Golriz Kermani named Assistant Teaching Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Tufts University is pleased to announce the appointment of Golriz Kermani as an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, effective September 1, 2025. Kermani has served as a part-time lecturer at Tufts since Fall 2022 and will continue to bring her expertise and dedication to our academic community in this new role.

Kermani has a strong background in both academic research and applied engineering. She earned her BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran, Iran. She received her PhD in mechanical engineering from Temple University.

As a Research Assistant in the Temple Biomechanics Laboratory, she focused on characterizing the biomechanics of aortic tissue. Her work included conducting high-rate biaxial tests on human aortic tissue to determine biomechanical properties under oscillatory loading, performing nano-indentation tests on porcine aorta to assess tissue anisotropy and inhomogeneity, and developing finite element models to simulate aortic deformation in car crash scenarios.

As a postdoctoral researcher at George Mason University, she studied the mechanical behavior of lithium-ion batteries. Kermani’s research interests span material characterization, lithium-ion batteries, tissue biomechanics, and engineering education.

Since beginning her teaching career in 2018, Kermani has developed a broad teaching portfolio in mechanical engineering across Temple University, Roxbury Community College, and Tufts University. Beyond the classroom, she had participated in numerous STEM outreach initiatives, including Temple University’s WE2 program for high school girls exploring engineering and Roxbury’s 2024 Summer STEM Experience Program.

Her teaching portfolio includes Mechanics I, Computer-Aided Product Design, Engineering Graphics, Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering Design, Engineering Statics, Engineering Dynamics, Mechanics of Solids, Measurements and Data Acquisition Lab, and Thermodynamics.

Tufts School of Engineering looks forward to Kermani’s continued contributions to student learning in her new role.