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RESEARCH INTERESTS & SCIENTOMETRICS x Smart Structural Health Monitoring for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Management o for enhanced, infrastructure health monitoring: development of Neural Classifiers accounting for non-stationary excitations to enhance anomaly detection under operational conditions o Recursive Bayesian estimation: development of mathematical tools that improve input-state estimation and permit robust, real-time monitoring system health using sparse sensor networks o Computational modelling: development of fast, stable, linear and nonlinear computational models via order reduction, hyper-reduction and parallel processing o Full-scale experiments: design of optimal sensor networks and analysis of measured data from full- scale test beds to improve Machine Learning and Bayesian system identification techniques o Infrastructure Network Resiliency: Modelling interdependent critical infrastructure systems as network of connected agents using Agent-Based Simulations aimed to integrate data-centric decision making in infrastructure management x h-index: = 12.

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY Polytechnic University of Milan Italy PhD in Structural, Seismic and Geotechnical Engineering Jan. 2009 – Mar. 2012 (3 years & 3 months) Thesis title: Dual estimation and reduced order modelling of damaging structures Evaluation: Con Merito (With Distinction) Academic Tutor: Prof. Giulio Maier; Academic Advisor: Prof. Stefano Mariani Sharif University of Technology Iran Master of Science in Structural Engineering Sep. 2005 – Jan. 2008 (2 years & 4 months) Thesis title: Dynamic response of Timoshenko beam under moving mass Academic Advisor: Prof. Massood Mofid University of Tehran Iran Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Sep. 2001 – Sep. 2005 (4 years) EXPERIENCE University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE Postdoctoral Research Associate (Apr. 2017 – present) x Output-source damage detection in steel, railway bridges using Machine Learning. x Sparse sensor network, output-source, fatigue damage estimation using Kalman filtering. x Designing and performing full-scale, field experiments. x Preparing research funding proposals for federal and state agencies. Polytechnic University of Milan Italy Postdoctoral Research Associate (Sep. 2015 – Mar. 2016) x Uncertainty Quantification for experiments performed on Polysilicon thin films using Markov Chain Monte Carlo and Krigging-based surrogate modelling. x Particle and Kalman filtering for real-time damage detection in large structural systems. ETH Zurich & University of Thessaly Switzerland–Greece Postdoctoral Research Associate (Feb. 2014 – Aug. 2015) x Development of novel computational algorithms for robust, online and real-time state-input of fatigue damage using acceleration data. x Designing and performing reduced-scale, structural prototype, shake-table tests. SAEED E. AZAM 2 | Page

PUBLICATIONS Book 1. S. Eftekhar Azam (2014) “Online Damage Detection in Structural Systems,” Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319- 02559-9 Technical Report 1. M. Szerszen, D. Linzell, S. Eftekhar Azam, A. Alhajami, J. Steelman, R. Wood (2018) “Protocol to Evaluate and Load Rate Existing Bridges Using Field Testing,” Nebraska Department of Transportation. Peer Reviewed, Journal Papers 1. V.K. Dertimanis, E. Chatzi, S. Eftekhar Azam, C. Papadimitriou (2019), “Input–state–parameter estimation of structural systems from limited output information,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 126(1), 711-746. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2019.02.040 2. S. Eftekhar Azam, A. Rageh, D. Linzell (2018), “Damage detection in structural systems utilizing Artificial Neural Networks and Proper Orthogonal Decomposition,” Structural Control and Health Monitoring, e2288. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/stc.2288 3. A. Rageh, D., Linzell, S. Eftekhar Azam (2018), “Automated Output-Only Steel Railway Bridge Damage Detection Using Measured Strains,” Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, 8(5), 833-846. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13349-018-0311-6 4. S. Mariani, A. Ghisi, R. Mirzazadeh, S. Eftekhar Azam (2018), “On-Chip Testing: A Miniaturized Lab to Assess Sub- Micron Uncertainties in Polysilicon MEMS,” Micro and Nanosystems. DOI: 10.2174/1876402911666181204122855 5. R. Mirzazadeh, S. Eftekhar Azam, S. Mariani (2018), “Synergy of POD-Krigging and TMCMC for Mechanical Characterization and Uncertainty Quantification of Polysilicon Thin Films,” Sensors, 18(4), 1243. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s18041243 6. S. Eftekhar Azam, S. Mariani (2018), “Online damage detection in structural systems via dynamic inverse analysis: a recursive Bayesian approach,” Engineering Structure, 159, pp. 28-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.12.031 7. S. Eftekhar Azam, S. Mariani, N. Attari (2017), “Online damage detection via a synergy of proper orthogonal decomposition and recursive Bayesian filters,” Nonlinear Dynamics, 89(2), 1489-1511. DOI: 10.1007/s11071-017-3530- 1 8. S. Eftekhar Azam, E. Chatzi, C. Papadimitriou, A. Smyth, (2017), “Experimental validation of the Kalman-type filters for online and real-time state and input estimation,” Journal of Vibration and Control, 23, pp. 2494-2519. DOI: 10.1177/1077546315617672 Note: Included in Most Cited Articles in the last 3 years, as of 1/5/2019, in Journal of Vibration and Control (click here). 9. R. Mirzazadeh, S. Eftekhar Azam, S. Mariani (2016), “Micromechanical characterization of polysilicon films through on-chip tests,” Sensors, 16 (8), 1191. DOI: 10.3390/s16081191 10. G. Capellari, S. Eftekhar Azam, S. Mariani (2016), “Damage detection in flexible plates through reduced-order modeling and hybrid particle-Kalman filtering,” Sensors, 16, pp. 1-20. DOI: 10.3390/s16010002 11. R. Afghani Khoraskani, M. Mofid, S. Eftekhar Azam, M. Ebrahimzadeh (2016), “A new simplified formula in the prediction of the resonance velocity for multiple masses traversing a thin beam,” Scientia Iranica A: Transactions in Civil Engineering, 23, pp. 133-141. DOI: 10.24200/SCI.2016.2104 12. S. Eftekhar Azam, E. Chatzi, C. Papadimitriou (2015), “A dual Kalman filter approach for state estimation via output-only acceleration measurements,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 60 pp. 866-886, 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2015.02.001 Note: included in Most Cited Articles (click here) of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, published since 2014. 13. A. Nikkhoo, M. Ebrahimzadeh, S. Eftekhar Azam, J. Vaseghi (2014), “Vibration of a thin rectangular plate subjected to series of moving inertial loads,” Mechanic Research Communications, 55, pp. 105-113. DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2013.10.009 Note: Article included in Most Cited Articles (click here) of Mechanic Research Communications, published since 2014. SAEED E. AZAM 3 | Page

14. S. Eftekhar Azam, S. Mariani (2013), “Investigation of computational and accuracy issues in POD-based reduced order modeling of dynamic structural systems,” Engineering Structures, 54, pp. 150-167. DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2013.04.004 15. S. Eftekhar Azam, M. Mofid, R. Afghani Khorasgani (2013), “Dynamic response of Timoshenko beam subjected to moving mass,” Scientia Iranica A: Transactions in Civil Engineering, 20, pp. 50–56. DOI: 10.1016/j.scient.2012.11.003 16. S. Eftekhar Azam, S. Mariani (2012), “Dual estimation of partially observed nonlinear structural systems: a particle filter approach,” Mechanic Research Communications, 46, pp. 54-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2012.08.006 17. S. Eftekhar Azam, A. Ghisi, S. Mariani (2012), “Parallelized sigma-point Kalman filtering for structural dynamics,” Computers and Structures (IF = 2.887), 92-93, pp. 193-205. DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2011.11.004 18. S. Eftekhar Azam, M. Bagherinia, S. Mariani (2012), “Stochastic system identification via particle and sigma-point Kalman filtering,” Scientia Iranica A: Transactions in Civil Engineering, 19, pp. 982-991. DOI: 10.1016/j.scient.2012.06.007 Journal Papers - Submitted and In Preparation 19. V. Mohsenian, A. Nikkhoo, S. Eftekhar Azam (2018), “On the Fragility Analysis and Introduction of Bayes Estimators in Updating Process of Derived Results,” Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, submitted. 20. S. Eftekhar Azam, D. Linzell, B. Moaveni, “Output-only particle filtering for nonlinear structural dynamics,” Engineering Structure, in preparation. 21. S. Eftekhar Azam, D. Linzell, A. Rageh, “Output-only strain prediction in steel railway bridges,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, in preparation. 22. D. Giagopoulos, S. Eftekhar Azam, C. D. Papadioti, E. Chatzi, C. Papadimitriou, “Response reconstruction for fatigue prediction in linear structural components of a nonlinear structure,” Structural Control and Health Monitoring, in preparation. Refereed Conference Proceedings 1. G. Capellari, E. Chatzi, S. Mariani, S. Eftekhar Azam (2017), “Optimal design of sensor networks for damage detection”, Eurodyn X, September, Rome, Italy. 2. R. Mirzazadeh, S. Eftekhar Azam,E. Jensen,S.Mariani (2017), “Uncertainty quantification in polysilicon MEMS through on-chip testing and reduced-order modelling”, EuroSimE, April, Dresden, Germany. 3. D. Giagopoulos, A. Arailopoulos, S. Eftekhar Azam, C. Papadimitriou, E. Chatzi, K. Grompanopoulos (2016), “Dynamic Response Estimation and Fatigue Prediction in a Linear Substructure of a Complex Mechanical Assembly”, 8th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, July, Bilbao, Spain. 4. V. Dertimanis, S. Eftekhar Azam, E. Chatzi, C. Papadimitriou (2016), “Output-only fatigue prediction of uncertain steel structures”, 8th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, July, Bilbao, Spain. 5. G. Abbiati, E. Cazzador, I. Lanese, S. Eftekhar Azam, O. S. Bursi, A. Pavese (2015), “Recent advances on the hybrid simulation of bridges base on partitioned time integration, dynamic identification and model updating”, 6th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering, August, Champaign, Illinois, United States. 6. S. Eftekhar Azam, V. Dertimanis, E. Chatzi, C. Papadimitriou (2015), “Output-only schemes for joint input-state- parameter estimation of linear systems”, 1st ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Sciences and Engineering (UNCECOMP), May, Crete, Greece. 7. S. Eftekhar Azam, E. Chatzi C. Papadimitriou, A. Smyth (2015), “Experimental Validation of the Dual Kalman Filter for Online and Real-time State and Input Estimation”, IMAC-XXXIII, February, Orlando, Florida, United States. 8. G. Capellari, S. Eftekhar Azam, S. Mariani (2015), “Document Online damage detection in plates via vibration measurements”, IMAC-XXXIII, February, Orlando, Florida, United States. 9. S. Eftekhar Azam, C. Papadimitriou, E. Chatzi (2014), “Recursive Bayesian filtering for displacement estimation via output-only vibration measurements”, ACEM, August, Busan, South Korea. 10. S. Eftekhar Azam, R. Afghani Khorasgani, M. Mofid (2012), “Dynamic control of beams acted by multiple moving masses in resonance state using piezo-ceramic actuators”, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, San Diego, California, United States. SAEED E. AZAM 4 | Page

11. S. Mariani, F. Caimmi, S. Eftekhar Azam, M. Bruggi, P. Bendiscioli (2011), “Damage detection in vibrating composites using MEMS”, Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Urban Construction in the Vicinity of Active Faults, September, Tabriz, Iran. 12. S. Eftekhar Azam, S. Mariani (2011), “POD-based reduced order modeling of dynamic systems”, Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Urban Construction in the Vicinity of Active Faults, September, Tabriz, Iran. 13. S. Eftekhar Azam, S. Mariani (2011), “Particle and sigma-point Kalman filters: a comparison of performance”, Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Urban Construction in the Vicinity of Active Faults, September, Tabriz, Iran. 14. S. Eftekhar Azam, M. Bagherinia, S. Mariani (2011), “Stochastic system identification via filtering techniques”. EURODYN XIII, July, Leuven, Belgium. 15. S. Mariani, S. Eftekhar Azam, A. Ghisi, A. Corigliano, B. Simoni (2011), “Reduced Order Modelling of MEMS Dynamics”, Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS,May, Aix – en – Provence, France. 16. S. Eftekhar Azam, S. Mariani (2010), “Stochastic system identification using Kalman filtering”, The Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, September, Valencia, Spain. 17. S. Eftekhar Azam, A. Ghisi, S. Mariani (2010), “A parallel implementation of the sigma-point Kalman filter”, The Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, September, Valencia, Spain.

TEACHING/ADVISING EXPERIENCE Polytechnic University of Milan Italy Role: Scientific Co-advisor Thesis: Giorgio Gobat, Apr. 2017, Modellazione di ordin ridotto e decomposizione in sottodomini per l'analisi strutturale (click here for online record) Role: Scientific Co-advisor Thesis: Giovanni Capellari, Apr. 2014, Damage identification in thin plates through hybrid Kalman particle filtering and reduced order modeling (click here for online record) Role: Scientific Co-advisor Thesis: Ilaria Franzoni, Mar. 2011, Modelli di ordine ridotto per la dinamica strutturale : un approccio basato sulla decomposizione ortogonale propria (click here for online record) Role: Scientific Co-advisor Thesis: Mehrdad Bagherinia, Dec. 2010, Particle filtering for nonlinear structural system: assessment of performance and comparison with unscented Kalman filtering (click here for online record) Role: Tutoring, delivering lectures and material preparation Course: Computational modelling for materials engineering (Oct. 2015– Mar. 2016) University of Nebraska – Lincoln Lincoln, NE Role: Scientific Co-advisor Summer internship: Trey Seibel, REU NSF Intern, 2017, Strain prediction in entire body of metallic bridges via multiple moving mass simulations and Augmented Kalman Filtering. Summer internship: Samantha Lopez, REU NSF Intern, 2018, Damage Detection in Railway Bridges Utilizing Artificial Neural Networks and Proper Orthogonal Decomposition. Role: Lecturer Course: Computer-Aided Design (2018 Spring Semester) Review: above the department average Role: Lecturer Course: Engineering Dynamics (2018 Summer Session) Review: above the department average Role: Lecturer Course: Reinforced Concrete Design I (2018 Fall Semester – ongoing) Role: Lecturer Short Course: Bayesian Filtering: Online Identification beyond LTI Systems (Planned for IMAC XXXVII Jan. 2020), in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Eleni Chatzi and Dr. Vasilis Dertimanis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. SAEED E. AZAM 5 | Page

GRANT PROPOSAL EXPERIENCE Role: Co-Principal Investigator Supplemental Funding Request: Protocol to Evaluate and Load Rate Existing Bridges (Aug. 2018 – Nebraska Department of Transportation), PI: Daniel Linzell, Voelte-Keegan Professor and Chair, University of Nebraska– Lincoln. x Status: funded. Amount of funding: $18,924. Role: Co-Author, and postdoctoral researcher BD Spokes: Spokes: MEDIUM: MIDWEST: Smart Big Data Pipeline for Aging Rural Bridge Transportation Infrastructure (Sep. 2017 – US NSF), PI: Robin Gandhi, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Omaha. x Status: funded. Amount of funding: $999,988. Role: Co-Principal Investigator Low-cost modal identification sensors for bridge field testing (Nebraska Department of Transportation) (Aug. 2018 – Nebraska Department of Transportation), PI: Daniel Linzell, Professor of Civil Engineering and Associate Dean for Graduate and International Programs, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. x Status: funded. Amount of funding: $142,000. Role: Co-Principal Investigator Real-time infrastructure monitoring using hyper reduction and particle filtering (Layman New Directions Award, Internal Grant at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln), PI: Daniel Linzell, Professor and Associate Dean, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. x Status: not funded. Amount of funding: $10,000. Role: Postdoctoral Researcher for Co-PI Daniel Linzell (University of Nebraska – Lincoln) Phase I SBIR: 18-FH2: Use of High Resolution Imaging Techniques for Condition Assessment and Damage Detection of Bridges (Mar. 2018 – US Department of Transportation), PI: David Stevens, Managing Principal, Protection Engineering Consultants. x Status: not funded. Role: Senior Personnel for Co-PI Daniel Linzell (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) CRISP 2.0 Type 2: Enabling Resilient Interdependent Communication and Healthcare (ENRICH) Systems in Rural America (Mar. 2018 – National Science Foundation of US), PI: Sez Atamturktur, Provost’s Distinguished Professor, Clemson University. x Status: not funded. Role: Postdoctoral Researcher for Co-PI Ali Tamayol (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Restoration of the Functional Aesthetic Craniofacial Envelope and Extremities after Trauma (Feb. 2018 – Department of Defense of US), PI: Elof Eriksson, Joseph E. Murray Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital. x Status: not funded. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Alidoost & Partners Iran Structural Engineer (Apr. 2012– Jan. 2014; Apr. 2016 – Apr. 2017) x Seismic design of steel and concrete structures. Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center Iran Structural Engineer (Apr. 2012 – Jan. 2014) Note: Part-time, unpaid research position during obligatory military service x Translating technical documents on Magneto-Rheologic dampers for improvement of seismic performance of existing structures from English into Persian. x Translating technical documents on seismic base isolation of structures from English into Persian. Shora Consulting Engineers Iran Structural Engineer (Dec. 2007– Dec. 2008) x Public school retrofit design and project management. PROGRAMMING AND SOFTWARE x Programming: MATLAB; FORTRAN; NetLogo. x Structural Design: ETABS; SAP2000; SAFE. x Finite Element Analysis: Abaqus, ANSYS; COMSOL. x Word Processor: Microsoft Word; LaTeX. SAEED E. AZAM 6 | Page

HONORS and AWARDS Invited Research Visit at Universidad de los Andes for research on adopting Auto Regressive models and recursive Bayesian filtering for output-only nonlinear finite element model updating. Host: Dr. Rodrigo Astroza, Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering. April 2018. Invited Seminar at the University of Kansas entitled “Bayesian Filtering: Online Identification beyond LTI System.” Host: Dr. Huazhen Fang, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. August 17, 2018. Article highlighted: Eftekhar Azam et al. (2015) was highlighted in Il Progettista Industriale Magazine, in July 2017 Issue; click here, and see page 16. x S. Eftekhar Azam, E. Chatzi, C. Papadimitriou (2015), “A dual Kalman filter approach for state estimation via output-only acceleration measurements”, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 60 pp. 866-886. Polimi International Fellowship: Offered two year research fellowship, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Oct. 2016 (declined due to accepting the offer in University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Visiting Assistant Professor: Offered two year research fellowship, National Elite Foundation of Iran, Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Jun. 2016 (declined due to accepting the offer in University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Visiting scholarship: Program for the Promotion of the Exchange and Scientific Cooperation between Greece and Germany, travel and living expenses for 10 day research visit to Bauhaus Universität Weimar, Apr. 2015 Ranked 33rd out of 16,000 Civil Engineering examinees (top 0.2%), Nationwide Graduate Studies Entrance Exam, Iran, Apr. 2004 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/SERVICE x Registered Engineer: Iranian Construction Engineering Organization. x Editorial activities: o Guest Editor for Special Issue entitled "Sensors, Big Data Analytics and Computational Modeling for Infrastructure Monitoring and Maintenance,” in journal of Sensors, click here for further details. o Academic Editor: Mathematical Problems in Engineering. o Journal Reviewer: Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Computers & Structures, Structural Health Monitoring, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, Micromachines, Sensors. x Member: National Postdoctoral Association, Society for Experimental Mechanics. x Member: Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification Technical Division at the US Society for Experimental Mechanics. x Session Moderator in Structures Congress, Fort Worth, TX, 2018. x Session Chair in IMAC XXXVI, Orlando, FL, 2018. x Session Moderator in EMI Conference, Boston, MA, 2018. x Session co-organizer of in IMAC XXXVII (2019) entitled “Bayesian Filtering: Online Identification Beyond LTI Systems” by Prof. Dr. Eleni Chatzi. x Member of the Technical Committee of the 10th International Conference on Short and Medium Span Bridges, SMSB–X, Quebec City, Canada, 2018. x Member of the Board of Judges in 2018 Spring Research Fair at University of Nebraska–Lincoln. x Member of the Board of Judges in International Teaching Assistant Evaluation at University of Nebraska– Lincoln, summer 2018.