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█ Mohammad Javad Ostad Mirza Tehrani, Ph.D.
█ Assistant Professor
Hydraulics Group Civil Engineering Faculty ▪ K.N. Toosi University of Technology
mohammad [dot] tehrani [at] kntu [dot] ac [dot] ir ▪ +98 (0)21 8820 14 30 (Ext: 283)

 

 

 
         
       
   

Curriculum Vitae


   
 
 Educational Record
     
         
 

2016

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering-Hydraulic structures, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Thesis Title: Experimental study on the influence of abrupt slope changes on flow characteristics over stepped spillways.

   
         
 

2010

M.Sc. in Civil Engineering-Hydraulics, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Thesis Title: Flow behavior at annular aerators in Tunnels (Air concentration variations downstream of aerators in horseshoe tunnels).

   
         
 

2007

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, University, Islamic Republic of Iran.

 
         
 
 Work Experiences
     
         
 

March 2024 - August 2024

Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy.

 

 
  July 2023 - September 2023

Visiting Guest Professor, Hydraulic Structures Laboratory, Institute of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule), Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland.

 
 


September 2021 - September 2022

   
   Consultatnt in International Cooperation Affairs, Water Research Institute, Tehran, Iran.

 
 


October 2020

 
    Member of Civil Engineering Referee Group, 22nd Khwarizmi Youth Award, Tehran, Iran.

 
 


Since September 2020

  
   President and member of the B.Sc. Course Revision Commitee, Civil Engineering Faculty, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

   
 


Since September 2020

 
   Assistant Professor of Hydraulic Engineering, Civil Engineering Faculty, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

   
  September 2018 - September 2020

Adjunct lecturer in "Open Channel Hydraulics" and "Fluid Mechanics", Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

   
 


  July 2017 - July 2019

 

Post-doctoral researcher and lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

   
 

February 2014 - February 2016

Researcher at CERIS-IST, Lisbon, Portugal.

 
 

July 2012 - July  2013

Teacher assistant in “Hydraulic structures and schemes” and “General Physics I”, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

   
 

October 2011 - March 2016

Doctoral Assistant at LCH-EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

   
 

September 2009 - October 2010

Researcher at the Department of Hydraulics, Water Research Institute, Tehran, Iran.

   
         
 
 Research Interests
     
         
   

Basic - classical hydraulics.

Hydraulic structures and Hydropower.

Air-water flows, aeration and aerators on tunnels and smooth/stepped spillways

River engineering and reservoir sedimentation
Flow pattern in complex flow boundaries (turbulence, secondary flows and etc...).

   
         
 
Achivements, Awards and Scholarships
 

 

 
         
  2023

Joint Research Grant, Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy.

 
  2023

Research Partnership Grant 2022,  Leading House South Asia and Iran, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), Switzerland.

 
 


2021


Young Assistant Professors Grant Award, Iranian National Elites Foundation, INEF-KNTU-11/60695/2021.

 
 


2020

 

High Ranked Universities Alumni Tenure Track Professorship, Iranian National Elites Foundation, INEF-KNTU-25/89531/2020.

 
 


2018

 

Complementary Post-doctoral research fellow scholarship, Iranian National Elites Foundation, INEF-AUT 20/142/2018.

   
 


2017

 

Distinguished paper award, 16th Iranian Hydraulic Congress, Ardabil, Iran.

   
 


2017

 

Post-doctoral research fellow scholarship, Iranian National Elites Foundation, INEF-AUT 20/142/2017.

   
 


2011

 

Joint doctoral initiative scholarship, IST-EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Switzerland.

 
 


2011

 

Doctoral study scholarship, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), (SFRH/BD/51527/2011), Portugal.


 

 
 


2011

 

Unconditional offer for Doctor of Philosophy, University of Queensland, Australia, Provider Code: 00025B.

 
 


2010

 

Distinguished paper award, 9th Iranian Hydraulic Congress, Tehran, Iran, published in the special issue of Iranian Journal of Hydraulics, 2012.

   
 


2007

 

Distinguished bachelor student (exceptionally talented student), exempted from the M.Sc. nationwide entrance exam in Iran to pursue Master of Science study in hydraulics, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.

   
         
 
Main research projects
     
         
  Since 2023

Design of a new structure for mitigation of urban driftwood and woody debris floods

 

   
  Since 2023

Flood hazard and risk map: proposing a compatible manual for Iran based upon the hazard mapping procedure in Switzerland

 
  Since 2023

The impact of macroplastic transport mechanism on river and urban flooding flows

 
  Since 2023

Application of Low Impact development (LID) and Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Water engineering

 
  2021 - 2023

Reservoir sedimentation and pressurized flushing

 
 

2019 - 2021

The effect of roughness and hydraulic conditions on the characteristics of hydraulic jump.

   
 

2018 - 2020

Flow pattern over stepped spillway, a numerical approach.

   
 

2017 - 2019

Fabricating, Calibrating and utilizing Double-tip Conductivity Probe in experimental study on flow over steep stepped spillways.

   
 

2013

Prototype measurements on Siah Bishe Upper Dam stepped spillway, IWPCO, Iran and EPFL-LCH, Switzerland.

   
 

2010

Annular aerators optimisation, Gotvand dam bottom outlet tunnels, WRI, Tehran, Iran.

   
         
 
Membership
     
         
 

Since 2018

Iranian Hydropower Association (IHA), Tehran, Iran.

   
 

Since 2011

International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR).

   
 

Since 2011

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

   
 

Since 2010

Iranian Committee On Large Dams (IRCOLD), Tehran, Iran.

   
 

Since 2008

Iranian Hydraulic Association (IHA), Tehran, Iran.

   
 

 

     
 
Patents
     
         
  2010

Zarrati, A.R. and Ostad Mirza, M.J., Digital air Concentration resistivity probe. IR Patent 66766, 2010.

   
  2010

Ostad Mirza, M.J., Water splash meter. IR Patent 66765, 2010.

   
         
 
Book, peer reviewed conferences, workshops and journal papers
     
  2023

Najafzadeh A., Ostad Mirza Tehrani M.J. (2023). Can LIDs be more effective in managing stormwater runoff?, Abstract, Proceedings of the 40th IAHR World Congress, Vienna, Austria, 20-25 August.

     
  2023

Rostami Y., Ostad Mirza Tehrani M.J., Alizad K., Falahat H. (2023). Flood assessment for sustainable development: a case study of Bandar Abbas, Iran, Proceedings of the 40th IAHR World Congress, Vienna, Austria, 20-25 August.

     
  2023

Kordnaeij M., Ostad Mirza Tehrani M.J., Asghari Pari S. A., Falahat H. (2023). Energy dissipation on stepped spillways: the effect of mounted step roughness, Proceedings of the 40th IAHR World Congress, Vienna, Austria, 20-25 August.

     
  2023

Falahat H., Ostad Mirza Tehrani M.J. (2023). Pressurized flushing: the effect of water and sediment heights, Proceedings of the 40th IAHR World Congress, Vienna, Austria, 20-25 August.

     
  2022

Jalili Ghazizadeh M. R., Zarrati A. R. & Ostad Mirza Tehrani M.J. (2022). Numerical Modeling of Self-aeration in High-speed Flows over Smooth Chute Spillways, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 149 (3): 04022042, https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/JHEND8.HYENG-12914.

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  2022

Asgari F., Mohajeri S. H., Mehraein M., Ostad Mirza Tehrani M.J. (2022). A new software package and filtering algorithm development for despiking doppler velocimeter data E-proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress, Granada, Spain, doi://10.3850/IAHR-39WC2521716X20221215.