Leila Keyvani Someh
Assistant Teaching Professor,
First Year Engineering Program
Affiliated Faculty,
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Contact
- l.keyvani@northeastern.edu
- 368 SN
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office
- 377 SN
- 617.373.2890
Research Focus
Resilience Engineering, Engineering Education, Evidence-Based Teaching, Pedagogy, Progressive Collapse
Education
- PhD (2015), Structural Engineering, Northeastern University
- BS-MS (2009), Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz
Honors & Awards
2017 Full-time Faculty Professional Development Fund Recipient
2016 BSCES Clemens Herschel Award
Teaching Interests
- Resilience Engineering
- Cornerstone of Engineering
- Engineering and Design
- Problem Solving and Applications
- Arduino
- Structural Anlysis
- Engineering Mechanics
Professional Affiliations
- The American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE)
Research Overview
Resilience Engineering, Engineering Education, Evidence-Based Teaching, Pedagogy, Progressive Collapse
Research Centers and Institutes
Global Resiliency Institute
Selected Publications and Presentations
- Keyvani, L. and Schulte-Grahame, K. (2019), “Preparing First-Year Engineering Students for a Career where Communication Skills Matter.” Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida.
- Keyvani, L. Contributing author (with others), (2018, and 2019), Northeastern’s Cornerstones of Engineering, and Programming for Engineering Course Pack, Top Hat, Electronic, interactive college-level textbook, and instructional guide.
- Ebrahimi, H.; Keyvani, L.; Norato, J.; and Vaziri, A. (2018). “Blast-Resilience of Honeycomb Sandwich Panels.” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 144,1-9.
- Schulte-Grahame, K. and Keyvani, L. (2018). “GIFTS: Preparing First Year Engineering Students for a Career where Communication Skills Matter!”, FYEE Conference proceeding, New Jersey, NY.
- Keyvani, L. and Sasani, M. (2016). “Response of a post-tensioned floor following a column loss.” ACI SP-309 Structural integrity and resilience. 1-18.
- Keyvani, L. and Sasani, M. (2015). “Analytical and experimental evaluation of progressive collapse resistance of a flat slab posttensioned parking garage.” J. Struct. Eng., ASCE. 04015030.
- Keyvani, L., Sasani, M., and Mirzaei, Y. (2014). “Compressive membrane action in progressive collapse resistance of RC flat plates.” Eng. Struct., 59, 554-564.
Nov 21, 2016
Keyvani and Sasani Win 2016 BSCES Clemens Herschel Award
Assistant Teaching Professor Leila Keyvani Someh and Associate Professor Mehrdad Sasani won the 2016 Clemens Herschel Award from the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers in recognition of their paper “Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Progressive Collapse Resistance of a Flat-Slab Posttensioned Parking Garage”. This award celebrates individuals who have […]