Invited Presentations

• "Control and Manipulation at the Nanoscale: From Molecular Manufacturing to Molecular Recognition"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (October 23, 2008).
• "Control and Manipulation at the Nanoscale: From Molecular Manufacturing to Molecular Recognition"�, An invited seminar presentation, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (October 10, 2008).
• "Control and Manipulation at the Nanoscale"�, An invited workshop and short-course presentation, Workshop on Nanorobotics, IROS2008, Nice, FRANCE (September 22, 2008).
• "Control and Manipulation at the Nanoscale: From Molecular Manufacturing to Molecular Recognition"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA (September 12, 2008).
• "Control and Manipulation at the Nanoscale: From Molecular Manufacturing to Molecular Recognition"�, An invited seminar presentation, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (September 4, 2008).
• "Control and Manipulation at the Nanoscale: From Molecular Manufacturing to Molecular Recognition"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, IRAN (May 24, 2008).
• "Focused Ion Beam Deposited Mass Detection using Piezoelectrically-actuated Active Probes"�, An invited seminar presentation during 2008 Nanomechancial Cantilever Sensor (NMC) Workshop, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, GERMANY (May 19, 2008).
• "Control and Manipulation at the Nanoscale: From Molecular Manufacturing to Molecular Recognition"�, An invited seminar presentation as the 2007 Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year, Sigma Xi Clemson Chapter, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (April 8, 2008).
• "Embedding Piezoelectric-based Actuators and Sensors in Smart Tires"�, An invited seminar presentation, The 24th Annual Tire Industry Conference, Hilton Head Island, Hilton Head, SC (March 13, 2008).
• "Control and Manipulation at the Nanoscale: From Molecular Manufacturing to Molecular Recognition"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (February 27, 2008).
• "Control and Manipulation at the Nanoscale: From Molecular Manufacturing to Molecular Recognition"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (February 20, 2008).
• "Control and Manipulation at the Nanoscale: From Scanning Probe Microscopy to Biological Mass Detection"�, An invited presentation, NSF CMMI Grantees Conference, Knoxville, TN (January 9, 2008).
• "A Fresh Insight in to the Microcantilever-Sample Interaction Problem: From Atomic Force Microscopy to Biological Mass Detection"�, An invited seminar presentation, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (November 1, 2007).
• "Microelectromechanical and Nanoelectromechanical Actuators and Sensors"�, An invited tutorial presented during 2007ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Las Vegas, NV (September 4, 2007).
• "A Fresh Insight into the Microcantilever-Sample Interaction Problem: From Atomic Force Microscopy to Biological Mass Detection"�, An invited seminar presentation, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, GERMANY (June 10, 2007).
• "Microelectromechanical and Nanoelectromechanical Actuators and Sensors"�, An invited tutorial presented during 15th. Annual (International) Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ISME 2007), Tehran, IRAN (May 17, 2007).
• "A Fresh Insight in to the Microcantilever-Sample Interaction Problem: From Atomic Force Microscopy to Biological Mass Detection"�, An invited seminar presentation, 15th. Annual (International) Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ISME 2007), Tehran, IRAN (May 15, 2007).
• "Microelectromechanical and Nanoelectromechanical Actuators and Sensors"�, An invited tutorial during 4th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA07),Sharjah, U.A.E. (March 26, 2007).
• "Vibration-Control Systems: Conceptual Design, Implementation and Recent Advances"�, An invited tutorial during International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO' 07), Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. (March 27, 2007).
• "Vibration-Control Systems Design and Implementation"�, An invited seminar presentation, 4th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA07),Sharjah, U.A.E. (March 28, 2007).
• "A Fresh Insight into the Microcantilever-Sample Interaction Problem: From Atomic Force Microscopy to Biological Mass Detection"�, An invited seminar presentation, Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (September 15, 2006).
• "Introduction to Nanotechnology: New Trends and Future Directions"�, An invited seminar presentation to General Public, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (March 22, 2006).
• "Passive Vibration Damping via Nanotube-Reinforced Composites"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, IRAN (June 20, 2005).
• "Macroscopic Functional Materials Comprised of Nanotube-Reinforced Composites with Application to Vibration Damping"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, MA (May 20, 2005).
• "A Fresh Insight into the Microcantilever-Sample Interaction Problem in Non-Contact Atomic Force Microscopy"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, CT (May 19, 2005).
• "Macroscopic Functional Materials (Actuators/Sensors) Comprised of Nanotube-Reinforced Composites: Application to Energy Harvesting and Vibration Dampening"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CANADA (December 20, 2004).
• "Introduction to Nanotechnology"�, An invited seminar presentation, University of Mashad, Mashad, IRAN (May 10, 2004). 
• "Nanotechnology, The Future Trend"�, An invited seminar presentation, 1st Germany-Iran Joint Seminar on Nanostructured Materials (IGNM 2004), Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, IRAN (May 2-3, 2004).
• "System Theory-Based Control of Mechatronic Systems with Application to Automotive Technology"�, An invited seminar presentation, School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology (June 3, 2003) and Niro Moharekeh Inc., Tehran, IRAN (August 5, 2003).
• "System Theory-Based Control of Mechatronic Systems: Next-Generation Actuator/Sensor Subsystems Comprised of Functional Nanomaterials"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (April 28, 2003).
• "A Systems Theory-Based Control of Mechatronic Systems with Application to Active Vibration Control utilizing Nanotube-based Actuators and Sensors"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, BC, CANADA (June 10, 2002) and University of Victoria, Victoria, CANADA (June 3, 2002).
• "Optimum Vibration Suppression of Flexible Structures via Active Vibration Absorption"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (May 22, 2000).
• "Piezoelectric-based Active Vibration Absorption of Mechanical Structures"�, An invited seminar presentation, Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (April 21, 2000).
• "On the Active Vibration Absorption via Delayed Feedback Vibration Absorbers: Experimental Implementation Challenges"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (April 28, 1999).
• "Optimum Vibration Suppression of Flexible Structures using Delayed Feedback"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH (February 24, 1999). 
• "On the Active Vibration Absorption via Delayed Feedback Vibration Absorbers: A Novel Technique"�, An invited seminar presentation, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (January 14, 1999).