Appointments

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Oct. 2020 – Present
Civil Engineering Discipline, School of Science and Engineering
University of Dundee, Dundee, UK

Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Sep. 2016 – Oct. 2020
Civil Engineering Discipline, School of Science and Engineering
University of Dundee, Dundee, UK

Assistant Professor, Sep. 2014 – May 2017
Ocean Engineering Department
Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas, USA

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dec. 2013 – Aug. 2014
Ocean and Resources Engineering & Civil and Environmental Engineering Departments,
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA

Research Assistant, Jun. 2011 - Dec. 2013
Ocean and Resources Engineering Department
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA

Teaching Assistant, Aug. 2007 - Jun. 2011
Ocean and Resources Engineering Department
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA

Visiting Scholar, Oct. 2006 - Jun. 2007
Ocean and Resources Engineering Department
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA

Research Assistant, Mar. 2004 - Aug. 2005
Mechanical Engineering Department
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

• Wave Mechanics
• Hydrodynamics
• Biological Fluid Mechanics
• Naval Architecture
• Marine Renewable Energy
• Climate Change Impact on Coastal Structures

Selected Journal Editorial Board Memberships

• Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME.
• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, Springer.
• Journal of Marine Science and Application, Springer.
• Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, ASCE.

Masoud is recipient of a number of research-related international awards including Best Paper Award of the OMAE Conference (2020), multiple Outstanding Reviewer Awards from leading journals in Marine Hydrodynamics and Ocean Engineering, OMAE Conference Appreciation Awards (2021 and 2019), ASME's Outreach for Engineers Specialty Forum Award (2014), The Link Foundation's Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation Award (2012), University of Hawaii's Outstanding Graduate Student Award, USA, the Rolf Sormans Award, and the Adlerbertska Hospitie Award in Sweden, among others. 

University of Dundee, UK
 
FLUID MECHANICS, EG21006
Module Level: Level 2
Number of Registered Students: 148 (FALL 2016), 108 (FALL 2017), 100 (FALL 2018), 88 (FALL 2019), 83 (FALL 2020), 71 (FALL 2021)

HYDRODYNAMICS OF FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION, CE50031
Module Level: Graduate Level (Level 5)
Number of Registered Students: 8 (2017-2018); 3 (2019-2020)

MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY AND DESIGN, CE50034
Module Level: Graduate Level (Level 5)
Number of Registered Students: 8 (2019-2020)

RESEARCH METHODS AND DIPLOMA PROJECT MODULE , CE50028
Module Level: Graduate Level (Level 5)
Number of Registered Students: 6 (2021-2022)

Guangdong University of Technology, China
 
FLUID MECHANICS, Civil Engineering
Module Level: Level 2
Number of Registered Students: 19 (2018), 31 (2019)

Texas A&M University Galveston, USA
 
FOUNDATIONS OF ENGINEERING II, ENGR 112
Course Level: Freshman, Sophomore
Number of Registered Students: 16 (FALL 2014), 56 (SPRING 2015), 20 (FALL 2015), 48 (SPRING 2016)

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE DESIGN I, MASE 319
Course Level: Junior, Senior
Number of Registered Students: 11 (FALL 2014), 24 (FALL 2015)

DYNAMICS AND VIBRATIONS, MASE 363
Course Level: Junior, Senior
Number of Registered Students: 26 (FALL 2015)

OCEAN ENGINEERING WAVE MECHANICS, OCEN 300
Course Level: Junior, Senior
Number of Registered Students: 26 (SPRING 2015), 27 (SPRING 2016)

HYDROMECHANICS, OCEN 362
Course Level: Junior, Senior
Number of Registered Students: 37 (SPRING 2015), 7 (SPRING 2016)

CAPSTONE DESIGN I & II, MASE 406 & MASE 407
Course Level: Senior
Number of Registered Students: 4 (FALL 2014), 4 (SPRING 2015), 8 (FALL 2015)

DIRECTED STUDIES (TECHNICAL ELECTIVE), MASE 485
Course Level: Senior
Number of Registered Students: 1 (SUMMER 2014)