Dr. Shadi Ostovari is a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering at ARU's School of Engineering and the Built Environment. She is currently the Director of Civil Engineering at ARU. She is a Chartered Civil Engineer (CEng, MICE) and a Fellow of Higher Education (FHEA). she also serves as a Supervising Civil Engineer with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Vice Chair of ICE Kent and East Sussex, and committee member of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE).
With over 25 years of experience in teaching, research, mentoring, and consultancy, Shadi combines extensive industry knowledge with a dedication to education. Her main research interests include finite element simulation to predict structural behaviour under complex conditions, such as earthquake loading, innovative methods like 3D printing, and the analysis and design of shell structures, dynamics of shells, sustainability, optimisation methods, and digital manufacturing.
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Shadi joined ARU in 2024 as a Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering. She is a Chartered Civil Engineer. Shadi holds a BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering and an MASc in Structural Engineering from Carleton University, Canada.
Shadi completed her PhD in Structural and Earthquake Engineering at University College London in 2010, under the supervision of Prof. James Croll, where she developed analytical and numerical methods to investigate the dynamic behaviour of large-span roof shells under earthquake loading. While completing her PhD, she also worked part-time at Arup, contributing to dynamic performance analysis of a 60-storey twin tower using LS-DYNA.
Shadi has extensive international industry experience, having designed and analysed various building types, including tall buildings. She has balanced her career between academia and industry, serving as a Senior Lecturer at Greenwich University and Cranfield University, while also engaging in structural design as a consultant. She developed and delivered new programmes in structural engineering and design, enhancing academic processes and learning strategies.
Since 2010, Shadi has regularly lectured on bridge engineering, steel, concrete, and timber design using Eurocode, advanced structural analysis, finite element analysis, and programming. She has mentored aspiring Chartered Engineers through ICE since 2019.
Her research interests include additive manufacturing in construction, optimisation of structures under dynamic loading, finite element analysis, shell structures, net-zero, and digital engineering.
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Shadi is interested in supervising research projects in the areas listed above.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Structural and Earthquake Engineering, University College London. Thesis: 'Behaviour of cylindrical and doubly-curved shell roofs under earthquake'.
Master of Applied Science (MASc) Structural Engineering, Carleton University. Thesis: 'Structural performance analysis of a reinforced concrete arch bridge'.
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Civil Engineering.
PG Cert in Higher Education, University of Greenwich.
Ostovari, S. (2024) 'Simulation and analysis of Automated Generalised Interleaved Layered Execution (AGILE) process for concrete shell structures', Structures, 65, 106719. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.106719
Ostovari, S. and Shayani, H. (2019) 'Effect of the number of design variables in thickness optimization of concrete barrel roof shells using evolutionary algorithms', International Journal of Space Structures, 34(3-4). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956059919893212
'Simulation and analysis of automated interleaved layered construction process for shell structures', IASS conference, 2023.
'Importance of vertical component of earthquakes in cylindrical roof shells', 16th WCEE Conference, 2017.
'Accuracy of modal Combination methods in cylindrical roof shells', 16th WCEE Conference, 2017.
'Towards non-parametric size optimization of concrete roof shells using evolutionary algorithms', IASS Conference, 2014.
'How to Engage First-year Students with Different Levels of Mathematical Skills: A Case Study', APT Conference, 2014.
'Out-of-class Interaction and Distance Learning (Using Adobe Connect)', APT Conference, 2014.
'Effect of pre-loading on the response of cylindrical roof shells under earthquake loading', 9th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, 2009.
'Earthquake analysis of cylindrical roof shells', 6th IASS Conference paper, 2008.
'Interpretation of seismic response of cylindrical roof shells', 6th IASS Conference, 2008.
'A Simplified Method for Nonlinear Cyclic Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures', 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2004.
'A Simplified Approach for Nonlinear Response Analysis of Composite Structural Members', IWSCCC-2003 (International Workshop on Steel and Concrete Composite Construction), 2003.