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---++ Farhad Ansari

---+++ Distinguished Professor of Structural Engineering
---+++ Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

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<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><strong> Ph.D. Civil Engineering (1983)</strong><strong><br /></strong>University of Illinois at Chicago

<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><strong>M.S. Civil Engineering (1979)</strong><br />University of Colorado

<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><strong>B.S. Civil Engineering (1976)</strong><br />University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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---+++ Contact Information

</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="50%">Office: 3081 ERF<br />Phone: 312-996-3428 312-996-2437<br />Fax: 312-996-2426<br />E-mail: [[mailto:fansari@uic.edu][fansari@uic.edu]]<br />Lab: 1254 SEL<br />Lab Phone: 312-996-3568</td> <td width="50%"> [[#RL][Research Laboratory]]<br /> [[#FP][Faculty Profile]]<br /> [[#PU][Publications]]<br /> [[http://sensors.cme.uic.edu/][Personal Page]]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="2">
---+++ Research Interests

Professor Ansari’s technical areas of interest include the broad discipline of Structural Engineering with emphasis in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM); smart sensors; and Nondestructive Testing (NDT). <br /><br />Current research topics include: Integrated Fiber Optic Sensors for Condition Monitoring of bridges; Fiber Optic Acoustic Emission Sensors for real time monitoring of corrosion and fracture; Development of MEMS based sensors for civil structural systems; Optical Fiber Distributed Sensor for Post Seismic Monitoring of Damaged Structures; Monitoring the state of repaired and Strengthened structures; Development of weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems; Image Processing Techniques for Characterization of Entrained Air Bubble System in Concrete.<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span>
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---+++ Research Laboratory

<img alt="" border="1" height="462" src="http://www.uic.edu/eng/ems/COE/imagelibrary/photo/labs/cme/ansari/fansari-2_1.jpg" style="float: right; border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 3px; background-color: #afb9c5;" width="316" />Our specialty is in structural health monitoring. We build fiber optic sensors and then install them in bridges, dams, buildings, and tunnels. Our capabilities are unique since we are structural engineers with expertise in fiber optic sensors. We build the sensors as well as the interrogation units. These sensors are tested in our structural testing facility for validation and mock up experiments prior to field installations in bridges and other types of structures. Because of our special capabilities our sensors withstand the harsh construction environment and yet capable of measuring the specific parameters they were designed to monitor.<br /><br />We also perform nondestructive tests (NDT) using acoustical as well as optical methods including ultrasonics, acoustic emissions, stress wave techniques, resonant frequency, and laser holography. NDT in our laboratory is primarily used for investigation into the quality and condition of concrete pavements and bridge decks during the construction and or their service lives.<br /><br />As an academic entity, the most important product of our laboratory is our students. My students will all develop the unique expertise in sensors, NDT, and structural health monitoring by the time of their graduation.

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Editorial Activities</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span>Editor-in-Chief – Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring (JCSHM) – Published by Springer (2014-2019)<br /><br />Guest Editor, Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures (JIMSS), Sage Publications, UK, (2007)<br /><br />Associate Editor of ASCE, Journal of Engineering Mechanics (1998-2000)

---+++++ Professional Memberships

President of ISHMII, International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure,” www.ishmii.org (2009-2014)<br /><br />Member ASCE and past Chair of “Experimental Analysis & Instrumentation” Committee of the Engineering Mechanics Division, American Society of Civil Engineers (1983-present)<br /><br />SPIE, Technical Committee Member - NDE and Smart Structures (2005-present)
---+++ Publications

---++ Recent Books

(2009) "Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure Systems," Woodhead Publishing, Ltd. V.M. Karbhari, F. Ansari, Ed.. 552,pp.<br /><br />(2005) "Sensing Issues in Civil Structural Health Monitoring," F. Ansari, Ed., Springer Publishing Company, 550 pp.<br /><br />(2004) "Structural Health Monitoring", A. Mufti, F. Ansari, Eds., Proceedings of Second International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring of Innovative Civil Engineering Structures, September 2004, Winnipeg, Canada, 617 pp.

---++ Recent Publications

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Nazarian, E., Ansari, F., Azari, H. (2015),”Recursive Optimization Method for Monitoring of Tension Loss in Cables of Cable-stayed Bridges,” Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures (JIMSS), DOI: 10.1177/1045389X15620043, pp. 1-11.</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Helmi, K., Taylor, T., Zarafshan, and Ansari, F. (2015),”Reference Free Method for Real time Monitoring of Bridge deflections, Journal of Engineering Structures, Vol. 103, PP. 116-124.</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Meng, D., Ansari, F., and Feng, X., (2015),” Detection and Monitoring of Surface Cracks by PPP-BOTDA,” Applied Optics, </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Vol. 54, No. 16, PP. 4972-4978.</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Bao, T., Babanajad, S., Taylor, T., and Ansari, F. (2015). "Generalized Method and Monitoring Technique for Shear-Strain-Based Bridge Weigh-in-Motion." _J. Bridge Eng._ , </span> [[http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000782][<span style="background-color: transparent;">10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000782</span>]]<span style="background-color: transparent;"> , 04015029.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Wang, X., Ansari, F., Meng, D., and Bao, T., (2015), “Acousto-opto-mechanical theory for polarization maintaining optical fibers in Brillouin based sensing,” Journal of Optical Fiber Technology, Vol.21, No.1, PP. 170-175.</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Helmi, K., Taylor, T., and Ansari, F., (2015),” </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Shear force–based method and application for real-time monitoring of moving vehicle weights on bridges,” Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures,</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> Vol. 26</span><span style="background-color: transparent;">, doi: 10.1177/1045389X14529612</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Iranmanesh, A. and Ansari, F. (2014). ”Energy-Based Damage Assessment Methodology for Structural Health Monitoring of Modern Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns.” ASCE, Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol.19, No.8, <span style="background-color: transparent;">http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0000569</span></span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Bassam, A., and Ansari, F., (2014),” <span style="background-color: transparent;">A strain monitoring approach for estimating lateral displacements of concrete columns under seismic excitations,” Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structures,</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> December 4, 2014, doi: 10.1177/1045389X14560364</span></span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Zarafshan, A., Ansari, F., and Taylor, T., (2014), “Field Tests and Verification of Damping Calculation Methods for operating Highway Bridges,” Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, Vol.4, No.2, PP. 99-105.</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Meng, D., and Ansari, F. (2013),”Damped Fiber Optic Low-Frequency Tiltmeter for Real Time Monitoring of Structural Displacements,” IOP, Journal of Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 24, No. 12, </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/24/12/125106</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Feng, X., Zhang, X., Sun, C., Motamedi, M., and Ansari, F. (2013). "A Stationary Wavelet Transform Based Method for Distributed Detection of Damage by Fiber Optic Sensors." ASCE, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 140, No. 4, 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000679</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Motamedi, H., Feng X., Zhang, X., Sun, C., and Ansari, F. (2013), “Quantitative Investigation in Distributed Sensing of Structural Defects with Brillouin Optical Time Domain Reflectometry,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 24, No. 10 pp. 1187 - 1196.</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Feng, X., Sun, C., Zhang, X., Motamedi, H., and Ansari, F., (2013), "Theoretical and experimental investigations into crack detection with BOTDR distributed fiber optic sensors,” ASCE. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Dec 2013, Vol. 139, No. 12, pp. 1797-1807</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Talebinejad, I., Fischer, C., and Ansari, F., (2013), “Simplified Technique for Remote Monitoring of Deflection in Arch Structures, ” Journal of Experimental Techniques, SEM, Volume 37, Issue 1, PP. 68–72</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Zarafshan, A., Iranmanesh, A., and Ansari, F., (2012), “A Vibration Based Method and Sensor for Monitoring of Bridge Scour,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 829-838.</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Bassam, A., Iranmanesh, A., Ansari, F. (2011), “A simple quantitative approach for post earthquake damage assessment of flexure dominant reinforced concrete bridges,” Engineering Structures, Vol. 33, No.12, pp. 3218-3225.</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Liang, Y., Sun, C.S., and Ansari, F., (2011), "Damage Assessment and Ductility Evaluation of Post Tensioned Beams with Hybrid FRP Tendons,” ASCE, J. of Composites for Construction, Vol. 15, No. 3, PP. 274-283</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Talebinejad, I., Fischer, C., and Ansari, F., (2011), "Numerical Evaluation of Vibration-Based Methods for Damage Assessment of Cable-Stayed Bridges,” Journal of Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol. 26, No. 3, PP. 239–251</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Dong, Y.T., Ansari, F., and Karbhari, V., (2011), “Fatigue performance of reinforced concrete beams with externally bonded CFRP reinforcement,” Journal of Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol.7, No.3, PP. 229-241</span>

<span style="background-color: transparent;">Talebinejad, I., Fischer, C., Ansari, F. (2011), "A hybrid approach for safety assessment of the double span masonry vaults of the Brooklyn Bridge,” Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, Vol. 1, No. 1-2, PP. 3-15.</span>

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