Developed Rt from 2007 to 2012 and has been spearheading the development of Rtx since 2013
Contributions: Creating the parallel processing module and optimizing the code for opening of large input files
Contributions: Developing probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, including the implementation of ground motion prediction models
Contributions: Creating the soil-structure interaction model
Contributions: Developing reliability sensitivity analysis using sampling and masonry damage and retrofit cost models
Contributions: Extending the soil-structure interaction model with code assessment capability
Contributions: Developing bridge and transportation network risk models
Contributions: Developing models for detailed risk analysis of building, including the implementation of an artificial ground motion model and the development of component damage, repair cost, downtime, casualty, and fatality models
Contributions: Extending the soil-structure interaction model with MDOF capability
Contributions: Creating help documents
Contributions: Implementing ground motion prediction models and a host of new probability distributions
Contributions: Inception of resilience analysis by developing the discrete event sampling analysis and event models; implementing a library of basic models for community resilience analysis, including damage and functionality models for electric power stations and water stations, time and cost models for injury treatment, search and rescue, damage inspection, and repair mobilization, and number of injuries and casualties
Creating a GitLab server for group development, developing SORM, migrating to Qt 5, migrating to QCustomPlot, and optimizing the code
Contributions: Enhancing help documents
Contributions: Enhancing help documents
Contributions: Developing electric power network models and implementing building response, damage, and direct and indirect loss models for community resilience analysis; creating the resilience analysis input file generator; major role in developing the virtual test bed, entitled “INSURER City”
Contributions: Implementing the genetic algorithm for optimizing the emergency response in community resilience analysis
Contributions: Developing ground failure, transportation network, search-and-rescue, socioeconomic loss, and environmental loss models as well as block-level building models for community resilience analysis
Contributions: Developing random field models; inception of Bayesian networks for emergency response, including the generation of prior probabilities using Rtx
Contributions: Major overhaul of probabilistic seismic hazard analysis models, including the implementation of new fault and area source models and ground motion prediction models, the development of rupture area model; creating the hazard analysis input file generator; revising Bayesian model inference
Contributions: Developing post-traumatic stress disorder and indirect social cost models for community resilience analysis
Contributions: Debugging, upgrading the map to Google Maps API 3, enhancing help documents, and developing the initial version of Rtx website
Contributions: Assisting with the website content and logo design
Contributions: Developing potable water network models for community resilience analysis
Contributions: Developing telecommunication network models for community resilience analysis
Contributions: Creating a real-world case study for Rtx by developing the risk and resilience model of the City of Golpayegan
Contributions: Developing natural gas network models for community resilience analysis under the supervision of Dr. Hamed Kashani
Contributions: Revising building models and studying to implement agent-based modeling and simulation for community resilience analysis; debugging
Contributions: Debugging and code optimization for speeding up the opening of input files and analyses through CPU profiling
Contributions: Developing the hayraulic water network analysis model for community resilience analysis under the supervision of Dr. Ammar Safaie