Kamyab Zandi, M.Sc., Ph.D., Docent

Dr. Zandi is the founding director and CEO of Timezyx, a pioneering technology company within the built environment sector. Under his leadership, Timezyx develops Structural Digital Twins of buildings and infrastructures, enhancing resilience and revolutionizing risk assessment in the face of extreme climate events. With a portfolio of over 100 scientific articles, Dr. Zandi is widely recognized for his profound impact on structural engineering, including structural digital twin, structural health monitoring, structural assessment and analysis, structural simulation and modeling, structural forensic engineering, and structural codes and standardization.

Beyond his pivotal role at Timezyx, Dr. Zandi has held an esteemed affiliation with Structures and Composites Lab (SACL) at Stanford University and has been the Principal Investigator of the research area SHM and Digital Twin for civil infrastructures[KZ1] . He leads pioneering research into Structural Digital Twins, shaping the future of structural modeling based on real-time computation architecture, such as Physics-Informed Machine Learning. His team pioneered the integration of advanced data-driven physics-based models into a Digital Twin as a decision-making support tool to assess the risks for building, cities and infrastructures subjected to current and future climate events as well as aging caused by environmental impacts. His team implemented the first seamlessly integrated platform to create Structural Digital Twins of existing concrete structures. Dr. Zandi has served as the principal investigator in some of the largest and most complex structural forensic investigations in North America and Europe. His expertise includes the structural collapse of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, such as bridge and tunnel infrastructure, high-rise buildings, underground structures, commercial, and industrial buildings. He is globally recognized as a reference for the assessment of corroded reinforced concrete structures.

Additionally, Dr. Zandi plays key roles within influential bodies such as the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib), contributing to commissions and task groups. He is co-convenor of fib TG3.2 – Modeling of Structural Performance of Existing Concrete Structures, member of fib TG3.5 – Forensic engineering, and member of the technical committee at IWSHM – International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring.

Dr. Zandi's contributions have garnered repeated recognition from the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib). He is a frequent speaker and author on topics ranging from structural modeling, structural digital twin technology, and structural forensic engineering to the roles and responsibilities of structural engineers in forensic investigations.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Docent (Associate Prof.), Concrete Structures, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, 2015.
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Materials & Mechanics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, 2012
• Ph.D., Structural Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, 2010
• M.Sc., Structural Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, 2006
• B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran, 2004

AWARD AND ACHIVEMENTS

• 2023, Best large Project Award, Canada | Award by: 30 Forensic Engineering Inc.
• 2019, The Barbro Osher Award, Sweden | Award by: Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation Chalmers
• 2018, “Best Teacher” in master program Structural Engineering, Sweden | Awarded by: Master Program MPSEB, Chalmers
• 2018, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Award, European Union, VGR | Awarded by: Jointly EU Horizon 2020 & Västra Götalandredionen
• 2017, Future Research Leader Award, Sweden | Awarded by: Swedish Research Council (Formas)
• 2017, The Barbro Osher Award, Sweden | Award by: Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation Chalmers
• 2013, fib Achievement Award for Young Engineers 2013, Switzerland | Award by: fédération internationale du béton – fib Swiss National Group
• 2011, Concrete Researcher of the Year 2011 (Årets Betongforskare), Sweden | Award by: The Swedish Concrete Association (Betongforeningen)
• 2004, ACI Concrete Paper Award, second place, USA | Award by: ACI – American Concrete Institute
• 2004, ACI Concrete Project Award, first place, USA | Award by: ACI – American Concrete Institute
• 2001, ACI High Strength Concrete award winner, USA-Iran | Award by: ACI and Iran University of Science and Technology
• 2001-2002, Honorable Distinguished Student, Iran | Award by: Iran University of Science and Technology
• 2000-2001, Honorable Distinguished Student, Iran | Award by: Iran University of Science and Technology

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

• Co-chairman at the 77th RILEM Annual Week (ISSSI 2023), session “Smart Technologies”, together with Prof. Rishi Gupta, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• Member of fib TG3.5 – Forensic engineering, 2022-present
• Member of fib COM3: Existing Concrete Structures, 2011-present
• Co-convenor of fib2 – Modeling of Structural Performance of Existing Concrete Structures, 2020-present
• Member of technical committee in IWSHM – International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, 2020-present
• Reviewer for international journals: Structural Journal (ACI), Material Journal (ACI), Materials and Structures, Construction & Building Materials, Engineering Structures, Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Cold Regions Science and Technology, etc.
• Chairman at IWSHM 2019 for a special session on “Digital Twin of Civil Infrastructure”
• Grant reviewer in Swedish Research Council, 2018
• Technical Secretary fib TG 3.2 – Modelling of Structural Performance of Existing Structures, 2015-2021
• Member of fib SAG 7B: Modelling of Structural Performance of Existing Structures 2011-2015
• Member of organizing committee, International DIANA Users Meeting, Sweden, 2013
• Chairman at the International Conference of Bond in Concrete in 2012, Italy
• Member of RILEM TC 219-ACS – Alkali Aggregate Reaction in concrete structures: performance testing and appraisal, 2011-2013
• Member of ACI– American Concrete Institute, 2004-2005