Amirreza (Amir) Asadi · PhD Candidate · University of California, Riverside

Computational biomechanics
for nonlinear tissue characterization.

I develop mechanics-informed computational methods for recovering spatially resolved soft-tissue properties from deformation and medical-imaging data.

Hyperelasticity Inverse problems Physics-informed AI Medical imaging Elastography

Research themes

My work focuses on a central question: how can deformation measurements be converted into reliable, physically interpretable maps of nonlinear tissue mechanics?

02 · Inverse imaging
Three-dimensional physics-informed UNet architecture for voxel-wise hyperelastic inversion

Physics-informed hyperelastic reconstruction

Recovering voxel-wise nonlinear material parameters from volumetric deformation fields while enforcing equilibrium and boundary reactions.

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03 · Ongoing research
Ongoing computational biomechanics research spanning tissue modeling, deformation inference, voxel-wise mechanics, uncertainty analysis, and constitutive-model comparison

Computational biomechanics research program

Developing interconnected methods for inverse tissue mechanics, deformation-informed imaging, uncertainty-aware characterization, constitutive-model comparison, and experimental translation.

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Selected publications

A developing research program linking information-aware experiment design with mechanics-constrained nonlinear inverse characterization.

News

Recent research and professional milestones.

Jul 2026
PI-UNet paper accepted in Annals of Biomedical Engineering.
Earlier 2026
Received the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at the Annual Research Symposium organized by the Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Association at UC Riverside.
2025
Published work on optimal hyperelastic characterization and experimental design in JMBBM.

Honors & recognition

Recognition for communicating research in computational biomechanics, nonlinear tissue characterization, and physics-informed learning.

Amirreza Asadi holding the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at UC Riverside
Outstanding Poster Presentation Award · 2026

Annual Research Symposium at UC Riverside

Recognized for presenting research on MRI-based voxel-wise nonlinear mechanical characterization of soft tissue using information-aware loading design and physics-informed neural networks.

Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Association · University of California, Riverside

About

I am Amirreza “Amir” Asadi (امیررضا اسدی), a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at UC Riverside, working at the intersection of computational mechanics, medical imaging, inverse problems, and machine learning.

Research direction

My long-term goal is to develop quantitative, mechanics-based imaging methods that move beyond simplified stiffness estimates and recover spatially resolved nonlinear constitutive information.

Institution University of California, Riverside
Department Mechanical Engineering
Advisor Prof. Kaveh Laksari
ORCID 0009-0004-6941-8808

Education

Academic training in mechanical engineering, computational mechanics, nonlinear material behavior, and biomechanics.

Present

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

University of California, Riverside

PhD Candidate working in computational biomechanics, nonlinear tissue mechanics, inverse problems, and physics-informed machine learning.

2024

MSc in Mechanical Engineering

University of California, Riverside

Graduate training in mechanical engineering with a focus on computational and solid mechanics.

Undergraduate

BSc in Mechanical Engineering

Sharif University of Technology

Graduated in the top quarter of the class

Contact

For research discussions, collaborations, or internship opportunities, reach me through email or the profiles below.