The ARC Advance Timber Hub is pleased to acknowledge the outstanding achievement of Mahdi Mazhari, a PhD candidate in Structural Engineering at Griffith University, who’s PhD is part of ARC Advance Timber Hub Research Node: Performance of Building Components, Project 1.1: Innovative Long-Span Timber and Wood-Based Hybrid Floors for Vibration Performance and Acoustic Compliance.

Mahdi has been awarded a Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA), enabling him to undertake a three-month research internship at the University of Victoria (UVic), Canada. This prestigious award supports high-calibre international research collaborations and will further strengthen the partnership between Griffith University and UVic within Hub Project 1.1.

Mahdi’s PhD research is led and principally supervised by A/Prof Hassan Karampour and Prof Hong Guan (Griffith University), with A/Prof Sardar Malek (University of Victoria) serving as his host supervisor during the internship.

The Mitacs GRA will enable deeper collaboration on the vibration performance of long-span timber and hybrid floor systems, shared experimental testing, advanced numerical modelling, and joint research outcomes across both institutions. The collaboration contributes to developing improved design guidance for next-generation sustainable timber and hybrid structures, supporting the ARC Advance Timber Hub’s mission to deliver high-performance, low-carbon building solutions.

The ARC Advance Timber Hub congratulates Mahdi on this accomplishment and looks forward to the valuable contributions that will emerge from this international research partnership.