Mehdi Goodarzi

Mehdi Goodarzi is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Örebro University, Sweden. He holds a PhD (Dr.-Ing.) from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, with expertise spanning mechanical engineering, theoretical materials science, and applied mathematics. Prior to academia, he worked in industry roles including consulting, technical management, and engineering across sectors like financial services, industrial automation, and materials testing.

Education:

• PhD (Dr.-Ing.), Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (2016)
• MSc, Computational Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (2008)
• BSc, Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran (2004)

Research Focus: Mathematical modeling, data analysis, and computational prediction of thermomechanical material behavior for manufacturing applications. Key areas include multiscale modeling, continuum thermomechanics, and numerical mathematics.

Teaching: Teaches courses in Mechanics, Strength of Materials, and Civil Engineering at both bachelor’s and master’s levels. Previously taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Analytical Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, and Continuum Mechanics.

Research Groups: Member of the "Digitalized Product and Production Development" research group, focusing on integrating computational methods and data-driven approaches in engineering systems.