Prof. Mohammad Noori is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, a Fellow and Life Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, and a recipient of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellowship. He also holds a Visiting Professor position in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds, UK. Noori’s work in nonlinear random vibrations, hysteretic systems, seismic isolation, and application of artificial intelligence methods for structural health monitoring is widely cited. He has authored more than 300 refereed papers, including more than 140 journal articles, and has also authored/edited 16 technical books, has authored 31 book chapters in archival volumes, has edited 15 scientific book collections, and has been the guest editor of 16 journal volumes and internarial conference proceedings. Dr. Noori has supervised more than 100 graduate students and post-doc scholars, and has presented more than 100 keynotes, plenary, invited talks, and has given over 90 conference presentations. Noori is the founding executive editor of an international journal, has served on the editorial boards of over 12 other journals, and as a member of numerous scientific and advisory boards. Noori directed the Sensors Program at the National Science Foundation in 2014 and has been a founding director or co-founder of three industry-university research consortia, held Chair Professorships at two major universities, and served as the Dean of Engineering at Cal Poly for five years. He also served as the Chair of the National Committee of Mechanical Engineering department heads, and was one of the co-founders of the National Institute of Aerospace, in partnership with NASA Langley Research Center. Noori also serves as the Chief Technical Advisor for several scientific organizations and industries. He is also the Founding Editor of Resilience & Sustainability in Civil, Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering Systems Series for CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, and Sustainable Systems for Momentum Press.

Prof. Fuh-Gwo Yuan has been with NCSU since 1989. Over the past decade, his research has focused on smart structures and materials and structural health monitoring (SHM). During his career, he has worked with the National Center for Composite Materials Research, the Boeing Company, the NASA Langley Research Center (presently Structural Mechanics and Concepts Branch), and the Air Force Materials Laboratory. Currently, he serves as a Langley Professor at the National Institute of Aerospace. He is guiding a sizable research group with 15 Ph.D. students and 10 visiting scholars from different countries. Prof. Yuan’s research represents the forefront of innovation in the development of advanced structural health monitoring systems and methods, which will immensely influence the future design and maintenance of structures, while providing for increased public safety in civic environments. Advanced structural health monitoring is expected to lead to significant decreases in maintenance costs for aerospace, mechanical, and civil structures, while increasing asset availability, and extending the life of structures. This will be achieved by employing advanced micro and nano sensors and actuators, which would serve as the “nerves” of the structure, being able to yield increasingly accurate measurements and predications of damage and degradation accrued by structures during their life cycle. At NIA, Prof. Yuan’s research is focused on smart aircraft structures for structural health management and condition-based maintenance. Research thrusts include: composite material state awareness (damage state models, virtual load sensors, NDE inverse problems); structural health monitoring (multifunctional materials, damage detection and assessment); and health management (out-of-autoclave composite repair, smart repair, repair durability in damage tolerant and fail safe designs).

Dr. Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. Dr. Noroozinejad is the Founder and Chief Editor of the International Journal of Earthquake and Impact Engineering, the Associate Editor of the ASCE Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, the Associate Editor of the IET Journal of Engineering, the Associate Editor of the Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, the Associate Editor of Frontiers in Built Environment: Earthquake Engineering Section, the Associate Editor of the Open Civil Engineering Journal, the Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, the Editor of the Journal of Reliability Engineering and Resilience, and the Engineering Editor of ASCE Natural Hazards Review. He is a lead researcher in Resilience Engineering and collaborates as the Core/Voting member of the FIB Commission on Resilient RC Structures, the ASCE Objective Resilience Committee, the ASCE Risk and Resilience Measurements Committee, the ASCE Civil Infrastructure and Lifeline Systems Committee, the ASCE Structural Health Monitoring & Control Committee, and also the IEEE P693 Committee on Seismic Design for Substations. He has authored more than 100 journal papers in indexed journals and has published 6 books with reputed publishers in his field of expertise. His main research interests include structural and geotechnical earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, structural health monitoring, computational dynamics, smart materials and structures, solid and fracture mechanics, resilience-based design, reliability analysis, artificial intelligence, soil-structure interaction (SSI), and vibration control in structures and infrastructure under extreme loading.