EDUCATION:
- MS (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology KAIST)
RESEARCH INTEREST:
1. Structural Dynamics / Earthquake Engineering
2. Vibration control of Building structures under seismic and wind loads
3. Seismic base isolaion using smart materials
4. Structural Design of buildings and other structural elements
5. Application of Axiomatic Design Theory to engineering problems
RESEARCH CREDENTIALS:
THESIS ARTICLES :
- Seismic design of a multi-storey commercial building using structural analysis software SAP2000
Authors: M. Usman, Asad Hanif, Adnan Ali, M. Arshad Virk, S. Nasir Jahan
BE(Civil) Thesis Article MCE 2007, NUST Pakistan
- Feasibility Study of Base Isolation System based on Magneto-Rheological Elastomers (MREs)
Author: M. Usman
MS (Structures) Thesis Article Fall 2009 KAIST Daejeon South Korea
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ARTICLES:
- Numerical Investigation of Smart Base Isolation System Employing MR Elastomer
Authors: M. Usman, SH Sung, DD Jang, HJ Jung, JH Koo
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 149, (2009) 012099
- Feasibility Study of MR Elastomer-based Base Isolation System
Authors: Dong-Doo Jang, M. Usman, Seung-Hoon Sung, Yeong-Jong Moon, Hyung-Jo jung
Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp 597-605, 2008
- A feasibility study on smart base isolation systems using magneto-rheological elastomers
Authors: Jeong-Hoi Koo, Dong-Doo Jang, M. Usman and Hyung-Jo Jung
Structural Engineering and mechanics (SEM), SCI IF(2008) 0.50, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp 755-770, 2009
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ARTICLES:
- Numerical Investigation of Smart Base Isolation System Employing MR Elastomer
Authors: M. Usman, SH Sung, DD Jang, HJ Jung, JH Koo
11th conference on Electrorheological Fluids and Magnetorheological Suspensions (ERMR08) Dresden Germany
- State-switched Controller for Smart Base Isolation System Employing MR Elastomer
Authors: M. Usman, Hyung-Jo Jung, Jong Woong Park, Jeong-Hoi Koo
The Twenty-First KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering
October 27–28, 2008, Singapore
- Dynamic Testing and Modeling of Magneto-Rheological Elastomers
Authors: M. Usman, Dong-Doo Jang, In-Ho Kim, Hyung-Jo Jung, Jeong-Hoi Koo
ASME 2009 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS 2009)
Oxnard, California. September 21st, 2009
- State-Switched Control Algorithm for Multi Degree of Freedom Smart Base Isolation System Employing MR Elastomer (Accepted)
Authors: M. Usman, Sajjad Ahmed, Hyung-Jo Jung,
International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (ICEES 2011), NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan
April 25-26, 2011
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS:
- NUST merit-based Scholarship (2003-2007) by National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan.
- GHQ Merit Scholarship (2003-2007) by GHQ W&R Dte, Pakistan.
- Overall Second Position in the BE Course (CED-61) 2007 at MCE Risalpur, Pakistan.
- Fully Funded Scholarship for MS Studies at KAIST (2008) by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan.
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