Mojtaba Mahmoodian

Dr. Mojtaba Mahmoodian is a Senior Lecturer in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering at RMIT University's School of Engineering, City Campus, Australia. He is a Chartered Engineer in both Civil Engineering and Asset Management with Engineers Australia. His work spans diverse infrastructure types including bridges, pipelines, railways, buildings, ports, and offshore platforms.

Dr. Mahmoodian's research focuses on intelligent monitoring and maintenance of civil infrastructure, optimum asset maintenance and management, structural reliability analysis and safe life prediction of structures, and deterioration modeling of structures and infrastructures. His work integrates advanced technologies including digital twins, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to enhance infrastructure monitoring and management systems. He has developed innovative approaches for corrosion modeling, structural health monitoring, and real-time structural integrity assessment.

His recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward the integration of digital twin technology with artificial intelligence for infrastructure monitoring. The research spans civil infrastructure domains including bridges, railways, ports, and pipelines, with emphasis on real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and optimal sensor placement. His work shows increasing sophistication in applying machine learning techniques to accelerate finite element analysis and improve structural assessment accuracy.

• RMIT Vice-Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contributions in Learning and Teaching (2019)
• Chartered Engineer in Civil Engineering and Asset Management (2019)
• Chair of special sessions at major international bridge conferences (IABMAS 2018, 2020)
• Conference chair for ICWSS 2017: International Conference on Water Supply Systems
• Kharazmi Festival Award for innovation in concrete testing (2004)

Dr. Mahmoodian actively supervises Masters and PhD research students, with current projects focusing on AI-enabled health monitoring of bridge structures through digital twin technology, computer vision for damage detection, automatic condition assessments of civil infrastructure, and intelligent monitoring and maintenance systems. His research has significant practical applications for infrastructure asset management and maintenance optimization.

His work involves collaboration with various research teams focusing on structural health monitoring, digital twin development, and AI applications in civil engineering. These teams work on developing innovative monitoring systems that integrate sensor networks, data analytics, and visualization tools to provide comprehensive infrastructure assessment capabilities.