Mohamad Alipour

Mohamad Alipour is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia and M.S./B.S. degrees from Tehran Polytechnic. His academic roles include:

• Faculty Fellow, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
• Co-Guest Editor for Journal of Sensors and Associate Editor for Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Education:

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Structures), University of Virginia, 2019
• M.S. in Structural Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic, 2010
• B.S. in Civil Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic, 2008

Research Interests: Focuses on scalable digitization, automation, and AI-driven solutions for infrastructure challenges. Key areas include:

• Remote sensing and machine learning for infrastructure monitoring
• Wildfire fuel mapping using multimodal data fusion
• Structural health monitoring via computer vision and digital twins
• Automated UAV-based inspection systems

Recent Research Trends: Articles emphasize Bayesian inversion for subsurface sensing, wildfire fuel estimation via AI, and UAV optimization. Themes include environmental sustainability, data fusion, and infrastructure resilience.

Awards and Honors:

• NCSA Outstanding Mentor (2024)
• Aftab Mufti Medal for Best Paper (2022)
• Young Professionals Award, ASCE (2020)

Advising & Grants: Supervises Ph.D. students (e.g., Ishfaq Aziz) and leads projects funded by NASA, Microsoft, and Amazon. Current openings exist for motivated students in machine learning and infrastructure analytics.

Labs & Teams: Directs the Alipour Research Group, specializing in digital twins for smart infrastructure. Collaborates with NCSA and industry partners on AI-driven solutions for natural hazard mitigation.