Amin Aghaei

Amin Aghaei

Amin is a Postdoctoral researcher in the Micro and Nano-Mechanical group.

Education

• PhD in Computational Mechanics (2009-2013), Carnegie Mellon university
  
• Master of Science in Computational Mechanics (2012), Carnegie Mellon university
  
• Master of Science in Structural engineering (2006-2008), Sharif University of Technology, Iran
  
• Bachelor of Science in Civil engineering (2002-2006), University of Tehran, Iran.

Publications

• A. Aghaei, K. Dayal, R.S. Elliott, “Symmetry-Adapted Phonon Analysis of Nanotubes”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 61 (2013) 557–578.

• A. Aghaei, K. Dayal, R.S. Elliott, “Anomalous Phonon Behavior of Carbon Nanotubes: First-Order Influence of External Load”, Journal of Applied Physics (2013) 113:023503.

• A. Aghaei, K. Dayal, “Tension-and-Twist of Chiral Nanotubes: Torsional Buckling, Mechanical Response, and Indicators of Failure”, Modeling and Simulation in Material Science Engineering, 20:085001 (2012).

• A. Aghaei, K. Dayal, “Symmetry-adapted non-equilibrium molecular dynamics of chiral carbon nanotubes under tensile loading”, Journal of Applied Physics (2011) 109:123501.

• M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, A. Aghaei, A.R. Khoei, “Multiscale Modeling of Surface Effect via Boundary Cauchy-Born Method”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 45 (2011) 827–846.

• A. Aghaei, M.J. Abdolhosseini and A.R. Khoei, “Stability and Size-Dependency of Cauchy-Born Hypothesis in Three- Dimensional Applications”, International Journal of Solids and Structures, (2009) 1925.

• A.R. Khoei, M.T. Kazemi, M.J. Abdolhosseini and A. Aghaei, “An Investigation on the Validity of Cauchy-Born Hypothesis Using Sutton-Chen Many-Body Potential”, Computational Material Science, 44 (2009) 999.

Awards

• 2012-13 Dowd-ICES Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University, 2012 – 2013.
• Dean Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University, 2009 – 2012.
• USNCCM12 Travel Award, US Association for Computational Mechanics, 2013.
• Fenves Travel Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, 2011, 2012.
• GSA Conference Funding Award, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010, 2012.
• SES2011 travel scholarship, 48’th Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Sciences.
• USNCTAM2010 scholarship, 16th U.S. National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
• Tavakoli prize for conducting original researches, Sharif University of Technology, 2009.
• Ranked 3’rd in the nationwide Iranian entrance exam for M.Sc. degree in civil eng. among around 16,000 examinees, 2006.

Contact Information

Office: Durand 204

Address:		Amin Aghaei
		Mechanics and Computation Group
		Durand Bldg. Rm. 204
		496 Lomita Mall
		Stanford, CA 94305

Email: amin1@stanford.edu