Leila Keyvani Someh

Associate Teaching Professor, First Year Engineering Program
Affiliated Faculty, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Contact

l.keyvani@northeastern.edu
368 SN
360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115

Office

373 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 Analysis
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.

Preparing First-Year Engineering Students for a Career where Communication Skills Matter.

Oakland, CA

Mar 28, 2024

Global Scholars Fine-Tune STEM Project for Young Learners at Oakland Campus

Global scholars at the Northeastern’s Oakland campus are completing their Cornerstone of Engineering II semester-long project, which is focused on STEM toys and has been enhanced by collaboration with the nearby Mills Children’s School

Faculty

Jul 01, 2020

COE Presents at the 2020 ASEE’S Virtual Conference

College of Engineering faculty, staff, and students, published and presented virtual papers at the American Society for Engineering Education – Virtual National conference.