Dr Saeid Javidi

Lecturer in Civil Engineering

Email:: Saeid.javidi@bcu.ac.uk

Saeid is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering in the School of the Built Environment, Computing and Engineering at Birmingham City University. He joined the University in 2021 as a Visiting Lecturer and was appointed as a Lecturer in 2025.

He holds a BSc in Civil Engineering and an MSc in Structural Engineering. Before joining academia, he spent eight years working in the civil engineering industry, specialising in the design and analysis of reinforced concrete and steel structures. His research interests focus on structural engineering and material science, with particular focus on sustainable construction materials and the performance of structural systems.

At Birmingham City University, Saeid teaches undergraduate modules in Civil Engineering Principles, Structural Engineering, and Construction Materials. He also supervises PhD research projects, particularly in the areas of timber building performance and sustainable construction practices.

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Publications

Peer-reviewed Book Chapters

Iovane, G., Javidi, S., Faggiano, B., Mirra, M., Nicolussi, V., D’Arenzo, G., 2025. High-Performance Connections. In: Fink, G., Jockwer, R., Cabrero, J.M. (eds) Holistic Design of Taller Timber Buildings. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02098-7_5

Michele Mirra, Giacomo Iovane, Beatrice Faggiano, Saeid Javidi, Victor Belafonte, Gabriele Tamagnone, Jorge Branco, Tuba Tatar, Wenchen Dong, and Giuseppe D’Arenzo., 2025. Lateral-Load-Resisting Systems (LLRSs) in Taller Timber Buildings. In: Fink, G., Jockwer, R., Cabrero, J.M. (eds) Holistic Design of Taller Timber Buildings. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02098-7_19

Luka Naumovski, Onur Kaplan, Vojko Kilar, Erkan Çelebi, Giuseppe D’Arenzo, Beatrice Faggiano, Giacomo Iovane, Saeid Javidi, and Daniele Casagrande., 2025. Seismic Protection Technologies. In: Fink, G., Jockwer, R., Cabrero, J.M. (eds) Holistic Design of Taller Timber Buildings. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02098-7_20

Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

Javidi, S., Gavric’, I., Fourlaris, G. and Salami, M.R., 2025. Seismic fragility analysis of a three-story cross-laminated timber building considering near and far field ground motions. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, pp.1-22.

Mozafari, N., Hashemi, S.S., Jahangiri, M., Vaghefi, M. and Javidi, S., 2025, August. Assessment of progressive collapse mechanisms in cold-formed steel-framed structures facing multi-element initial damage conditions. In Structures (Vol. 78, p. 109343). Elsevier.

Azhdari, N., Hashemi, S.S., Javidi, S. and Fazeli, A., 2025. Efficient behavior factor estimation in moment-resisting reinforced concrete frames through gene expression programming. Journal of Soft Computing in Civil Engineering.

Hashemi, S.S., Javidi, S., Chubineh, M. and Vaghefi, M., 2022. Evaluating the effect of 3D sandwich infill panels on the progressive collapse potential of steel structures with extensive initial damage. International Journal of Steel Structures, 22(4), pp.1200-1214.

Hashemi, S.S., Sadeghi, K., Javidi, S. and Malakouti, M., 2021. Analysis of RC Deep Beams Considering the Shear Deformations and Bar-concrete Interaction. Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering, 65(1), pp.99-108.

Hashemi, S.S., Javidi, S. and Malakooti, M., 2020. Proposing a simplified and parametric numerical shear stress-strain model for RC deep beams. International Journal of Structural Engineering, 10(3), pp.254-270.

Hashemi, S.S., Sadeghi, K., Javidi, S. and Malakooti, M., 2019. A parametric shear constitutive law for reinforced concrete deep beams based on multiple linear regression model. Advances in Structural Engineering, 8(4), pp.285-294.

Hashemi, S.S., Javidi, S., Farhadi, H. and Fiouz, A., 2019. Evaluation the progressive collapse of steel structures with beam to column-tree connections. Passive Defense, 10(2), pp.1-13.

Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings

Javidi, S., Salami, M.R., Gavric’, I., Fourlaris, G. 2023. Assessing the effectiveness of nonlinear springs for modelling shear wall connectors in cross-laminated timber. SECED conference, Earthquake engineering and dynamics for a sustainable future, Cambridge, UK.