Ghodrat Karami

Professor

Faculty

Mechanical Engineering

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Areas of Study & Research

  • Computational Biomechanics
  • Multiscale Computational Engineering Analysis
  • Micromechanics and Composites Analysis
  • Constitutive Modelling
  • Continuum Mechanics, Impact, and Fracture Mechanics,
  • Finite & Boundary Elements
  • Contact, Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication

Courses Taught

  • ME 712: Advanced Finite Elements
  • ME 722: Advanced Mechanics of Materials
  • ME 725: Advanced Composite Mechanics
  • ME 726: Fracture Mechanics
  • ME 720: Continuum Mechanics
  • ME 711: Advanced Engineering Analysis
  • ME 442: 443: Machine Design I & II
  • ME 723: Mechanics of Materials
  • ME 324: Intermediate Mechanics of Materials

University Affiliations

Education

  • Ph. D., Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College of Science technology & Medicine, University of London
  • M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College of Science technology & Medicine, University of Londo
  • B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University

Publications

M Fereydoonpour, A Rezaei, A Schreiber, L Lu, M Ziejewski, G Karami, Prediction of vertebral failure under general loadings of compression, flexion, extension, and side-bending, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 162, 106827, 1, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2024.106827

M Fereydoonpour, A Rezaei, A Schreiber, L Lu, M Ziejewski, G Karami, Computational Assessment of Fracture Risk in Vertebral Bodies with Simulated Defects: The Role of Baseline Strength and Tumor Size, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 41(4), 1-10, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.70081

J McLean, M Fereydoonpour, M Ziejewski, G Karami, Modal Analysis of the Human Brain Using Dynamic Mode Decomposition, Bioengineering 11 (6), 604, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering11060604

J Mclean, M Fereydoonpour, M Ziejewski, G Karami, Diagnosis of brain injury by modal analysis of the human brain, Brain Injury 37, 13-13, 2023.

M Ramzanpour, M Hosseini-Farid, M Ziejewski, G Karami, A constrained particle swarm optimization algorithm for hyperelastic and visco-hyperelastic characterization of soft biological tissues, International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 21(4), 169-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/15502287.2020.1767725

M Ramzanpour, M Hosseini-Farid, J McLean, M Ziejewski, G Karami, Visco-hyperelastic characterization of human brain white matter micro-level constituents in different strain rates. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 58(9), 2107-2118. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11517-020-02228-3

A Eslaminejad, M Hosseini-Farid, M Ziejewski, G Karami, Constitutive Properties Determination of Human Cranium by an Experimental–Computational Modal Analysis, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 142 (1) https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4045216,