publications

Selected publications from the Structural Engineering and Health Monitoring Laboratory.

Selected scholarship

Research in structural dynamics, mechanics, and monitoring.

This selection highlights recent and foundational work from the SEHM Lab in earthquake engineering, rocking structural systems, structural health monitoring, and computational dynamics.

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Journal articles

Selected publications

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2026

  1. MLE
    Unsupervised Structural Health Monitoring Using Physics-Based Vibration Features Derived from an Instrumented Bridge Mockup
    Mehrdad Aghagholizadeh, Preston Guinto, and Wayne Mutuku
    Machine Learning: Engineering, 2026
    DOI
  2. EESD
    Weak-Story Mitigation and Drift Redistribution in Moment-Resisting Frames Using Stepping Rocking Walls
    Mehrdad Aghagholizadeh
    Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2026
    DOI PDF

2023

  1. ANE
    Damage Detection of Spent Nuclear Fuel Canisters Using Frequency-Response Functions
    Mehrdad Aghagholizadeh, Bora Gencturk, Roger Ghanem, and 1 more author
    Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2023
    DOI

2021

  1. EESD
    Response Analysis of Yielding Structures Coupled with Rocking Walls with Supplemental Damping
    Mehrdad Aghagholizadeh and Nicos Makris
    Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2021
    DOI

2020

  1. ES
    A Finite Element Model for Seismic Response Analysis of Vertically-Damped Rocking Columns
    Mehrdad Aghagholizadeh
    Engineering Structures, 2020
    DOI

2017

  1. EESD
    The Dynamics of an Elastic Structure Coupled with a Rocking Wall
    Nicos Makris and Mehrdad Aghagholizadeh
    Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2017
    DOI

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