Work Experiences

June 2020 Present Aerospace Architecture Researcher & Designer | SEArch+ (Space Exploration Architecture), New York, NY (Remote)

December 2018 May 2020 Research & Design Engineer | University of Houston

April 2014 July 2018 Project Architect & Architectural Project Manager | Khouzestan & Fars Construction Company

October 2011 March 2014 Senior Architectural Designer & Assistant Project Manager | Khouzestan & Fars Construction Company

October 2006 September 2011 Architect I & Architect II | Oxin Sanat

December 2001 September 2006 Architectural Designer | Cont & Associates Consulting Engineering

Academic Experiences

June 2019 August 2019 Visiting Student Researcher | MIT Media Lab

February 2012 February 2016 Assistant Professor | Soore University

September 2010 July 2018 Assistant Professor | Azad University

Volunteer Positions

2022 Co-Chair | International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES)

Since 2021 Juror | NASA Centennial Challenges (Deep Space Food Challenge)

Since 2020 Juror | NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop (HRP IWS)

2020 Designer and Educator | International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory + World Design Organization (WDO)

Since 2020 Paper Reviewer | International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES)

Since 2020 Secretary/Director | North Houston Space Society (NHSS)

Since 2020 Juror | Science & Engineering Fair of Houston (SEFH)

2019 Entrepreneur Summit Workshop Assistant | SpaceCom

Affiliations

Since 2020 Member of The Space Architecture Technical Committee (SATC) at The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Since 2019 Member of The Space Architect Organization

Since 2018 Member of The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Since 2009 Certified Architect, Licensed Architectural Engineer, Licensed Construction Engineer

Since 2006 Member of The Tehran Construction Engineering Organization

Honors

2019 Cullen College of Engineering Fellowship Grant, University of Houston

2019 Cullen College of Engineering Scholarship, University of Houston

2019 Stella L. Ehrhardt Scholarship, University of Houston

2018-2019 SICSA Recruitment Scholarship, University of Houston

2012-2017 Highest Ranked Teacher Based on Students Ratings

2013 3rd Place for Best Student in Master of Architecture, Tehran

2012 Best Master Thesis of Iranian Architecture Studies, Golestan Palace Museum, Tehran

2012 Most Creative Thesis in Iranian Architecture Studies, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran

2012 Most Creative Thesis in Iranian Architecture Studies, Art University of Tehran, Tehran

2009 Department of Architecture Graduate Fellowship, Azad University, Tehran

2009 2nd Place for Best Student in Master of Architecture, Tehran

2008 Department of Architecture Graduate Fellowship, Azad University, Tehran

2000 Ranked in Top 5% Among the Iranian University Entrance Exam Participants