Dr Hamid Jahromi is the Head of Construction, Engineering and Management and a Principal Lecturer at the School of the Built Environment.
Hamid Zolghadrzadeh Jahromi
Dr Hamid Jahromi is the Head of Construction, Engineering and Management and a Principal Lecturer at the School of the Built Environment. Hamid is a Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and Member of the Association for Project Management (MAPM).
Dr Hamid Jahromi is a senior academic with excellent experience in management, team development, design, delivery, validation, accreditation of a variety of fundamental and advanced courses in the field of built environment (including Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering and Construction Management).
Hamid specialises in Structural Engineering and Construction Management and has extensive experience in the field of built environment both as a practitioner and an academic. Prior to joining London Metropolitan University, he has held various teaching and research positions in other HE institutes in the UK such as University of Westminster, Kingston University and University of East London. He is currently actively involved in both teaching and research and the outcome of his research is published in international journals and conferences.
Hamid completed his PhD at Imperial College London in October 2009 in the field of Civil Engineering. In 2010, he was awarded the prestigious Unwin Postgraduate Medal for his PhD thesis (awarded each year to the best PhD thesis in Civil Engineering at Imperial College). He obtained his MSc degree in Structural Engineering with a mark of Distinction at Cardiff University in 2005. Hamid completed his BEng in Civil Engineering at Sharif University. Furthermore, he has completed a Post-Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PGCert – LTHE).
Dr Hamid Jahromi has experience in management, team development, design, delivery, validation, accreditation of a variety of fundamental and advanced courses in the field of built environment (including Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering and Construction Management).
His research interests are:
- Structural analysis and design
- Computational mechanics and nonlinear finite element analysis
- Nonlinear soil-structure interaction
- Sustainable construction technology
- Sustainable concrete technology
- Construction management, design management, integrated planning monitoring and control
- Application of AI and data analytics in civil engineering design and construction
Dr Hamid Jahromi has significant experience in supervising research students both at PhD and MSc level.
Interested PhD students should contact Dr Jahromi directly by email.
Teaching Innovation Award - University of Westminster - 2023
Unwin Medal - Unwin Postgraduate Medal for PhD thesis in Civil Engineering at Imperial College London - 2010
(2020) Quintin Hogg Trust - Sustainable Concrete Lab - University of Westminster (£24,000)
(2020) Internal funding - Big data and digital construction - University of Westminster (£8,000)
(2020) Internal funding - Balsa wood bridge design and build project - University of Westminster (£2,000)
Karkarna, Y, Bahadori, A, Jahromi, HZ, Halliwell, E, (2023) “An investigation into the tension lap splices”, Engineering Future Sustainability 1(2).
Karkarna Y., Bahadori A., Jahromi, HZ, Halliwell E., and Rabi M., (2022), Book Chapter: Reinforced Concrete Design with Stainless Steel, Reinforced Concrete Structures
Karkarna, Y, Bahadori, A, Jahromi, HZ, Bonner, E and Goodchild, C, (2020), Comparative study of factors influencing tension lap splices in reinforced concrete beams, International Journal of Advances in Concrete Structures, Techno Press.
Jahromi, H (2019), “Innovative Active Learning in Built Environment Education”, IBEE2019 Conference, Innovations in Built Environment Education (IBEE 2019), Manchester, University of Salford, July 2019.
Kamal, S, Kew, H and Jahromi, H (2018), “Performance of air-cured concrete treated with waterproofing admixtures or surface treatments”, paper presented at the 38th Cement and Concrete Conference, Coventry, 9–11 September 2018.
Kamal, S, Kew, H and Jahromi, H (2017), “Protection of concrete exposed to water and chloride using admixtures and surface treatments”, 19th Proceedings of the youngs’ researchers conference, The institution of structural engineers, London, pp. 52-53.
Kamal, S, Kew, H and Jahromi, H (2017), “Protection of air cured concrete exposed to water and chloride by means of admixtures and surface treatments”, paper presented at the International. Research Conference on Sustainable Energy, Engineering, Materials and Environment, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 26-28 July 2017.
Kamal, S, Kew, H and Jahromi, H (2017), “Improving durability of air cured concrete by means of admixtures and surface treatments”, paper presented at the Science, Engineering and Computing Conference, Kingston University, London, April 2017.
Jahromi HZ, (2014) "Detailed Response Modelling of Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction, UEL Research and Knowledge Exchange Conference. University of East London, London, 26 June 2014. London: University of East London.
Jahromi HZ, Zdravkovic L. and Izzuddin BA, (2013) "Sensitivity Analysis of Nonlinear Behaviour of Buildings Subjected to an Adjacent Un-braced Excavation via Fully Coupled FEM, In International Conference on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics: Interaction & Multiscale Mechanics (AIMM13).
Jahromi HZ, Izzuddin BA and Zdravkovic L (2009) "A Domain Decomposition Approach for Coupled Modelling of Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction", Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 198, 2738 – 2749.
Jahromi HZ, Izzuddin BA and Zdravkovic L (2009) "Iterative Coupling of Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction Using Reduced Order Method", In International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Coupled Problems, Italy.
Jahromi HZ, (2009), "Partitioned analysis of nonlinear soil-structure interaction", in Department of Civil Engineering, Imperial College, University of London, London.
Jahromi HZ, Izzuddin BA and Zdravkovic L. (2008) "Partitioned analysis of nonlinear soil-structure interaction using iterative coupling", Interaction and Multiscale Mechanics; 1, 1, 33-51.
Jahromi HZ, Izzuddin BA and Zdravkovic L (2008) "Computational Methods in Dirichlet-Neumann Coupling of Soil-Structure Interaction", 20th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
Dr Hamid Jahromi
Head of Construction, Engineering and Management
Email Hamid: h.jahromi@londonmet.ac.uk