Research Background

Dr. Saman Farhangdoust

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Since March 2022
profiles.stanford.edu
Structures and Composites Lab (SACL), Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, Stanford
Leading SACL’s Research Projects:
Multifunctional Composite Structures
Smart Structural Health Monitoring
Technical Consultant and Research Affiliate

Since January 2022
https://tangible.media.mit.edu/person/saman-farhangdoust
Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA
VibroAware project: Damage detection and characterization in soft material using vibroacoustic sensing through software simulation and experimental testing.
Research Consultant

Since September 2019
Boeing Research & Technology, Seattle, Washington, USA
Research projects in a mentoring program:
Industry 4.0 for Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE 4.0),
Development of Novel Mechanical Metamaterial (Auxetic, Origami, Kirigami) Designs,
Metamaterial-based Substrate for Flexible Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters,
Metamaterial-based Membrane for Flexible Piezoelectric Sensors,
Multifunctional Concept for Smart Piezo-Composites,
Self-powered IoT-based Structural Health Monitoring Systems for Aircrafts and Spacecraft.
Graduate Research Assistant

Aug. 2017- Nov. 2021
College of Engineering & Computing, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
Research projects at Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department:
Composites Bond Inspection using Heterodyne Effect and Surface Response to Excitation Methods,
Prediction of Damage Location in Composite Plates using Artificial Neural Network Modeling.
Research projects performed at Electrical and Computer Engineering Department funded by NSF (PATHS-UP-1648451):
High-Sensitive Heartbeat MEMS Sensor.

Research projects performed at Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center (ABC-UTC), funded by United States Department of Transportation (USDOT):
Principal and Considerations for Design of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Inspection,
The ABC-UTC Guideline for Selection of NDT Methods Applicable to Health Monitoring of ABC Closure Joints,
NDT Methods Applicable to Health Monitoring of ABC Closure Joints,
Performance of Existing ABC Projects: Inspection Case Studies (In a collaboration with Miami University),
Development of Effective Guidelines for the Selection of Substructure for ABC Projects (In a collaboration with Oklahoma University).

Research projects performed at Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, funded by Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT):
Epoxy FRP Dowel Pile Splice Evaluation,
Design Calculations for GFRP/CFRP Epoxy Dowel Pile Splice Specimens,
Development of Full-Scale Test Specimen Configuration and Loading Procedure for GFRP/CFRP Epoxy Dowel Pile Splice Evaluation,
Test Specimen Fabrication & Laboratory Testing of 10 Full-Scale Prestressed Precast Pile Specimens,
A User-interface Program Framework of MATLAB-Mathcad to Design and Analysis of FRP Pile Splices.

Research projects performed at Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, funded by NSF (CMMI-1761461):
Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) for Overview of Damage Observed in Regional Construction during the Passage of Hurricane Irma over the State of Florida.
Graduate Assistant

Summer 2017
Materials and Infrastructure Systems Engineering Department, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana, USA.
Research Study:
Modern Renewable Energy Grand Challenges.
Research Job Scholarship

Mar. 2016 – June 2017, Barcelona, Spain
Mechanical Engineering School, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)
Research project funded by MotoGP:
Experimental Analysis and Compensation of Rolling Shutter Effect of On-board Camera,
Image Processing Algorithms to Noise Detection and Correction in MATLAB,
Video Stabilization Algorithms in MATLAB.
Research Assistan

Sep. 2014 – Dec. 2016, Tehran, Iran
Center of Excellence in Railway Transportation, Iran University of Science and Technology
Research Projects:
Nonlinear Vibration Analysis of Thin-Walled Structures,
Room Acoustic Modeling and Simulations using Geometrical Methods (e.g. Ray Tracing Approach),
Multi-Stable and Multi-Frequency Designs for Broadband Vibration Energy Harvesting,
Vibro-Acoustic Analysis for Vibration Control,
Acoustic Absorbers and Signal Processing.
Advisory Board Member

Dec. 2011 – Sep. 2012, Tehran, Iran
Research and Development (R&D) Section, Yaragh Avaran Pooya (Y.A.P) CO.
Research Project:
Design and Manufacturing of Railway Overhead Contact Systems.

Research Background

Dr. Saman Farhangdoust

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Leading SACL’s Research Projects:

Technical Consultant and Research Affiliate

Research Consultant

Research projects in a mentoring program:

Graduate Research Assistant

Research projects at Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department:

Research projects performed at Electrical and Computer Engineering Department funded by NSF (PATHS-UP-1648451):

Research projects performed at Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center (ABC-UTC), funded by United States Department of Transportation (USDOT):

Research projects performed at Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, funded by Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT):

Research projects performed at Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, funded by NSF (CMMI-1761461):

Graduate Assistant

Research Study:

Research Job Scholarship

Research project funded by MotoGP:

Research Assistan

Research Projects:

Advisory Board Member

Research Project: