Ph.D. Candidate in Civil Engineering
Advisor: Professor Sami Masri
Education

• Ph.D. Candidate in Structural engineering - University of Southern California; 2005 - Present.
• M.S. Structural engineering - Sharif University of Technology, Iran; 2002- 2005.
• B.S., Civil engineering - K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Iran; 1998-2002.

• Teaching Assistant of “Statics” – K.N.Toosi University, Iran. Fall 2002 & 2003.
• Teaching Assistant of “Strength of Materials - I” – K.N.Toosi University, Iran. Spring 2003 & 2004.
• Teaching Assistant of “CE205 – Statics” – USC – Spring 2006.
• Teaching Assistant of “CE358 – Theory of Structures” – USC – Fall 2006.

• Worked on retrofitting of Tehran Convention Center - the largest convention center in Iran. The retrofitting was done by prestressing the roof trusses.
• Conducted a large-scale in-situ experiment to evaluate the induced stresses in the members of the trusses of Tehran Convention Center.
• Worked on nonlinear dynamic analysis of Milad Tower – the world 4^th tallest tower.

• Worked in a research board on seismic evaluation and retrofitting of Tehran Tower. This 56 story building is the tallest reinforced concrete building in a high seismic risk zone. The objective is to evaluate the structure in compliance with FEMA 356 provisions and propose recommendations for retrofitting.

• Member of Supreme Committee of the Iran Second Civil Engineering Students Festival - held in Tehran in 2001.
• Director of the executive committee of the Iran Second Civil Engineering Students Festival. 

• Ranked in the top 1 percent students among Iranian high school students in the Iran’s University Entrance Exam in 1998.
• Ranked in the top 1 percent students among Iranian civil engineering graduates in the Iran’s MS Entrance Exam in 2002.

• H. Meidani, A. A. Golafshani, S. B. B. Aval, M. Mirmiran, 2005. “A Simple Plasticity – Fracture Constitutive Model for Confined Concrete”, to appear in Iranica Scientia.
• H. Meidani, M.I. Todorovska, 2006. “ Wavelet Approximation of Eqrthquake Strong Ground Motion Records – Goodness of Fit for Nonlinear Response Estimation”, to be submitted.
   

• Music Instructor at Sharit University of Technology – Performance of Iranian musical instrument – Santour. 2003-2005.
• Conductor of K.N.Toosi University Orchestra – held several concerts. 1999-2003.
• Member of the “Mezrabi” Orchestra – the largest Iranian classic music orchestra. 2004-2005.
• First-degree member of the Iran Music House – performance section. 2002-Present.
• Member of the Iran Calligraphers Association – pursuing excellent degree. 1998-Present.
• Graphic designer of several scientific and cultural journals; “Mehrbod”, “Irfan”, “Jashnvareh”. 1997-2004.