Dr Mehrisadat Makki Alamdari

Biography

Dr. Makki Alamdari is a Senior Lecturer in the UNSW, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She is the recipient of the highly competitive ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA). Dr. Alamdari is also the winner of the prestigious JSPS Award (Japan Society for Promotion of Science). An award-winning scholar, Mehri is on the Executive of the Australian Network of Structural Health Monitoring (ANSHM), a member of the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII), a member of the International Association for Bridge Maintenance and Safety (IABMAS), and a steering committee member in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania Researchers in Japan Network (ANZOR Japan Network). Prior to joining UNSW, she was a research fellow in Data61|CSIRO. Dr. Alamdari has contributed to the development and deployment of SHM systems for several large-scale bridges including the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, and the Gateway Bridge in Brisbane. For these contributions, she and her team have been awarded Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Australia National Awards in 2020 and the Most Practical SHM Solutions for Civil / Mechanical Systems Award from Stanford University in 2015. Dr. Alamdari’s expertise is vibration analysis and testing, inverse dynamic problems and signal processing. Dr. Alamdari is an Associate Editor of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO) [Elsevier].

Research Interests

Structural Health Monitoring
Structural Dynamics
Signal Processing
Data Mining

My Grants

Makki Alamdari, M., Developing an Advanced Drive-by Bridge Inspection Technology, Australian Research Council/Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), (DE210101625), $430,075, 2021-4.
RESILIENT AND INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS, Industrial Transformation Research Hubs, (IH210100048), $5,087,843, 2022-7.
Lu, S., Makki Alamdari, M., Kanhere, S., Harries, S., Chang, K., Kim, C., Gainnelis, N., Vio, G., A New Paradigm for Road and Bridge Infrastructure Inspection Based on Vehicle Mounted Sensing, Centre for Critical Digital Infrastructure, Computer Science and Engineering Seed Funding, $50,000, 2022.
Makki Alamdari, M., Atroshchenko, E., Ruiz, R., Hassan, M., Performance Optimization of Piezo-Electric Energy Harvester (PEH) for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), The GROW (Early Career Academic Grants), $20,000, 2021.
Makki Alamdari, M., Valipour H., Eisentrager S., Atroshchenko E., Gao W., Kim T., Hamed E., Small Equipment Grant, University of New South Wales, $14, 215, 2021.
Makki Alamdari, M., Khoa Nguyen, Structural Health Monitoring, CSIRO-UNSW, (RG201872), $24,000, 2020.
Gao, W., Makki Alamdari, M., Valipour H., Lim S., Ge L, Small Equipment Grant, University of New South Wales, $25,400, 2018.
VALI POUR GOUDARZI, H., CASTEL, A., FOSTER, S., J, HAMED, E., KIM, T., MAKKI ALAMDARI, M, fip - digital image correlation for measuring deformations of large specimens in heavy structures laboratory, RG182758, 2018.
Makki Alamdari, M., Dackermann, U., Structural Health Monitoring, CSIRO-UNSW, (RG172961), $31,222, 2017-2020.
Makki Alamdari, Khoa Nguyen, M., Ly, Y., Lee, V., BrIM-based Structural Life Cycle Assessment Incorporating Finite Element Analysis and Real Time Structural Monitoring Measurements, CSIRO-Monash University, $104,010, 2016-2020.
Chief Investigators (CI) for a research project funded by NSW Government with project fund over $700,000, National ICT Australia (NICTA), 2015.

My Qualifications

University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2012-2014.

University of Manitoba, Canada, M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, 2011.

Iran University of Science and Technology, M.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, 2006-8.

Sharif University of Technology, B.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, 2002-6.

My Awards

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Australia National Awards for 2020 https://www.cies.unsw.edu.au/news/congratulations-to-cies-researcher-dr-mehri-makki-alamdari
Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Award, 2019-20.
The Best Paper Presentation Award, International conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-8), 2017.
The Most Practical SHM Solutions for Civil / Mechanical Systems Award, Stanford University, 2015.
Post Thesis Publication Award, University of Technology, Sydney, 2015.
Best Publication Award, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology, University of Technology, Sydney, (UTS), 2015.
Outstanding Research Award, University of Technology, Sydney, (UTS), 2014.
UTS Learning 2014 Competition Award, University of Technology, Sydney, 2013, 2014.
Winner of the UTS Learning 2013 Competition, University of Technology, Sydney, 2013.
UTS President’s Scholarship (UTSP), University of Technology, Sydney, 2012.
International Research Scholarship (IRS), University of Technology, Sydney, 2012.
International Graduate Student Scholarship (IGSES), University of Manitoba, Canada, 2011.
Exceptional Talented Students Award, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2007.