Education
Shahinpoor completed his initial education from Iran and received his B.Sc. degree in chemical, materials and petroleum engineering from Abadan Institute of Technology's College of Engineering in 1966. He then moved to the US and received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of Delaware in 1968 and 1970, respectively. From 1971 till 1972, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at Johns Hopkins University.Career
Following his doctoral studies, Shahinpoor went back to Iran and was employed by Shiraz University as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering. He was promoted to associate professor in 1972 and to professor of mechanical engineering in 1976. He then moved back to the US and taught as a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at Clarkson University from 1979 till 1984. Shahinpoor joined the University of New Mexico in 1984 as a professor of mechanical engineering. During his tenure at the university, he was appointed as Regents Professor of Mechanical Engineering from 1984 till 2002, and was twice appointed as Halliburton Endowed Chair Professor of CAD/CAM, CIM & Robotics. Shahinpoor also held secondary appointments at University of New Mexico's School of Medicine as a professor of surgery and biomedical engineering from 1996 till 2002, and as a research professor of surgery from 2002 till 2007. In 2007, Shahinpoor joined University of Maine as a professor of biomedical science and engineering and held appointment as Richard C. Hill Professor till 2014. He was then appointed as professor of mechanical engineering at University of Maine. Shahinpoor chaired the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Shiraz University in the early 1970s, and co-directed the Robotics & Manufacturing Center at Clarkson University in the 1980s. AtResearch
Shahinpoor has worked onIonic polymer-metal composites as biomimetic sensors, actuators and artificial muscles
Shahinpoor has conducted extensive research on ionic polymeric-metal composites (IPMCs) and in a paper published in 1995, he explained the micro-electro-mechanics of ionic polymeric gels as electrically controllable artificial muscles. He introduced the mathematical modeling relating to IPMCs and identified the key parameters based on the vibrational and resonance characteristics of sensors and actuators made with IPMCs. He presented the successful working of artificial muscles in harsh cryogenic environments. Shahinpoor, along with Kwang J. Kim, published a paper in 2000s and presented a fabrication method for adjusting the scale of IPMC artificial muscles in a strip size of micro-to-centimeter thickness. In the 2000s, Shahinpoor authored review papers on IPMCs and discussed the manufacturing techniques, phenomenological laws and mechanical characteristics of the composites along with the methodologies in developing high-force-density IPMCs. He also presented various modeling and simulation techniques, along with industrial and biomedical applications of IPMCs.Advanced nanocomposites and electroactive polymers
Shahinpoor worked with NASA in a study to reduce the mass, size, the instrumentation cost and the power consumed in its future missions. He studied two groups of electroactive polymer (EAP) materials such as bending ionomers and longitudinal electrostatically driven elastomers, which can be used as an alternative to current actuators. He conducted an analysis of the electrical characteristics of the ionomer EAP, discussed its major limitations, and developed an EAP driven miniature robotic arm which was controlled by a MATLAB code for the lifting and dropping of the arm, and for the opening and closing of EAP fingers of a 4-finger gripper. Shahinpoor authored a paper in the late 1990s on the development of effective EAP driven mechanisms, which emulate human hands such as a gripper, manipulator arm and a surface wiper; and also highlighted the need for greater actuation force capability.Neuro and endovascular surgical tools and medical implants
Shahinpoor's research has also focused on neurological and endovascular surgical tools and medical implants. He has registered several patents relating to surgical tools and medical implants which include spinal implants, implantable pump apparatuses and self-powered micro-pump assembly. He developed zonular mini-bridge implants made of polymeric gels, silicone polymers or a composite, for the surgical correction of presbyopia and hyperopia.Awards and honors
*1977 - Engineering Researcher of the Year 1977 Award, selected jointly by the Academy of Sciences of Iran and Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Iran, awarded by Her Majesty the Queen Farah of Iran *1983 - Awarded "Eminent Engineer" title, U.S. National Engineering Honor Society *1986 - Award of Achievement for the creation of the world's first multi-station Robotics Instructional Laboratory at UNM, U.S. Society of Technical Communications *1986 - Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research, University of New Mexico's Burlington Northern Foundation *1988 - Halliburton Endowed Chair Professorship in CAD/CAM, CIM & Robotics, School of Engineering, University of New Mexico *1989 - Elected Fellow of ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers *1991 - Award for Excellence in Manufacturing Engineering Education, Society of Manufacturing Engineers *1992 - Awarded the title of "Engineer of the Year 1992", US Society of Professional Engineers *1993, 1994 - Award for Excellence in Research, Sandia National Laboratories *1996 - Faculty Achievement Award, University of New Mexico Libraries *2001 - Elected Fellow, Institute of Physics, UK *2003 - Space Act Award for "Development of A Space Dust Wiper Made With Polymeric Artificial Muscles", NASA *2008 - Distinguished Member of the Francis Crowe Society with Medallion, University of Maine *2015 - Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry *2015 - Elected Fellow, US National Academy of Inventors *2020 - Elected Fellow, International Association for Advanced MaterialsBibliography
Selected books
*''High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids'' (1993) *''Intelligent Robotic Systems: Modeling & Simulation'' (1994) *''Energy, Matter, Intelligence and Life (EMIL); The Evolution of EMIL'' (2000) *''Artificial Muscles: Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nano Composites'' (2007) *''Robotic Surgery: Smart Materials, Robotic Structures and Artificial Muscles'' (2014) *''Ionic Polymer Metal Composites (IPMCs): Smart Multi-Functional Materials and Artificial Muscles'', Volume 2 (2015) *''Fundamentals of Smart Materials'' (2020) *''Artificial Muscles: Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nano Composites'' CRC Press, Second Edition' (2022)Selected articles
*Shahinpoor, M., & Kim, K. J. (2001). "Ionic polymer-metal composites: I. Fundamentals". ''References
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