After receiving his B.Sc. degree in civil engineering and M.Sc. degree in structural engineering from Tehran Polytechnic, he obtained his Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001. Sasani is a registered professional engineer in California. He is also a member of the Progressive Collapse Committee of Structural Engineering Institute, as well as a member of American Concrete Institute Committees 369, Seismic Repair and Rehabilitation, and 374, Performance-Based Design of Concrete Buildings, where he leads a task group on development of methodology for analysis, design, and assessment of reinforced concrete structures.