Dr Ali Tabatabaeian

  • Research Associate (Systems Power & Energy)

email: Ali.Tabatabaeian@glasgow.ac.uk

James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow

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Biography

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Glasgow, specialising on the design and analysis of sustainable composite materials and structures. I am currently working on an EPSRC-funded project entitled “Induction Melt Incremental Thermoforming of Advanced Thermoplastic Composites.” My research spans a broad range of solid mechanics topics, including residual stress, thermal cycling, machining, damage mechanics, artificial intelligence (AI), and structural health monitoring (SHM) in composite systems. I employ both experimental and computational approaches in my research.

In addition to my research activities, I manage the website and co-organise the monthly seminar series for the Materials and Manufacturing Research Group (MMRG).

My primary research interests lie in the experimental and computational mechanics of composite materials and structures. To date, I have published over 40 papers in leading international journals and conferences and have received several academic awards, including:

  • Elsevier Early Career Researchers Sponsorship, AIComp25 Conference, University of Bristol (2025)
  • Endorsed by UKRI as a Global Talent (2024)
  • Knowledge Exchange Grant, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) (2023)
  • PhD Mobility Fund for a 3-month research visit to TU Delft, Netherlands, University of Glasgow (2022)
  • Dr. David K Brown Scholarship, University of Glasgow (2022)
  • Aerospace Division Fund for Conference Attendance, University of Glasgow (2021)
  • College of Science and Engineering Scholarship for PhD Studies, University of Glasgow (2021)
  • Best Master’s Thesis in the Country, Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineering (ISME) (2019)
  • Distinguished Researcher of the Year, University of Kashan (2019)
  • Best Master’s Thesis of the University, University of Kashan (2019)
  • Graduated in the Top 10% of Mechanical Engineering Students, University of Kashan (2019)

Research interests

  • Mechanics of Solids
  • Structural Health Monitoring
  • Forming of Advanced Thermoplastic Composites
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Self-Sensing Composites
  • Sustainable and Natural Fibre Reinforced Composite
  • Damage Mechanics
  • Bio-Inspired Design
  • Design Optimisation Analysis
  • Machine Learning

Publications

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Number of items: 19.

2025

Ahmed, Azzam and Tabatabaeian, Ali (2025) Bond behaviour of BFRP bars embedded in concrete under harsh conditions: a comprehensive review. Journal of Building Engineering, 108, 112864. (doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2025.112864)

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Mohammadi, Reza, Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506 and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2025) Visual impact damage monitoring enhancement of curved composite panels using thin-ply hybrid composite sensors. Journal of Composite Materials, (doi: 10.1177/00219983251329096) (Early Online Publication)

2024

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Mohammadi, Reza, Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506 and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2024) Characterisation and application of bio-inspired hybrid composite sensors for detecting barely visible damage under out-of-plane loadings. Sensors, 24(16), 5170. (doi: 10.3390/s24165170)

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714 and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2024) Visual inspection of impact damage in composite materials. In: Saeedifar, Milad and Nasr Saleh, Mohamed (eds.) Non-destructive Testing of Impact Damage in Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites: Fundamentals and Applications. Elsevier, pp. 43-67. ISBN 9780443141201 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-443-14120-1.00002-9)

Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703, Tabatabaeian, Ali, Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506 and Schlangen, Erik (2024) Mechanochromic Hybrid Composites for Structural Health Monitoring. In: 21st European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM21), Nantes, France, 2-5 July 2024, pp. 855-862. ISBN 9782912985019

2023

Tabatabaeian, A., Campbell, B., Harrison, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506 and Fotouhi, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2023) Low Velocity Impact Behaviour of Mechanochromic Sandwich Composites. 17th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Glasgow University Union, University of Glasgow, UK, 30 August 2023 - 01 September 2023.

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Jerkovic, Bruno, Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506, Marchiori, Elena and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2023) Barely visible impact damage detection in composite structures using deep learning networks with varying complexities. Composites Part B: Engineering, 264, 110907. (doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2023.110907)

Tabatabaeian, A., Jerkovic, B., Vannucchi de Camargo, F., Echer, L., Marchiori, E. and Fotouhi, M. (2023) Detection and Localisation of Barely Visible Impact Damage in Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites Using a Supervised Deep Learning Algorithm. In: 11th International Conference on Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2023), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24-26 July 2023, (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8070774)

2022

Akrami, Roya, Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Tabatabaeian, Ali, Lotfian, Saeed, Bodaghi, Mahdi and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2022) Design principles and recent developments in adhesively bonded joints of fibre-reinforced plastic composite structures. In: Yazdani Nezhad, Hamed and Thakur, Vijay Kumar (eds.) Composites Assembly for High Performance Fastener-less Structures. Institution of Engineering and Technology: Stevenage, pp. 385-412. ISBN 9781839531491 (doi: 10.1049/PBME015E_ch12)

Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703, Suwarta, Putu, Tabatabaeian, Ali, Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Jenkin, Ross, Jalalvand, Meisam and Wisnom, Michael R. (2022) Investigating the fatigue behaviour of quasi-isotropic pseudo-ductile thin-ply carbon/glass epoxy hybrid composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 163, 107206. (doi: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107206)

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Liu, Sixin, Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506, Schlangen, Erik and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2022) A review on self-reporting mechanochromic composites: an emerging technology for structural health monitoring. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 163, 107236. (doi: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107236)

Tabatabaeian, A., Jerkovic, B., Marchiori, E. and Fotouhi, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2022) Data-Driven Structural Health Monitoring in Laminated Composite Structures: Characterisation of Impact Damage. In: 6th Brazilian Conference on Composite Materials (BCCM6), Tiradentes, Brazil, 14-18 Aug 2022, pp. 178-183. ISBN 9786500493863 (doi: 10.29327/566492)

Ghasemi, Ahmad Reza and Tabatabaeian, Ali (2022) A unified comparative study on the classical lamination theory, hole drilling, slitting, and curvature measurement methods for assessment of residual stress in laminated polymeric composites. Mechanics of Materials, 167(104267), (doi: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2022.104267)

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Ghasemi, Ahmad Reza, Shokrieh, Mahmood M., Marzbanrad, Bahareh, Baraheni, Mohammad and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2022) Residual stress in engineering materials: a review. Advanced Engineering Materials, 24(3), 2100786. (doi: 10.1002/adem.202100786)

Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Tabatabaeian, Ali, Lotfan, Saeid, Farrokhabadi, Amin and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2022) Investigating the Effect of Interface Angle and Ply Thickness on Mode II Delamination Behaviour of Carbon/Epoxy Laminated Composites. In: 20th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM20), Lausanne, Switzerland, 26-30 Jun 2022, ISBN 9782970161400 (doi: 10.5075/epfl-298799_978-2-9701614-0-0)

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506 and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2022) On the Optimal Design of Smart Composite Sensors for Impact Damage Detection. In: 20th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM20), Lausanne, Switzerland, 26-30 Jun 2022, ISBN 9782970161400 (doi: 10.5075/epfl-298799_978-2-9701614-0-0)

2021

Ghasemi, Ahmad Reza, Heidari-Rarani, Mohammad, Heidari-Sheibani, Bijan and Tabatabaeian, Ali (2021) Free transverse vibration analysis of laminated composite beams with arbitrary number of concentrated masses. Archive of Applied Mechanics, 91(6), pp. 2393-2402. (doi: 10.1007/s00419-021-01924-2)

Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Tabatabaeian, Ali, Zuo, Siming, Liu, Sixin, Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Fotouhi, Mohamad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2021) Application of Electrical Resistance Change Method for Impact Damage Monitoring in Quasi-isotropic Hybrid Composites. In: 7th International Conference on Mechanics of Composites (MECHCOMP7), Porto, Portugal, 1-3 Sept 2021,

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Fotouhi, Mohamad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 and Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506 (2021) Design, Analysis and Manufacturing of a Smart Composite Skateboard with Self-sensing Capability. 7th International Conference on Mechanics of Composites (MECHCOMP7), Porto, Portugal, 1-3 Sept 2021.

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Number of items: 19.

Articles

Ahmed, Azzam and Tabatabaeian, Ali (2025) Bond behaviour of BFRP bars embedded in concrete under harsh conditions: a comprehensive review. Journal of Building Engineering, 108, 112864. (doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2025.112864)

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Mohammadi, Reza, Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506 and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2025) Visual impact damage monitoring enhancement of curved composite panels using thin-ply hybrid composite sensors. Journal of Composite Materials, (doi: 10.1177/00219983251329096) (Early Online Publication)

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Mohammadi, Reza, Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506 and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2024) Characterisation and application of bio-inspired hybrid composite sensors for detecting barely visible damage under out-of-plane loadings. Sensors, 24(16), 5170. (doi: 10.3390/s24165170)

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Jerkovic, Bruno, Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506, Marchiori, Elena and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2023) Barely visible impact damage detection in composite structures using deep learning networks with varying complexities. Composites Part B: Engineering, 264, 110907. (doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2023.110907)

Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703, Suwarta, Putu, Tabatabaeian, Ali, Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Jenkin, Ross, Jalalvand, Meisam and Wisnom, Michael R. (2022) Investigating the fatigue behaviour of quasi-isotropic pseudo-ductile thin-ply carbon/glass epoxy hybrid composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 163, 107206. (doi: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107206)

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Liu, Sixin, Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506, Schlangen, Erik and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2022) A review on self-reporting mechanochromic composites: an emerging technology for structural health monitoring. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 163, 107236. (doi: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107236)

Ghasemi, Ahmad Reza and Tabatabaeian, Ali (2022) A unified comparative study on the classical lamination theory, hole drilling, slitting, and curvature measurement methods for assessment of residual stress in laminated polymeric composites. Mechanics of Materials, 167(104267), (doi: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2022.104267)

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Ghasemi, Ahmad Reza, Shokrieh, Mahmood M., Marzbanrad, Bahareh, Baraheni, Mohammad and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2022) Residual stress in engineering materials: a review. Advanced Engineering Materials, 24(3), 2100786. (doi: 10.1002/adem.202100786)

Ghasemi, Ahmad Reza, Heidari-Rarani, Mohammad, Heidari-Sheibani, Bijan and Tabatabaeian, Ali (2021) Free transverse vibration analysis of laminated composite beams with arbitrary number of concentrated masses. Archive of Applied Mechanics, 91(6), pp. 2393-2402. (doi: 10.1007/s00419-021-01924-2)

Book Sections

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714 and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2024) Visual inspection of impact damage in composite materials. In: Saeedifar, Milad and Nasr Saleh, Mohamed (eds.) Non-destructive Testing of Impact Damage in Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composites: Fundamentals and Applications. Elsevier, pp. 43-67. ISBN 9780443141201 (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-443-14120-1.00002-9)

Akrami, Roya, Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Tabatabaeian, Ali, Lotfian, Saeed, Bodaghi, Mahdi and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2022) Design principles and recent developments in adhesively bonded joints of fibre-reinforced plastic composite structures. In: Yazdani Nezhad, Hamed and Thakur, Vijay Kumar (eds.) Composites Assembly for High Performance Fastener-less Structures. Institution of Engineering and Technology: Stevenage, pp. 385-412. ISBN 9781839531491 (doi: 10.1049/PBME015E_ch12)

Conference or Workshop Item

Tabatabaeian, A., Campbell, B., Harrison, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506 and Fotouhi, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2023) Low Velocity Impact Behaviour of Mechanochromic Sandwich Composites. 17th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Glasgow University Union, University of Glasgow, UK, 30 August 2023 - 01 September 2023.

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Fotouhi, Mohamad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 and Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506 (2021) Design, Analysis and Manufacturing of a Smart Composite Skateboard with Self-sensing Capability. 7th International Conference on Mechanics of Composites (MECHCOMP7), Porto, Portugal, 1-3 Sept 2021.

Conference Proceedings

Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703, Tabatabaeian, Ali, Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506 and Schlangen, Erik (2024) Mechanochromic Hybrid Composites for Structural Health Monitoring. In: 21st European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM21), Nantes, France, 2-5 July 2024, pp. 855-862. ISBN 9782912985019

Tabatabaeian, A., Jerkovic, B., Vannucchi de Camargo, F., Echer, L., Marchiori, E. and Fotouhi, M. (2023) Detection and Localisation of Barely Visible Impact Damage in Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites Using a Supervised Deep Learning Algorithm. In: 11th International Conference on Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering (CICE 2023), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24-26 July 2023, (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8070774)

Tabatabaeian, A., Jerkovic, B., Marchiori, E. and Fotouhi, M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2022) Data-Driven Structural Health Monitoring in Laminated Composite Structures: Characterisation of Impact Damage. In: 6th Brazilian Conference on Composite Materials (BCCM6), Tiradentes, Brazil, 14-18 Aug 2022, pp. 178-183. ISBN 9786500493863 (doi: 10.29327/566492)

Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Tabatabaeian, Ali, Lotfan, Saeid, Farrokhabadi, Amin and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2022) Investigating the Effect of Interface Angle and Ply Thickness on Mode II Delamination Behaviour of Carbon/Epoxy Laminated Composites. In: 20th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM20), Lausanne, Switzerland, 26-30 Jun 2022, ISBN 9782970161400 (doi: 10.5075/epfl-298799_978-2-9701614-0-0)

Tabatabaeian, Ali, Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Harrison, Philip ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-6506 and Fotouhi, Mohammad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2022) On the Optimal Design of Smart Composite Sensors for Impact Damage Detection. In: 20th European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM20), Lausanne, Switzerland, 26-30 Jun 2022, ISBN 9782970161400 (doi: 10.5075/epfl-298799_978-2-9701614-0-0)

Fotouhi, Sakineh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3151-2714, Tabatabaeian, Ali, Zuo, Siming, Liu, Sixin, Heidari, Hadi ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-8164 and Fotouhi, Mohamad ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-4703 (2021) Application of Electrical Resistance Change Method for Impact Damage Monitoring in Quasi-isotropic Hybrid Composites. In: 7th International Conference on Mechanics of Composites (MECHCOMP7), Porto, Portugal, 1-3 Sept 2021,

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Grants

  • Knowledge Exchange Grant, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) (2023)
  • The Radboud-Glasgow Collaboration Fund, University of Glasgow (2022) (PI: Dr. Mohammad Fotouhi)
  • Ph.D. Mobility Fund for a 3-month research visit to TU Delft, Netherlands, University of Glasgow (2022)
  • Dr. David K Brown Scholarship, University of Glasgow (2022)
  • Aerospace Division Fund for Conference Attendance, University of Glasgow (2021)
  • College of Science and Engineering Scholarship for Ph.D. Studies, University of Glasgow (2021)

Supervision

I have co-supervised more than 10 BEng, MEng, and MSc projects in materials and manufacturing sciences, within the teaching areas of mechanical, aerospace, civil, and manufacturing and production engineering at the University of Glasgow since 2021.

Teaching

  • “Mechanics of Solids 3”, University of Glasgow (2021–2024)
  • “Aircraft Structural Analysis and Design 3”, University of Glasgow (2021–2024)
  • “Advanced Manufacture 5”, University of Glasgow (2021–2024)
  • “Design and Manufacture 2”, University of Glasgow (2021–2024)
  • “Materials 2”, University of Glasgow (2021–2024)
  • “Statics”, University of Kashan (2016-2019)
  • “Mechanics of Materials”, University of Kashan (2016-2019)