Abbas S. Milani  Visiting Research Scientist & NSERC Fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Mechanical Engineering 77 Massachusetts Ave., Room 355A Cambridge, MA 02139 [email protected] Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, 2005 M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering-Applied Design, IUST, 2000  B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering-Solid Mechanics, IUST, 1997 Research Interests Modeling: Material Constitutive Relations, Parameter Estimation, Inverse Methods, Material Selection, Multiple Criteria Design and Optimization (MADM & MODM), Finite Element Method Applications: Composite Materials (advance textile fabrics), Simulation of Manufacturing Processes, Power Transmissions, Design and Analysis of Computer/Physical Experiments, Fuzzy Problems, Biomechanical Surrogate Models Languages English (fluent), French (intermediate-to-advanced), Turkish (fluent), Persian (mother tongue)