Abdol Mahdi Behroozi

I am eager to learn more about this field to advance my future research and professional goals.

I received my bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 2002 and this year I finished my master's degree in water and hydraulic engineering. I have been working for many years as a hydraulic and river engineer in the fields of erosion protection of above and underground pipelines.

Since I was born in one of the coastal cities of my country, I am always fascinated by the roaring and beautiful waves of the sea. The behavior and hydraulics of fluid flow are always full of mystery for me. Phenomena such as sediment transfer in the river, water erosion in the vicinity of hydraulic structures, etc. are interesting to me. In my opinion, fluid flow is a combination of beauty and curiosity, so I did not doubt that I should choose the field of hydraulic engineering and related fields to pursue my studies at the graduate level.

During my MSc, I publish several papers on computational mechanics and its application in engineering science, especially in hydraulic engineering. My focus was mainly on high-order meshless numerical methods with low computational costs in those works. In addition, my practical previous background in hydraulic engineering led me to collaborate on several academic projects in river engineering and scouring.

Mastering software in the field of CFD as well as acquiring programming skills with different languages along with learning the algorithms of different numerical methods such as FDM, DQM, FVM, and FEM were my other notable achievements during my MSc.

My master's thesis was entitled “Experimental and numerical study of the effect of zigzag crests with various geometries on the performance of piano key weirs". In this dissertation which successfully ended with an excellent grade, new types of crest geometry for piano key weirs were introduced and evaluated in terms of hydraulic efficiency by combining laboratory analysis and numerical simulation.

I believe that computational mechanics is an integral part of the engineering sciences, including the field of fluids and hydraulics, and can be considered a live research area, despite the many previous valuable scientific efforts made so far. This has inspired me to pursue my graduate studies in programs related to numerical hydraulic engineering and river engineering.

Working on research fields such as geometric optimization of hydraulic structures, numerical and laboratory study of scouring around hydraulic structures, and the development of new and low-cost numerical methods for modelling the phenomena related to hydraulic engineering are all my future research goals.

Since our earth is facing environmental crises, including the lack of water resources, human societies will need more engineering knowledge, especially environmental and water science in the future. I hope to take a small step for humankind with my research in this field and my key long-term goal in doing PhD degree is to become a competent researcher who can conduct independent research in my chosen area.

Considering my years of experience in practical fields and familiarity with the real issues of the water field, I have a good perspective on scientific challenges and practical engineering problems related to the water environment, which can help me in identifying new topics in this field.

I know that there is much more that I can learn about my research interests in my future academic path as an international PhD student. The research fields such as hydraulic structures, numerical and laboratory study of scouring around hydraulic structures, and the development of new and low-cost numerical methods for modelling the phenomena related to hydraulic engineering are all my future research goals. I want to understand these phenomena through experimental and numerical approaches.