Vahid Galavi
Senior Distinguished Researcher at Technische Universität Graz
Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolVahid Galavi is a Senior Distinguished Researcher and geotechnical software specialist with over 8 years of industry-focused experience and a PhD in Computational Geotechnics from TU Graz. He blends deep expertise in numerical methods (FEM, FDM, Material Point Method) and constitutive modelling with hands-on scientific software development, having led kernel development and open-source FEM work. His career spans research and senior technical roles at institutions and firms such as TU Graz, Deltares, PLAXIS, and DIANA FEA, and includes founding a geotech consultancy to translate advanced simulation methods into practice. Vahid is notable for applying multi-physics coupling (hydro-mechanical, thermo-hydro-mechanical) to practical problems like pile installation and dynamic geotechnical analysis, bridging academic rigor with engineering delivery. Based in Delft, he combines academic pedigree with product-oriented engineering, often turning complex constitutive theory into robust, deployable computational tools.
7 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Geotechnical Engineering, MSc, Geotechnical Engineering at Tarbiat Modares UniversityPhD, Computational Geotechnics, PhD, Computational Geotechnics at Technische Universität GrazBachelor of Science (BSc), Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Civil Engineering at Sistan and Baluchistan UniversityDiploma, Mathematics and Physics, Diploma, Mathematics and Physics at Daneshgah high school
Persian, English, Dutch, German
Github Skills (23)
simulation10
parallel10
python10
computational-science10
extensibility10
modularity10
python-interface10
mpi10
openmp10
bsd10
parallel-computing10
numerical-methods10
kratos10
multiphysics10
hpc9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
Vahid-Galavi/GeoMaterials
Jul 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:13 commits, 11 pushes in 3 months
Vahid-Galavi/Kratos
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
Kratos Multiphysics (A.K.A Kratos) is a framework for building parallel multi-disciplinary simulation software. Modularity, extensibility and HPC are the main objectives. Kratos has BSD license and is written in C++ with extensive Python interface.
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
pythonmpibsd-licensemodularityc-plus-plus
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