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Mohammad Noori

Professor of Mechanical ENgineering and ASME Fellow
California Polytechnic State University

Dr. Noori is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly, a Series Editor for CRC, an ASME Fellow and a recipient of Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship. His work in random vibrations, seismic isolation and AI methods for damage detection is widely cited. He has authored over 250 refereed papers, 6 books, and edited 25 collections. He has presented over 100 invited talks, including at President Clinton's Special Commission’s hearings on Critical Infrastructure Protection

Subjects: Engineering - Civil, Engineering - Mechanical

Biography

Mohammad Noori has over 38 years of experience as a scholar, educator and administrator. He is currently a professor of mechanical engineering at California Polytechnic State University and holds a distinguished visiting Professorship at the University of Leeds in UK. Noori directed the Sensors, Dynamics and Control Systems program, at the National Science Foundation in 2014. Prior to Cal Poly he was the Reynolds Professor, National Institute of Aerospace Liaison Professor, the Head of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at NC State University (1999-04), and J.W. Higgins Professor and the Head of the Mechanical Engineering at WPI (1991-99). Noori has made original contributions in developing analytical models for the prediction/analysis of complex hysteresis behaviors observed in dynamic response of structural and mechanical systems and in electromagnetic fields. His smooth hysteresis model, known as BWBN, the first model that can predict shear pinching and asymmetry, in addition to strength and stiffness degradation, has been highly cited in the literature. BWBN has been incorporated in software tools, such as OpenSees, for seismic analysis of structural systems, in ABAQUS finite element program for the analysis of nailed joints and has been used for dynamic response analysis of magneto-rheological fluid dampers, to cite a few examples. Noori has also carried out pioneering work in nonlinear random vibration analysis of hysteretically degrading systems. His other important contributions include: seismic response analysis of base isolated secondary systems; utilizing shape memory alloys for seismic isolation (led to two US patents); wavelet transform for feature extraction and damage detection under non-stationary loads; development of an artificial neural network scheme for detecting hysteretic (progressive) degradation, and utilizing several deep learning algorithms for both structural health monitoring, system identification and the reliability analysis of bridges under earthquake and vehicle loads. Noori was part of a 7-member team from 6 universities who won a $379 million 15-year NASA contract to found the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) in partnership with Langley Research Center. In addition, Noori has received over $20 million in support of his research from NSF, ONR, NASA, NOAA, and industry.

Noori has supervised 23 post-doctoral, 26 PhD and 54 MS research projects and over 60 undergraduate research projects, many of which have received university, regional and national recognitions. He has authored over 300 refereed papers including over 160 journal papers and holds 2 US patents. He has also authored 6 advanced textbooks, edited 11 books which include his own contributions, has been the editor of 15 other technical books and has authored 34 book chapters and papers in archival volumes. He has been the guest editor of 20 special journal volumes and internarial conference proceedings and has given over 15 keynote/plenary and over 150 invited talks at various symposia, NSF workshops, universities, national labs, industry, conferences, workshops and global organizations. He has also made over 100 conference presentations. Noori is the founding executive editor of a scientific journal and has served on the editorial board, as the associate or regional editor of 20 other journals. He is also the Founding Editor of Resilience & Sustainability in Civil, Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering Systems Series for CRC Press/Taylor & Francis/Routledge. Noori was a member of several NSF sponsored US delegation teams to found US-Japan and US-China Cooperative Research programs and has served on review panels for NSF, NASA, NRC, Arizona Science Foundation, Japan Society for Promotion of Science, European, Czech Republic, Abu Dhabi Science Foundations, and other global funding agencies. Noori was the founding chair of the ASME Committee on Uncertainty and Probabilistics, and has chaired, organized, or served as a member of the scientific committee, of 65 international conferences and over 30 educational workshops and symposia. He is an ASME Fellow and life member, has received a JSPS Fellowship and several ASME service recognitions. He was also awarded a Distinguished Visiting Scholarship by the Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Japan, has been a consultant and scientific advisor for several companies and has served as a member of numerous industry or academic advisory boards, and dissertation examining committees at several universities abroad. Noori is a member of Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma, Chi-Epsilon, and Sigma Mu Epsilon honorary societies

Noori has been an advocate of Industry-Government-University-Global partnerships and received the ASEE Isadore T. Davis National Award for Excellence in Collaboration of Engineering Education and Industry in June 2012. He also served as the Chair of the ASEE Graduate Studies Division and was a founding member of the ASEE National Collaborative Task Force for Graduate Education Reform and subsequently received Keating Award for Innovation and Leadership in Lifelong Learning in Graduate Engineering Education, in June 2014. Noori has chaired, or served on, numerous academic planning committees, industry advisory boards and councils. He was elected and served as a member of the Executive Board of the Engineering Deans Council and as the Chair of the ASME National Committee of Department Heads. He was also a member of “California Innovation Economy” planning workshop, along with Dr. Elachi, Director of NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and Caltech Provost, and Enrico Palermo, COO of SpaceShip Company in 2010, per request of Legislature. Noori served on the advisory boards of the colleges of engineering at Virginia Tech, Clarkson University and the University of Cyprus and on the Board of Directors of California Space Authority, a non-profit organization and policy advisor to the Governor and Legislature on space related matters. Noori has had the honor of being invited by President Clinton’s Special Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection to present testimony as a national expert.