Ahmadreza received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Shiraz University (Shiraz, Iran), his M.S. degree in Geotechnical Engineering from Tehran Polytechnic (Tehran, Iran), and his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN). Ahmadreza’s research interests are aimed at sustainable infrastructure systems and materials and include rock mechanics, fracture mechanics, applied geophysics, hydraulic fracturing, tunneling and underground construction.