Mahdi Hasanipanah obtained his BSc in Mining Engineering from the University of Kashan, Iran, in 2008 and his MSc in Mining Engineering from Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Iran, in 2010. He received his PhD in Mining Engineering from the University of Kashan, Iran, in 2020. He has been affiliated with the Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Vietnam, since 2019. His research interests include rock blasting, rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering, machine learning methods, and optimization algorithms. He has participated in many projects in Iran and Malaysia.