2011-2016



                   

Ph.D Candidate in University of Minho, Portugal 


(Historical and Masonry Structures Group)

Thesis: Seismic investigations of old masonry infilled frames and developing


a new technique based on Textile Reinforced Mortar Technique





 

2005-2007
          

M.Sc Student of Civil Engineering in University of Tabriz, Iran

Thesis: Seismic investigation of Tabriz Bazaar (Case study:63-Column Mosque)



G.P.A: 18.24 of 20






 

1994-2004

   

B.Sc Student of Civil Engineering in University of Tabriz, Iran

G.P.A: 16.34 of 20

Akhoundi, F. Lourenço, P. B. Vasconcelos, G. Numerical Modelling of Masonry-Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames: Model Calibration and Parametric Study. 9th international masonry conference. Guimaraes, Portugal. 2014.

Akhoundi, F. Lourenço, P. B. Vasconcelos, G. Palha, C. Martins, A. Out-of-Plane Behavior of Masonry Infill Walls. 7th international conference on seismology and and earthquake engineering. Tehran, Iran. 2015.

Akhoundi, F. Lourenço, P. B. Vasconcelos, G. Palha, C. Silva, L. In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Behavior of Infilled Frames. 6th international conference on materials and design. Azores, Portugal. 2015.

Akhoundi, F. Lourenço, P. B. Vasconcelos, G. Numerically Based Proposals for the Stiffness and Strength of Masonry Infills with Openings in Reinforced Concrete Frames. Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics.

Vasconcelos, G. Akhoundi, F. Lourenço, P. B. Silva, L. Martins, A. Paredes de Alvenaria de Enchimento e a Acao Sismica: Reabilitacao e Inovacao. Seminario de Paredes de Alvenaria, 2015.

Akhoundi, F. Silva, L.  Vasconcelos, G.  Lourenço, P. Fangueiro, R. Cunha, F. Performance of Textile Reinforced Mortar as Strengthening Solution of Masonry Infill Walls to Seismic Action. 10º Congresso Nacional de Sismologia e Engenharia Sísmica, At Ponta Delgada, Açores. 2015

Akhoundi F, Vasconcelos G, Lourenço P. Glass fiber shear connectors in the in-plane strengthening of infilled frames by textile reinforced mortar technique. 6^th international workshop on design in civil and environmental engineering. University of Cagliari. 9-11 Nov. 2017.

Akhoundi F, Vasconcelos G, Lourenço P. Out-of-plane behavior of masonry infill walls. Journal of Seismology and earthquake engineering (JSEE). 2017;19

Akhoundi F, Vasconcelos G, Lourenço P, Silva LM, Cunha F, Fangueiro R. In-plane behavior of cavity masonry infills and strengthening with textile reinforced mortar. Engineering Structures. 2018;156:145-60.
 

Akhoundi, Farhad, Graça Vasconcelos, and Paulo Lourenço. 2018. "Experimental Out-Of-Plane Behavior of Brick Masonry Infilled Frames." International Journal of Architectural Heritage:1-17.

·         Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for Advanced Master in Historical Structures, 2009 [SAHC Advanced Master Courses]


 

·         Ph.D Scholarship from University of North Dakota, USA.

·         Masonry testing, numerical modeling, analysis, retrofitting, and design

·         Modern masonry structures

·         Earthquake Engineering