
Saman Farhangdoust
Postdoctoral Scholar, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Bio
Dr. Saman Farhangdoust is pursuing the goal of using his interdisciplinary knowledge to advance the Smart City and Space concept and make a lasting impact on society. He enjoys venturing into new disciplines to combine cutting-edge technologies and develop novel solutions to today’s structural safety problems.
As a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University, Saman works on multi-functional materials and smart structures with particular emphases on intelligent self-sensing diagnostics and integrated health management for space and aircraft structures.
Outside of his research at Stanford, Saman is collaborating with MIT Media Lab as a Technical Consultant and also with Boeing Research and Technology as a Research Consultant to advance sensing and structural health monitoring systems.
Saman is considered a talented young researcher who has made valuable multidisciplinary contributions at an international level. These research activities have led to more than 40 publications including journal articles, conference proceedings, a textbook, U.S. Patents, national reports and guidelines to date.
Honors & Awards
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SEI Young Professional Scholarship, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (2022)
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Outstanding Student of the Year Award, United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) (2021)
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Real Triumphs Graduate Award, Florida International University (2021)
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Outstanding Graduate Scholar Award, Florida International University (2021)
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Dissertation Year Fellowship, Florida International University (2021)
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Outstanding Student Life Award, Florida International University (2021)
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Author Conference Grant, The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) (2020)
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Biography Selected, Who’s Who in America - Marquis (2020)
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Travel Grant, The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) (2019)
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Research Job Fellowship, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2016)
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Ranked 1st in M.Sc. studies, Iran University of Science and Technology (2014)
Professional Education
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Ph.D., Florida International University, Structural Engineering
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Master of Science, Florida International University, Civil Engineering
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Master of Science, Iran University of Science and Technology, Mechanical Engineering
All Publications
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Kirigami auxetic structure for high efficiency power harvesting in self-powered and wireless structural health monitoring systems
SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES
2021; 30 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1088/1361-665X/abcaaf
View details for Web of Science ID 000617563300001