Sasan Tavakoli
Associate Editors, Journal of Polar Science and Engineering
University of Tasmania, Australia
University of Tasmania, Australia
Sasan Tavakoli is a Senior Research Fellow in Maritime Engineering at the Australian Maritime College (AMC), University of Tasmania. Prior to this, he spent a year and a half at the University of Melbourne as a Research Fellow in Ocean Engineering, and another year and a half in Finland, where he worked as a Dean’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Marine and Arctic Technology at Aalto University. According to The Australian Research Magazine 2026, he is recognised among the Top 250 Researchers in Australia, leading research in Ocean and Marine Engineering. He earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Melbourne, focusing on flexible fluid–structure interaction within the upper oceanic boundary layer.
Sasan’s educational background is in Naval Architecture, and he completed his undergraduate studies at Amirkabir University of Technology. Sasan serves as a Technical Committee Member of the Dynamic Response Committee for the 23rd International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2028), having also served on the same committee for ISSC 2025.
Throughout his career and academic pursuits, he has honed the ability to construct models for simulating the motion of bodies in both wave and calm-water conditions. He is adept at performing non-dimensional analyses to derive simplified equations for understanding complex fluid dynamic phenomena near or at the air–sea interface. His primary research interests include fluid motion around flexible bodies, wave–ice interaction, ice-structure interaction, wave turbulence, ship safety, marine hydroelasticity, and the hydrodynamics of high-speed marine vehicles.
Currently, he is particularly focused on using emerging methodologies to model free-surface flows, flexible fluid–structure interaction, and the dynamic responses of flexible ships and sea loads. He also analyses the dynamics of floating bodies in the ocean, monitors extreme sea events, and develops approaches to facilitate the control of marine vehicles operating in confined and restricted waters. Recently, he has begun developing intelligent models for the design of sustainable hull structures and for simulating ship grounding and collision events with consideration of hydroelastic effects.
Personal website: https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/931241-sasan-tavakoli
