INSTRUCTOR PROFILE.

Afshin received his Ph.D. from Western University, London, Canada, and subsequently undertook a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada.

Afshin is now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto where he develops artificial intelligence-based solutions for complex problems in cement and concrete industries. He has over 9 years of research and teaching experience in civil engineering. He has served as the head teaching assistant and co-instructor for several courses in civil engineering at different universities.

Afshin has numerous technical peer-reviewed articles in civil engineering. His expertise includes low-carbon cement and concrete technology, the application of artificial intelligence for solving pressing problems in civil engineering, and the development of thermal energy storage systems for major civil engineering infrastructure.