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Tohidi, Ali

Tohidi, Ali

Assistant Professor
Fire Protection Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
3104H J.M. Patterson Building

Background

  • 2025 - present, Assistant Professor, Department of Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
  • 2025 - present, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
  • 2025 - present, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
  • 2021 - present, Research Faculty, NSF-IUCRC Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (WIRC), USA.
  • 2020 - 2024, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, San Jose State University, CA, USA.

Education

  • 2016, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
  • 2011, M.S., Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
  • 2009, B.S., Civil Engineering, IAU Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

 

  • Fire and Fluid Dynamics
  • Wildfire Behavior and Impacts Modeling
  • Data-Driven and Scientific Machine Learning
  • High-Performance Scientific Computing

  • ENFP 415/651, Fire Dynamics

An updated list of all publications is accessible on Google Scholar.

Scientists Develop AI-Based Software to Enhance Wildfire Forecasting

Ali Tohidi studies AI algorithms to improve functionality of operational wildfire forecasting models.

Wildfire Modeling Expert To Join Fire Protection Engineering as Assistant Professor

Ali Tohidi, an assistant professor at San Jose State University, will join the faculty in 2025.

UMD displays leadership role at IAFSS Symposium

Multiple FPE researchers recognized at international fire conference in Sweden.