Conference Publications

  1. H. Ansari and M. A. Karami, ” Experimental study on nonlinear thermally buckled piezoelectric energy harvesters for leadless pacemakers”, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials+ Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2018.
  2. H. Ansari and M. A. Karami, “Analyzing the frequency band gap in functionally graded materials with harmonically varying material properties”, SPIE Smart Structures and Materials+ Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2017, pp. 101701J-101701J-7.
  3. H. Ansari, and M. A. Karami, “Nonreciprocal wave propagation in magnetoelastic metamaterials using linear induction mechanism “, ASME’s International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE) 2017.
  4. Aditya Nanda, M. Amin Karami, “Tunable bandgaps in a foldable metamaterial structure”. ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2017), [Presentation only]. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  5. Aditya Nanda, M. Amin Karami, “One-way sound propagation in a smart fluid”. ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 2017), [Presentation only]. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  6. Aditya Nanda, M. Amin Karami, “Energy Harvesting From arterial blood pressure for mi-cro brain sensors”. ASME 2017 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS 2017), [In print] American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  7. Aditya Nanda, M. Amin Karami, “Tunable bandgaps in a foldable metamaterial structure”. ASME 2017 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS 2017), [In print] American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  8. Aditya Nanda, M. Amin Karami, “One-way sound propagation in a smart fluid”. ASME 2017 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS 2017), [In print]. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  9. Aditya Nanda, M. Amin Karami, “Energy Harvesting from arterial blood pressure for em-bedded brain sensing”. ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Confer-ences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC 2016), (pp. V003T11A015-V003T11A015). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  10. H. Ansari and M. A. Karami, “Wave Power Generation Using Nonlinear Roll-Pitch Coupling in a Ship”, in ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), Stowe, VT, 2016.
  11. Galbier and M. A. Karami, “A Bistable Piezoelectric Energy Harvester With an Elastic Magnifier for Applications in Medical Pacemakers”, in ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), Stowe, VT, 2016.
  12. H. Ansari, M. A. Karami, “NONLINEAR THERMALLY BUCKLED PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTER”, in ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Charlotte, NC, 2016
  13. Bani-Hani, M. A. Karami, “POWER GENERATION FROM MASTICATION FORCES USING A SMART TOOTH”, in ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Charlotte, NC, 2016
  14. Nanda, M. A. Karami, “ENERGY HARVESTING FROM ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE FOR EMBEDDED BRAIN SENSING”, in ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Charlotte, NC, 2016
  15. Bani-Hani and M. A. Karami, “Energy harvesting form high amplitude low frequency contact forces” in SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, Las Vegas, NV, 2016.
  16. Nanda and M. A. Karami, “Energy Harvesting from hydraulic lines using Piezoelectric Cylinders” in SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, Las Vegas, NV, 2016.
  17. H. Ansari and M. A. Karami, “Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting from Heartbeat Vibrations for Leadless Pacemakers”, in 15th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS), 2015.
  18. Nanda, M. A. Karami, and P. Singla, “Uncertainty Analysis of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting System”, in ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), Colorado Springs, CO, 2015.
  19. H. Ansari and M. A. Karami, “Energy Harvesting from Heartbeat Using Piezoelectric Beams with Fan-Folded Configuration and Added Tip Mass”, in ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), Colorado Springs, CO, 2015.
  20. Nanda, P. Singla, M. A. Karami, “Energy harvesting using the Rattleback: Theoretical Analysis and Simulations of Spin Resonance”, in ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Boston, MA, 2015
  21. Yerrapragada and M. A. Karami, “Utilization of Nonlinear Resonance of Vessels for Ocean Wave Power Generation”, in ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Boston, MA, 2015
  22. H. Ansari and M. A. Karami, “Heart beat energy harvesting using the fan-folded piezoelectric beam geometry”, in ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Boston, MA, 2015
  23. Bani-Hani, I. Borazjani, E. T. Esfahani, V. Krovi, M. A. Karami, “Generation and Optimization of Traveling Vibrating Waves in Self-Swimming Smart Boxes”, in ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Boston, MA, 2015
  24. Borazjani, M. A. Karami , and, E. T. Esfahani, “Self-Propelled Swimming Simulations of Self-Assembling Smart Boxes”,ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), Newport, RI, 2014.
  25. A. Karami , E. T. Esfahani, and I. Borazjani, “Self-Assembling Swimming Smart Boxes”,ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), Newport, RI, 2014.
  26. F Arrieta, M. A. Karami, D. J. Inman, and P. Ermanni, “Elastically Bi-Stable Heartbeat Vibration Energy Harvester”, ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), Newport, RI, 2014
  27. Madankan, M. A. Karami, and P. Singla, “Uncertainty Analysis Of Energy Harvesting Systems” in ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Buffalo, NY, 2014
  28. H. Ansari and M. A. Karami, “Energy Harvesting From Controlled Buckling Of A Horizontal Piezoelectric Beam” in ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Buffalo, NY, 2014
  29. Bani-Hani, V. Krovi, and M. A. Karami, “Modeling Of A Beam With A Mass In The Middle For Heart Beat Vibration Energy Harvesting” in ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Buffalo, NY, 2014
  30. Kuch and M. A. Karami, “powering pacemakers with a nonlinear hybrid rotary-translational energy harvester” in ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Buffalo, NY, 2014
  31. A. Karami and D. J. Inman, “Nonlinear Dynamics of the Hybrid Rotary-Translational Energy Harvester” in ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), Snowbird, Utah, 2013.
  32. A. Karami, D. J. Bradley, and D. J. Inman, “Vibration Powered Cardiac Rhythm Devices” in American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2012, Los Angeles, CA 2012.
  33. A. Karami and D. J. Inman, “Hybrid Rotary-Translational Energy Harvester for Multi-Axis Ambient Vibrations” in ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), Stone Mountain, GA, 2012.
  34. A. Karami and D. J. Inman, “Controlled Buckling of Piezoelectric Beams for Direct Energy Harvesting from Passing Vehicles” in ASME 2012 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Chicago, IL, 2012.
  35. A. Karami, and D. J. Inman, “Nonlinear Dynamics of the bi-Stable Piezoelectric Wind Energy Harvester” in 19th SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, San Diego, CA, 2012.
  36. A. Karami, J. R. Farmer, S. Bressers, S. Priya and D. J. Inman, “Parametrically Excited Nonlinear Piezoelectric Wind Energy Harvester” in ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), Scottsdale, AZ, 2011.
  37. A. Karami, P. S. Varoto and D. J. Inman, “Analytical Approximation and Experimental Study of Bi-Stable Hybrid Nonlinear Energy Harvesting System” in 23rd Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise (VIB), Washington, DC, 2011.
  38. A. Karami, and D. J. Inman, “Energy harvesting from heartbeats for pacemakers” in 18th SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, San Diego, CA, 2011.
  39. A. Karami, P.S. Varoto and D. J. Inman, “Experimental Study of the of the Nonlinear Hybrid Energy Harvesting System” IMAC XXIX, Jacksonville, FL, 2011
  40. Karami, M. A., and Inman, D. J. ” Limit cycle oscillations of the piezo-electromagnetic structure for broad-band energy harvesting” In: 13th Conference on Nonlinear Vibrations, Dynamics and Multi-body systems., Blacksburg, VA, 2010.
  41. A. Karami, and D. J. Inman, “Nonlinear vibrations of the Piezo-electromagnetic structure for energy harvesting” in 17th SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, San Diego, CA, 2010.
  42. A. Karami, and D. J. Inman, “Experimental Vibration Analysis of the Zigzag Structure for Energy Harvesting” IMAC XXVIII, Jacksonville, FL, 2010
  43. A. Karami, and D. J. Inman, “Parametric study of zigzag micro-structures for vibrational energy harvesting” The 9th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications, Power MEMS 2009, Washington DC 2009.
  44. A. Karami, and D. J. Inman, “Vibration Analysis of the Zigzag Micro-structure for Energy Harvesting,” in 16th SPIE Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials & Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, San Diego, CA, 2009.
  45. A. Karami, B. Yardimoglu, and D. J. Inman, “Coupled out of plane vibrations of spiral beams,” in 50th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference Palm Springs, California, 2009.
  46. A. Karami, and D. J. Inman, “Electromechanical Modeling of the Low Frequency MEMS Energy Harvester” in 22nd Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise (VIB) , San Diego, CA, 2009.
  47. A. Karami, and F. Sassani, “Nonlinear Attitude Control of Underactuated Spacecraft Subject to Disturbance Torques ”, American Control Conference, New York, July 2007
  48. A. Karami, and F. Sassani, “Spacecraft Momentum Dumping Using Less Than Three External Control Torques ”, IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics conference , Montreal, October 2007
  49. M. A. Karami, and F. Sassani, “Attitude Tracking Control of an Underactuated Asymmetric Spacecraft Subjected to Undesired Constant Torque about the Unactuated Axis.”, Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering Forum, Calgary, Canada,  2006