Azam Tafreshi

Azam Tafreshi is a Lecturer in Engineering at The University of Manchester, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Her research focuses on computational solid mechanics, particularly in the areas of design sensitivity analysis, shape and topology optimisation, fracture mechanics, fatigue analysis, and mechanics of composites. She has developed novel computer algorithms based on the boundary element method. Tafreshi has authored 21 international journal publications and two book chapters. She is a fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and has led the development of syllabi and course materials for undergraduate and postgraduate modules in aerospace structures, numerical stress analysis, and the finite element method.

Azam Tafreshi is a researcher at the University of Manchester with expertise in computational mechanics, fracture mechanics, numerical optimization, and composites. His work focuses on the analysis of composite structures under various loading conditions, including buckling, delamination, and post-buckling behavior. He has published extensively on the finite element and boundary element methods for stress analysis, shape optimization, and sensitivity analysis of composite structures. His research also addresses the instability of composite cylindrical shells and the evaluation of stress intensity factors in drillstring connections. Tafreshi's contributions span both theoretical and applied aspects of structural mechanics, with an emphasis on the numerical modeling of complex engineering systems.