Education & Academic Experiences

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran (2017-2018)

• Ph.D., Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran (2014-2017)

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Research Interests

• Machine learning

• Structural reliability

• Structural optimization

• Multi-objective optimization

• Structural health monitoring and damage detection

Course Taught

Graduate Level (MSc and PhD Programs)

• Soft Computation

• Reliability of Structures

• Stability of Structures

• Advanced Finite Element Methods

• Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design

Undergraduate Level

• Statics

• Structural Analysis

• Design of Concrete Structures

Honors and Awards

Book

• Adel, H., Ilchi Ghazaan, M., and Habibnejad Korayem A., 2022. Machine learning applications for developing sustainable construction materials . Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Environmental Sensing, chapter 9 (Asadnia, M., Razmjou, A. and Beheshti, A.). pp. 179-210.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2018. Meta-heuristic algorithms for optimal design of real-size structures . Springer International Publishing, Switzerland.

Papers in Journals

• Ilchi Ghazaan, M. , and Saadatmand, F., 2022. Decoupled reliability-based design optimization with a double-step modified adaptive chaos control approach . Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 65(10), pp.1-20.

• Adel, H., Palizban, S.M.M., Sharifi, S.S., Ilchi Ghazaan, M., and Habibnejad Korayem A., 2022. Predicting mechanical properties of carbon nanotube-reinforced cementitious nanocomposites using interpretable ensemble learning models . Construction and Building Materials.

• Ilchi Ghazaan, M. , and Saadatmand, F., 2022. A new performance measure approach with an adaptive step length selection method hybridized with decoupled reliability-based design optimization . Structures, 44, pp. 977-987.

• Kaveh, A., Ilchi Ghazaan, M., and Saadatmand, F., 2022. Colliding bodies optimization with Morlet wavelet mutation and quadratic interpolation for global optimization problems . Engineering with Computers, 38(3), pp.2743-2767.

• Kaveh, A., Ilchi Ghazaan, M., and Asadi, A., 2020. An Improved Water Strider Algorithm for Optimal Design of Skeletal Structures . Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering, 64(4), pp. 1284-1305.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2020. A new VPS-based algorithm for multi-objective optimization problems . Engineering with Computers, 36(3), pp. 1029-1040.

• Kaveh, A., Ilchi Ghazaan, M., and Mahjoubi, S., 2018. Comparison of four meta-heuristic algorithms for optimal design of double-layer barrel vaults . International Journal of Space Structures, 33(3-4), pp. 115-123.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2018. Optimum seismic design of 3D irregular steel frames using recently developed metaheuristic algorithms . ASCE, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 32(3): 04018015.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2018. A new hybrid meta-heuristic algorithm for optimal design of large-scale dome structures . Engineering Optimization, 50(2), pp. 235-252.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2017. A new meta-heuristic algorithm: vibrating particles system . Scientia Iranica, 24(2), pp. 551-566.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2017. Optimum design of skeletal structures using PSO-based algorithms . Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering, 61(2), pp. 184-195.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2017. Vibrating particles system algorithm for truss optimization with multiple natural frequency constraints . Acta Mechanica, 228(1), pp. 307–322.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2017. MATLAB codes for vibrating particles system algorithm . International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, 7(3), pp. 355-366.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2016. Optimum design of large-scale truss towers using cascade optimization . Acta Mechanica, 227(9), pp. 2645–2656.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2016. Optimal design of dome truss structures with dynamic frequency constraints . Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 53(3), pp. 605-621.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2016. A hybrid ECBO and UBS algorithm for optimum design of skeletal structures . Asian journal of civil engineering, 17(7), pp. 917-936.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2016. Enhanced whale optimization algorithm for sizing optimization of skeletal structures . Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, 45(3), pp. 345-362.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2015. Layout and size optimization of trusses with natural frequency constraints using improved ray optimization algorithm . Iranian Journal of Science and Technology Transactions of Civil Engineering, 39, pp. 395-408.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2015. Structural reliability assessment utilizing four metaheuristic algorithms . International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, 5(2), pp. 205-225.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2015. A comparative study of CBO and ECBO for optimal design of skeletal structures . Computers & Structures, 153, pp. 137-147.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2015. Hybridized optimization algorithms for design of trusses with multiple natural frequency constraints . Advances in Engineering Software, 79, pp. 137-147.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2015. Metaheuristic algorithms for minimum crossing number problem . International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, 5(1), pp. 67-77.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2015. Enhanced colliding bodies algorithm for truss optimization with frequency constraints . ASCE, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 29(6), 04014104.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2014. Enhanced colliding bodies optimization for design problems with continuous and discrete variables . Advances in Engineering Software, 77, pp. 66-75.

• Kaveh, A. and Ilchi Ghazaan, M., 2014. Computer codes for colliding bodies optimization and its enhanced version . International Journal of Optimization in Civil Engineering, 4(3), pp. 321-339.

• Kaveh, A., Ilchi Ghazaan, M., and Bakhshpoori, T., 2013. An improved ray optimization algorithm for design of truss structures . Periodica Polytechnica. Civil Engineering, 57(2), pp. 97-112.