麻豆传媒

My current research focuses on investigating interfacial processes at particle-to-particle and particle-to-structure contacts using multi-scale modelling and image-based characterisation techniques. I am dedicated to advancing fundamental engineering research and teaching. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and have been actively involved in teaching since 2015.

Roles and Responsibilities

Degree Programme Director of PGT Programmes in Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, 麻豆传媒, since June 2024

External Examiner for MSc Civil Engineering, MSc Civil Engineering (Dubai), MSc Geotechnical Engineering, ...at University of Birmingham, since Sept 2023

Programme Lead for MSc Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, School of Engineering, 麻豆传媒, Jan 2022- Sept 2024

Academic Adviser to the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, since Dec 2021

Chair of the Board of Examiners, MEng General Engineering Programme, School of Engineering, 麻豆传媒, Aug 2021 - Oct 2023

Visiting Researcher, School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, since Mar 2019

Memberships

Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College since 2021

Committee Member of IOP Applied Mechanics Group from 2020 to 2024

Member of International Technical Committee of ISSMGE (TC105, TC211, TC306) since 2019

Member of Institute of Physics (IOP) since 2018

Member of British Geotechnical Association (BGA) since 2011

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Research Interests

Studying interfacial processes at particle-to-particle and particle-to-structure contacts

Particle characterisation

Image-based characterisation – application of imaging techniques, such as X-ray tomography, PIV, and DIC in particle characterisation, centrifuge modelling, etc.

Multi-scale computational modelling of granular materials

Funded Projects

2024-2025 (PI) Northern Accelerator, OCULAR Smart Sample Presentation Unit, value £50k

2023-2025 (PI) Royal Society Research Grant, Bio-OCULAR, value £70k

2023-2027 (Co-I) COST Action Open Network on DEM Simulations (ON-DEM), value €530k

2023 (PI) Innovate UK ICURe (Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research) Explore Programme, value £32k

2022-2023 (PI) Northern Accelerator, OCULAR2.0: autOmated aCqUisition and cLassificAtion of paRticles, value £48.2k

2021-2024 (PI) EPSRC New Investigator Award, RAILSANDING - EP/V053655/1, value £361k (80%FEC) + ~£40k in-kind contributions

2021-2022 (PI) EPSRC IAA, OCULAR: automated acquisition & classification of particles, value £43k

2017-2022 (Co-I) EPSRC, Friction: The Tribology Enigma - EP/R001766/1, value £5.7m (80%FEC) 

2019-2021 (PI) Joint JSPS-Royal Society, International Exchanges 2018 Cost Share - IEC\R3\183026 with the collaboration of University of Tokyo - Entitled: The role of particle shape and surface friction on interlocking phenomenon for granular materials, value £36k

2018-2020 (Co-I) Newton Fund, Royal Academy of Engineering, with the collaboration of University of Cape Town in South Africa - Entitled: CAPE Partnership – Characterisation Advances in Particle Engineering, value £50k

Consultancy Projects

2023 LKAB Minerals Ltd – surface area characterisation of newly developed aggregates

2022-2024 Rail Standard Safety Board (RSSB) - Sand Consist Change 2.0

2020-2021 Rail Standard Safety Board (RSSB) - Sand Consist Change for Improved Track Circuit Performance

2021 University of Surrey - Application of X-ray Computed Tomography for better understanding the packing state of powders under ball indentation

2019 Hewlett-Packard (hp) - Particle characterisation and modelling of metal 3D printing

Postdoctoral Associates

Sadaf Marami (2022-25) - RA in Particle Modelling

Iain Brown (2022-23) - RA in Particle Imaging

Vasileios Angelidakis (2021-22) - RA in Particle Imaging

PhD Supervisions

Flis Rickards - Developing a novel imaging flow cytometer

Lorenzo Pedrolli - visiting student - CFD-DEM modelling of particle deposition in additive manufacturing 

Chao Zhang - DEM modelling of high-pressure torsion for electromechanical investigation of wheel-rail interface

Geng Fei - CFD-DEM Modelling of the failure mechanism of offshore wind turbine foundation

Connor O'Shaughnessy - Numerical analysis and optimisation of engineering structures using Discrete Element Method 

Peng Jia - visiting student - Micromechanical characteristics of coal before and after freezing

Bin Zhang - Granular simulation based on image analysis and particle morphology

Vasileios Angelidakis - Discrete element modelling of polyhedral particles: application to materials with highly angular grains

Cailin Wang (University of Leeds) - Determination of thickness and air-void distribution within the iron carbonate layer using X-ray computed tomography

External examiner of PhD Thesis at Edinburgh, Leeds, Warwick, Durham.

Esteem Indicators

Associate Editor of , from Jan 2023

Young Professional Editorial Board of , from January 1st, 2022 to December 31st, 2025.

Member of Editorial Board of , the official journal of the Japanese Geotechnical Society.

Sadegh regularly reviews for international journals, such as Géotechnique, Computers and Geotechnics, Granular Matter, Powder Technology, Computational Particle Mechanics, Tribology Letters

Organised 17^th Annual UK Workshop on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro - GM3 (Dec 2020).

Member of Organising Committee of 16th European Symposium on Comminution & Classification (ESCC2019) at Leeds (UK) on 2nd-4th September 2019.

Member of Organising Committee of Powders and Granular Materials Challenges and Future Trends at Montpellier (France) 6th-7th June 2019.

Postgraduate Teaching

CEG8201 Geomechanics (Module Leader, contributing 50%)

CEG8214 Soil Modelling and Numerical Methods (contributing 20%)                       

CEG8220 Data-centric Ground Engineering (Module Leader, contributing 30%)

Undergraduate Teaching

CEG2201 Geotechnics (Module Leader, contributing 70%)

ENG1006 Properties & Behaviour of Engineering Materials 

Project Supervision

CEG8296 MSc Project in Geotechnical Engineering (Module Leader, supervising ~3 projects annually)                                           

CEG8099 Investigative Research Project (supervising ~1 project annually)

CEG3099 Individual Project (supervising ~2 projects annually)

Current and Previous Master Students

2021-22:

Shreya Ranjan (MSc): Monitoring partially saturated triaxial test using 3D imaging system

Omar Alhamedah (MSc): Influence of particle surface energy on the dynamics of hillslope creep

Nathan Fullerton (MSc): Numerical modelling of degradation of ballasted rail track

Dan Thorne-Large (MEng): Modelling the behaviour of recycled construction materials in stone columns

2020-21:

Amy Pritchett (MSc): Influence of grain shape on the dynamics of hillslope creep

Jack Welch (MSc): Modelling friction and abrasion in railway ballast

Daniel Sultana (MSc): Modelling fracturing process using Lattice Element Method

Nina Kemp (MSc): How do roots interact with structured soils?

Liam Leung (MEng): Influence of particle shape modelling on simulations of two geotechnical tests

Clinton Chou (MEng): How soil characteristics affect the efficiency of energy geostrucutres?

2019-20:

Jack Collishaw (MSc): Modelling fracturing process of sandstone

Ivan Cheung (MSc): Modelling friction and abrasion in railway ballast

Nathan Freeman (MSc): Numerical modelling of degradation of ballasted rail track

Zac Herrod (MSc): Influence of grain shape on the dynamics of hillslope creep and landsliding

Thomas Kunnathu (MSc): Surface characterisation of sand particles

2018-19:

Mark Bradley (MSc): An investigation of the effects of backing material on masonry arch bridges

Leung Ka (MSc): Numerical modelling of the seismic response of tunnels observed in centrifuge experiments

• Articles

  • Zhang B, Lewis R, Nadimi S. . Railway Engineering Science 2026, 34.
  • Pham T, Nadimi S, Sutman M. . Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment 2026, 45, 100810.
  • Zhang C, Maramizonouz S, Yang C, Milledge D, Lewis R, Nadimi S. . Powder Technology 2025, 458, 120991.
  • Zhang C, O'Shaughnessy C, Maramizonouz S, Angelidakis V, Nadimi S. . Particuology 2025, 98, 105-116.
  • Otsubo M, Li Y, Kuwano R, Nadimi S, Angelidakis V. . Géotechnique 2025, 75(11), 1445-1456.
  • Maramizonouz S, Nadimi S, Skipper W, Lewis R. . Railway Engineering Science 2025, 33, 259-270.
  • Nadimi S, Angelidakis V, Maramizonouz S, Zhang C. . Powder Technology 2025, 458, 120973.
  • Canbolat,AU,Nadimi,S,Angelidakis,V. . SoftwareX 2025, 29, 101957. In Preparation.
  • Pham TA, Sutman M, Nadimi S, Medero GM. . Computers and Geotechnics 2024, 171, 106331.
  • Zhang B, Nadimi S, Lewis R. . Wear 2024, 538-539, 205232.
  • Nadimi A, Mendes J, López A, Schröer L, Manoorkar A, Ellman A, Cnudde V, Bruno AW. . Scientific Data 2024, 11, 78.
  • Duverger S, Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Utili S, Bonelli S, Philippe P, Duriez J. . Granular Matter 2024, 26(1), 20.
  • Pedrolli L, Nadimi S, Achiaga B, López A. . Powder Technology 2024, 435, 119426.
  • Geng F, Yang W, Nadimi S, Hu Z. . Ocean Engineering 2024, 311(Part 2), 118905.
  • Pham TA, Nadimi S, Sutman M. . Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 2024, 42, 6757-6808.
  • Nan W, Pasha M, Zafar U, Nadimi S, Goh WP, Ghadiri M. . Powder Technology 2024, 436, 119471.
  • Maramizonouz S, Nadimi S, Lewis R. . Acta Mechanica 2024, 235, 6077–6087.
  • Nadimi S, Angelidakis V, Maramizonouz S, Zhang C. . arXiv 2024. Submitted.
  • Zhang C, Maramizonouz S, Milledge D, Nadimi S. . Powder Technology 2024, 440, 119759.
  • Zhang C, Nadimi S, Maramizonouz S, Milledge D, Lewis R. . ASME Journal of Tribology 2024, 146(8), 081501.
  • Geng F, Yang W, Nadimi S, Han B, Huang G. . Ocean Engineering 2023, 268, 113421.
  • Saomoto H, Kikkawa N, Moriguchi S, Nakata Y, Otsubo M, Angelidakis V, Cheng YP, Chew K, Chiaro G, Duriez J, Duverger S, Irazabal Gonzalez J, Jiang M, Karasaki Y, Kono A, Li X, Lin Z, Liu A, Nadimi S, Nakase H, Nishiura D, Rashique U, Shimizu H, Tsuji K, Watanabe T, Xu X, Zeghal M. . Soils and Foundation 2023, 63(1), 101272.
  • Skipper W, Nadimi S, Watson M, Chalisey A, Lewis R. . Tribology International 2023, 179, 108190.
  • Maramizonouz S, Nadimi S, Skipper W, Lewis S, Lewis R. . Computational Particle Mechanics 2023, 10, 2009-2019.
  • Jia P, Jia J, Nadimi S. . Particuology 2023, 81, 73-85.
  • Zhang B, Nadimi S, Eissa A, Rouainia M. . Construction and Building Materials 2023, 365, 130132.
  • Pedrolli L, Nadimi S, Maramizonouz S, Achiaga Menor B, López A. . HardwareX 2023, 14, e00437.
  • Skipper W, Nadimi S, Gutsulyak DV, Butterfield JG, Ball T, Lewis R. . Wear 2023, 532-533, 205116.
  • Maramizonouz S, Nadimi S, Skipper W, Lewis R. . Scientific Data 2023, 10, 400.
  • Maramizonouz S, Nadimi S, Skipper W, Lewis R. . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 2023, 237(10), 1353-1358.
  • Ghadiri M, Liu L, Hassanpour A, Nadimi S. . Powder Technology 2022, 399, 116949.
  • Jia P, Nadimi S, Jia J. . Fuel 2022, 316, 123421.
  • Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Garum M, Hassanpour A. . Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 2022, 39(12), 2200120.
  • Kemp N, Angelidakis V, Luli S, Nadimi S. . Journal of Imaging 2022, 8(1), 5.
  • Nadimi S, Angelidakis V, Otsubo M, Ghanbarzadeh A. . Computers and Geotechnics 2022, 150, 104890.
  • Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Utili S. . Powder Technology 2022, 396(Part B), 689-695.
  • Maramizonouz S, Nadimi S. . Powder Technology 2022, 412, 117964.
  • Wang D, de Boer G, Nadimi S, Neville A, Ghanbarzadeh A. . Tribology Letters 2022, 70, 98.
  • Nadimi S, Ghadiri M. . Powder Technology 2021, 394, 575-583.
  • Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Utili S. . Computer Physics Communications 2021, 265, 107983.
  • Li Y, Otsubo M, Kuwano R, Nadimi S. . Powder Technology 2021, 388, 251-260.
  • Lascurain T, Angelidakis V, Luli S, Nadimi S. . EPJ Web of Conferences 2021, 249, 11005.
  • Wang C, Hua Y, Nadimi S, Taleb W, Barker R, Li Y, Chen X, Neville A. . Corrosion Science 2021, 179, 109153.
  • Li Y, Otsubo M, Kuwano R, Nadimi S, Angelidakis V. . Seisan Kenkyu 2021, 73(5), 355-358.
  • Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Otsubo M, Utili S. . SoftwareX 2021, 15, 100735.
  • Lopez A, Bruno AW, Nadimi S. . EPJ Web of Conferences 2021, 249, 09008.
  • Wang C, Hua Y, Nadimi S, Hu Q, Taleb W, Zhang J, Liu X, Zhang R, Chen X, Neville A, Lia Y. . Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 133484.
  • Ghadiri M, Matsusaka S, Pasha M, Nan W, Hare C, Vivacqua V, Zafar U, Nezamabadi S, Lopez A, Pasha M, Nadimi S. . The Micromeritics 2020, 63, 3-12.
  • Nadimi S, Ghanbarzadeh A, Neville A, Ghadiri M. . Computational Particle Mechanics 2020, 7, 603–613.
  • Ghadiri M, Pasha M, Nan W, Hare C, Vivacqua V, Zafar U, Nezamabadi S, Lopez A, Pasha M, Nadimi S. . KONA Powder and Particle Journal 2020, 37, 3-18.
  • Nadimi s, Ghanbarzadeh A, Hassanpour A, Neville A. . Tribology International 2020, 151, 106433.
  • Skipper WA, Nadimi S, Chalisey A, Lewis R. . Wear 2019, 432–433, 202960.
  • Nadimi S, Otsubo M, Fonseca J, O'Sullivan C. . Granular Matter 2019, 21, 108.
  • Nadimi S, Fonseca J. . Meccanica : An International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2019, 54(4-5), 697–706.
  • Nan W, Pasha M, Bonakdar T, Lopez A, Zafar U, Nadimi S, Ghadiri M. . Powder Technology 2019, 347, 255-255.
  • Nadimi S, Fonseca J, Ando E, Viggiani G. . Géotechnique 2019, 70(10), 931-936.
  • Nan W, Pasha M, Bonakdar T, Lopez A, Zafar U, Nadimi S, Ghadiri M. . Powder Technology 2018, 338, 253-262.
  • Nadimi S, Fonseca J. . Géotechnique 2018, 68(4), 290-302.
  • Nadimi S, Fonseca J. . Géotechnique 2018, 68(4), 364-369.
  • Nadimi S, Fonseca J. . Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 2017, 143(9), 06017010.
  • Le BT, Nadimi S, Goodey RJ, Taylor RN. . Géotechnique Letters 2016, 6(4), 256–262.
  • Fonseca J, Nadimi S, Reyes-Aldasoro CC, OSullivan C, Coop MR. . Soils and Foundations 2016, 56(5), 818-834.
  • Nadimi S, Fonseca J. . Géotechnique 2016, 66(11), 953-958.

• Book Chapter

  • Ghadiri M, Bonakdar T, Nadimi S. . In: Ko Higashitani, Hisao Makino, Shuji Matsusaka, ed. Powder Technology Handbook. CRC Press, 2019, pp.584.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • César I, Chrusciak M, Cavalcanti V, Ramos V, Fernandes F, Nadimi S, Lopes B. . In: 2025 International Conference on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics. 2025, Tempe, Arizona, USA: International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).
  • Thompson M, Angelidakis V, Parreiras Nogueira L, Nadimi S. . In: 5th International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro (IS-Grenoble 2024). 2024, Grenoble, France: IOP Publishing Ltd.
  • Zhang B, Nadimi S. . In: 9th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods (DEM9). 2023, Erlangen, Germany.
  • Brown I, Angelidakis V, Nadimi S. . In: International Congress on Particle Technology (PARTEC). 2023, Nuremberg, Germany.
  • Zhang C, Nadimi S. . In: 9th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods (DEM9). 2023, Erlangen, Germany.
  • O'Shaughnessy C, Masoero E, Nadimi S, Gosling PD. . In: Annual Conference of the UK Association for Computational Mechanics (UKACM 2022). 2022, University of Nottingham: UK Association for Computational Mechanics.
  • Nadimi S, Kemp N, Angelidakis V, Luli S. . In: European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2022. 2022, Vienna, Austria: EGU.
  • Zhang B, Nadimi S, Lewis R. . In: 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2022). 2022, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Skipper W, Nadimi S, Gutsulyak DV, Butterfield JG, Lewis R. . In: 12th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems (CM2022). 2022, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Stirling R, Nadimi S. . In: 16th BGA Young Geotechnical Engineers Symposium. 2022, 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne.
  • Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Otsubo M, Utili S. . In: PARTICLES 2021. 2021, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Angelidakis V, Nadimi S, Utili S. . In: ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute International Conference 2021. 2021, Durham: ASCE.
  • Angelidakis V, Otsubo M, Nadimi S. . In: ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute International Conference 2021. 2021, Durham: ASCE.
  • Barreto D, Rouainia M, Nadimi S. . In: ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute International Conference 2021. 2021, Durham, UK; Online: ASCE.
  • Nadimi S, Bai M, Inkson B, Neville A, Ghadiri M. . In: International Congress on Particle Technology (PARTEC 2019). 2019, Nuremberg, Germany: PARTEC.
  • Safari M, Nadimi S, Deglon D, Filho L, Souza T. . In: 16th European Symposium on Comminution & Classification (ESCC 2019). 2019, Leeds: University of Leeds.
  • Otsubo M, Liu J, Dutta TT, Kuwano R, Nadimi S. . In: VI International Conference on Particle-Based Methods. 2019, Barcelona: International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE).
  • Nadimi S, Otsubo M. . In: VI International Conference on Particle-Based Methods. 2019, Barcelona: International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE).
  • Nadimi S, Pencheva P, Ghadiri M. . In: 8th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods. 2019, The Netherlands.
  • Nadimi S, Skipper W, Ghadiri M, Lewis R. . In: 8th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods. 2019, The Netherlands.
  • Nadimi S, Fonseca J. . In: The XVII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2019, Reykjavik, Iceland: The Icelandic Geotechnical Society.
  • Fonseca J, Nadimi S, Kong D. . In: Proceedings of the 1st Vietnam Symposium on Advances in Offshore Engineering. 2018, Hanoi, Vietnam: Springer.
  • Nadimi S, Ghanbarzadeh A, Ghadiri M, Neville A. . In: 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 6); 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7). 2018, Glasgow, UK: International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE).
  • Nadimi S, Fonseca J. . In: 8th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media. 2017, Montpellier, France: EPJ Web of Conferences.
  • Nadimi S, Fonseca J. . In: 8th international conference on micromechanics on granular media. 2017, Montpellier, France: EPJ Web of Conferences.
  • Nadimi S, Di Pasquale L, Fonseca J. . In: 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2017, Seoul, South Korea: International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Nadimi S, Divall S, Fonseca J, Goodey R, Taylor RN. . In: 3rd European Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics. 2016, Nantes, France.
  • Nadimi S, Fonseca J, Barreto D, Taylor RN. . In: 3rd European Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics. 2016, Nantes, France.
  • Nadimi S, Fonseca J, Taylor RN. . In: 6th international symposium on deformation characteristics of geomaterials. 2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina: IOS Press.
  • Nadimi S, Fonseca J, Besuelle P, Viggiani G. . In: 2nd International Conference on Tomography of Materials and Structures. 2015, Québec, Canada: INRS-ETE.
  • Elia G, Rouainia M, Nadimi-Shahraki S. . In: World Tunnel Congress (WTC2013) Underground: The Way to the Future!. 2013, Geneva, Switzerland: Taylor & Francis.

• Edited Book

  • Ghadiri M, Nadimi S, Pasha M, ed. . Leeds: University of Leeds, 2019.

• Reports

  • Maramizonuz S, Nadimi S, Skipper W, Lewis R. . United Kingdom: 麻豆传媒; University of Sheffield, 2025.
  • Skipper W, Nadimi S, Lewis R. . United Kingdom: Rail Safety and Standards Board, 2021. PB028922.