CV

Education

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering — Computational Science and Engineering Concentration, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2026 (expected)
• M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), 2022
• B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), 2019

Research experience

• Fall 2022 - Current: Graduate Research Assistant
  • Prof. Lopez-Pamies’ Research Group

Publications

• [9] Kamarei, F., Zeng, B., Dolbow, J.E., Lopez-Pamies, O. (2026). Nine circles of elastic brittle fracture: A series of challenge problems to assess fracture models. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 448, 118449.
• [8] Lopez-Pamies, O., Kamarei, F. (2025). When and where do large cracks grow? Griffith energy competition constrained by material strength. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 81, 102417.
• [7] Kamarei, F., Breedlove, E., Lopez-Pamies, O. (2025). Nucleation and propagation of fracture in viscoelastic elastomers: A complete phase-field theory. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 446, 118337.
• [6] Kamarei, F., Breedlove, E., Lopez-Pamies, O. (2025). Validating Griffith fracture propagation in the phase-field approach to fracture: The case of Mode III by means of the trousers test. International Journal of Fracture, 249, 51.
• [5] Kamarei, F., Dolbow, J.E., Lopez-Pamies, O. (2025). Nucleation of fracture: The first-octant evidence against classical variational phase-field models. Journal of Applied Mechanics, 92, 014502.
• [4] Kamarei, F., Sozio, F., Lopez-Pamies, O. (2024). The single edge notch fracture test for viscoelastic elastomers. arXiv preprint, 2410, 15380.
• [3] Kamarei, F., Kumar, A., Lopez-Pamies, O. (2024). The poker-chip experiments of synthetic elastomers explained. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 188, 105683.
• [2] Sadeghi, J., Kamarei, F., Goudarzi, T. (2024). Interplay of liquid particles and interphases on the macroscopic elastic response of Liquid-filled composites. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 231, 104102.
• [1] Kamarei, F., Goudarzi, T. (2022). A novel method for investigating the isotropy of response for randomly generated unit cells of particulate composites. Composite Structures, 290, 115462.

Talks

• [5] Nucleation and Propagation of Fracture in Viscoelastic Elastomers: A Complete Phase-field Theory, February 11, 2026, 49^th Annual Meeting, The Adhesion Society, Savannah, GA
• [4] Validating Griffith Fracture Propagation in the Phase-field Approach to Fracture: The Case of Mode III by Means of the Trousers Test, October 12, 2025, Society of Engineering Science (SES) Annual Technical Meeting, Atlanta, GA
• [3] Nucleation and Propagation of Fracture in Viscoelastic Elastomers: A Complete Phase-field Theory, October 10, 2025, 36^th Robert J. Melosh Medal Competition for the Best Student Paper in Computational Mechanics, Duke University, Durham, NC
• [2] The Poker-chip Experiments of Natural and Synthetic Rubber Explained, July 21, 2025, 18^th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Chicago, IL
• [1] The Poker-chip Experiments of Natural and Synthetic Rubber Explained, February 16, 2025, 48^th Annual Meeting, The Adhesion Society, New Orleans, LA

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant, Finite Element Methods (CEE 570 & CSE 551), January 2024, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Teaching Assistant, Structural Mechanics (CEE 471), September 2023, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering