Dr Ali Aboutorabi

Adjunct Associate Professor of Mathematics

Dr. Ali Aboutorabi is an adjunct assistant professor at Richmond University. He has more than 30 years experience in Higher Education from research to teaching and curriculum design. He obtained his BSc degree from Sharif University, his MSc from Manchester University and his PhD from Glasgow University where he worked on numerical calculation of failure risk of offshore platforms in the North Sea. During his post-doctoral research fellowship at Brunel University London he led an investigation into failure prediction of welded pipe structures for gas and water distribution systems. He is currently working on design characteristics of natural composite fibres for engineering applications including wind turbines for renewable energy. His teaching experience lies in the areas of pure and applied mathematics, statistical analysis, material characterisation, mathematical modelling of engineering structures and quality evaluation of organisations.

Courses taught
MTH 100 Fundamentals of Mathematics
MTH 105 Pre-calculus
MTH 115 Basic Calculus with Applications
MTH 122 Quantitative methods for Business

Recent Publications
Ghasemnejad, H., and Aboutorabi, A. (2011) Cohesive zone modeling (CZM) in prediction of delamination failure in laminated composite structures. Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, 5(1), pp. 61-64. ISSN (print) 1934-8959

England, J., Hadavinia, H., Marchant, D.R. and Aboutorabi, A. (2010) Design of Automotive Metal and Composite Chassis Structures. Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering, pp. 211-225.

Aboutorabi, A., Ghasemnejad, H. and Hadavinia, H. (2010) Analytical approach for progressive failure crushing modes of woven FRP composite box structures. World Journal of Engineering, 7(3 ), pp. 154-162. ISSN (print) 1708-5284

Singh, H, Redpath, D.A.G., Aboutorabi, A., Kattakayam, T.A. and Griffiths, P.W. (2010) Optimum configuration of compound parabolic concentrator (cpc) solar water heater types for dwellings situated in the northern maritime climate. International Journal of Ambient Energy, 31(1), pp. 47-52. ISSN (print) 0143-0750

Ghasemnejad, H., Hadavinia, H. and Aboutorabi, A. (2010) Effect of delamination failure in crashworthiness analysis of hybrid composite box structures. Materials & Design, 31(3), pp. 1105-1116. ISSN (print) 0264-1275