Pedram Zohrevand – Adjunct Professor at the Florida International University

Pedram Zohrevand served as a Research Assistant Professor and Adjunct Professor at Florida International University, from 2012 until 2015. He taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the university. These courses were as follows:
  • Reinforced Concrete Design
  • Strengthening and Rehabilitation of Structures using Advanced Composites
  • Computer Tools for Civil Engineering
  • Structural PE exam preparation
As a Research Assistant Professor, Pedram Zohrevand directed research projects, served as a consultant for FDOT and different bridge companies for monitoring, evaluation, retrofit, and rehabilitation of aging and deficient bridges. He also supervised undergraduate and graduate students.

His research projects were as follows:
  • Use of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite cable for post-tensioning applications and development of monitoring/inspection techniques for FRP post-tensioned structures. He was serving as a Co-Principal Investigator; Funding Agency: Florida Department of Transportation.
  • He was involved in the development of innovative modular high performance lightweight decks for accelerated bridge construction. He was serving as Co-PI; Funding Agency: National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management (NCTSPM).
  • Another project included the material characterization of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) and the development of design guidelines for bridge structures made of UHPC. Here, he was serving as a Research Associate; Funding Agency: Florida Department of Transportation.
  • In addition to this, Pedram Zohrevand developed design guidelines for innovative hybrid FRP-UHPC bridge substructure systems. He was serving as a Research Associate; Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)-Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Research (NEESR).
Prior to being a Professor, Pedram Zohrevand was the Research Assistant/ Ph.D. Candidate at Florida International University from August 2008-April 2012. His responsibilities were as follows:
  • Design of experiments and test setups
  • Instrumentation
  • Data acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data
  • Non-linear finite element modeling
  • Preparation of technical reports and presentations in several projects, as parts of a multi-university research project funded ($2,030,000) by National Science Foundation (NSF)-Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Research (NEESR).

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