain, E. Olivetti, Operational strategies for increasing secondary materials in metals production, under review. A. Noshadravan, L. Cheah, R. Roth, F. Freire, L. Dias, J. Gregory, Stochastic comparative assessment of life-cycle environmental impact for conventional and electric vehicles, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment,under review. A. Noshadravan, M. Wildnauer, J. Gregory, R. Kirchain (2013) Comparative pavement life-cycle assessment with parameter uncertainty, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 25: A. Noshadravan, R. Ghanem (2013) A probabilistic mesoscale damage detection in polycrystals using a random matrix approach, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 24(8): A. Noshadravan, R. Ghanem, J. Guilleminot, I. Atodaria, P. Peralta (2013) Validation of a probabilistic model for mesoscale elasticity tensor of random polycrystals, International Journal for Uncertainty Quantification 3(1): J. Guilleminot, A. Noshadravan, C. Soize, R. Ghanem (2011) A probabilistic model for bounded elasticity tensor random fields with application to polycrystalline microstructures, Computational methods in applied mechanics 200: MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION A. Noshadravan, R. Kirchain, J. Gregory, Life-cycle cost implications of hazard resistance and use-phase energy in residential buildings, in preparation. J. Gregory, A. Noshadravan, E. Olivetti, R. Kirchain, A methodology for robust comparative life cycle assessments incorporating uncertainty, in preparation for Environmental Science & Technology. CONFERENCE PAPERS X. Xu, A. Noshadravan, J. Gregory, R. Kirchain (2014) Scenario analysis of comparative pavement life cycle assessment using a probabilistic approach, In Proceeding of International symposium on pavement LCA 2014, Davis, CA, September of 7

4 A. Noshadravan, X. Xu,, O. Swei, J. Gregory, R. Kirchain (2014) Uncertainty management in comparative life-cycle assessment of pavements, 12th international symposium on concrete loads, Prague, Czech Republic, September A. Noshadravan, R. Ghanem (2012), Identification and validation of a stochastic model for mesoscale material description of metallic polycrystals, In Proceeding of 53rd AIAA Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA , Honolulu, Hawaii, April A. Noshadravan, R. Ghanem, P. Peralta (2011), Characterization of random heterogeneities in polycrystalline microstructures using wave propagation simulation, In Proceedings of SPIE, 7983, 79830S, San Diego, CA, April M. Parra Garcia, C. Luo, A. Noshadravan, A. Keck, R. Teale, A. Chattopadhyay, and P. Peralta (2008), Microstructure representation and material characterization for multiscale finite element simulations of local mechanical behavior in damaged metallic structures, In Proceedings of SPIE, 6926, K9620, San Diego, CA, April CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, A. Noshadravan, F-J. Ulm, M. Gonzalez, City-scale retrofittability: a probabilistic mechanics approach, At Conference of Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI 2014), Hamilton, Canada, August A. Noshadravan, X. Xu, J. Gregory, R. Kirchain, Understanding the role of use phase on improving the environmental sustainability of pavements, At International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technologies, Oakland, CA, May A. Noshadravan, R. Ghattas, R. Kirchain, J. Gregory, Analyzing Cost and Hazard Resistance trade-offs in Residential Construction, At International Concrete Sustainability Conference, Cambridge, MA, May A. Noshadravan, From multiscale simulation of materials towards a sustainable built environment in presence of uncertainty, Invited talk, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, March A. Noshadravan, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, J. Toole, J. Sobstyl, M. Gonzalez, F-J. Ulm, Big energy data identifies retrofit potential in residential buildings, At Conference of Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI 2013), Evanston, IL, August A. Noshadravan, J. Gregory, R. Kirchain, A probabilistic approach to environmental lifecycle assessment of pavements, At The ASCE Airfield & Highway Pavement Conference, Los Angeles, CA, June A. Noshadravan, J. Gregory, E. Olivetti, R. Kirchain, A general framework for incorporating uncertainty in comparative LCA, At International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technologies, Cincinnati, OH, May A. Noshadravan, J. Gregory, R. Kirchain, Life-cycle sustainability assessment of pavements under uncertainty and variation, At International Concrete Sustainability Conference, San Francisco, CA, May of 7

5 A. Noshadravan, O. Swei, J. Gregory, R. Kirchain, Incorporating a life-cycle perspective into pavement designs, Invited talk, At 13 th Maryland Concrete Conference, Baltimore, MD, March A. Noshadravan, M. Wildnauer, J. Gregory, R. Kirchain, Comparative pavement life-cycle assessment with parameter uncertainty, At Transportation Research Board (TRB), 92 nd annual meeting, Washington, D.C., January J. Gregory, A. Noshadravan, E. Olivetti, G. Norris, R. Kirchain, Uncertainty Methods for Comparative LCA, At LCA XII, Tacoma, Washington, September R. Ghanem, A. Noshadravan, Identification and validation of a stochastic model for mesoscale material description of metallic polycrystals, At 14 th AIAA Conference on Non- Deterministic Approaches, Honolulu, HI, April R. Ghanem, A. Noshadravan, J. Guilleminot, P. Peralta, I. Atodaria, Validation of a random matrix model for mesoscale elastic description of materials with microstructures, At SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification, Raleigh, NC, April A. Noshadravan, R. Ghanem, J. Guilleminot, P. Peralta, Validation of a probabilistic model for mesoscale elasticity tensor of random polycrystals, At 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN, July A. Noshadravan, R. Ghanem, J. Guilleminot, P. Peralta, A validation methodology for a mesoscale probabilistic model of materials with microstructures, At Conference of Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI 2011), Northeastern University, Boston, MA, June R. Ghanem, A. Noshadravan, Stochastic upscaling for waves in polycrystalline materials, At Workshop on Random Media: Homogenization and Beyond, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), Los Angeles, CA, January A. Noshadravan, R. Ghanem, Wave propagation in random polycrystals, At Conference of Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI 2010), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, August A. Noshadravan, R. Ghanem, Experimental-based simulation of random polycrystalline microstructure; Application on wave propagation in random polycrystals, At SIAM Annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July A. Noshadravan, M. Arnst, R. Ghanem, Efficient representation of stochastic Green s function in randomly heterogeneous media using functional perturbation approach, At 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Columbus, OH, July A. Noshadravan, S. Das, M. Parra Garcia, A. Keck, R. Teale, R. Ghanem, P. Peralta, Uncertainty representation and propagation in multiscale finite element simulation of local mechanical behavior in metallic structure, SPIE 15th Annual International Symposium: Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, San Diego, USA, March A. Noshadravan, K.H. Bargi, A.S. Moghadam, Capacity spectrum method in Performance based design of tall buildings, At 4th international conference of seismology and earthquake engineering (SEE4), Tehran, Iran, June of 7

6 PATENTS M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, A. Noshadravan, J. Sobstyl, M. Gonzalez, F-J. Ulm, Assessment of Large Scale Retrofitability of Buildings for Reduction of Energy Consumption at City Scale, US Patent Pending, 61/ AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS Conference travel award, 11th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN, July Award of Excellence in Engineering Education, Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage (APSIH), May NSF fellowship for attending summer institute on nano-mechanics and materials, Northwestern University, July Graduate research assistantship, USC, Top 0.1 %, Nationwide entrance exam of Iranian Universities, very competitive with nearly 500,000 participants, ACADEMIC SERVICE & ACTIVITIES Student Mentoring Worked with 2 PhD and 2 MSc students in their directed research at MIT Journal Review Journal of Engineering Mechanics. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. Multiscale Modeling and Simulation. Journal of Bridge Engineering. Conference Organization Session chair, International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technologies Cincinnati, OH, May Membership American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE). Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE Structural Engineer Mahab Consulting Engineers, Structures Division Iran, Tehran, May 2002-August 2005 Conducted static, dynamic and stability analysis and design of concrete dams and hydropowerplants. 6 of 7

7 COMPUTER SKILLS Programming C++, MATLAB, R, Python Simulation and Analysis Packages ABAQUS, ANSYS, SAP2000, DAKOTA, LINGO Energy and Environmental analysis EnergyPlus, BEopt, Simapro Linux/Unix Solid experience in working with Unix/Linux systems, familiar with different shell environments and shell scripting. LICENSURE Engineering-In-Training (EIT), California, January 2009, Certificate No EIT of 7

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