Ahsan Kareem is the Robert M. Moran Professor of Engineering in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES) at the University of Notre Dame. He is Director of the Nathaz Modeling Laboratory and served as the past Chair at the Department of CEEES at the University of Notre Dame.[1][2] He currently serves as the President of the International Association for Wind Engineering. He was also the former President of the American Association for Wind Engineering.[3][4] His fundamental contributions to aerodynamics and aeroelasticity has led to advances in the analysis, design and performance assessment of tall buildings and long span bridges.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] He has conducted from wind tunnel modeling[13] to stochastic and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) based simulations and finally to the full-scale monitoring of some of the signature buildings[14][15] around the world including more recently Burj Khalifa.[16] It utilizes a novel “SmartSync” system featuring “Internet-of-Things” (IoT) concept with built in layers of intelligence for data management and analysis.[17][18][19] He has advanced models for damping in tall buildings and motion mitigation devices like tuned liquid dampers from design, prototype testing to post installation monitoring in buildings in the US and in the Pacific-rim.[20][21][22][23][24] His contributions towards database assisted design through a web-portal recommended in ASCE 7 is used worldwide for designing tall buildings.[25] More recently, his group has embarked on shape optimization[26][27] of tall buildings based on CFD with embedded topology optimization[28][29] to configure efficient and optimal structural system for super tall buildings and long span bridges.[30] This work through sensing, computational intelligence and control and actuation technologies is leading to the development of autonomously morphing structures like long span bridge decks and tall buildings.
^Kareem, Ahsan (October 1992). "Dynamic response of high-rise buildings to stochastic wind loads". Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 42 (1–3): 1101–1112. doi:10.1016/0167-6105(92)90117-s. ISSN0167-6105.
^Kareem, Ahsan; Kijewski, Tracy; Tamura, Yukio (1999-09-25). "Mitigation of motions of tall buildings with specific examples of recent applications". Wind and Structures. 2 (3): 201–251. doi:10.12989/was.1999.2.3.201. ISSN1226-6116. S2CID17107302.
^Chen, Xinzhong; Kareem, Ahsan (December 2001). "Nonlinear response analysis of long-span bridges under turbulent winds". Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 89 (14–15): 1335–1350. doi:10.1016/s0167-6105(01)00147-7. ISSN0167-6105.
^Chen, Xinzhong; Kareem, Ahsan; Matsumoto, Masaru (June 2001). "Multimode coupled flutter and buffeting analysis of long span bridges". Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 89 (7–8): 649–664. doi:10.1016/s0167-6105(01)00064-2. ISSN0167-6105.
^Chen, Xinzhong; Kareem, Ahsan (December 2003). "New frontiers in aerodynamic tailoring of long span bridges: an advanced analysis framework". Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 91 (12–15): 1511–1528. doi:10.1016/j.jweia.2003.09.005. ISSN0167-6105.
^Xu, You-Lin; Hu, Liang; Kareem, Ahsan (January 2014). "Conditional Simulation of Nonstationary Fluctuating Wind Speeds for Long-Span Bridges". Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 140 (1): 61–73. doi:10.1061/(asce)em.1943-7889.0000589. ISSN0733-9399.
^Hwang, Jae-Seung; Kareem, Ahsan; Kim, Hongjin (January 2011). "Wind load identification using wind tunnel test data by inverse analysis". Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 99 (1): 18–26. doi:10.1016/j.jweia.2010.10.004. ISSN0167-6105.
^Kijewski-Correa, Tracy; Kilpatrick, John; Kareem, Ahsan; Kwon, Dae-Kun; Bashor, Rachel; Kochly, Michael; Young, Bradley S.; Abdelrazaq, Ahmad; Galsworthy, Jon (October 2006). "Validating Wind-Induced Response of Tall Buildings: Synopsis of the Chicago Full-Scale Monitoring Program". Journal of Structural Engineering. 132 (10): 1509–1523. doi:10.1061/(asce)0733-9445(2006)132:10(1509). ISSN0733-9445.
^Bashor, Rachel; Bobby, Sarah; Kijewski-Correa, Tracy; Kareem, Ahsan (May 2012). "Full-scale performance evaluation of tall buildings under wind". Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 104–106: 88–97. doi:10.1016/j.jweia.2012.04.007. ISSN0167-6105.
^Kijewski-Correa Tracy; Kwon Dae Kun; Kareem Ahsan; Bentz Audrey; Guo Yanlin; Bobby Sarah; Abdelrazaq Ahmad (2013-10-01). "SmartSync: An Integrated Real-Time Structural Health Monitoring and Structural Identification System for Tall Buildings". Journal of Structural Engineering. 139 (10): 1675–1687. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0000560.
^Kijewski-Correa, Tracy; Kwon, Dae Kun; Kareem, Ahsan; Bentz, Audrey; Guo, Yanlin; Bobby, Sarah; Abdelrazaq, Ahmad (October 2013). "SmartSync: An Integrated Real-Time Structural Health Monitoring and Structural Identification System for Tall Buildings". Journal of Structural Engineering. 139 (10): 1675–1687. doi:10.1061/(asce)st.1943-541x.0000560. ISSN0733-9445.
^Guo Yanlin; Kwon Dae Kun; Kareem Ahsan (2016-02-01). "Near-Real-Time Hybrid System Identification Framework for Civil Structures with Application to Burj Khalifa". Journal of Structural Engineering. 142 (2): 04015132. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001402.
^Kijewski-Correa, Tracy; Kwon, Dae Kun; Kareem, Ahsan; Bentz, Audrey; Guo, Yanlin; Bobby, Sarah; Abdelrazaq, Ahmad (October 2013). "SmartSync: An Integrated Real-Time Structural Health Monitoring and Structural Identification System for Tall Buildings". Journal of Structural Engineering. 139 (10): 1675–1687. doi:10.1061/(asce)st.1943-541x.0000560. ISSN0733-9445.