Skip to Content

Meet our faculty, Dr. Vahid Sadeghian

By combining steel reinforcing bars with concrete, engineers can design and build structures that are able to withstand extreme weather conditions and natural hazards (e.g., earthquakes and tornadoes) and last for hundreds of years. However, design and analysis of such structures is a complex task requiring having a good understanding of the behavior of concrete, steel reinforcement, and the interaction between the two materials.

Dr. Sadeghian’s research team focuses on improving the performance and resiliency of reinforced concrete (RC) structures through the development of reliable safety assessment tools and design procedures.

His team also works on building innovative structural systems using modern concrete materials such as 3D printed concrete and timber-concrete composites to improve the construction speed and quality. The research team is equipped with the state-of-the-art shake table and hybrid (experimental-analytical) simulation testing facilities as well as advanced optical measurement systems enabling accurate performance assessment of structures.

Dr. Sadeghian is a core member of the VecTor Analysis Group, a research-led company that provides expertise to engineers on nonlinear modeling and analysis of RC structures. His research team is actively working on the development and verification of VecTor3, a unique nonlinear finite element analysis software specifically developed for 3D modeling of concrete structures under various static and dynamic loading conditions.  

Dr. Vahid Sadeghian

Dr. Sadeghian received his BASc degree from the University of Tehran (2009), his MASc and PhD degrees from the University of Toronto (2012 and 2017, respectively), and is a registered PEng with Professional Engineers Ontario. Prior to joining Carleton, he worked at the LEA Engineering Consulting (as part of his NSERC-IPS scholarship) and the Arup Engineering Group on different structural projects including the expansion of the Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.

If you are a successful student interested in the behaviour of concrete structures, we believe there is a place for your ideas in our research group! Please visit our research website for more information about our recent projects and available positions: https://carleton.ca/sadeghian/