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Ph.D. Student

• M.S. Civil Engineering-Earthquake Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (2012)

• B.S. 1st class honors, Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (2010)

Research Interests: Vibration-based Damage Localization and Quantification, Defect Imaging, System Identification, Non-destructive Evaluation and Testing, Vision-based Vibration Monitoring, Machine Learning 

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=8UlVWSoAAAAJ&view_op=list_works 

Ph.D. Student

• Mechanical Engineering, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil (2018)

Research Interests: Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), Non-destructive Evaluation (NDE) and Testing (NDT), Ultrasonic Guided Waves, Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Vibration-based Damage Localization and Quantification, Dynamics of Structures.

Ph.D. Student

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, China  (2019)

Research Interests: non-destructive testing, structural health monitoring, ultrasonic imaging 

Ph.D. (2021)  Thesis: "Ultrasound Based NDE/SHM Techniques for Critical Components in Aerospace and Transportation Structures” 

Currently: Assistant Professor, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Guangxi University, China (URL)

Ph.D. (2019)  Thesis: "Elastic and Thermal Wave Propagation based Techniques for Structural Integrity Assessment ” 

Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA (URL)

Ph.D. (2021)  (co-advised with prof. E. Barrera) Thesis: "Development of Innovative Techniques for Lamb Wave-based Structural Health Monitoring Systems in Aeronautics ” 

Currently: Assistant Professor, Instrumentation & Applied Acoustics Group, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain (URL)

Ph.D. (2016)  Thesis: "Non-destructive and Semi-destructive Methods for Thermal Stress Measurement in Continuous Welded Rails ” 

Post-doc (2016-2017)

Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (URL)

Ph.D. (2015)  Thesis: "Noncontact Ultrasonic Guided Wave Inspection of Rails: Next Generation Approach ” 

Post-doc (2015-2016)

Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy  (URL)

Post-doc (2007-2010) 

Currently: Full Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas, Austin  (URL)

Post-doc (2009-2011) 

Currently: Professor, School of Transportation / Intelligent Transportation System Research Center, Southeast University, Nanjing, China 

Ph.D. (2009)  Thesis: "Quantitative structural health monitoring using ultrasonic guided waves ” 

Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago (URL)

Ph.D. (2007)  Thesis: "Ultrasonic guided wave models for structural health monitoring  ” 

Post-doc (2008-2010)

Currently: Full Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA  (URL)

Ph.D. (2004)  Thesis: "Health monitoring of tendons and stay cables for civil structures ” 

Post-doc (2004-2006)

Currently: Full Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA   (URL)

M.S. (2004)  Thesis: "Modeling ultrasonic guided waves for structural health monitoring ” 

Currently: Full Professor, Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy   (URL)

M.S. (2004)  Thesis: "Damage detection in aircraft structures by multi-sensor ultrasonic inspection ” 

Currently: Lecturer, department of Mechanical Engineering, Santa Clara University, CA   (URL)

Ph.D. (2022)  Thesis: "Topics on In-motion Non-contact Ultrasonic Structural Monitoring of Railroad Tracks ” 

Currently: Associate, Exponent, Inc., Denver, Colorado

Ph.D. (2020)  Thesis: "Ultrasonic Structural Monitoring via Passive Identification and Synthetic Aperture Imaging Techniques” 

Currently: Structures Engineer, SpaceX, California

Ph.D. (2018)  Thesis: “Inspection of Structures by Passive Extraction of Acoustic Transfer Functions and Ultrasonic Imaging” ” 

Currently: Structures Engineer, SpaceX, California

Ph.D. (2015)  Thesis: "Applications of Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation and Ultrasonic Defect Imaging on Rails ” 

Currently: Data Analyst at Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Las Vegas, NV 

Ph.D. (2014)  Thesis: "Applications of Passive Vibration Control and Damage Detection in Composite Wind Turbine Blades  ” 

Currently: Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 

Ph.D. (2012)  Thesis: "Ultrasonic methods for rail inspection ” 

Currently: diseased

Ph.D. (2012)  Thesis: "Quantitative Nondestructive Testing Using Infrared Thermography ” 

Currently: Quantitative Analyst, SAS Institute, Inc., San Diego, CA  

Ph.D. (2012)  Thesis: "Propagation of nonlinear waves in waveguides and application to nondestructive stress measurement ” 

Post-doc (2012-2014)

Currently: Senior Analyst at Deutsche Bank, Berlin, Germany   

Ph.D. (2007)  Thesis: "Structural health monitoring of railroad tracks  ” 

Post-doc (2008-2011)

Currently: consultant, data analytics  

Ph.D. (2006)  Thesis: "Structural monitoring of aerospace components by ultrasonic waves and embedded sensors ” 

Currently: Director of Business Development, ATA Engineering, San Diego, CA   

Ph.D. (2003)  Thesis: "Health monitoring of railroad tracks by elastic-wave based non-destructive testing  ” 

Currently: Senior Associate,Thornton Tomasetti Structural Engineering Consulting, New York   

Assistant Professor, Theory of Structures and Solid Mechanics, University of Palermo, Italy

Fulbright Research Scholar at UCSD 

• Ph.D., Engineering of Structures, University of Palermo, Italy (2009)

• Laurea (M.S.), Summa cum Laude, Civil Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy (2005)

Research Interests: Mesomodeling of heterogeneous structures by means of interface/interphase elements; Multiscale approach for the analysis of structures constituted by heterogeneous periodic materials; Meshless methods; Discrete Deformation Analysis method for structures constituted by large blocks; Non-linear static analysis of reinforced concrete framed structures; Non-destructive evaluation methods and structural health monitoring. 

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Associate Professor, Department of Structural Engineering, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

• Ph.D., Structural Engineering, La Sapienza University, Rome  (2004)

• Laurea (M.S.), Summa cum Laude, Civil Engineering, University of Cagliari , Italy, (1999)

Research Interests: nondestructive evaluation (NDE), wave propagation in structures and their applications to structural health monitoring (SHM),  continuum mechanics.  

Professor, Mechanical and Thermal Measurements, University of Messina, Italy 

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic University of Torino, Italy 

• Laurea (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy 

Research Interests: nondestructive evaluation (NDE), experimental mechanics, thermal measurements.