Name: Maher Abdelghani

Title: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tunisian National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Adjunct Professor at Tunisia Polytechnic School

Address: Tunisian National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (INSAT), Centre Urbain Nord, B.P. 676, Tunis 1080, Tunisia

Office Telephone: (+216)71703 829

Fax: (+216) 71 704 329

Email: Maher.Abdelghani@insat.rnu.tn

Education: Ph.D., Mechnical Engineering, Université MontpellierII, France, 1995; Master of Science, Mechnical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, 1991; Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison,USA, 1989.

Research Interests: System identification; Modal analysis; Modal identification under operational conditions; structural health monitoring; Fault detection and isolation; Sensor validation in structural dynamics.