Ali Mehmanparast

Cranfield University, UK
Email: a.mehmanparast@cranfield.ac.uk

Dr. Ali Mehmanparast  received his MEng degree in 2008 and PhD degree in 2012, both from the Mechanical Engineering Department at Imperial College London. Currently, Dr Mehmanparast is a Senior Lecturer in Structural Integrity, Manager of the Structural Integrity Laboratory and Manager of the Cranfield-Oxford-Strathclyde Universities Renewable Energy Marine Structures (REMS) Centre for Doctoral Training. He sits on the Engineering Integrity Society (EIS) Durability and Fatigue Committee and the UK Forum for Engineering Structural Integrity (FESI Council). Dr Mehmanparast is a Chartered Engineer (Institution of Mechanical Engineers-IMechE), Chartered Manager (Chartered Management Institute-CMI) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is an Editorial Board member of two leading international journals of "Materials at High Temperatures" and "Journal of Multiscale Modelling".His current research interests are Life Prediction and Extension of Engineering Structures, Numerical and Experimental Fracture Mechanics, Residual Stress Measurement, Advanced Finite Element Modelling, and Structural Integrity of Additive Manufactured Parts.