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Dr Alireza Bagheri Sabbagh

Dr Alireza Bagheri Sabbagh
Dr Alireza Bagheri Sabbagh
Dr Alireza Bagheri Sabbagh

Senior Lecturer

About
Email Address
alireza.bsabbagh@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272936
Office Address

Room 267
Fraser Noble Building

School/Department
School of Engineering

Biography

2007-2011 University of Sheffield, PhD, Thesis: Cold-formed steel elements for earthquake resistant moment frame buildings.

2011-2012 Research Fellow at University of Warwick.

2013-2015 Lecturer in Structural Engineering at University of Wolverhampton.

2015 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer (2023) in Structural Engineering at University of Aberdeen.

 

 

 

External Memberships

  • Chartered Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers (CEng MIStructE).
  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Research

Research Overview

Areas of expertise: 
 

My research activities are mainly linked with the topics of offsite manufacturing, resilient and sustainable lightweight steel structures and circular construction integrating physical tests, advanced computational analysis and novel design solutions.

 
 
Large-scale tests on cold-formed steel beam-to-column connections at our Heavy Structures Laboratory. PhD project conducted by Kanan Ibrahimov.  
Semi-rigid lightweight steel framing structures
New generation of lightweight steel framing structures
More information: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2020.107345
New generation of tubular cold-formed steel connections
More information: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.114956
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2022.04.069

 

Current Research

2023-2025. Hybrid lightweight structural systems for low-cost housing (HYLIGHTS). EPSRC grant (EP/W026376/1). Collaborators: Imperial College London & University of Sheffield. Project partners: SCI, Metsec plc and Etex. Total price to funder value: ~ £1.1M.  

2022-2025. Lightweight steel tubular framed structures for multi-storey building construction in seismic area. Research – Studentship funded by Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Value: £65,500. 

2022-Present. High-performance lightweight steel framing structures in seismic areas, PhD project by Kanan Ibrahimov.

2022-Present. Lightweight Structural systems for low-carbon housing, PhD project by Junyue Ma.

2023-Present. Hybrid lightweight structural systems for low-cost housing, PhD project by Ehsan Bakhshivand.

2024-Present. Hybrid lightweight structural systems for low-cost housing, PhD project by Pouria Darzehkanani.  

 

Past Research

-2020-2022. Low-carbon seismic-resistant buildings for a densely populated city; Istanbul. Royal Academy of Engineering (FoD2021\4\26). Collaborators: Robert Gordon University, Ozyegin University, Turkey. Value: £19,800. 

- 2020-2022. Enhanced structural design for floating offshore wind turbines. PhD project completed by Rigobert Zomafo.

-2017-2024. Friction-slip moment-resisting bolted connections for seismic resilient cold-formed steel structures. PhD project by Marzie Shahini.

Collaborations

Imperial College London

University of Sheffield 

Robert Gordon University

Politecnico Milano

Johns Hopkins University

Funding and Grants

2022-2025. EPSRC (EP/W026376/1). Hybrid lightweight structural systems for low-cost housing (HYLIGHTS). Collaborators: Imperial College London & University of Sheffield. Project partners: SCI, Metsec plc and Etex. Total value:  £1.1M. 

2020-2022. Royal Academy of Engineering (FoD2021\4\26). Low-carbon seismic-resistant buildings for a densely populated city; Istanbul.  Collaborators: Robert Gordon University, Ozyegin University, Turkey. Value: £19,800.

2022-2025. High-performance lightweight steel framing structures. Research – Studentship funded by Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Value: £65,500.

Teaching

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