Amir Abdollahi Personal Page

 My Full Name in Japanese:  アミル アブドラヒ

One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things - Henry Miller

Education

♦ PhD Candidate, Program in Civil Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (2008 – present)

Supervisor: Irene Arias

♦ M.Sc. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Micro-Mechatronics Lab., Yamaguchi University, Japan (2006 - 2008) 

Supervisor: Zhongwei Jiang

♦ B.Sc. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Center, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (1999 - 2004)

Awards & Honors

♦ Japanese Government Research Scholarship (Monbukagakusho), 2005 - 2008

♦ 1^st place in Technical Challenge of World Robocup - Portugal 2004

♦ 2^nd place in Robocup German Open - Germany 2004 in the Middle size League

♦ 3^rd place in World Robocup - Italy 2003 in the Middle size League

♦ 3^rd place in Robocup German Open - Germany 2003 in the Small size League

♦ 3^rd place in Robocup German Open - Germany 2002 in the Small size League

♦ Outstanding Student Award from the president of Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) - 2003 & 2004

♦ ScienceDirect Top25 Hottest Article (see publication)

Research Interests

♦ Numerical Methods for Engineering Applications

 ♦ Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems 

 ♦ Micro and Nanotechnology

♦ Robotics and Mechatronics

Professional Experience 

Teaching assistant 

♦ Robotics for Bachelor Students, Yamaguchi University, Japan (2006-2007)

♦ Robotics for High School Students, Mathematics House, Iran (2003-2005)

♦ Machineray Design, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (2004) 

Membership

♦ Member and Refree of IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control 

♦ Member of  American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Patent

♦ Zhongwei Jiang, Amir Abdollahi, “MICRO-PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR PROVIDED BY ADDING THICKNESS MODE OSCILLATION TO SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE SENSOR (表面弾性波センサに厚みモード振動を付加したマイクロ圧電センサ)”, JAPAN, Yamaguchi University, Patent Number: 2008-105462, Sort: FUJ-H19060, 15 April 2008 [link]

Journal Publications 

♦ A. Abdollahi and I. Arias; “Phase-field modeling of the coupled microstructure and fracture evolution in ferroelectric single crystals”, Acta Materialia, Vol. 59, Issue 12, pp. 4733-4746, July 2011, DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2011.03.030 [link] (This paper was ranked 5th among the Top 25 Hottest Articles in Acta Materiala for the period of April to June 2011)  

♦ A. Abdollahi and I. Arias; “Phase-field simulation of anisotropic crack propagation in ferroelectric single crystals: effect of microstructure on the fracture process”, Modelling Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng., Vol. 19, Issue 7, DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/19/7/074010 [link] (This paper is among the selected papers  presented in the 5th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modelling (MMM2010) held in Freiburg, Germany, 4-8 October 2011) 

♦ A. Abdollahi and I. Arias; “Numerical simulation of intergranular and transgranular crack propagation in ferroelectric polycrystals”, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 174, No. 1, pp. 3-15 [link]. 

♦ A. Abdollahi and I. Arias; “Phase-field Modeling of Crack Propagation in Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Materials with Different Electro-mechanical Crack Conditions , Submitted to Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 

♦ A. Abdollahi and I. Arias; “Crack initiation patterns at electrode edges in multilayer ferroelectric actuators" , Submitted to Smart Materials and Structures. 

♦ A. Abdollahi, Z. W. Jiang, S. A. Arabshahi ; “Evaluation on Mass sensitivity of SAW Sensors for Different Piezoelectric Materials Using Finite Element Analysis”, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Vol. 54, No. 12, pp. 2446-2455, Dec. 2007 [link] (This paper is among the most cited articles in the field of Piezoelectric SAW sensors since 2007)

♦ Ziai-Rad, F. Janabi-Sharifi, M. Daneshpanah, A. Abdollahi, H.Ostadi, and H. Samani; “A practical approach to control and self-localization of an omni-directional mobile robot”, WSEAS Transactions on Systems and Control, Issue 5, Vol. 3, pp. 413-424, May 2008 [link]

♦ H. Samani, A. Abdollahi, Hossein Ostadi, S. Z. Rad, PHILIPS CFT and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology; Design and Development of a Comprehensive Omni directional Soccer Player Robot, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Vol. 1 No. 3 pp. 191-200, Sept. 2004 [link]

Book Chapters 

♦  A. Abdollahi and H. A. Samani, "An Efficacious Method to Assemble a Modern Multi-Modal Robotic Team: Dilemmas, Challenges, Possibilities and Solutions",  in the book titled Introduction to Modern Robotics, Edited by D. Chugo and S. Yokota, In press, ISBN: 978-14610986-9-0 [link]

♦ M. DaneshPanah, A. Abdollahi, H.Ostadi, H. Samani, "Comprehensive Omni-Directional Soccer Player Robots", in the book titled Robotic Soccer, Chapter 18, Edited by: Pedro Lima, Publisher: I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria, December 2007, ISBN:978-3-902613-21-9. [link]

♦ A. Abdollahi, Autodesk Inventor 3D Modeling Software for Mechanical Engineers: in the book titled A Key to some of theSoftware Packages for Analytical Mechanics, Edited by Prof. Forouzan”, Chapter 9, pp.203-224, Tose-amoozesh press, Iran, 2005, ISBN: 964-8617-45-7.

Conference Proceedings

♦ I. Arias and A. Abdollahi; "Coupled Phase-field Modeling of Fracture and Microstructure Evolution in Ferroelectric Materials (invited)", 48th Annual Technical Conference of Society of Engineering Science, Evanston, Illinois, USA, Oct. 2011.    

♦ A. Abdollahi and I. Arias; "A Phase-field Fracture Model Of Ferroelectric Materials Under Electro-mechanical Loading ", ASME 2011 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS2011), Arizona, USA, Sept. 2011.   

♦ A. Abdollahi and I. Arias; "Numerical Simulations of Vickers Indentation Crack Growth in Ferroelectric Single Crystals: Effect of Microstructure on the Fracture Process", XI International Conference on Computational Plasticity (COMPLAS XI), Barcelona, Sept. 2011.    

♦ A. Abdollahi and I. Arias; "On the Effect of Crack Face Boundary Conditions on the Fracture Mechanics of Ferroelectric Materials", 5th International Symposium on Defect and Material Mechanics (ISDMM2011), Seville, Spain, June 2011.   

♦ A. Abdollahi and I. Arias; "Numerical Simulation of Intergranular and Transgranular Crack Propagation in Ferroelectric Polycrystals", Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering (CMNE2011), Coimbra, Portugal, June 2011.  

♦ A. Abdollahi and I. Arias; "Coupled Phase-field Modeling of Fracture and Microstructure Evolution in Ferroelectric Materials", International Conference on Computational Modeling of Fracture and Failure of Materials and Structures (CFRAC2011), Barcelona, Spain, June 2011.   

♦ A. Abdollahi and I. Arias; “Twin toughening in ferroelectric materials: Effect of microstructure on fracture process", Fifth International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM2010), Freiburg, Germany, Oct 2010.  

♦ A. Abdollahi and I. Arias; “Modeling and simulation of coupled microstructure and fracture evolution in ferroelectric materials", 16th US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, June 2010. 

♦ A. Abdollahi and I. Arias; “A computational study of fracture in ferroelectric single crystals", X International Conference on Computational Plasticity (COMPLAS X), Barcelona, Sept. 2009.

♦ Z. W. Jiang, A. Abdollahi; “Innovative simulation procedure to investigate surface acoustic wave sensors”, 4th International Conference on Innovation and Management, Vol I and II, Page 129-133, Ube, Japan, 2007.

♦ A. Abdollahi, Z. W. Jiang, S. A. Arabshahi ; “Evaluation on Mass sensitivity of SAW Sensors for Different Piezoelectric Materials Using Finite Element Analysis”, IEEE International Conference on Application of Ferroelectrics, Nara, Japan, 2007.

♦ M. Ajoodanian, A. Abdollahi, Hossein Ostadi, M. Keshmiri, “Singularity Analysis of a 3 DOF 4-Legged Parallel Manipulator with a Non-Slippery Passive Constraining Leg”, International Conference on Optimization of Robots and Manipulators(OPTIROB), Bucharest, Romania,2006.

♦ Saeed Ziaie Rad, F-Sharifi, M.Danesh Panah, A.Abdollahi, Hossein Ostadi, H.Samani ; “A Practical Approach to Control and Self-Localization of Persia Omni-Directional Mobile Robot”, IROS/IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robotic Systems, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2005.

♦ M. Ajoodanian, A. Abdollahi, Hossein Ostadi, M. Keshmiri, “Wave Simulator: Design and Fabrication of a 3 DOF 4-Legged Parallel Manipulator with a Non-Slippery Passive Constraining Leg”, Isfahan, ISME International Conference, May 2005.

♦ I.U.T Persia T.D.P 2002, 2003, 2004 International Robocup symposium proceedings.

Workshops

♦ "High Performance Computations for Engineering", University of Pécs, Hungary, 17-22 May, 2009.

♦ "Workshops on Numerical Methods in Applied Science and Engineering", Barcelona, 2010, 2011.

Last Update: 2011-05-05