Associate ProfessorKazem Ghabraie

Kazem is a recognised expert in topology and structural optimisation. His research interests also includes using sustainable and recycled material in construction. Before joining Deakin in 2016, he was a Lecturer at USQ. He has also taught at RMIT and Victoria University. He completed his undergraduate and master's degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Tehran, Iran and obtained a PhD in civil engineering from RMIT, Melbourne in 2009. Kazem is currently an Associate Professor in civil engineering at the School of Engineering in Deakin University based at Waurn Ponds Campus. 

Research Groups:

• Deakin Engineering and Design Optimisation Team
• Sustainable Composite Materials and Structures Group
• Engineered Timber Structures Group

Research interests:

• Topology and shape optimisation
• Lattice and multiscale structures
• Designing and optimising connections
• Timber engineering
• Sustainable and recycled material in construction