Mehdi Ahmadian
J. Bernard Jones Professor
- Director of the Center for Vehicle Systems & Safety
- Thrust Area Specialty: Design Materials & Manufacturing
Office 124C
Mechanical Engineering,
1600 Innovation Drive, Suite 127,
Blacksburg VA 24061
Mechanical Engineering,
1600 Innovation Drive, Suite 127,
Blacksburg VA 24061
Research Interests
- Smart Materials and Systems
- Advanced Materials for Improving Ground Vehicle Dynamic Performance and Control
- Energy Harvesting
- Vehicle System Dynamics and Control
- Intelligent Suspensions
- Magneto-rheological Fluids
- Biodynamics
- Railroad Systems
- Health Monitoring Systems for Railroad Application
- Rail Vehicle Dynamics
- Rolling Stock Dynamics and Mechanics Analysis
See Dr. Ahmadian's publications and research on Google Scholar.
- 2001-Present, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
- 2005-Present, Founding Director, Virginia Tech Center for Vehicle Systems and Safety
- 2004-Present, Founding Director, Virginia Tech Railway Technologies Laboratory; and Founding Director, Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research
- 1995-2005, Founding Director, Virginia Tech Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory
- 1998-2001, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
- 1995-1998, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
- 2019 - SAE International/Magnus Hendrickson Innovation Award
- 2012-Present, Fellow, Society of Automotive Engineers (The SAE International)
- 2010-Present, Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- 1997-Present, Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- 2014, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Buckendale Lecture Award Recipient
- 2008, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Forest R. McFarland Award Recipient
- Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1984
- M.A. - Business Administartion, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College, 1994
- M.S. - Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1982
- B.S. - Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1980