Education

Ph.D. Science Education, University of Central Florida (UCF), 2017
M.S. Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2010
B.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz, 2004   

Research Overview

• Engineering student wellness and mental health
• Retention of engineering students from underrepresented groups
• Engineering student interactions with peers and faculty
• System thinking and System analysis

Current Projects

• Generational Family Patterns, and Engineering Entry and Persistence: A Bowen Family Systems Approach, NSF, Role: PI, $350,000, (10/1/22  – 9/30/25)
• Integrating Scholarships, Academic Assistance, Professional Development, and Wellness to Increase Undergraduate Retention in Engineering and Computing, NSF, Role: Co-PI, $998,243.00, (6/1/2020 – 5/31/2025)

Teaching

• ENCP 789 – Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management (Spring 2020)
• ECIV 707 – Management of Engineering Projects (Spring 2019)

Publications

Google Scholar

Madani, K., Farhidi, F., & Gholizadeh, S. (2022). Bargaining Power in Cooperative Resource Allocations Games. Algorithms, 15(12), 445.

Gholizadeh, S. (2017). Socialization of Engineering Doctoral Students in the US: A Phenomenological Study.

Madani, K., Rouhani, O. M., Mirchi, A., & Gholizadeh, S. (2014). A negotiation support system for resolving an international trans-boundary natural resource conflict. Environmental modelling & software, 51, 240-249.

Madani, K., & Gholizadeh, S. (2011). Game theory insights for the Caspian Sea conflict. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011: Bearing Knowledge for Sustainability (pp. 2815-2819).

Madani, K., & Gholizadeh, S. (2011, December). Bargaining over an international water resource based on cooperative game theory concepts. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2011, pp. PA31A-04).

Rouhani, O. M., Madani, K., & Gholizadeh, S. (2010). Caspian Sea negotiation support system. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change (pp. 2694-2702).