Professor Hamid M. Lankarani
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Hamid M. Lankarani
Senior Fellow, National Institute for Aviation Research
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Wichita State UniversityWichita, KS? 67260-0133
Phone: (316) 978-6307
Facsimile: (316) 978-3236
Email:hamid.lankarani@wichita.edu
http://engr.wichita.eduhlankarani
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AREAS OF INTEREST
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Automotive and Aircraft Crashworthiness, Occupant Protection of Transportation Systems, Biodynamics, Injury Biomechanics, Multibody Dynamics, Structures, Impact Dynamics, Mechanical Systems Analysis and Design, Computer-Aided Design
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EDUCATION
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Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, August 1988
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Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, December 1983
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Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, December 1981
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PROFESSIONAL CAREER
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2001-date???? Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Interim Department Chair (January - June 2005)
Senior Fellow, National Institute for Aviation Research
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
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1994-2000???? Associate Professor and Bombardier/Learjet Fellow
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Fellow, National Institute for Aviation Research
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
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1989-1994???? Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Associate, National Institute for Aviation Research
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
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1988-1989???? Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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1984-1988???? Teaching and Research Assistant
Computer-Aided Engineering Laboratory
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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1985-1986???? Multibody Dynamics and Finite Element Structural Analyst
CASA-GIFTS Structural Software Company
Tucson, Arizona
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1981-1983???? Teaching and Research Assistant
Center for Computer-Aided Design
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
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American Society of Mechanical Engineering ? Elected Fellow (2005), Member (1980-2004), Executive Member in charge of College Relations (1992-present) and Elected Treasurer (1989-1991) for the Central Kansas Section
Society of Automotive Engineers -- Member (1989-present)
SAE Aircraft Seat Standards Committee ? Contributing Member (1994-present)
American Society of Engineering Education -- Member (1989-present)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics -- Member (1994-present)
European Mechanics Society -- Member (1998-present)
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HONORS AND AWARDS
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Recipent of the Wichita State University college of Engineering Dwane and Velma?Wallace 2005 Outstanding Educator Award toward Excellence in Teaching
Recipient of two Bombardier-Learjet Fellowships for academic excellence, 1995-1998 and 1998-2001
Fellow of the National Institute for Aviation Research, Elected 1995 and re-appointed ?every year 1995-2000. Elected Senior Fellow, 2001-present
Elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, 2005
Member of the Advanced Materials and Medical Devices Hot Team for the Kansas Bioscience Initiative
Recipient of the 2001 Wichita State University Academy for Effective Teaching Award?WSU 2004 Engineering Council's Polished Professor? award
Recipient of the 1994 Wichita State University Board of Trustees Young Faculty Scholar Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Professional Service
Winner of the 1993 Society of Automotive Engineers Ralph R. Teetor Outstanding Educator Award for significant contribution to teaching, research, and student involvement (one of the 15 selected nationwide)
Recipient of the Wichita State University College of Engineering Dwane and Velma Wallace 1993 Outstanding Educator Award toward Excellence in Research
Nominated every year since 1992 for the Board of Trustees Excellence in Teaching Award and also the Academy of Effective Teaching Award
Two-term Associate Technical Editor for ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 1995-1998 and 1998-2003
Associate Technical Editor for ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 2004-present
On the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Multibody Systems Dynamics
On the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Crashworthiness
Executive Member of ASME Technical Committee on Multibody Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics, 2003-present
On the Advisory Panel for Aircraft Interior magazine
Chair of the Crashworthiness Research Group for the FAA Airworthiness Assurance Center of Excellence, 1999-present
Chair of the Crashworthiness Research Team for the FAA General Aviation Center of Excellence, 2001-present
Nominated every year for Board of Trustees Excellence in Teaching Award, WSU, 1996-present
Nominated every year for Academy for Effective Teaching Award, WSU, 1997-present
Wichita State University Engineering Council Polished Professor Award, 1992, 2004
Award for Best Teaching Assistant in College of Engineering, University of Arizona, 1986
Member of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society, (1980-present)
Member of Pi Tau Sigma, National Honorary Mechanical Engineering Fraternity, (1979-present)
Dean's list and Undergraduate Scholarship, University of Iowa, 1978-1981
Graduated with Distinction, University of Iowa, 1981
Listed in the International Guide for Men of Achievement since 1994
Honored Member, Strathmore Who's Who, 1999-2000
Listed in the Lexington Who's Who Millennium Edition of the Registry
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AWARDED RESEARCH GRANTS
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"Crashworthiness of Composite Structures - High Strain Rate Effects on material Properties," ?NIAR/Industry/State of Kansas (NIS Program), July 2005 - June 2006 (Co-PI with K.S. Raju).
"Child Safety Seat Provisions,"? NIAR/Industry/State of Kansas (NIS Program), July 2005 - June 2006 (PI).
"Bus Safety and Cabin Optimization for Improved Crashworthiness and Passenger Biomechanical Response,"? , Federal Transit Authority, DOT, July 2005 - June 2007 (Co-PI with G. Olivares).
"Application of Explicit Finite Element Analysis Methods to Evaluate Bird Strike Damage on Metallic and Composite Aircraft Structures," ADMRC - Aircraft Design and Manufacturing Research Center, January 2006 - December 2006, (PI).
"Head Injury Criteria for the Head Up Display Combiner Unit of the MD10 and A300 Aircraft ? Preliminary Analysis Phase,"??ElecroOptics Industries and Fedex Corp., March- August 2005 (PI).
"Dynamic Analysis of a Crew Seat and a Passenger Seat for Eclipse 500,"? Millennium Concepts Inc., April - May 2005.
"Crashworthiness of Composite Structures - High Strain Rate Effects on material Properties,"?NIAR/Industry/State of Kansas (NIS Program), July 2004 - June 2005 (Co-PI with K.S. Raju).
"Spacecraft System Leak Repair Methods,"?NASA EPSCoR, October 2004 - September 2005, (Co-PI, Soschinske - PI).
"Crashworthiness of Composites - Material Dynamic Properties,"?Federal Aviation Administration, Institutional Matched?October 2004 - September 2005 (Co-PI with K.S. Raju).
"Validation of NIAR Component Head Injury Criteria Tester for FAR Part 23/25 Aircraft Seat Certification,"? includes?matching funds from WSU), FAA AACE, Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Airworthiness Assurance, January 2003 -January 2005, (PI).
"Prediction of the Global 5000 PAX Seat Bottom Cushion Lumbar Loads at Extreme Temperatures,"?4/Flight Industries, September - October 2003, (PI).
?"Injury Biomechanics of Children's Skull, Brain and Cervical Spine,"?National Institute of Child Health and Human Development -- NIH, October 2003 - September 2004, (PI).
"Analysis of Head Injury Criteria for the C-27J Combiner Design,"?Lockheed Martin, September - October 2003, (PI).
?"Development of Analytical Methods to Predict Crash Impact Responses of General Aviation Aircraft Seat/Occupant/Restraint System,"? includes?matching funds from WSU), Federal Aviation Administration - Center of Excellence for General Aviation Research? (CGAR), November 2001- December 2004, (PI).
"Airplane Seat-Occupant-Restraint System Modeling Using Madymo,"? Civil Aero Medical Institute, March '01 - August '02.
"Enhancement of NIAR Component HIC Tester for GA Aircraft Seats,"? ?FAA CGAR, Center of Excellence for General Aviation Research, December 2001 - December 2002, (PI).
"Virtual Reality Applications in the Aviation Industry,"?NSF EPSCoR program, May 2002 - December 2002, (Co-PI, Dr. Vis Madhaven - PI).?
"Seat Cushion Replacement Program,"? Federal Aviation Administration, September 2000 - August 2002, (PI).
"Analytical Evaluation of Component HIC Devices for Certification of Aircraft Cabin Furnishings,"? ADMRC - Aircraft Design and Manufacturing Research Center, January 1999 - December 2001, (PI).
"Landing Gear Drop Test for Sino Swearingen Mode SJ30-2 Landing Gears,"? Sino Swearingen Aircraft Co., January 1998 - June 2000, (PI).
"Development of an Enhanced Component HIC Tester,"? ?Federal Aviation Administration, July 2000 - August 2001, (PI).
"Design and Fabrication of a HIC Compliant Bulkhead,"? Federal Aviation Administration, July 2000 - October 2001, (PI).
"Development of Validated Energy-absorbing Aircraft Seat Models,"? NASA AGATE, Advanced General Aviation Technology Experiments, February 2000 - November 2000, (PI).
?"Development of a Validated Component HIC Testing Apparatus,"??Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Airworthiness Assurance, February 1998 - July 2000, (PI).
"Enhancing Aviation Research Through Acquisition of Impact Test Equipment,"? National Science Foundation EPSCoR, January 1999 - December 1999, (Co-PI, C. Yang - PI).
"Establishing Compliance Test Criteria for Side-facing Aircraft Seats,"? ADMRC - Aircraft Design and Manufacturing Research Center, March 1997 - December 1999, (PI).
"Design Evaluation of the C-130J Heads-Up-Display,"? Lockheed Martin, March 1998 - April 1998, (Co-PI, S. Hooper - PI).
"Water Jet Impingement Forming of Aluminum Aircraft Skins,"?ADMRC - Aircraft Design and Manufacturing Research Center, January 1999 - December 1999, (Co-PI, J. Mathis - PI).
"Learjet/Bombardier Academic Excellence Fellowship,"? Learjet-Bombardier, August 1998 - August 2001.
"Three-point Restraint Systems for Aircraft Seat Testing,"? Schroth Aircraft Belts Inc., total of 65 restraint systems, May 1997, (PI).
"Software EASi-MAD for Pre- and Post-processing of Crash Dynamics Data,"? EASi-Megatech Corp., 1992-1998, (PI).
"Software EASi-CRASH for Crashworthiness Analysis," ?EASi-Megatech Corp., since 1997, (PI).
"Development and Evaluation of Simplified Head Impact Component Testing Methodologies,"? Federal Aviation Administration, July 1996 - March 1998, (PI).
"Aircraft Bulkheads for Head Impact Testing,"? Continental Airlines, total of 40 bulkheads and two galleys, October 1996, (PI).
"Simplified HIC Component Testing and Analysis for Reducing Interior Aircraft Certification Time and Cost,"? State/Industry/University (SIU) Cooperative Research Center, January 1997 - December 1997, (PI).
"Crashworthiness and Occupant Protection of Transportation Systems," NATO/ASI (North Atlantic Treaty Organization/Advanced Science Institute), NATO Scientific and Environmental Affairs and NSF (National Science Foundation), Graduate Fellowship Program,? ?Travel Grants for US Participants, Portugal, July 1996.
"Learjet/Bombardier Academic Excellence Fellowship," Learjet-Bombardier, August 1995- August 1998.
"Computational Dynamics for Vehicle Crashworthiness,"? Joint Research between Instituto Superior Tecnico in Portugal and WSU, supported by JNICT (NSF equivalent in Portugal), January 1993 - January 1995, (Co-PI, J. Ambrosio - PI).
"Dynamic Seat Testing and Analysis,"? Federal Aviation Administration, July 1995 - July 1996, (Co-PI, S.J. Hooper - PI).
"Automated Body Movement Tracking in Crash Environment Using Machine Vision,"? Federal Aviation Administration Grants Program, May 1993 - December 1993, (PI).
"Travel Grant for Ralph R. Teetor Outstanding Educator Award,"? Society of Automotive Engineers for trip to Annual Congress and Exposition, February 1993, (PI).
"Impact Dynamics of Multibody Mechanical Systems - Application in Crashworthiness," NATO/ASI (North Atlantic Treaty Organization/Advanced Science Institute on "Computer-Aided Analysis of Mechanical Systems,"? NATO Scientific and Environmental Affairs Travel Grant to Portugal, June 1993, (PI).
"Development of an Improved Biodynamics Model for SOM-LA/TA,"? Federal Aviation Administration, October 1993 - September 1994, (PI).
"Injury Biomechanics of Human Head-Brain-Neck System,"? Wesley Medical Foundation, Wichita, Kansas, January 1992 - September 1994, (PI).
"Occupant Biodynamic Responses for Evaluation of Aircraft Crash Safety,"? Federal Aviation Administration, June 1991 - September 1993, (PI).
"Crack Detection, Surface-Generated Scratches, and Mechanical Paint Removal of Aging Aircraft,"? Federal Aviation Administration, October 1990 - August 1992 (Co-PI, J. Talia - PI).
"Automatic Generation and Numerical Solution of Equations for Analysis and Design of Mechanical Systems,"? University Research Grant, Wichita State University, January 1990 - May 1990 (PI).
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PUBLICATIONS
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Book Chapters and Refereed Journal
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Flores, P., Ambrosio, J., and Claro, J.C.P., Lankarani, H.M., "Influence of the Contact-Impact Force Model on the Dynamic Response of Multibody Systems," submitted to Internationa Journal of Multibody System Dynamics, submitted June 2005.
Flores, P., Ambrosio, J., and Claro, J.C.P., Lankarani, H.M., and Koshy, C.S.,? "A Study on Dynamics of Mechanical Systems Including Joints with Clearance and Lubrication," Journal of Mechanism and Machine Theory, Paper No. MMT 39-140, accepted January 2005.
Alshaer, B.J., Nagarajan, H., Beheshti, H.K., Shivaswamy, S., and Lankarani, H.M., "Dynamics of a Multibody Mechanical System with Lubricated Long Journal Bearings," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 127, pp. 493-498, May 2005.
Nagarajan, H., McCoy, M., Lankarani, H.M., "Design of HIC-Compliant Aircraft Bulkheads and Cabin Class Divider Panels," International Journal of Crashworthiness, Paper #0367, Vol. 10, No. 0, pp. 000-000, 2005.
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Flores, P., Lankarani, H.M., Ambrosio, J., and Claro, J.C.P., "Modeling Lubricated Revolute Clearance Joints in Multibody Mechanical Systems," Journal of Multi-body Dynamics, IMechE, Paper No. K03303, Vol. 218, Part K, pp. 183-190, 2004.
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Lankarani, H.M., Olivares, G., and Nagarajan, H., "A Virtual Mutibody and Finite-Element Analysis Environment in the Field of Aerospace Crashworthiness," Chapter in the book, Virtual Nonlinear Multibody Systems, Schiehlen and Valasek (Eds.), NATO Science Series, II. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 103, pp. 187-212, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.?
Bhaskaran, B., Nagarajan, H., and Lankarani, H.M., "Identification of Potential Injuries to Occupants on Side-facing Seats in Aircraft Accidents," submitted to the International Journal of Traffic Injury Prevention, November 2003.?
Adams, A., and Lankarani, H.M., "A Modern Aerospace Modeling Approach for Evaluation of Aircraft Fuselage Crashworthiness," International Journal of Crashworthiness, Vol.8, No. 4, pp.401-413, 2003.
?????????Adams, A., Nagarajan, H., and Lankarani, H.M., "Scale Modeling of Aircraft Structure ? An Innovative Strategy to Evaluate and Improve Crashworthiness," submitted to Journal of Aircraft, November 2003.
???????? Lankarani, H.M., and S. Shivaswamy, "Methodologies for Treatment of Impact in Multibody Mechanical Systems," Chapter 4 in the book, Impact with Friction of Solids, Structures and Machines, A. Guran (Ed.), Birkhauser, Boston, 2003.
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McCoy, M.L., and Lankarani, H.M., "Determination of Crush Stiffness Coefficients for a Typical LTV Frontal Protective Guard Design and Comparison to that of Vehicle Frontal Crash Coefficients," submitted to Journal of Automobile Engineering, October 2004.
McCoy, M.L., and Lankarani, H.M., "Robustness and Practicality of a PC-Based Finite Element Code in Predicting Impact Phenomena for Engineering Design Purposes," submitted to International Journal of Impact Engineering, October 2004.
Flores, P., Lankarani, H.M., Ambrosio, J., and Claro, J.C.P., "Contact-Impact Force Models for Spherical and Cylindrical Shaped Surface Collisions in Multibody Mechanical Systems," submitted to Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics, October 2004.
Flores, P., Ambrosio, J., and Claro, J.C.P., and Lankarani, H.M., "A Model for Lubricated Revolute Joints in Multibody Mechanical Systems," submitted to the International Journal of Multibody System Dynamics, April 2005.
?Flores, P., Lankarani, H.M., Ambrosio, J., and Claro, J.C.P., "Theoretical and Experimental Investigation on Multibody Systems with Revolute Clearance Joints," submitted to the International Journal of Multibody System Dynamics, September 2004.
Alshaer, B.J., and Lankarani, H.M., "Formulation of Dynamic Loads Generated by Lubricated Long Journal Bearings," submitted to ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Paper No. MD-03-1211, June 2003.
????????? Ramalingam, V.K., and Lankarani, H.M., "Analysis of Impact on Soft Soil and Its Application to Aircraft Crashworthiness," International Journal of Crashworthiness, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 57-66, 2002.
Lankarani, H.M., and Pereira, M.S., "Treatment of Impact with Friction in Open- and Closed-Loop Planar Multibody Systems," International Journal of Multibody System Dynamics, Vol. 6, pp. 203-227, 2001.
Lankarani, H.M., and Ayyagari, M., "A Poisson-based Formulation for Frictional Impact Analysis of Multibody Mechanical Systems with Open or Closed Kinematic Chains," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 122, No. 4, pp. 489-497, 2000.
Ravn, P., Shivaswamy, S., Alshaer, B.? and Lankarani, H.M., "Joint Clearances with Lubricated Long Bearings in Multibody Mechanical Systems," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 122, No. 4, pp. 484-488, 2000.
Lankarani, H.M., and Hooper, S.J., "Application of Computer-Aided Analysis Tools for Aircraft Occupant and Seat Crashworthiness," International Journal of Crashworthiness, Woodland Publishing, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp.433-448, 1999.
Talia, M., Lankarani, H.M., and Talia, J.E., "New Experimental Technique for the Analysis of Solid Particle Erosion Mechanisms," WEAR Journal, Elsevier Sciences, Vol. 225, pp. 1070-1077, 1999.
Ahmed, S., Lankarani, H.M., and Pereira, M.S., "Frictional Impact Analysis in Open-loop Multibody Mechanical Systems," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 121, pp.119-127, March 1999.
Hutchinson, J., Kaiser, M.J., and Lankarani, H.M., "The Head Injury Criteria Functional," Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier Sciences, Vol. 96, pp. 1-16, 1998.
Lankarani, H.M., Gowdy, V., DeWeese, R., Kishore, P., Murthy, A., and Satish, S., "Kinematics of SID on Side-facing Aircraft Seats," International Journal of Crashworthiness, Woodland Publishing, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 393-403, 1998.
Lankarani, H.M., and Hooper, S.J., "Industry Focuses on Turbulence Inquiries," (Cover Story), Aircraft Interior Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3, July 1998.
Lankarani, H.M., and Ng, C.C., "Alternative Designs of Energy-absorbing Seat Legs for Commuter Aircraft Seats," SAE Transactions, Paper No., 971458, 1997.??????