School of Civil Engineering

Dr. Reza Rafiee

University of Tehran

Current Students


Farbod Yarmohammadi

Major Advisor: Dr. Reza Rafiee

Co-advisor: Dr. Cambyse Behnia

M.S. Thesis Subject: Attenuation of train-induced ground vibrations using wave barriers

B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran



Majid Zakerinia

Major Advisor: Dr. Reza Rafiee

Co-advisor: Dr. Cambyse Behnia

M.S. Thesis Subject: Effects of Geometric and Mechanical Parameters on the Behavior of Stone-Columns-Numerical Investigation

B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran



Mohammad Eskandari-Ghadi

Major Advisor: Dr. Reza Rafiee

M.S. Thesis Subject: Topology optimization of wave barriers for mitigation of rotary machine-induced ground vibrations

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran


Ali Farahani

Major Advisor 1: Dr. Reza Rafiee

Major Advisor 2: Dr. Mahdi Samadzad

M.S. Thesis Subject: A new analytical-numerical continuous wave-based approach for analyzing dynamic behavior of single and group piles

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran




Former Students


Marzieh Shahraki

Defense year: 2016

Major Advisor: Dr. Cambyse Behnia

Committee member: Dr. Reza Rafiee

M.S. Thesis Subject: Comparison between the operation of stone-columns and other soil improvement methods

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran


Amir Rezaie

Defense year: 2017 – Currently PhD student at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Major Advisor 1: Dr. Rasoul Mirghaderi

Major Advisor 2: Dr. Reza Rafiee

Co-Advisor: Dr. Kiarash M. Dolatshahi

M.S. Thesis Subject:  Soil-buried wave barriers for vibration control of structures subjected to vertically incident shear waves

B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Reza Zamani

Defense year: 2016

Major Advisor: Dr. Kiarash M. Dolatshai

Co-Advisor: Dr. Reza Rafiee

M.S. Thesis Subject:  

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran