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Muhammad R Hajj

Professor and Director of Research and Graduate Studies

Interests

Reduced-order modeling, analysis, and identification of nonlinear systems with applications in fluid-structure interactions including ship motions, aeroelastic phenomena, and wind forces on structures, in transition to turbulence and atmospheric turbulence, in water waves and in structure's vibrations. Experimental Fluid Mechanics. Higher-order Spectral Analysis.

Education

YearDetail
1990Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
1985M.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
1983B.E., Civil Engineering, American University of Beirut

Courses Taught

Course NumTitle
ESM 6984SS: Digti Time Series Nonlinear
ESM 6984SS: Digtl Time Series Nonlinear
ESM 6984SS:Turbulence
ESM 5944Seminar
ESM 4004Instr & Exp Mechanics
ESM 3024Intro Fluid Mechs
ESM 3024Intro Fluid Mechanics
ESM 3024Intro Fluid Mechs
ESM 3016Fluid Mechanics I, II
ESM 3015FLUID MECHANICS I, II

Publications

Book Chapters
Journals
Conferences
Invited Papers

Honors and Awards

YearDescription
2008Invited Paper at the International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention Technologies, July 15-18, Edinburgh, Scotland
2006AFRL/WP Summer Faculty Research Fellowship
20021st place, 2002 NASA LaRC NFFP Final Presentations Competition
1999Associate Editor: Journal of Fluid Engineering, ASME, January 1999 - December 2001
1998Associate Editor: Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, November 1998 - October 2000
1998Chairman (98-00): Turbulence Committee, Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE
1997Member, 29th Joint US-Japan Panel on Seismic and Wind Effects
1996Organizing Secretary: Third International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications (BBAA III), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, July 28 - August 1, 1996

Professional Service

  • University (VT) Committees:

    2006 - 2008 President: Executive Committee of Engineering Faculty Organization

    2007 - 2009 Chair: ESM Faculty Search Committee

    2007 - 2008 Chair: ESM Promotion and Tenure Committee

    2005 - 2007 Chair: ESM Strategic Planning Committee

    2007 - 2010 University Budget and Planning Committee

    2007 - 2010 University P&T Committee

    Associate Editor: Journal of Fluid Engineering, ASME, January 1999 - December 2001

    Associate Editor: Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE, November 1998 - October 2000

    Organizing Secretary: Third International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications (BBAA III), 181 papers from 35 countries, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, July 28 - August 1, 1996

    Conference Chair: 18th Engineering Mechanics Division Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, June 3- 6, 2007

    Technical Program Chair: 2009 Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, June 24- 27, 2009

    Regional Secretary (USA): Fourth International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications (BBAA IV), Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany, September 11-14, 2000

    Steering Committee Member: Fourteenth Engineering Mechanics Conference (EM 2000) The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, May 21-24, 2000

    Lead Scientist (USA): Fifth World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics (ExHFT-5), Thessaloniki, Greece, September 24-28, 2001

    International Advisory Committee Member: Fourth Symposium on Environmental Effects on Buildings and People - Actions, Influences, Interactions, Discomfort, Susiec, Poland, June 16-18, 2004

    International Advisory Committee Member: Fifth International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications (BBAA V), Ottawa, Canada, July 11-16, 2004

    Lead Scientist (USA): Sixth World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics (ExHFT-6), Miyagi, Japan, April 17 - 21, 2005

    Member of Scientific Committee: The Eighth International Congress of Fluid Dynamics and Propulsion (ICFDP 8), Sharm El-Shiekh, Sinai, Egypt, December 14 - 17, 2006

    Member of Scientific Committee: The International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (ICAMEM 2006), Hammamet, Tunisia, December 17 - 19, 2006

    Member of Scientific Committee: The International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (ICAMEM 2008), Sousse, Tunisia, December 16 - 18, 2008

    Lead Scientist (USA): Seventh World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Thermodynamics (ExHFT-7), Krakow, Poland, June 28 - July 3, 2009

    Member: 29th UJNR Panel on Seismic and Wind Effects

    Control Group Member, vice-chairman (96-98) and chairman (98-00): Turbulence Committee, Engineering Mechanics Division, ASCE

    Chairman, Education Committee, Engineering Mechanics Institute, ASCE