Reza Pilafkan
Reza Pilafkan
Associate Professor
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: 04531305717
Email: rezapilafkan@uma.ac.ir
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5885-0313
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As an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, I bring over 10 years of dedicated expertise in vibration analysis, structural health monitoring, and wave propagation. My career is a unique blend of advanced academic research and impactful industrial application, having supervised more than 10 Master's and 2 PhD students while simultaneously driving innovation as an R&D and Design Engineer for major companies like Ardabil Steel Plant Co. and an Automobile Part Manufacturing Company. I currently lead the Mechanical Engineering Group and direct my state-of-the-art Modal Analysis Lab, where I bridge theory and practice by employing advanced numerical simulations (Abaqus, MATLAB) alongside experimental techniques including photogrammetry and modal testing to solve complex real-world engineering challenges.


Education

Ph.D. in Applied Mechanical Engineering | University of Guilan, Iran | 2007 – 2013

M.Sc. in Applied Mechanical Engineering | University of Guilan, Iran | 2005 – 2007

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering | University of Tabriz, Iran | 2001 – 2005

Guest Researcher

Chalmers University, Sweden | Feb 2011 – Jul 2011


Awards

Memberships

Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineering


Fields of Interest

vibration of plates and shells

wave propagation

photogrammetry

Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department


برنامه هفتگی استاد در ترم جاری

نام درس مقطع زمان و مکان ارائه
ارتعاشات سیستمهای ممتد کارشناسی ارشد

سه شنبه - کلاس 10 - 16-19

دینامیک کارشناسی

شنبه - کلاس 9 - 8-10

دوشنبه - کلاس 9 - 8-10

ارتعاشات کارشناسی

یکشنبه - کلاس 10 - 16-19

ارتعاشات پیشرفته کارشناسی ارشد

چهارشنبه - آمفی تئاتر - 8-11

PhD
Master

6 - Static and Free Vibration Analysis of Timoshenko Nano-Beams using a Local Petrov-Galerkin Method, Sina Khajehzadeh, 2016


5 - On dynamic response control of nano plats by piesoelectric layers using a mesh free method, Majid Pourmohseni Kolouri, 2016


4 - Nonlinear buckling of thin defective cylindrical shells with variable thickness under mechanical and thermal loading, Siamak Mansoury, 2015


3 - mechanical and thermal buckling analysis of functionally graded materials piezoelectric rectangular plate using finite element method, Ali Mohammadi Anvar, 2015


2 - Three Dimensional Free and Forced Vibration of Functionally Graded Thick Cylinderical Shells under Various Boundary Conditions using a Radial Point Interpolation Method (RPIM), Mohsen Khalafi, 2014


1 - Dynamic analysis of functionally graded plates under various boundary conditions using three dimensional elasticity theory, Soudeh Bakhshi, 2014