Rooholah Bakhtiari Doost, PhD., Civil (Structural) Engineering

Assistant Professor

Email

Bakhtiaridoost@qut.ac.ir

Rbdoost@yahoo.com

Address

Department of Civil Engineering, Qom University of Technology, Khodakaram Blvd, Qom, Iran

Post Box: 37195-1519, Postal code: 3718146645.

EDUCATIONS
PhD. in Civil (Structural) Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2012-2018

Thesis title:"Seismic Behavior of Moment Resisting Steel Beam-Precast Reinforced Concrete Column
Connections" Supervisor: Professor Alireza Khaloo.

M.S. in Structural Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2006-2008

Thesis title:"Analytical evaluation of moment resisting precast concrete beam to column connections
by finite element method" Supervisor: Professor Alireza Khaloo.

B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, College of Engineering, 2001-2005.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Concrete Structures
Concrete Material
Composite Structures
Cold Formed Steel Structures
Soil-Structure Interaction
Design and Analysis of Structural Systems

COURSES TAUGHT

Statics
Dynamics
Solid Mechanics
Concrete Structures Design(I,II)
Concrete Project
Building Construction Methods
National Building Regulations
Project Cost Estimating
Concrete Technology Laboratory
Soil-Structure Interaction

AWARDS AND HONORS

Received an admission for PHD program in civil engineering from Sharif University of Technology, (2011).
Ranked 4^th in nationwide universities entrance exam (Conquer) among all civil engineering program candidates (among more than 15,000 participants), (2006).
Top 0.2% (Ranked 418^th), nationwide entrance exam of Iranian Universities, very competitive with nearly 500,000 participants, (2001).

PUBLICATIONS

"The Influence of Mixing and Curing Methods on the Mechanical Properties of Lightweight Concrete with Perlite Aggregates." Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, 13(03), 5-25, 2026, doi: 10.22065/jsce.2025.526176.3751

"Experimental and numerical study of bidirectional post-tensioned and reinforced concrete slabs subject to drop-impact load." Structures. Vol. 77. Elsevier, 2025. Personalized Share Link till June 28, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2025.109136

"Study the effects of Reinforced Sand by Tire Shreds on Sheet Pile." Iranian Journal of Engineering Geology 17, no. 2, 2024.

"Numerical Analysis of Lateral Displacement and Bending Moment of Double Anchored Sheet Pile with Embankment Reinforced with Tire Chips in Static and Pseudo-Static Conditions." Bulletin of Earthquake Science and Engineering 11, no. 2, 2024.

“Mechanical performance of heavy concrete with barite against sulfuric acid rain.” Innov. Infrastruct. Solut. 9, 253, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-024-01569-4

"Nonlinear finite element analysis and parametric study of executable RCS connections " Archiv.Civ.Mech.Eng22, 204,2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43452-022-00529-y

"Mechanical Properties and Gamma Radiation Transmission Rate of Heavyweight Concrete Containing Barite Aggregates" Materials 15(6) March 2022. DOI: 10.3390/ma15062173

“Steel web panel influence on seismic behavior of proposed precast RCS connections" Structures (32), 87-95, 2021.

“Seismic performance of precast RC column to steel beam connections with variable joint configurations” Engineering Structures (160), 408-418, 2018.

“Seismic behavior of moment resisting precast concrete beam-column connections by finite element method” Journal of Engineering Science and Culture (1), 1-11, 2014.

CONFERENCE PAPER
- Bakhtiari Doost, R.,"Evaluation of the opening effect on the performance of arched shear walls of tall buildings by finite element method" 8th National Conference on Applied Research in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Management, 2021.
- Bakhtiari Doost, R., "Evaluation of bond stress-slip of longiudinal rebars and shear stress distribution in transverse rebars in the proposed composite joints" 8th National Conference on Applied Research in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Management, 2021.

- Bakhtiari Doost, R., Khaloo, A., “Experimental Evaluation of Proposed Precast RCS Connection under Cyclic Loading” 7th National Conference on Applied Research in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Management, 2020.
- Bakhtiari Doost, R., “Nonlinear analysis of prefabricated rigid RCS connection by the finite element method and the
study scale influence” 7th National Conference on Applied Research in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Management, 2020
- Bakhtiari Doost, R., Khaloo, A., “Shear strength evaluation of panel zone in prefabricated RCS moment resisting connections”
7th National Conference on Applied Research in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Management, 2020.
- Khaloo, A., Bakhtiari Doost, R., “Analytical evaluation of prefabricated concrete beam to columns connections under cyclic
loads by finite element method”, 8th National Congress of Civil Engineering, 2009.
- Parastesh, H., Bakhtiari Doost, R. “Investigating the behavior and criteria of cold-formed structures” First international
conference on new technologies in the construction industry, 2008.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Structral Analysis & Design Software:

Sap, Etabs, Safe.

Finite Element Analysis Software:
ABAQUS.
Application Software:

Autocad, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point), Photoshop.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

- Supervisor of concrete and steel buildings of Shahid Ashrafi Esfahani project(226-unit) - Summer 2004 - Qom.

- Designing various types of concrete and steel structures 2005-2009 - Zanko Consulting Engineers Company – Tehran.

- Design of cold formed steel structures 2008 – Bamshahr Consulting Company - Tehran.

- Head of the structural monitoring system of the building of The World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought - 2009 – Qom.

- Structural engineer of the technical office of Sadeghieh Hotel - 2009 – Qom.

- Member of the Building Engineering Organization of Qom Province since 2009.

- Member of the Structural Computing Control Group of the Building Engineering Organization of Qom Province 2012-2022.

- Member of the Supervision Group of the Building Engineering Organization of Qom Province 2012-2022

- Member of the Research Committee of Qom Province Building Engineering Organization 2019-2023.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Persian: Native

English: Fluent

Arabic: Familiar