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Bagley College of Engineering - Professor
Name:Masoud Rais-Rohani
Position:Professor
Department
Affiliations:		Aerospace Engineering
Email: mr3@msstate.edu
Office:Walker Engineering Building 318-C Walker Hall
Office Phone:(662) 325-7294
Alternate Phone:(662) 325-3624

Biography:Masoud Rais-Rohani received his BS and MS degrees in Aerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University and his PhD degree in the same field at Virginia Tech. He began his academic career at MSU in 1991 where he is currently a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. He is actively engaged in teaching and research. His primary areas of teaching include analysis and design of aerospace structures and engineering design optimization. He has also taught engineering mechanics courses covering such topics as mechanics of composite materials and the finite element method. He is a member of ASEE and has received multiple grants in support of his engineering education projects. He is the author of two extensive Web-based tutorials for engineering mechanics and aircraft structures. His research efforts are centered on simulation-based design optimization of structural and multidisciplinary systems, with strong emphasis on fiber-reinforced composites, structural reliability, and metamodeling techniques. He has been the principal or co-principal investigator on multiple research grants and contracts sponsored principally by NASA, DOD, and DOE. His research activities have resulted in over sixty articles on such topics as tailoring of composite structures, topology optimization, crashworthiness optimization,design uncertainty, reliability-based design, and response surface methods. He is active in professional societies and serves on the editorial board of one journal. He is an Associate Fellow of AIAA, a Grisham Master Teacher, a member of BCoE Academy of Distinguished Teachers, and a Hearin Eminent Scholar.
Research Interest:

Design Optimization, Computational Structural Mechanics, Composite Structures, Structural Reliability, and Design Engineering.
Publications:
  • Solanki, K.N., Acar, E., Rais-Rohani, M., Horstemeyer, M., & Steele, G. (Oct 2009). Product Design Optimization with Microstructure-Property Modeling and Associated Uncertainties. International Journal of Design Engineering Inderscience Publishers, 2(1), 47-79. [Abstract][Document Site]
  • Najafi, A., & Rais-Rohani, M. (Apr 2008). Influence of Cross-Sectional Geometry on Crash Characteristics of Multi-Cell Prismatic Columns. 49th AIAA/ASME/ASC/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Schaumburg, IL.
  • Rouhi, M., & Rais-Rohani, M. (Apr 2008). Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures Using Element Exchange Method. 4th AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, Schaumburg, IL: AIAA.
  • Rais-Rohani, M., Eamon, C., Acar, E., Najafi, A., & Rouhi, M. (Oct 2007). Simulation-Based Design Optimization. In Department of Energy (Eds.), DOE/SRCLID Annual Report for Task 4 DOE.
  • Sullivan, R., Hwang, Y., Rais-Rohani, M., & Lacy, T. (Jun 2009). Structural Analysis and Testing of an Ultralight UAV Carbon Composite Wing. Journal of Aircraft.
    • Total Publications by this Author: 51