Dr. Reza Moheimani
Career Highlights
Creator of a dime-sized atomic
force microscope
Author of over 400 refereed articles
and 5 books
Other awards include:
2022 – ASME Fellow
2020 – ASME Charles Stark Draper Innovative Practice Award
2018 – IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award
2014 – IFAC Nathaniel B. Nichols Medal
2013 – IFAC Mechatronic Systems Award
2011 – IEEE Fellow Award
2011 – IFAC Fellow Award
2009 – IEEE Control Systems Technology Award
2007 – IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award
2007 – Institute of Physics, UK, Fellow Award
Editor-in-Chief, Mechatronics (2016-2021)
Books Authored, Co-Authored or Edited
“Control Technologies for Emerging Micro and Nanoscale Systems,” 2011; “Piezoelectric Transducers for Vibration Control and Damping,” 2006; “Mechatronic Systems,” 2004; “Spatial Control of Vibration: Theory and Experiments,” 2003; “Perspectives in Robust Control,” 2001
Education
PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia
MEngSc in Electrical Engineering (Majoring in Systems and Control), University of New South Wales, Australia
BSc in Electrical Engineering, Shiraz University, Iran
Recent Patents
Methods and devices configured to operating scanning tunneling microscopes using out-of-bandwidth frequency components added to bias voltage and related software, granted 2021 by, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
Methods, devices and systems for scanning tunneling microscopy control system design, granted 2019 by Zyvex Labs LLC, Texas, and Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
Control Systems Expert Earns Double Honors From Professional Organizations
Dr. Reza Moheimani, professor of systems engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas and holder of the James Von Ehr Distinguished Chair in Science and Technology, was recently recognized by two major professional organizations for his contributions to the development of systems for nanoscale control. The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) awarded Moheimani its Industrial Achievement Award and The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Dynamic Systems & Control Division named Moheimani its 2022 Nyquist Lecturer.
Moheimani is a control systems researcher in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science whose research interests include quantum devices and atomic force microscopy. Since joining The University of Texas at Dallas in 2015, he has established the Laboratory for Dynamics and Control of Nanosystems as well as the Center for Atomically Precise Fabrication of Solid-State Quantum Devices (Quantum Center), a research collaboration on nanoscale engineering systems. In 2021, he was awarded a $1.1 million grant from the Department of Energy to support research commercialization efforts with Zyvex Labs, a local company that also received a $1.1 million grant.
Previously, Moheimani was a professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He also was awarded the Nathaniel B. Nichols Medal from IFAC at its 2014 World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, so he has the rare distinction of holding two of the organization’s highest honors.
“Systems Engineering at UT Dallas has a rich and strong history of national and international award winners among its faculty, and Reza is at the top of that list.”
Dr. Stephen Yurkovich
Head of and professor in the Department of Systems Engineering, Director of the Center for Control Science and Technology and Louis Beecherl Jr. Distinguished Chair