Dr. Mohsen Amjadian
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Primary area: Structural Engineering
Office: EACSB 1.202J
Phone: (956) 665-5880
E-mail:
mohsen.amjadian@utrgv.edu
Websites:
Lab Website
Google Scholar Profile
Biography
Dr. Mohsen Amjadian is an Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering and the Director of the Intelligent Dynamical and Energy-Efficient Advanced Systems (IDE2AS) Lab in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). Prior to joining UTRGV, Dr. Amjadian was a post-doctoral fellow at the City University of New York (CUNY) from 2019 to 2021, where he conducted research on the application of electromagnetic energy harvesting systems in transportation infrastructures. He earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from CUNY in 2019, a master's degree in Earthquake Engineering from the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES) in Tehran, Iran, and a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Razi University in Kermanshah, Iran.
Prospective Graduate Students: Please visit Dr. Amjadian’s research lab webpage for updated information: IDE2AS Lab
Research Interests
- Structural Dynamics and Control
- Passive and Semi-active Damping Systems (Friction damper, Viscous fluid damper, MR damper, and Tuned mass damper)
- Vibration Isolation Systems
- Smart Materials and Systems
- Structural Health Monitoring
- Damage Detection and Identification (Highway bridges and Railroad bridge)
- Energy Harvesting
- Electromagnetic Energy Harvesters
- Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Machine Learning Classifiers (Damage detection)
- Artificial Neural Network (Time series prediction)
Teaching
- Graduate-level courses
- Structural Dynamics (CIVE 6362)
- Finite Element Methods for Engineers (CIVE 6399)
- Undergraduate-level courses
- Reinforced Concrete Design (CIVE 4346)
- Engineering Mechanics (CIVE 3321)
Education
- Ph.D., Civil (Structural) Engineering, The City University of New York (CUNY), USA, 2019.
- MPhil., Civil Engineering, The City University of New York (CUNY), USA, 2019.
- M.Sc., Earthquake Engineering, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Iran.
- B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Razi University, Iran.