Abbas Iranmanesh
Date of birth
Position	Dr.
Program area	Structural Engineering
Phone	Fax:
E-mail	airanmanesh AT yahoo.com

Education

Ph.D.	Structural Engineering	Iran University of Science and Technology	Tehran, Iran	1998
MS. c	Structural Engineering	University of Oklahoma	Norman	1982
BS. c	Civil Engineering	University of Oklahoma	Norman	1980
BS	Mathematics	University of Esfahan	Iran	1974

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Accreditations and Licenses Professional Background

Journal Papers Conference Papers

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Accreditations and Licenses

•  The State of California’s Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.).

Professional Background

Industry

2001-Present:	Actively involved in the area of Civil and Structural Engineering mainly design and supervision of the construction process of different types of modern bridges in the State of California, USA.
1982-2001:	Conducted contract work for several companies in the area of design and supervision on the construction of more than 40 steel and concrete structures, Kerman, Iran
1998-2001:	Responsible for controlling structural design of development projects at the ran Structural Engineering Organization of Kerman.

Academic

1998-2001 :	Assistant Professor, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran. Responsible for teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Structural Steel Design, Pre-Tension and Post-Tension Concrete Structures, Matrix Method of Structural Analysis, Advanced Steel Design and Theory of Elasticity.
1982-1998 :	Faculty member, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran, taught Vector Mechanics, Reinforced Masonry Design, Structural Steel Design, Foundation Design, Structural Analysis of Structures and Loading Procedures on Structures.

Publications

Journal Papers

1. A. Iranmanesh and A. Kaveh, Structural Optimization by Gradient - Based Neural Networks, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 46, 297-311(1999).
2. A. Kaveh and A. Iranmanesh, Comparative Study of Back-propagation and Improved Counter-Propagation Neural Nets in Structural Analysis, International Journal of Space Structures, Vol.13, No.4 (1998).
3. A. Kaveh and A. Iranmanesh, Structural Optimization Using Artificial Neural Networks, Amirkabir Journal of Science & Technology, (Pub. University of Amirkabir, Iran) Vol. 10, No.40 (1999).
4. A. Kaveh and A. Iranmanesh, Neural Networks as a Fast Analyzer In Structural Analysis, International Journal of Engineering Sciences, (Pub. Iran University of science and Technology).
5. A. Iranmanesh, A. Avazdavani, "Application of the Modified ART2 Artificial Neural Network in Classification of Structural Members", Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2000,Vol., No.4, pp.69-75.

Conference Papers

1. A. Iranmanesh and N. Zeini, Error Minimization of the Counter-propagation Net Response, The Second International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, Sept. 2000, Leuven, Belgium.
2. A. Iranmanesh and N. Zeini, Optimum Design of Plate Girders Using the Improved Counter-propagation Neural Net, 5th International Conference on Civil Engineering, May 2000,Mashhad, Iran.
3. A. Iranmanesh and M. Fahimi, Genetic Algorithm Trained Counter-Propagation Neural Net in Structural Optimization., The Sixth International Conference on the Application of Artificial Intelligence to Civil and Structural Engineering Sept. 2001, Vienna, Austria.