Armaghan Salehian, PEng

Armaghan Salehian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Professor Salehian’s research interests include the application of smart materials for energy harvesting, sensing, and actuation of mechanical systems. She has also performed extensive research on wrinkle modelling, flatness control, and vibrations modelling of space membranes and inflatable/deployable space structures using numerical techniques and homogenization analytical methods.

She has collaborated with Lockheed Martin, and the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and has located funding from various agencies such as the Ontario Centres of Excellence, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Professor Salehian is also a member of several societies and institutes, including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institutes.

• Smart Materials for Sensing-Actuation and Energy Harvesting Applications, Vibrations and Dynamics, Cable-Harnessed Structures Modal and Vibrations Analysis, Vibrations and Control of Space Structures, Inflatable Space Structures Dynamic Analysis, GNSS Reflectometry UAV Payload Design for Climate Change Monitoring

My research interests are vibrations and control of large flexible structures. Energy harvesting using ambient vibrations. My other scholarly experiences are: Reviewing for AIAA Journal, ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Journal of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (MSSP), International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration,

Journal of shock and vibrations, Journal of Intelligent Material systems and structures, book chapters for the 2nd edition of Vibration with Control by D. J. Inman, John Wiley and Sons,

(2006), book chapters for the 3rd edition of Engineering Vibrations by D. J. Inman, Prentice Hall, (2008), AIAA/SDM conference, ASME/IDETC conference, ASME/IMECE conference

Symposium and conference organization:

organizing the symposium on smart material systems at the 22nd Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise (VIB) Conference, an integral part of the 2009 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences to be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA., from August 30 to September 2, 2009.

Session Chair for the 24th International Modal Analysis Conference, January 30-February 2, 2006

Membership of Society of Women Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Workshop:

Attending the Forward to Professorship workshop in Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. May 18-20, 2005 and 2007. The workshop for Writing Successful Grants, held in The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center in Blacksburg,

Virginia. February 23 2006.

Consulting Activities:

Consulting for the Recon/Optical, Inc. (ROI) for the dynamics, vibration suppression and control of a high altitude reconnaissance camera using Bouc-Wen Magneto-Rheological dampers (2005)

• 2008, Doctorate Mechanical Engineering, space structures, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States of America

• 2003, Master's Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States of America

• 2000, Master's Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran

• 1997, Bachelor's Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

• 2006 2006-2007 Berry, V. scholarship

• 2007 2007-2008 USA National Science Foundation (NSF) Post-doctoral Fellowship (AdvanceVT)

• ME 321 - Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines
  • Taught in 2023, 2025
• ME 380 - Mechanical Engineering Design Workshop
  • Taught in 2025
• ME 524 - Advanced Dynamics and Vibrations
  • Taught in 2021, 2022
• ME 598 - Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
• ME 610 - Analytical Methods in Vibrations
  • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2024

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

• Agrawal, Pranav and Salehian, Armaghan, Vibrations analysis of cable-harnessed plates: Continuum modeling and experimental validation, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 051004, 2021

• Agrawal, Pranav and Salehian, Armaghan, Continuum modeling and vibration analysis of cable-harnessed plate structures of periodic patterns, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 061007, 2021

• Agrawal, Pranav and Salehian, Armaghan, Damping mechanisms in cable-harnessed structures for space applications: Analytical modeling, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 021001, 2021

• Agrawal, Pranav and Salehian, Armaghan, Damping mechanisms in cable-harnessed structures for space applications: Experimental validation, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 024502, 2021

• Cao, Shilei and Agrawal, Pranav and Qi, Naiming and Salehian, Armaghan, Optimal geometry for cable wrapping to minimize dynamic impacts on cable-harnessed beam structures, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 041005, 2021