Rate My Professor Ehsan Dehghan-Niri

Ehsan Dehghan-Niri serves as an Associate Professor in the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks at Arizona State University, directing the Intelligent Structures and Non-Destructive Evaluation (ISNDE) Lab. His academic journey began with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Yazd University in 2005, followed by an M.S. in Earthquake Engineering from the University of Tehran in 2008, and culminated in a Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University at Buffalo in 2014. Before joining ASU in January 2023, he held positions as Associate Professor from August 2022 to January 2023 and Assistant Professor from January 2017 to August 2022 in the Civil Engineering Department at New Mexico State University. Earlier, from October 2014 to January 2017, he worked as a Nondestructive Testing Professional Engineer at General Electric Company.

Dr. Dehghan-Niri's research specializes in bio-inspired acoustic sensing, acoustic-based testing and monitoring methods for inspection of infrastructures and mechanical systems, robotic inspection, and in-situ quality control of advanced manufacturing. Key areas include nonlinear ultrasound-based nondestructive testing and evaluation, and development of structural health monitoring systems for bridges, pipelines, and composite materials. He has authored over 35 peer-reviewed journal publications and 33 conference publications, along with 13 pending and approved U.S. and European patents. Among his notable works is "A probabilistic framework for acoustic emission source localization in plate-like structures" published in Smart Materials and Structures in 2012. His contributions have earned him the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2021 and the Young NDT Professional Award from the American Society for Nondestructive Testing. Furthermore, his research efforts have secured approximately $6 million in funding from prestigious agencies including the U.S. Department of Energy, NASA, and the U.S. Department of Defense.