Professor Asaad Faramarzi PhD, FHEA

Professor Asaad Faramarzi

Department of Civil Engineering
Head of Civil Engineering
Professor of Civil and Geotechnical Engineering

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 414 5050
Email
a.faramarzi@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
School of Engineering
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Professor Faramarzi is a Professor of Civil and Geotechnical Engineering in the School of Engineering. His main research interests are application of computational modelling, and machine learning in geotechnical infrastructure modelling. He also has interest in geophysical sensing, ground engineering, experimental modelling and energy geotechnics. He has published over 100 research papers in prestigious journals and international conferences.

Qualifications

  • FHEA, 2014
  • PGCert in HE, 2014
  • PhD in Geotechnical Engineering, 2011
  • MSc in Structural Engineering, 2006
  • BSc (Eng) in Civil Engineering, 2004

Teaching

Professor Faramarzi leads the teaching on Numerical Approaches and Design in Geotechnics and contributes to Geotechnical Engineering 3. He is also involved in supervising final year projects and MSc dissertations.

Postgraduate supervision

Prof Asaad Faramarzi's main research interest is in computational modelling applied to geotechnical engineering problems. He is interested in developing novel numerical procedures for sensing techniques to capture buried infrastructure-ground interaction, and locating and condition assessment of underground features. He also has interest in poroelasticity, inter-particle interaction of granular assemblies and novel foundations to support offshore structures.

Prof Faramarzi's current research includes:

Inferring data from quantum technology sensors
Finite element modelling of geotechnical problems
Simulation and prediction of inter-particle interaction of granular assemblies
Application of machine learning in geotechnical and civil engineering problems
Offshore geotechnics

Research

Research interests:

  • Computational Geotechnics
  • Application of machine learning in geotechnical and civil engineering problems
  • Condition assessment of buried infrastructure and their supporting ground
  • Inferring data from sensors
  • Quantum Technology (QT) gravity sensors

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Most recent funded research projects:

  • Quantum Technology - Mapping and map integration for Buried Assets (QT-MIBA), PI - ISCF
  • Ground and Underground Infrastructure Damage Evaluation (GUIDE), PI - EPSRC
  • QVision2, PI - EPSRC
  • iFEEL, PI - EPSRC
  • FRP Shear Strengthening of Damaged Concrete Beams Subjected to Fatigue Loading, CI - British Council
  • UK National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensing and Timing, CI - EPSRC
  • GUIDE 听(Ground and Underground Infrastructure Damage Evaluation) - EPSRC

Other activities

  • Chair, 25th UKACM Conference on Computational Mechanics, University 麻豆精选, April 2017
  • Guest Editor: Environmental Geotechnics (ICE), special issue: Reservoir engineering: geo-environmental issues
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the 22nd ACME Conference on Computational Mechanics, 2014.
  • Member of the British Geotechnical Association (BGA), UK.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Afrasiabi, A, Faramarzi, A, Chapman, D & Keshavarzi, A 2025, '', Journal of Applied Geophysics, vol. 232, 105567.

Chen, K, Eskandari Torbaghan, M, Thom, N & Faramarzi, A 2025, '', Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 142, 109922.

Ye, Z, Lin, W, Faramarzi, A, Xie, X & Ninic, J 2025, '', Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, vol. 158, 106401.

Chen, K, Eskandari Torbaghan, M, Thom, N, Garcia-Hern谩ndez, A, Faramarzi, A & Chapman, D 2024, '', Case Studies in Construction Materials, vol. 20, e03186.

Pentassuglia, F, Kazantzi, AK, Faramarzi, A & Mitoulis, S-A 2024, '', Procedia Structural Integrity, vol. 64, pp. 254-261.

Ye, Z, Lovell, L, Faramarzi, A & Ninic, J 2024, '', Advanced Engineering Informatics, vol. 62, no. Part C, 102826.

Tafreshi Moghaddas, SN, Sarabadani, A, Rahimi, M, Amiri, A, Dawson, A & Faramarzi, A 2023, '', Transportation Geotechnics, vol. 42, 101089.

Mehravar, M, Harireche, O, Faramarzi, A, Rahimzadeh, F, Osman, A & Dirar, S 2023, '', Computers and Geotechnics, vol. 159, 105464.

Conference article

Izonin, I, Tkachenko, R, Mitoulis, S, Faramarzi, A, Tsmots, I & Mashtalir, D 2024, '', Procedia Computer Science, vol. 231, pp. 72-77.

Conference contribution

Ye, Z, Faramarzi, A, Ninic, J & Lin, W 2025, . in Proceedings of the ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2025 (WTC 2025). CRC Press, World Tunnel Congress 2025, Sweden, 9/05/25.

Metje, N, Jefferson, I, Hansard, K, Chapman, D & Faramarzi, A 2024, . in W Wu, CF Leung, Y Zhou & X Li (eds), Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the Associated Research Centers for the Urban Underground Space: ACUUS 2023; 1鈥�4 November; Singapore. 1 edn, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 471, Springer, pp. 1221-1223, 18th Conference of the Associated Research Centers for the Urban Underground Space, ACUUS 2023, Boulevard, Singapore, 1/11/23.

King, T, Boddice, D, Luo, S, Rahimzadeh, F, Rodgers, A, Faramarzi, A & Metje, N 2024, . in W Wu, CF Leung, Y Zhou & X Li (eds), Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the Associated Research Centers for the Urban Underground Space: ACUUS 2023; 1鈥�4 November; Singapore. 1 edn, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 471, Springer, pp. 1133-1138, 18th Conference of the Associated Research Centers for the Urban Underground Space, ACUUS 2023, Boulevard, Singapore, 1/11/23.

Ye, Z, Lovell, L, Faramarzi, A & Ninic, J 2024, . in B Riveiro & P Arias (eds), Proceedings of the 31st International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering. University of Vigo, pp. 176-185, 31st International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, Vigo, Spain, 1/07/24. <>

Exhibition

Faramarzi, A, Boddice, D, Castro, G, Cha, W, Soudmand-Niri, S, Rahimzadeh, F, Sgarabotto, A, Boszormenyi, E, Ardakani, F, Mehravar, M, Metje, N & Holynski, M, , 2024, Exhibition.

Preprint

Ye, Z, Lovell, L, Faramarzi, A & Nini膰, J 2024 '' SSRN.