Biography
“Dr. Arvin” Ebrahimkhanlou is an Assistant Professor in the Civil,
Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department at Drexel University
with a courtesy appointment in the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
Department. He received his Ph.D. from and completed his post-doc at The
University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Arvin’s research is in the area of
robotic-based and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based assessment of civil
infrastructures as well as mechanical and aerospace structures. The results
of Dr. Arvin’s research have been published in more than 80 highly cited
journal and conference papers. His scholarly efforts have had a
quantifiable impact on the field and have been cited more than 1400 times
so far. Such efforts have also been recognized by several awards, including
the Fellowship Award of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing
(ASNT). Dr. Arvin has a keen passion for teaching and has been recognized
for his outstanding teaching performance. Dr. Arvin is a distinguished
alumnus of Sharif University for obtaining his bachelor’s degree with the
highest honors and an active member of several professional societies.
Degrees / Education
- PhD, Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2018
- MS, Computer Science, Georgia Tech, 2020
- MS, Civil Engineering, The State University of New York at Buffalo, 2015
- BS, Civil Engineering, Sharif University, 2011
Research Areas
Research Interests
Robotic-based and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Infrastructure Assessment; Computer Vision and Machine Learning for SHM/NDE; Internet of Things (IoT) and Mixed Reality (MR) for SHM/NDE; Wave Propagation (Guided Ultrasonic Waves); Acoustic Emission
Areas of Study
Academic Distinctions
- Carleone Award, College of Engineering, Drexel University, 2024
- Outstanding Paper Award, American Society for Nondestructive Testing, 2022
- Most Cited Ultrasonics Article since 2017, Journal of Ultrasonics, 2020
- Best Research Article prize of the Journal of Aerospace, 2020
- Top 1% reviewer in cross-field, Publons, 2019
- Best Student Paper Award, 60th Acoustic Emission Working Group, 2019
- Structural Health Monitoring and Control Student Paper Competition, Third Place, EMI conference, 2018
- Fellowship, American Society for Nondestructive Testing, 2018 Fellowship Award, 2018
- Dean’s Prestigious Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, 2018
- John A. Focht Endowed Presidential Graduate Scholarship in Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 201
- Phil M. Ferguson Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Civil Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2016
- Dr. Tavakoli Prize (for highest B.Sc. GPA, class of 2011), Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University, 2012
Select Publications
- Ali Ghadimzadeh Alamdari and Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou “A Multi-Scale Robotic Approach for Precise Crack Measurement in Concrete Structures”, Automation in Construction 158, No. 105215 (Feb 2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.105215
- Pedram Bazrafshan, Thinh On, Sina Basereh, Pinar Okumus, Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou, “A graph‐based method for quantifying crack patterns on reinforced concrete shear walls,” Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 39 (4), pp. 498–517 (cover paper of the Special Issue: Computational Concrete Engineering, February 2024) https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.13009
- Hamed Momeni, and Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou, “High dimensional data analytics for structural health monitoring: A review,” Smart Material and Structure 31, No. 4 (Mar. 2022), 043001 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/ac50f4
- Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou, Melanie B Schneider, Brennan Dubuc, Salvatore Salamone, “A deep learning framework for acoustic emission sources localization and characterization in complex aerospace panels”, Material Evaluation 79(4) (April 01, 2021) https://doi.org/10.32548/2021.me-04179 (2022 Outstanding Paper Award, American Society for Nondestructive Testing)
- Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou, Jongkwon Choi, Trevor Hrynyk, Salvatore Salamone, Oguzhan Bayrak, “Acoustic emission monitoring of containment structures during post-tensioning,” Engineering Structures 209 (15 April 2020): 109930, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.109930