2022
- Dr. Shakiba is co-organizing a symposium on “Damage and Thermo-Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in Soft Materials,“ The Society of Engineering Science (SES), Oct. 16-19, 2022, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, abstracts are welcomed.
- Dr. Shakiba is co-organizing a symposium on “Multi-scale and machine learning-based modeling methods for optimization and design of composites,” The 15th Word Congress on Computational Mechanics, July 31-August 5, 2022, Yokohama, Japan, abstracts are welcomed.
- Dr. Shakiba is co-organizing a student poster competition for the Poromechanics committee, ASCE-EMI, June 2021, please find more information here and here.
2021
- Reza successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Reza Sepasdar!
- Dr. Shakiba is co-organizing a student poster competition for the Poromechanics committee, ASCE-EMI, June 2021.
- Dr. Shakiba organized truss design challenge activities for C-Tech^2 rising junior and senior high school girls, July 14th, and 15th.
- Welcome to Dr. Sina Niazi, joining the group as a post-doctoral research associate.
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| C-Tech^2 rising junior and senior high school girls | Reza’s defense. |
2020
- Dr. Shakiba organized truss design challenge activities for C-Tech^2 rising junior and senior high school girls, July 1st, and 9th.
- Congratulations Marwa for successfully passing her PhD qualifying exam.
- Congratulations Reza for successfully defending his PhD proposal on “Micromechanical Behavior of Fiber-reinforced Composites using Finite Element Simulation and Machine Learning”.
- Dr. Shakiba attended the Galipatia Slush Rush and talked about Civil Engineering and Mechanics to undergraduate engineering freshmen students, February 28.
- Congratulations Aimane for successfully passing his PhD qualifying exam.
- Dr. Shakiba is co-organizing a symposium on “Damage and Thermo-Chemo-Mechanical Coupling In Polymers,” (under Frontiers in Mechanics of Materials), Society of Engineering Science, September 28-30, 2020, University of Minnesota, abstracts are welcomed.
- Dr. Shakiba is co-organizing a symposium on “Uncertainty Quantification, Sensitivity Analysis, and Machine Learning in Materials Modeling,” The 10th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling, October 19-23, 2020, Baltimore, MD, abstracts are welcomed.
- Dr. Shakiba is organizing a symposium on “Multi-Physics Modeling of Dissipative Materials,” ASCE-Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference, May 26 – 29, 2020, New York, NY, abstracts are welcomed.
- Welcome to Marwa, joining the group as a PhD student.
- Welcome to Luis, joining the group as a Masters student.
2019
- Congratulations Abril, Bilin, and Matthew for completing their Masters degree.
- Dr. Shakiba was selected for Young Investigator Research Program Award, AFOSR YIP 2020. [CEE news link, VT news link]
- Congratulations Aimane for finishing his Masters and joining the group as a PhD student.
- Congratulations Reza for receiving the MII Adhesives and Sealants GRA Award.
- Dr. Shakiba gave a seminar to the students at the Student Transition Engineering Program (STEP). STEP is a five-week orientation program for first-year students entering the College of Engineering, July 5th.
- Congratulations Aimane for receiving a Pratt Graduate Fellowship.
- Welcome to Matthew, joining the group as a Masters student.
- Dr. Shakiba is co-organizing a symposium on “Multiscale and Multi-Physics Modeling of Dissipative Materials,” Society of Engineering Science (SES) conference, October 13-15, 2019, St. Louis, MO, abstracts are welcomed.
- Dr. Shakiba participated in Women’s Preview Weekend to meet young high school women, organized by Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Tech, Apr. 6th.
- Welcome to Abril, joining the group as a Masters student.
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| Site visit, Cimolai Steel Fabrication Plant, Verona, with a group of undergraduate students as part of the CEE 3954 class, May 2018. | Visit bridges in the Brenner Pass, with a group of undergraduate students as part of the CEE 3954 class, May 2018. |
2018
- Dr. Shakiba organized the second “Computational Materials Modeling” workshop at Virginia Tech. Oct. 26th. [MII magazine news link]
- Welcome to Bilin, joining the group as a Masters student.
- Congratulation Reza for successfully passing his qualifying exam.
- Dr. Shakiba is co-organizing a symposium on “Multi-Physics/Scale Modeling and Stochastic Approaches for Critical Civil Infrastructures,” ASCE-Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference, May 29 – June 1, 2018, Boston, MA, abstracts are welcomed.
- Dr. Shakiba participated in Women’s Preview Weekend to meet young high school women, organized by Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED) at Virginia Tech, Apr. 7th.
- Welcome to Reza, joining the group as a PhD student.
- Welcome to Aimane, joining the group as a Masters student.
2017
- Dr. Shakiba organized “Computational Materials Modeling” workshop at Virginia Tech. Oct. 27th.