SGH Engineering Mechanics & Infrastructure Group Welcomes Payman Tehrani

Payman K. Tehrani, Ph.D., P.E.

Payman joins as a Principal with SGH’s Structural Mechanics & Materials (SMM) Division, partnering closely with team members across the United States while operating out of San Jose, CA. He leads advanced analyses of complex infrastructure for clients in the transportation, water, nuclear, and oil and gas industries. He specializes in assessing geotechnical and structural systems under seismic, blast, impact, and construction sequencing demands. These efforts include developing effective strategies for soil-structure interaction (SSI), fluid-structure interaction (FSI), and structure-soil-structure interaction (SSSI) analyses, as well as assessing highway and railroad structural components under impact loading from vehicular and railcar traffic and blasts.

“Payman has a proven track record of leadership and innovation in large-scale, high-profile engineering projects in the United States and around the globe,” said Robert MacNeill, SGH Associate Principal and SMM Division Head. “He brings immense technical insights to develop programs that reduce design and construction cost, schedule, and risk for our clients and their end users. We are thrilled to have him join our team.”

He enjoys sharing his expertise across the industry, both as a member of the ASCE committee on Dynamic Analysis of Nuclear Structures (DANS) and as an author and peer reviewer for several technical publications, including the ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, and Earthquake Spectra.

“I am happy to join SGH and partner alongside the firm’s many thought leaders,” said Payman. “My colleagues have set the standard for advanced analysis of infrastructure systems, and I am eager to lead teams to solve the critical challenges of the future.”