RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics

• Stresses, Fatigue and Friction of Rolling/Sliding

• Surface Science and Damage

• Contact Mechanics

• Residual Stress Measurement and Prediction

• Finite Element Methods

• Applied Mathematics

GRANTS and RESEARCH FUNDING

• Design and manufacturing a 25-kW solar concentrator system, Niroo Research Institute (NRI), Ministry of Energy, 2011.9–2013.1 (Co-Investigator).

• Three-dimensional analysis of rolling contact fatigue crack and life prediction in railway wheels and rails under residual stresses and wear, Research Grant for Doctoral student, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Grant No. 3/40153), Total Funding: 35,000 RMB, 2014.9–2017.9 (Principal Investigator).

•  Performance evaluation of floating solar chimney power plant in Iran: estimation of technology progression and cost investigation, General Research Project, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (Grant No. 2/42465), Total Funding: 15,000 RMB, 2016.11–2017.9 (Principal Investigator).

•  Reliability analysis of fatigue crack growth for a pearlitic Grade 900A steel used in railway applications, International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program, The Office of China Postdoctoral Council (OCPC), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 234384), Total Funding: 600,000 RMB (300,000 RMB/year as stipend/salary), 2019.7–2021.6 (Principal Investigator).

•  Fatigue performance and damage mechanisms of pearlitic steel for railway applications under mixed mode loading conditions, Young Top-notch Talent Support Program, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Grant No. 011900/ 71211223030701), Total Funding: 1,000,000 RMB, 2023.07– 2029.07 (Principal Investigator).

•  Stochastic evolution characteristics and quantitative evaluation of vehicle-induced fatigue damage in orthotropic steel bridge decks, Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science Basic Research Program (Grant No. 2026JC-YBMS-0548), Total Funding: 50,000 RMB, 2026.01–2027.12 (Co-Investigator).

•  Fatigue crack growth performance of bridge welded steel structures under mixed-mode loading conditions, Shaanxi Province "University–Province Joint Recruitment" Talent Program, Shaanxi Provincial Talent Special Program (Grant No. SXXZGY202407), Total Funding: 720,000 RMB (Approved Funding: 360,000 RMB), 2025.10–2028.09 (Principal Investigator).

•  Nonlinear cumulative fatigue damage of steel bridge decks under vehicle load time‑sequence effects and dominant failure modes, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program (Grant No. 52678425), Total Funding: 500,000 RMB, 2027.01–2030.12 (Co-Investigator).