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Biographies
Jafar Rouzegar is currently an Assistant Professor
at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
of Shiraz University of Technology, Iran. He
received his BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering
from Shiraz University, Iran in 2002. He also received
his MSc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering
from Tarbiat Modares University, Iran in 2004 and
2010, respectively. His research interests include FEM
and XFEM, theories of plates and shells, and fracture
mechanics.
Mohammad Sayedain received his BSc in Mechanical
Engineering from Vali-e-Asr University, Rafsanjan,
Iran in 2013. He also received his MSc degree
in Mechanical Engineering from Shiraz University of
Technology, Iran in 2015. His research interests include
FEM, theories of plates and shells and composite
materials.
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