Mohammad Ali Ghannad

Associate Professor

Deputy of Student Affairs

Civil Engineering Department

Sharif University of Technology

 

Dr. Mohammad Ali Ghannad

Civil Engineering Department

Sharif University of Technology

P.O.Box 11155-9313

Tehran, Iran

+98 (21) 66164210

+98 (21) 66014828

ghannad@sharif.edu

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Professional Background

 

 

Associate Professor

2006-...

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Assistant Professor

1999-2006

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Trainee

1998-1999

Iijima Consulating Engineers, Nagoya, Japan

Research Scholar

1994-1998

Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Lecturer

1992-94

Shahid Sattari University, Tehran, Iran

Structural Engineer

1988-94

Consulting Engineers

 

Educational Background

 

 

PHD

1998

Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

MSC

1992

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

BSC

1988

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

 

Positions

 

 

2005 - Now

Deputy of Student Affairs, Civil Engineering Department, SUT

2003 - 2007

Head of Earthquake Engineering Division, Civil Engineering Department, SUT

2002 - 2003

Deputy of Education, Civil Engineering Department, SUT

2001 - 2002

Secretary of Department Meetings, Civil Engineering Department, SUT

 

Awards

 

 

University entrance exam's 1-st rank award

1984

Ranked first in nationwide universities entrance exam (Conquer) among all civil engineering program candidates

Monbusha Scholarship

1994 - 1998 

Full Scholarship for Ph.D. Studies by Japanese government

Post - Graduate Scholarship

1994 - 1998

Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran

Distinguished Professor

2003

Civil Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology

Distinguished Professor

2007

Civil Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology

 

 

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Research Interests

 

 

Earthquake Engineering

Structural Dynamics

Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction

Seismic Performance-Based Design

Seismic Vulnerability of Adobe Structures

 

Projects & Activities

 

 

1990

Evaluation of the Dynamic Analysis Requirements in the Seismic Code of Iran, Project No. 70-13, Building and Houshing Research Center (BHRC)

1997

Experimental Study of Soil-Structure Interaction Effect on the Period and Damping of RC Buildings Using Microtremor Measurements, Nagoya University, Japan

2000

The Effect of Soil on Ductility Demand of Structures, Sharif University of Technology (SUT)

2001

The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Higher Modes of Vibration, Sharif University of Technology (SUT)

2002-2005

Strength Reduction Factors for Conventional Buildings in Iran, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT), Iran

2003

The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Seismic Performance of Structures, Sharif University of Technology (SUT)

2004

Soil-Structure Interaction: An energy-based point of view, Sharif University of Technology (SUT)

2004~

Seismic Vulnerability Analysis of Traditional Houses in Iran (SUT & UC-Berkeley, Technically supported by 3ei : http://www.3ei.org/ )

2005

Design Forces of Buildings Located on Very Soft Soils,  Sharif University of Technology (SUT)

2006~

Performance Based Design of Soil-Structure Systems

 

Graduate Students Supervised

 

 

Anoosheh Rezaei Javan (M.Sc.)

2008

Rapid Estimation of Seismic Vulnerability of Piping Systems in Industrial Plants

SUT

 

Arash Dehghan Bonadaki (M.Sc)

2008

Study on Seismic Behavior of a Typical Rural House in Iran (Joint work with Dr. Ali Bakhshi)

SUT

Mostafa Lotfalipour (M.Sc.)

2008

Study on Dynamic Characteristics of Rural Houses in Iran Using Microtremor Measurements (Joint work with Dr. Ali Bakhshi)

SUT

 

Seyyed Ali Bolourchi Yazdi (M.Sc.)

2007

The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Optimum Strength Distribution in Inelastic Shear Building Models

SUT

Emad Ghodrati (M.Sc.)

2007

The Role of Higher Modes of Vibration on Seismic Response of Soil-Structure Systems

SUT

Seyyed Farid Ghahari (M.Sc.)

2006

Inelastic Response of Structures Subjected to Near-Fault Ground Motions

SUT

Mojtaba Mahsouli (M.Sc.)

2006

The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Inelastic Behavior of Structures with Embedded Foundations

SUT

Babak Farahmand (M.Sc.)

2006

A comparative Study on Displacement-Based Design and Forced-Based Design Concepts

SUT

Arash Khosravifar (M.Sc.)

2005

Study on Structural Characteristics of Traditional Adobe/Mud Houses in Iran with Emphasis on Their Expected Seismic Behavior (Joint work with Dr. Ali Bakhshi)

SUT

Ebrahim Mousavi Eshkiki (M.Sc.)

2005

Study on Structural Characteristics of Traditional Stone/Brick Houses in Iran with Emphasis on Their Expected Seismic Behavior (Joint work with Dr. Ali Bakhshi)

SUT

Mohammad Reza Bayat (M.Sc.)

2005

Seismic Performance Evaluation of Structures Considering Soil-Structure Interaction Effect

SUT

Amir Hossien Jafarieh (M.Sc.)

2005

Displacement-Based Design Considering Soil-Structure Interaction Effect

SUT

Mojtaba Alidoost (M.Sc.)

2004

The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Inelastic Behavior of Frames

SUT

Mofid Nakhaei (M.Sc.)

2004

The Effect of Soil on Seismic Damage Index of Structures

SUT

Reza Zohd Naraghi (M.Sc.)

2004

The Effect of Over-Strength on Seismic Behavior of RC Structures

BHRC

Fereshteh Emami (M.Sc.)

2003

The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Ductility Demand of MDOF Systems

SUT

Hossien Jahankhah (M.Sc.)

2003

Strength Reduction Factor for Soil-Structure Systems

SUT

Sina Motesharrei (M.Sc.)

2001

On the Relation Between Local and Global Ductility Demands

Semnan Univ.

Reza Saberi (M.Sc.)

2000

Strength Reduction Factors of buildings Considering Different Sources of Over-Strength

Semnan Univ.

Alireza Ahmadnia (M.Sc.)

2000

The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction On Ductility demand of Structures

SUT

 

Current Graduate Students

 

 

Hossien Jahankhah (Ph.D.)

 

Amir Hossien Jafarieh (Ph.D.)

 

Seyyed Farid Ghahari (Ph.D.)

 

 

 

Ashkan Kouroshnia (M.Sc.)

 

Mohammad Hassan Haeri (M.Sc.)

 

Mohammad Taghi Rahmani (M.Sc.)

 

Asghar Amiri (M.Sc.)

 

Hamid Masaeli (M.Sc.)

 

Mohammad Yekrangnia (M.Sc.)

 

Parisa Khodabakhshi (M.Sc.)

 

 

Elnaz Esmaeilzadeh (M.Sc.)

 

Vahid Morovvati (M.Sc.)

 

 

Mahdi Ebrahimian (M.Sc.)

 

 

 

 

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Refereed Journals

 

 

Mahsuli, M. and Ghannad, M.A. (2008), "The Effect of Foundation Embedment on Inelastic Response of Structures", Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (accepted)

 

Nakhaei, M. and Ghannad, M.A. (2008), "The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Damage Index of Buildings", Engineering Structures, Vol. 30, No.6, pp.1491-1499 

Jahankhah, H., Behzad, M. and Ghannad, M.A. (2007), "Investigation on Strain Energy of Structures Subjected to Near-Fault Ground Motions", Sharif Magazine, No.42, pp.35-39 (In Farsi)

Ghannad, M.A. and Jahankhah, H. (2007), "Site Dependent Strength Reduction Factors for Soil-Structure Systems", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 27, No.2, pp.99-110 

Nakhaei, M. and Ghannad, M.A. (2006), "The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Hysteretic Energy Demand of Buildings" , Technical Note, Journal of Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Vol. 24, No.5

Ghannad, M.A. and Jahankhah, H. (2006) , "Discussion of "Influence of Foundation Flexibility on Rm and Cm" by Javier Aviles and Luis Eduardo Perez-Rocha" , Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 132, No.6, p.1009

Ghannad, M.A. and Ahmadnia, A. (2006), "The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Inelastic Structural Demands", European Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 20, No.1, pp. 23-35

Ghannad, M.A., Fukuwa, N., Nishizaka, R. (1998), "A Study on the Frequency and Damping of Soil-Structure Systems Using A Simplified Model", Journal of Structural Engineering, Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), Vol. 44B, pp. 85-93

Ghannad, M.A., Tobita, J., Fukuwa, N., Nakagawa, M., Nishizaka, R. and Koide, E. (1997), "Study on the Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on the Dynamic Properties of RC Structures Based on Microtremor Records", Journal of Structural Engineering, Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), Vol. 43B, pp. 441-450

Fukuwa, N., Ghannad, M. Ali and Yagi. S. (1995), "A Study on the Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on the Eigenproperty of Structure", Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), No.475, pp.35-44 (In Japanese)

 

 

 

Conference Proceedings

 

Dehghan, A., Ghannad, M.A., Bakhshi, A. and Lotfalipour, M. (2008), "A Numerical Study on Seismic Behavior of a Typical Rural House of Iran", Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), Beijing, China

Lotfalipour, M., Dehghan, A., Bakhshi, A.  and Ghannad, M.A. (2008), "Dynamic Characteristics of Rural Adobe Houses in Iran Using Ambient Vibration Measurements", Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), Beijing, China

Jahankhan, H., Ghannad, M.A. and Rahmani, M.T. (2008), "On The FEMA440 Regulations for SoilStructure Interaction", Proceedings of the 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14WCEE), Beijing, China

Ghannad, M.A., M.T. Rahmani and Jahankhak, H. (2008), "The Frequency and Damping of Soil-Structure Systems with Embedded Foundation", Seismic International Conference Commemorating 1908 Messina and Reggio Calabria Earthquake (MERCEA'08), Reggio Calabria, Italy

Ghannad, M.A., Amiri, A. and Ghahari, F. (2008), "Effects of Soil-Structure Interaction on Response of Structures Subjected to Near-Fault Earthquake Records", Seismic International Conference Commemorating 1908 Messina and Reggio Calabria Earthquake (MERCEA'08), Reggio Calabria, Italy

Mahsouli, M. and Ghannad, M.A. (2007), "The Effect of Foundation Embedment on Inelastic Behavior of Structures, Ninth Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Ottawa, Canada

Ghannad, M.A., Bakhshi, A., Mousavi Eshkiki, S.E., Khosravifar, A., Bozorgnia, Y. and Taheri Behbehani, A.S. (2006), "A Study on Seismic Vulnerability of Rural Houses in Iran", 1st European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, Switzerland

Ghahari, F., Jahankhah, H. and Ghannad, M.A. (2006), "The Effect of Background Record on Response of Structures Subjected to Near-Fault Ground Motions", 1st European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, Switzerland

Farahmand, B., Ghannad, M.A. and Jafarieh, H. (2006), "An Equivalent Damping Model for Direct Displacement-Based Design", 1st European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, Switzerland

 

Mousavi Eshkiki, S.E., Khosravifar, A., Ghannad, M.A., Bakhshi, A., Taheri Behbahani, A.A. and Bozorgnia, Y. (2006), "Structural Typology of Traditional Houses in Iran Based on Their Seismic Behavior", 8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering,

Jafarieh, A.H. and Ghannad, M.A. (2006), "Displacement-Based Design Considering Soil-Structure Interaction Effects", 8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering

Bayat, M.R. and Ghannad, M.A. (2006), "Incorporation of Soil-Structure Interaction into Seismic Performance Evaluation of Buildings", 8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering

Bakhshi, A., Bozorgnia, Y., Ghannad, M.A., Khosravifar, A., Mousavi Eshkiki, S.E., Rahimzadeh Rofooei, F. and Taheri Behbahani, A. (2005), "Seismic Valnerability of Traditional Houses in Iran", 1st International Conference on Seismic Adobe Structures, Lima, Peru

Nakhaei, M. and Ghannad M.A. (2004), “Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Energy Dissipation of Buildings", Proceedings of International Conference on Earthquake, A Memorial of Bam Disaster, Kerman, Iran

Alidoost, M. and Ghannad M.A. (2004), “The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Strength Modification Factor of MDOF Systems", Proceedings of International Conference on Earthquake, A Memorial of Bam Disaster, Kerman, Iran (In Persian)

Ghannad M.A. and Jahankhah, H. (2004), “Strength reduction factors considering soil-structure interaction”, Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (13WCEE), Vancouver, Canada, CD-ROM

Emami, F. and Ghannad, M.A. (2004), "The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Ductility Demand of MDOF Systems", Proceedings of the 1st National Congress of Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran (in Persian)

Jahankhah, H. and Ghannad, M.A. (2004), "Design Forces of Structures on Soft Soils Considering the Soil-Structure Interaction Effect", Proceedings of the 1st National Congress of Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran (in Persian)

Tabeshpour, M.R., Ghannad, M.A., Bakhshi, A. and Golafshani, A.A. (2004), "Influence of Masonry Infill on Seismic Behavior of RC Frames ", Proceedings of the 1st National Congress of Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran (in Persian)

Ghannad, M.A. (2003), “The Effect of Soil on Seismic Performance of Structure”, 9th Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC9), Indonesia, CD-ROM

Mirzabozorg, H., Ghannad, M.A. and Ghaemian, M. (2003), “Foundation Interaction Effect on the Seismic Response of Amir-Kabir Arch Dam”, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (SEE4), Tehran, Iran

Bakhshi, A., Ghannad, M.A. and Shimazu, T. (2002), "Dynamic Interaction of SoilPile-Base_Structure on Soft Media under Strong Ground Motions" ,Proc. of 12-th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, London, U.K., Paper No. 717

Ghannad, M.A. and Ahmadnia, A. (2002), "The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on The Ductility Demand of Structures" ,Proc. of 12-th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, London, Paper No. 588, CD-ROM.

Ghannad, M.A. (2000), "The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Seismic Design of Buildings" , Earthquake Magazine, Vol.5, No.8,  pp. 14-19 (In Persian)

Ghannad, M.A. and Fukuwa, N. (1999), " Soil-Structure Interaction Effect in Practical Seismic Design of Structures", Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (SEE3), Tehran, Iran, Vol. II, pp.693-700

Fukuwa, N., Ghannad, M.Ali, Tobita, J. and Nishizaka, R. (1998), "Analytical and Experimental Studies on the Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction on Damping, Natural Frequency and Effective Input Motion of Buildings", Proceedings of UJNR Workshop on Soil-Structure Interaction, USGS, Menlo Park, California, pp. 15.1-15.15

Ghannad, M.Ali, Fukuwa, N. and Nishizaka, R. (1998), "Soil-Structure Interaction Effect in Practical Seismic Design of Structures", The 5th Symposium on Soil-Structure Interaction, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 143-148

Ghannad, M. Ali, Fukuwa, N. and Tobita, J. (1998), "The Effect of Soil on the Modal Dampings of Buildings", Structural Safety and Reliability, Shiraishi, Shinozuka & Wen (eds), (Proceedings of ICOSSAR'97), A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 1775-1782

Ghannad, M.Ali and Fukuwa, N. (1997), "The Effect of Soil Profile on the Dynamic Properties of Soil-Structure System", Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting, Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), Vol. B2, pp. 429-430

Ghannad, M.Ali and Fukuwa, N. (1996), "Application of Cone Models in the Study of Soil-Structure Interaction Effect on the Dynamic Properties of Structures", Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting, Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), Vol. B2, pp. 383-384

Fukuwa, N. and Ghannad, M.Ali (1996), " Soil-Structure Interaction Effect on the Eigenproperties of Structure", Proceedings of  the Eleventh World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (11WCEE), Acapulco, Mexico, Elsevier Sceince Ltd (on CDs), Paper No. 949

Ghannad, M.Ali and Fukuwa, N. (1995), "The Effect of Damping Model in the Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis Using Transfer Matrix Method", Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting, Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), Vol. B2, pp.351-352

Moghaddam, H.A. and Ghannad, M.A. (1995), "Evaluation of the Dynamic Analysis Requirements in the Seismic Code of Iran", Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (SEE2), Tehran, Iran, Vol. 1, pp.515-528

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 

 

 

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