Faculty Profile for Dr. Amir Hosein Zamanian
Dr. Amir Hosein Zamanian
Assistant Professor — Ingram School of Engineering
IGRM 4309
phone: (512) 245-6762
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Dr. Amir Hosein Zamanian is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Ingram School of Engineering, Texas State University. He joined Texas State in the Fall of 2023. Before that, he served as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Scranton since 2020. He earned his Ph.D. in 2020 from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; his MS from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic); and his BS from Bu-Ali Sina University, all in Mechanical Engineering.Teaching Interests
DynamicsControl Systems
Mechanical Vibrations
Soft Robotics
CAD and Design
MATLAB Programming
Research Interests
Multi-Physics SimulationAdvanced computational techniques for dynamic and quasi-static modeling of complex electro-mechanical systems.
Bio-inspired Soft Robots
Development, design, and analysis of robots inspired by biological systems for innovative applications.
Soft Sensors and Actuators
Development of compliant systems for versatile functionalities in uncertain environments
Fault Diagnosis
Early fault detection in mechanical systems using advanced signal processing techniques, and artificial intelligence
Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Zamanian, A. H., & Voltzow, J. (2025). Soft Robots and Soft Bodies: Biological Insights into the Structure and Function of Fluidic Soft Robots. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 20(1), 013001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ad8b8d
- Ghasemi, F., Salari, E., Zamanian, A. H., & Rastgoo, A. (2024). Experimental mechanical properties, nonlinear bending and instability analysis of 3D-printed auxetic tubular metastructures using multiscale finite element and Ritz methods. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/15376494.2024.2436650
- Zamanian, A. H., Krueger, P. S., & Richer, E. (2023). Dynamic Lumped Parameter Modeling and Stability Analysis of Planar Hydraulically Amplified Dielectric Elastomer Actuators. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 145(9). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062710
- Zamanian, A. H., Son, D. Y., Krueger, P. S., & Richer, E. (2022). Nonlinear Lumped Parameter Model and Snap-Through Stability Analysis of Hydraulically Amplified Dielectric Elastomer Actuators. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 144(6). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053944
- Zamanian, A. H., Son, D. Y., Krueger, P. S., & Richer, E. (2021). Lumped Parameter Modeling and Snap-Through Stability Analysis of Planar Hydraulically Amplified Dielectric Elastomer Actuators. ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046398