
Javad Fattahi
MSc. Geotechnical Engineer
EDUCATION
Researcher – University of Iceland – Current
Civil and Environmental Engineering – Reykjavík, Iceland
R&D Researcher – OWI Lab – 2021
Applied Mechanic – Brussels, Belgium
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Master of Science – International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology – 2017
Geotechnical Engineering – Tehran, Iran
Bachelor of Science – Kerman University – 2014
Civil Engineering – Kerman, Iran
MAIN SKILLS
Programming:
MATLAB / Python
Linking Commercial Software:
ABAQUS and Python/MATLAB
Geotechnical Engineering:
ABAQUS / DeepSoil / STRATA / PLAXIS
Civil Engineering Software:
AutoCAD / Civil 3D Design
Others:
Excel Macros / Seismic analysis & geotechnical design
PROJECTS
Traineeship – 2022
The grant for an internship at Deltares company, Netherlands, was awarded in June 2022. This internship starts in Sep 2022 and stands for three months. Gaining knowledge of working with triaxial, DSS, and CDSS devices and PLAXIS are the initial objectives of this work package.
Supervisors:
Maria Konstantinou, Deltares
Yaser Jafarian, Deltares
Erasmus Plus Grant Outside Europe – 2022/2023
This application was awarded the grant in July 2022. It will bring long-term cooperation between the University of Iceland and the University of Colorado Boulder.
Supervisors:
Shideh Dashti, University of Colorado Boulder
Sigurður Erlingsson, University of Iceland
Iran’s National Elites Foundation – 2017
Developing software packages to fast evaluate seismic demands of the arbitrarily shaped tunnels using FEM.
Seismic site characterization
Project:
– Seismic risk in Iceland (SERICE)
A new research proposal (grant of excellence) has been approved by the Icelandic research fund (Rannis). SERICE includes funding for three PhD students and one post-doctoral position. The project has been running for three years and started on 01.09.2021.
University of Iceland, Iceland


Offshore Wind Turbine
Project:
– Fleet-based model updating for design optimization and structural health monitoring.
OWI-Lab, Belgium
Underground Structures
Projects:
– Seismic analysis of an underground flying junction;
Tehran metro line no. 7 & main west sewage line
– Collaborating on the design of the main pipelines to transmit water among western cities with 48 kilometres long;
Nowsud tunnel
Lar Consulting Engineers Company, Iran


Laboratory assistant
Project:
– Advanced earthquake engineering laboratory assistant.
– R&D researcher; Underground Box-shaped Structures
International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Iran

“Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.”
The past years prove my enthusiasm for programming and geotechnical engineering.
Gallery of Previous Works


One week of live offshore wind energy training event, organised by the Phairywind project.
Advanced code for creating 2D underground arbitrary-shape structures in Abaqus