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Abdollah Malekjafarian

Young Academy Ireland Member

Assistant Professor and the leader of Structural Dynamics and Assessment Laboratory (SDA-Lab) UCD

Abdollah Malekjafarian is an Assistant Professor and the leader of Structural Dynamics and Assessment Laboratory (SDA-Lab) in the school of Civil Engineering at University College Dublin. His doctorate thesis was on the use of a novel approach called drive-by monitoring for structural health monitoring of bridges which won the K.B. Broberg Medal for best PhD thesis in Mechanics at UCD. He also received the Royal Irish Academy Charlemont award in 2018. His current research is focused on developing novel solutions and sensing systems for structural assessment of civil infrastructure such as railway tracks, bridges, wind turbines etc.    

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