He is teaching and actively conducting research in the water resources management and planning and environmental engineering areas. After receiving his B.Sc. And M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran, Mazdak became a graduate research assistant and then a postdoctoral research associate at Purdue University, where he received his Ph.D. in August 2005. At CSU, Mazdak is currently an instructor for CIVE 576 "GIS and GPS for Engineering Applications".