Ali Ghazvinian, Ph.D.
Alum - Ph.D in Architecture
Ali Ghazvinian (Alighaz) is an Assistant Professor of Architecture focused on Advanced Building Technology and Design at the Huckabee College of Architecture at Texas Tech University. Before joining TTU, Alighaz did his Ph.D. studies at Penn State University at ForMat Lab. During his stay at PSU, he collaborated with scholars from different disciplines, such as biology, material science, civil and architectural engineering, and architecture, which earned him awards and grants, including the AIA Upjohn Research Initiative, The SOM Foundation Prize, and the Distinguished Doctoral Researcher Medal at Penn State University. Alighaz holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a master's degree in architecture from the University of Tehran, Iran.
Contact: aghazvin@ttu.edu
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Ghazvinian, A., Khalilbeigi, A., Mottaghi, E., & Gürsoy, B. (2022). The Design and Fabrication of MycoCreate 2.0: A Spatial Structure Built with Load-Bearing Mycelium-Based Components. Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures 63(2), 85-97. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20898/j.iass.2022.012
Ghazvinian, A., & Gürsoy, B. (2022). Mycelium-Based Composite Graded Materials: Assessing the Effects of Time and Substrate Mixture on Mechanical Properties. Biomimetics Journal 7(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics7020048
Ghazvinian, A., & Gürsoy, B. (2022). Basics of Building with Mycelium-Based Bio-Composites: A Review of Built Projects and Related Material Research. Journal of Green Building 17(1), 37-69. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3992/jgb.17.1.37
Ghazvinian, A., & Gürsoy, B. (2022).Challenges and Advantages of Building with Mycelium-Based Composites: A Review of Growth Factors that Affect the Material. In Deshmukh S.K., Deshpande MV, and Sridhar KR (Eds.), Fungal Biopolymers and Biocomposites (pp. 131-145). Singapore: Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-981-19-0999-3
Ghazvinian, A., Khalilbeigi, A., Mottaghi, E., & Gürsoy, B. (2021). A Computational Framework for the Design and Fabrication of Spatial Structures with Mycelium-based Composites. IASS (International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures) Annual Symposium 2020/21.
Ghazvinian, A., Farrokhsiar, P., Vieira, F., Pecchia, J., & Gürsoy, B. (2019). Mycelium-Based Bio-Composites For Architecture: Assessing the Effects of Cultivation Factors on Compressive Strength. In Sousa, JP., Xavier, JP., Castro Henriques, G. (Eds.), Architecture in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution - Proceedings of the 37th eCAADe and 23rd SIGraDi Conference (pp. 505-514).
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MycoKnit at Knitting Beyond the Body Exhibition - Kent State University
MycoCreate 2.0 at Biomaterial Building Exposition - University of Virginia
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Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award
College of Arts and Architecture Sustainability Student Award
AIA Upjohn Research Initiative Grant 2022
Collaborator on the 2022 AIA UpJohn Research Initiative project, titled “Fungal Biomaterials for Sustainable Architectural Acoustics”SOM Foundation Research Fellowship 2021
Co-Principal Investigator of the 2021 SOM Foundation Research Fellowship project, titled “MycoKnit”AIA Upjohn Research Initiative Grant 2021
Co-Principal Investigator of the 2021 AIA UpJohn Research Initiative project, titled “From Waste to Biodegradable Structures with Local Fungi Species”.