Sima Abolghasemi

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Former PhD Student
Structural Engineer at KELLER

Email: sabolgha@vols.utk.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sima-abolghasemi-a1472890/

Education

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Ph.D., Civil Engineering

2025

University of Guilan at Rasht, Guilan, Iran

Master of Science, Civil and Structural Engineering

2016

University of Guilan at Rasht, Guilan, Iran

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering

2013

Professional Experience

Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee

2019-2020

Research Assistant

Department of Civil Engineering, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee

2019-2020

Teaching Assistant

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Guilan at Rasht, Guilan, Iran

Structural Dynamics, 2014
Structural Analysis, 2012

Research Interests

Structural Dynamics

Structural Control for Seismic Records

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)

Experimental Methods and Analysis

Vibration Isolation and Control

Seismic and Vibration Design

Publications

Liu, Z.; Hassanabadi, M.E.; Abolghasemi, S.S.; Wierschem, N.E.; and, Dias-da-Costa, D., “A recursive nonlinear virtual sensing method for joint input-state-parameter estimation of partially measured structures,” Engineering Structures, 2025.

Abolghasemi S. and Wierschem, N.E., 2Exploring the Role of a Nonlinear Rotational Inertial Mechanism at the Joint of a Segmented Strongback Structural System,” 43rd International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC), Orlando, FL, USA, February 10–13, 2025. (Extended Abstract)

Abolghasemi, S.; Wierschem, N.E.; and Denavit, M.D., “Impact of strongback on structure with varying damper and stiffness irregularity arrangements,” Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 213, 2024.

Abolghasemi S.; Sarkar A.; Manson, C.; Wierschem, N.E.; and Denavit, M.D., 4Experimental study on the impact of an elastic spine in a structure with inerter-based devices,” Proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Milan, Italy, June 30 – July 5, 2024.

Abolghasemi, S.S.; Wierschem, N.E.; and Knight, J.B., 5Vibration mitigation using an inerter-based isolation system,” Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference 2022, (Dynamics Committee Student Paper Competition), Baltimore, MD, USA, May 31 – June 3, 2022.

Abolghasemi, S.S., Bahar, A., 2016. Semi-active control of base isolated structure on elastic foundation. 1st International Conference on Applied Researches in Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Management, Tehran, Iran.