2026 Sami F. Masri: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	68	434	393	201	169	327	19189

Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Sami F. Masri is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and has a primary research focus within the field of Engineering. Their work encompasses several subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their research topics cover various aspects of structural and mechanical systems, including:

Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids
Seismic Performance and Analysis
Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
Model Reduction and Neural Networks

Sami F. Masri has contributed to multiple publication venues, particularly in these journals:

Nonlinear Dynamics
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
Structural Health Monitoring
Structural Control and Health Monitoring
Measurement

Recent papers authored by or related to Masri include:

"Vibration feature extraction using signal processing techniques for structural health monitoring: A review", 2022, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
"A review on computational intelligence for identification of nonlinear dynamical systems", 2020, Nonlinear Dynamics
"Structural Damage Localization and Quantification Based on a CEEMDAN Hilbert Transform Neural Network Approach: A Model Steel Truss Bridge Case Study", 2020, Sensors
"Structural damage detection method based on the complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise: a model steel truss bridge case study", 2021, Structural Health Monitoring
"Damage detection and localization of a steel truss bridge model subjected to impact and white noise excitations using empirical wavelet transform neural network approach", 2021, Measurement

Frequent collaborators in their research include Chunwei Zhang, Zheng Lu, Xilin Lü, Gholamreza Gholipour, and Mohamed H. Abdelbarr.

In addition to journal publications, Masri has contributed to scholarly books, including a publication with Springer Nature titled "Particle Damping Technology Based Structural Control" published in 2020.

Recognition for Masri's contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2007.

Best Publications

STRUCTURAL CONTROL: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

G. W. Housner;L. A. Bergman;T. K. Caughey;A. G. Chassiakos

3575
Citations
A Nonparametric Identification Technique for Nonlinear Dynamic Problems

S. F. Masri;T. K. Caughey

750
Citations
A vision-based approach for the direct measurement of displacements in vibrating systems

A Mazen Wahbeh;John P Caffrey;Sami F Masri

430
Citations
Monitoring civil structures with a wireless sensor network

K. Chintalapudi;T. Fu;J. Paek;N. Kothari

425
Citations
Vibration feature extraction using signal processing techniques for structural health monitoring: A review

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421
Citations
A wireless sensor network for structural health monitoring: performance and experience

Jeongyeup Paek;K. Chintalapudi;R. Govindan;J. Caffrey

410
Citations
Identification of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems Using Neural Networks

S. F. Masri;A. G. Chassiakos;T. K. Caughey

350
Citations
Application of Neural Networks for Detection of Changes in Nonlinear Systems

S. F. Masri;A. W. Smyth;A. G. Chassiakos;T. K. Caughey

327
Citations
Adaptive vision-based crack detection using 3D scene reconstruction for condition assessment of structures

Mohammad R. Jahanshahi;Sami F. Masri

305
Citations
On the stability of the impact damper.

S. F. Masri;T. K. Caughey

301
Citations
An innovative methodology for detection and quantification of cracks through incorporation of depth perception

Mohammad R. Jahanshahi;Sami F. Masri;Curtis W. Padgett;Gaurav S. Sukhatme

298
Citations
On-Line Parametric Identification of MDOF Nonlinear Hysteretic Systems

A. W. Smyth;S. F. Masri;A. G. Chassiakos;T. K. Caughey

276
Citations
Particle impact dampers: Past, present, and future

Zheng Lu;Zixin Wang;Sami F. Masri;Xilin Lu

271
Citations
Neural Network Approach to Detection of Changes in Structural Parameters

S. F. Masri;M. Nakamura;A. G. Chassiakos;T. K. Caughey

271
Citations
A Wireless Sensor Network for Structural Health Monitoring: Performance and Experience

Jeongyeup Paek;Krishna Chintalapudi;John Caffrey;Ramesh Govindan

266
Citations
Development of adaptive modeling techniques for non-linear hysteretic systems

Andrew W. Smyth;Sami F. Masri;Elias B. Kosmatopoulos;Anastassios G. Chassiakos

240
Citations
System identification approach to detection of structural changes

M. S. Agbabian;S. F. Masri;R. K. Miller;T. K. Caughey

234
Citations
A novel approach for the structural identification and monitoring of a full-scale 17-story building based on ambient vibration measurements

Reza D Nayeri;Sami F Masri;Roger G Ghanem;Robert L Nigbor

215
Citations
Identification of Nonlinear Vibrating Structures: Part II—Applications

S. F. Masri;R. K. Miller;A. F. Saud;T. K. Caughey

214
Citations
A survey and evaluation of promising approaches for automatic image-based defect detection of bridge structures

Mohammad R. Jahanshahi;Jonathan S. Kelly;Sami F. Masri;Gaurav S. Sukhatme

210
Citations
Modeling the oscillatory dynamic behaviour of electrorheological materials in shear

R C Ehrgott;S F Masri

197
Citations
Nonparametric Identification of Nearly Arbitrary Nonlinear Systems

S. F. Masri;H. Sassi;T. K. Caughey

193
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas K. Caughey California Institute of Technology

Andrew W. Smyth Columbia University

Roger Ghanem University of Southern California

George A. Bekey University of Southern California

Joel P. Conte University of California, San Diego

Bin Xu Shenzhen University

Ahmed Elgamal University of California, San Diego

Ramesh Govindan University of Southern California

Richard O. Claus Virginia Tech

Elias B. Kosmatopoulos Democritus University of Thrace

External Links

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