Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers
2025
FUELVISION: A multimodal data fusion and multimodel ensemble algorithm for wildfire fuels mapping
Shaik, R. U., Alipour, M., Rowell, E., Balaji, B., Watts, A., & Taciroglu, E.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (Elsevier).
2025
Wildfire fuels mapping through artificial intelligence-based methods: A review
Shaik RU, Alipour M, Shamsaei K, Rowell E, Balaji B, Watts A, Kosovic B, Ebrahimian H, Taciroglu E.
2024
Zhang, R., Nayak, A., Houtz, D., Watts, A., Soltanaghai, E., & Alipour, M.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
2024
Optimized structural inspection path planning for automated unmanned aerial systems
Zhao, Y., Lu, B., and Alipour M.
2024
Remote sensing and mapping of fine Woody carbon with satellite imagery and super learner
Shaik, R. U., Alipour, M., Rowell, E., Watts, A., Woodall, C., & Taciroglu, E.
2024
Evaluation of Soil Moisture Retrievals from a Portable L-Band Microwave Radiometer
Zhang, R., Nayak, A., Houtz, D., Watts, A., Soltanaghai, E., & Alipour, M.
2024
Bayesian inversion of GPR waveforms for sub-surface material characterization: An uncertainty-aware retrieval of soil moisture and overlaying biomass properties
Aziz, I., Soltanaghai, E., Watts, A.C., Alipour, M.
2023
A multimodal data fusion and deep learning framework for large-scale wildfire surface fuel mapping
Alipour, M., La Puma, I., Picotte, J., Shamsaei, K., Rowell, E., Watts, A., Kosovic, B., Ebrahimian, H., and Taciroglu, E.
2022
Integrating visual sensing and structural identification using 3D-digital image correlation and topology optimization to detect and reconstruct the 3D geometry of structural damage
Dizaji, M.S., Harris, D.K., Alipour, M.
2022
Image-based Tomography of Structures to Detect Internal Abnormalities Using Inverse Approach
Dizaji, M.S., Alipour, M., Harris, D.K.
2021
Mapping Textual Descriptions to Condition Ratings to Assist Bridge Inspection and Condition Assessment Using Hierarchical Attention
Li, T., Alipour, M., Harris, D.K.
2021
Context-aware Condition Information Extraction from Bridge Inspection reports using Bi-directional LSTM-CRF Sequence Labeling
Li, T., Alipour, M., Harris, D.K.
2021
Subsurface Damage Detection and Structural Health Monitoring Using Digital Image Correlation and Topology Optimization
Dizaji, M.S., Alipour, M., Harris, D.K.
2021
Deep Learning-based Visual Identification of Signs of Bat Presence in Bridge Infrastructure Images: A Transfer Learning Approach
Li, T., Alipour, M., Donaldson, B.M., Harris, D.K.
2020
A Big Data Analytics Strategy for Scalable Urban Infrastructure Condition Assessment Using Semi-supervised Multi-transform Self-training
Alipour, M., and Harris, D.K.
2020
Increasing the Robustness of Material-Specific Deep Learning Models for Crack Detection across Different Materials
Alipour, M., Harris, D.K.
2019
Robust Pixel-Level Crack Detection Using Deep Fully-Convolutional Neural Networks
Alipour, M., Harris, D.K., Miller, G.R.
2019
Field Deployment and Laboratory Evaluation of 2D Digital Image Correlation for Deflection Sensing in Complex Environments
Alipour, M., Washlesky, S., Harris, D.K.
2019
A Hybrid Structural Health Monitoring Approach for Load Rating of Reinforced Concrete Bridges with Insufficient Structural Properties
Bagheri, A, Ozbulut, O.E., Harris, D.K., Alipour, M., Zare H., A.
Journal of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, pp. 1-17.
2018
Leveraging Full-Field Measurement from 3D-DIC for Structural Identification
Dizaji, M.S., Alipour, M., Harris, D.K.
Journal of Experimental Mechanics, (Springer), pp. 1-18. [Invited Paper].
2018
A Nondestructive Method for Load Rating of Bridges without Structural Properties and Plans
Bagheri, A., Alipour, M., Ozbulut, O.E., Harris, D.K.
Journal of Engineering Structures (Elsevier), 171, pp. 545-556.
2018
Identification of Flexural Rigidity in Bridges with Limited Structural Information
Bagheri, A., Alipour, M., Ozbulut, O.E., Harris, D.K.
2017
Load Capacity Rating of Bridge Populations Using Machine Learning: An Application of Decision Trees and Random Forests
M. Alipour, D.K. Harris, L.E. Barnes, O.E. Ozbulut, J. Carroll
2016
Experimental And Analytical Vibration serviceability assessment of an in-service footbridge
A. Gheitasi, O.E. Ozbulut, S. Usmani, M. Alipour, D.K. Harris
Case Studies in Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, (6)A, 2016.
Book Chapters
Load Testing of Bridges, Chapter 19: Digital Image and Video-based Measurements, Structure and Infrastructure Series
Alipour, M., Harris, D.K., Riley, C., Schumacher, T., Shariati, A. (alphabetical order)
Selected Conference Papers
2024
Hyper-Resolution Soil Moisture Mapping Across Vegetation Gradients Using UAS-Based L-band Radiometer
Runze Zhang, Adam Watts, Mohamad Alipour
2024
Runze Zhang, Adam Watts, Derek Houtz, Abhi Nayak, Elahe Soltanaghai, Mohamad Alipour
2024
Riyaaz Uddien Shaik, Mohamad Alipour, Eric Rowell, Bharathan Balaji, A Watts, Ertugrul Taciroglu
2024
Adam C Watts, J Morgan Varner, Elahe Soltanaghai, Leo Calle, Mohamad Alipour
2024
Joint Soil and Above-Ground Biomass Characterization Using Radars
Luke Jacobs, Mohamad Alipour, Adam Watts, Elahe Soltanaghai
2024
Dual-Frequency Radar Wave-Inversion for Sub-Surface Material Characterization
Ishfaq Aziz, Elahe Soltanaghai, Adam Watts, Mohamad Alipour
2024
Kaiyuan Wang, Yuxiang Zhao, Ishfaq Aziz, Mohamad Alipour
2024
Physics-informed Machine Learning (PIML) for Electromagnetic Wave Propagation and Material Property Estimation
Aziz, I., and Alipour, M.
2023
Developing Human Sensing Platforms for Digitizing Visual Inspections of Critical Infrastructure
Zhao, Y., Guo, B., Che., H., Alipour, M.
Structures Congress 2023, New Orleans, LA.
2023
Platypus: Sub-mm Micro-Displacement Sensing with Passive Millimeter-wave Tags As "Phase Carriers"
Horton King, T., He, J., Yao, C.K., Prabhakara, A., Alipour, M., Kumar, S., Rowe, A., Soltanaghai, E.
Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN)
2023
Under-Canopy Biomass Sensing using UAS-Mounted Radar: a Numerical Feasibility Analysis.
Soncco Sinchi, K., Calderon, D., Aziz, I., Watts, A., Soltanaghai, E., Alipour, M.
IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
2023
A Bibliometric Analysis of Artificial Intelligence-Based Solutions to Challenges in Wildfire Fuel Mapping.
Shaik, R., Alipour, M., Taciroglu, E.
IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
2023
Multimodal Deep Learning-based Remote Sensing for Large-Scale Wildfire Fuel Mapping
Alipour, A., Shaik, R., Shamsaei, K., Ebrahimian, H., Taciroglu, E.
American Meteorological Society (AMS) 103rd Annual Meeting
2023
Performance-based UAS path planning for automated infrastructure inspection
Zhao, Y., Guo, B., Alipour, M.
ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) 2023, Georgia Tech.
2023
n Optimization Framework for UAS-based Infrastructure Inspection Path Planning
Zhao, Y., Guo, B., Aziz, I., Alipour, M.
ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (I3CE) 2023, Oregon State University.
2021
Leveraging Mixed Reality for Augmented Structural Mechanics Education
Alipour, M., Harris, D.K., Dizaji, M.S., Bilmen, Z., Zeng, Z.
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition, Virtual Meeting.
2021
E-Scooter Availability Versus Utilization Insights: A Geospatial Analysis
Tang, T., Alipour, M., Poncy, A., Harris, D.K.
Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.
2021
Deep Learning-based Visual Identification of Signs of Bat Presence in Bridge Infrastructure Images: A Transfer Learning Approach
Li, T., Alipour, M., Donaldson, B.M., Harris, D.K.
Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.
2020
Full-field Sensing and Topology Optimization for Reconstructing 3D Geometry of Internal Structural Damage
Dizaji, M.S., Alipour, M., Harris, D.K. (2020).
Intl. Digital Imaging Correlation Society (iDICs 2020).
2019
Load Rating of a Reinforced Concrete T-Beam Bridge Through Ambient Vibration Testing, Finite Element Model Updating
Ndong, A.K., Dizaji, M.S., Alipour, M., Ozbulut, O.E., Harris, D.K.
International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC). In Dynamics of Civil Structures, Springer
2018
Reframing Measurement for SHM: A Full-Field Strategy for Structural Identification.
Dizaji M.S., Harris D.K., Alipour M., Ozbulut, O.E. (2018).
SPIE, Denver, CO.
2017
En”vision”ing a Novel Approach for SHM: A Model for Full-Field Structural Identification using 3D-DIC.
Dizaji M.S., Harris D.K., Alipour M., Ozbulut, O.E.
8th Intl. Conf. on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-8). Brisbane. [Best Paper Nominee] [Paper]
2017
Pattern Recognition in the National Bridge Inventory for Automated Screening and the Assessment of Infrastructure
Mohamad Alipour, Devin K. Harris, Laura E. Barnes
2017
The Citizen Engineer: Urban Infrastructure Monitoring via Crowd-Sourced Data Analytics
Devin K. Harris, Mohamad Alipour, Scott T. Acton, Lisa R. Messeri, Andrea Vaccari, Laura E. Barnes
2017
Leveraging Vision for Structural Identification: A Digital Image Correlation Based Approach
Dizaji, M.S., Alipour, M., Harris, D.K. (2017)
In Intl. Digital Imaging Correlation Society (pp.121-124). Springer.
2017
Structural Stiffness Identification of Skewed Slab Bridges with Limited Information for Load Rating Purpose
Bagheri, A., Alipour, M., Usmani, S., Ozbulut, O.E., Harris, D.K. (2017).
Dynamics of Civil Structures.
2017
Numerical Investigation of Shear Buckling and Post-buckling of Thin Steel Plates with FRP Strengthening
Alipour M., Rahai A.R., Harris D.K. (2017).
Structures Congress, Denver, CO.
2017
Vibration Testing for Bridge Load Rating
Alipour, M., Harris, D.K., Ozbulut, O.E. (2016).
International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC). In Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2 (pp. 175-184). Springer.
2016
A Data-Driven Approach for Automated Operational Safety Evaluation of National Inventory of RC Slab Bridges.
Alipour M., Gheitasi A., Harris D.K., Ozbulut O.E., Barnes, L.E. (2016)
Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington, D.C.
2016
Vibration Serviceability Assessment of an In-Service Pedestrian Bridge under Human-Induced Excitations.
Gheitasi A., Usmani S., Alipour M., Ozbulut O.E., Harris D.K. (2016).
International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC). In Dynamics of Coupled Structures, Springer.
2015
Implications of Load Rating Bridges in Virginia with Limited Design or As-built Details
Harris, D.K., Ozbulut, O.E., Alipour, M., Usmani, S., Kassner, B.L. (2015).
7th Intl. Conf. on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-7). Torino, Italy.
2011
Behavior and Characteristics of Innovative Composite Plate Shear Walls.
Rahai A.R., Alipour M. (2011)
12th Asia-Pacific Conf. on Structural Eng. & Construction (EASEC12), Hong Kong, In Procedia Engineering.