Yashar_Azam

Yashar Eftekhar Azam

Associate Professor
Phone: (603) 862-0276
Office: Kingsbury Hall, Durham, NH 03824
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Courses Taught

  • CEE 680: Classical Structural Analysis
  • CEE 780/880: Matrix Structural Analys&Model
  • CEE 781/881: Dynamics of Structures
  • CEE 799H: Senior Honors Thesis

Education

  • Ph.D., Politecnico di Milano
  • M.S., Sharif University
  • B.S., University of Tehran

Selected Publications

  • Hoda, M. A., Mazzanti, A., Shojaii, J., Azam, Y. E., & Linzell, D. G. (2025). Unsupervised machine learning for bridge SHM using FPGA: Proof of concept via full-scale experiments. Measurement, 256, 118717. doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2025.118717

  • Castiglione, J., Astroza, R., Eftekhar Azam, S., & Linzell, D. (2025). Output-Only Nonlinear Finite Element Model Updating Using Autoregressive Process. In Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3 (pp. 83-86). River Publishers. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-47638-0_9

  • Duran, B., Emory, D., Azam, S. E., & Linzell, D. G. (2025). A Supervised Deep Learning Method to Classify Structural Damage of a Bridge Deck Mock-Up. In Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 2 (pp. 167-172). River Publishers. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-36663-5_22

  • Moradi, S., Duran, B., Eftekhar Azam, S., & Mofid, M. (2025). Correction: Moradi et al. Novel Physics-Informed Artificial Neural Network Architectures for System and Input Identification of Structural Dynamics PDEs. Buildings 2023, 13, 650. Buildings, 15(14), 2524. doi:10.3390/buildings15142524

  • Taze, I. E., Hoda, M. A., Miquelez, I., Maddaloni, P., & Eftekhar Azam, S. (2025). A Review of Digital Twinning Applications for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines: Insights, Innovations, and Implementation. Energies, 18(13), 3369. doi:10.3390/en18133369

  • Azam, S. E., Rageh, A., & Linzell, D. (2019). Damage detection in structural systems utilizing artificial neural networks and proper orthogonal decomposition. STRUCTURAL CONTROL & HEALTH MONITORING, 26(2). doi:10.1002/stc.2288

  • Azam, S. E., Chatzi, E., Papadimitriou, C., & Smyth, A. (2017). Experimental validation of the Kalman-type filters for online and real-time state and input estimation. JOURNAL OF VIBRATION AND CONTROL, 23(15), 2494-2519. doi:10.1177/1077546315617672

  • Azam, S. E., Chatzi, E., & Papadimitriou, C. (2015). A dual Kalman filter approach for state estimation via output-only acceleration measurements. MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, 60-61, 866-886. doi:10.1016/j.ymssp.2015.02.001

  • Nikkhoo, A., Hassanabadi, M. E., Azam, S. E., & Amiri, J. V. (2014). Vibration of a thin rectangular plate subjected to series of moving inertial loads. MECHANICS RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 55, 105-113. doi:10.1016/j.mechrescom.2013.10.009

  • Azam, S. E., Mofid, M., & Khoraskani, R. A. (2013). Dynamic response of Timoshenko beam under moving mass. SCIENTIA IRANICA, 20(1), 50-56. doi:10.1016/j.scient.2012.11.003

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