Mohsen Shahinpoor: Research Activities and Profile Summaries

Research Interests:

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Smart/Intelligent Materials, Structures and Systems, Smart Aerospace and Marine Structures, Biomimetics and Artificial Muscles, Mechatronics, Electroactive Polymers, Advanced Nanocomposites, Biologically-Inspired Engineering Systems (BIES), Biologically-Inspired Robotic Devices and Systems (BIRDS), Nano-Bio Engineering, Intelligent Robotic Systems, Robotic Surgery, Health Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Heart Assist Systems, Left Ventricular Assist Systems (LVAS), Heart Failure Prevention, Bionic Vision and Ophthalmological Engineering as well as Neuro and Endovascular Surgical Tools and Medical Implants.

The Artificial Muscles Research Initiative (AMRI)

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Resume: Shahinpoor-Mo-longCV-Acad-6-9-2021.pdf 

Please send me an email: shah@maine.edu, so that I can send you the revised and updated version of my resume. 

Some of my Books on Amazon.com

Recent Patents:

M. Shahinpoor, “3-D Deformation and Motion Sensors Made with Ionic Polymer Metal Composites”, US Patent Office  Pat. No. , 11, 874,293 B1, Issued January 16, 2024.

Borkum and M. Shahinpoor, “System for Noninvasive Pulsed Magnetic Induction Heating of Acupoints for the Neurorehabilitation of Stroke and Brain Injury, and for the Prevention and Treatment of Dementia, Age-Related Cognitive Decline, and    Depression,” US Patent Office Group: 3791, Serial No.: 16903808, submitted June 17, 2020, Patent Allowed, Pat. No. 10,933,251, issued 3/3/2021

R. Ecker and M. Shahinpoor, “Devices, Systems, and Methods For Endovascular Surgery,” US Patent Office Provisional Patent, Docket No. 48420-514P01US, submitted September 2018, led to U.S. Patent Application No.: 15/787,734
Title: Electrically Controllable Surgical Tools, Filing Date: October 19, 2017
Our Reference: 48420-512001US. The application will issue as U.S. Patent No. 10,881,418 on January 5, 2021.

M. Shahinpoor and D. Soltanpour, “Double Accommodating Intraocular Accordion Lens,” US patent Office, Patent Application Serial No. 14/854,323, awarded May 5th., (2017), US Patent Number  9,681945 issued May 5th. 2017

Select Recent Publications:

Recent Patents:

M. Shahinpoor, “3-D Deformation and Motion Sensors Made with Ionic Polymer Metal Composites”, US Patent Office  Pat. No. , 11, 874,293 B1, Issued January 16, 2024.

Borkum and M. Shahinpoor, “System for Noninvasive Pulsed Magnetic Induction Heating of Acupoints for the Neurorehabilitation of Stroke and Brain Injury, and for the Prevention and Treatment of Dementia, Age-Related Cognitive Decline, and    Depression,” US Patent Office Group: 3791, Serial No.: 16903808, submitted June 17, 2020, Patent Allowed, Pat. No. 10,933,251, issued 3/3/2021

R. Ecker and M. Shahinpoor, “Devices, Systems, and Methods For Endovascular Surgery,” US Patent Office Provisional Patent, Docket No. 48420-514P01US, submitted September 2018, led to U.S. Patent Application No.: 15/787,734
Title: Electrically Controllable Surgical Tools, Filing Date: October 19, 2017
Our Reference: 48420-512001US. The application will issue as U.S. Patent No. 10,881,418 on January 5, 2021.

M. Shahinpoor and D. Soltanpour, “Double Accommodating Intraocular Accordion Lens,” US patent Office, Patent Application Serial No. 14/854,323, awarded May 5th., (2017), US Patent Number  9,681945 issued May 5th. 2017

Select Recent Publications:

  • M. Shahinpoor, “Artificial Muscles: Advanced Polymeric Nano Composites”, Second Edition, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, London SW15 2NU, Great Britain, 2nd. edition, (2022). CRC Press decided to have the second edition of this book published to incorporate all recent findings.
  • M. Shahinpoor, “Fundamentals of Smart Materials”, Royal Society of Chemistry Publishers, Dr. Robin Driscoll, MRSC, Commissioning Editor, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK (2020). This is the first textbook on Fundamental of Smart Materials with a solutions manual.
  • Bloom, S.E. Tabatabaie, M. Shahinpoor and B. Hejrati, “Multimodal Sensing Capabilities of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites”, Journal of Smart Materials, SMS-109280.R2, (accepted for publication in 2020)
  • S. E. Tabatabaie and M. Shahinpoor, “Artificial Soft Robotic Elephant Trunk made with Ionic Polymer-Metal Nanocomposites (IPMCs)”, International Robotics and Automation Journal, volume 5, Number 4, pp:138‒142, (2019)
  • M. Shahinpoor, “Artificial Muscles: Advanced Polymeric Nano Composites”, Second Edition, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, London SW15 2NU, Great Britain, 2nd. edition, (2022). CRC Press decided to have the second edition of this book published to incorporate all recent findings.
  • M. Shahinpoor, “Fundamentals of Smart Materials”, Royal Society of Chemistry Publishers, Dr. Robin Driscoll, MRSC, Commissioning Editor, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK (2020). This is the first textbook on Fundamental of Smart Materials with a solutions manual.
  • Bloom, S.E. Tabatabaie, M. Shahinpoor and B. Hejrati, “Multimodal Sensing Capabilities of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites”, Journal of Smart Materials, SMS-109280.R2, (accepted for publication in 2020)
  • S. E. Tabatabaie and M. Shahinpoor, “Artificial Soft Robotic Elephant Trunk made with Ionic Polymer-Metal Nanocomposites (IPMCs)”, International Robotics and Automation Journal, volume 5, Number 4, pp:138‒142, (2019)
  • Noonan, C., Tajvidi, M., Tayeb, A., Shahinpoor, M., Tabatabaie, E., “Structure-Property Relationships in Hybrid Cellulose Nanofibrils/Nafion-Based Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites”, Materials J., MDPI, Postfach, CH – 4020 Basel, Switzerland, vol. 12, No. 4, pp: 23-28, (2019)
  • S.E. Tabatabaie and M. Shahinpoor, “Novel Configurations of Slit Tubular Soft Robotic Actuators and Sensors made with Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMCs)“, Robotics and Automation Engineering Journal, Volume 3 Issue 4, pp: 1-10,- July (2018)
  • S.E. Tabatabaie and M. Shahinpoor, “Soft Biomimetic Robotic Looped Haptic Feedback Sensors“, Journal of Robotic Engineering & Automation Technology, Volume 2018; Issue 01, pp: 1-12, (2018)
  • R. Glaser, V. Caccese, M. Shahinpoor, “Comparative finite element and experimental analysis of quasi-static inflation of a thin deployable membrane space structure “, Journal of Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, vol. 138, pp. 48-65, (2018)
  • Shahinpoor and D. Soltanpour, “Double Accommodating Intraocular Accordion Lens”, US Patent Office, Patent Application Serial No. 14/854,323, awarded May 5th., (2017), US Patent Number 9,681945, (2017)
  • D. Armstrong, B. Najafi and M. Shahinpoor, “Potential Applications of Smart Multi-Functional Wearable Materials to Gerontology”, Gerontology Journal, Manuscript No.: 201606007, Published online: January 12, 2017, Published in print, vol.63, pp. 287-298, April (2017)
  • M. Alahbakhshi, A. Fallahi, E. Mohajerani, M. R. Fathollahi, F. Afshar Taromi, M.  Shahinpoor, “High-performance Bi-stage process in reduction of graphene oxide for transparent conductive electrodes”, Journal of Optical Materials, vol.64 (2017), pp: 366-375, (2017)
  • A. Fallahi, Y. Bahramzadeh, E. Tabatabaie and M. Shahinpoor, “A Novel Multifunctional Soft Robotic Transducer Made with Poly (Ethylene-co-Methacrylic Acid) Ionomer Metal Nanocomposite”, International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, DOI 10.1007/s41315-017-0013-y, Special Issue on Soft Robotics, 22 March (2017)
  • M. Shahinpoor, ”Ionic Polymer Metal Composites as Dexterous Manipulators and Haptic Feedback/Tactile Sensors for Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery”, RSC Smart Materials Series, Number 18, Royal Society of Chemistry Publishers, pp. 311-340, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK (2016)
  • Asaka, K. Kim, K. Oguro and M. Shahinpoor, “IPMCs as EAPs: Fundamentals”, Electromechanically Active Polymers, Polymers and Polymeric Composites: A Reference Series, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, F. Carpi (ed.), DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31767-0_6-1, (2016)
  • G. Michopoulos, M. Shahinpoor, A. Iliopoulos, ”Multiphysics Modeling of Nonlinear Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Plates”, RSC Smart Materials Series, Number 18, Royal Society of Chemistry Publishers, pp: 285-310, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK (2016)
  • H. Asanuma, K. Asaka, J. Su, L. Poubel, and M. Shahinpoor, “Smart Contact Oscillations by IPMCs”, Smart Materials and Structures International Journal, Volume 25, Number 2, February 2016, pp. 15015-15-022, (2016)
  • Shahinpoor, ”Ionic Polymer Metal Composites as Soft Biomimetic Robotic Artificial Muscles”, RSC Smart Materials Series, Number 18, Royal Society of Chemistry Publishers, pp. 341-363, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK (2016)
  • P. Bakhtiarpour, A. Parvizi, M. Muller, M. Shahinpoor, O. Marti and M. Amirkhani, “An External Disturbance Sensor for Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Actuator”, Smart Materials and Structures International Journal, Volume 25, Number 1, January 2016,  pp. 15008-15014(7), (2016)
  • A. Fallahi, M. Alahbakhshi, E. Mohajerani, F. Afshar Taromi, A. Mohebbi and M. Shahinpoor, “Cationic Water-Soluble Conjugated Polyelectrolytes/ Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites as Efficient Green Hole Injection Layers in OLEDs”, J. Phys. Chem. C, Volume 119, Number 23, pp 13144–13152, (2015)
  • A. A. Amiri Moghadam, A. Kouzani, K. Torabi, A. Kaynak and M. Shahinpoor, “Development of a Novel Soft Parallel Robot equipped with Polymeric Artificial Muscles”, Smart Materials and Structures, Volume 24, Number 3, 5017, (2015)
  • H. Derar and M. Shahinpoor, “Recent Patents and Designs on Hip Replacement Prostheses”, Open Biomed Eng J. , vol 9, pp. 92-102, (2015)
  • M. Mohammadi and M. Shahinpoor, “Noninvasive Urinary Incontinence Control Device”, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, Vol. 8, Issue 4, Paper No. MED-13-1191,  5 pages, Design Innovation Paper, (2014)
  • M. Shahinpoor and I. Oh, “Selected papers from the 7th. International Conference on Biomimetics, Artificial Muscles and nano-Bio (BAMN2013)”, Smart Materials and Structures Int. Journal, vol. 23, Number 7,  070301, (2014)
  • A. Fallahi, F. Afshar Taromi, A. Mohebbi, J. D. Yuen and M. Shahinpoor, “A Novel Ambipolar Polymer: From Organic Thin-Film Transistors to Enhanced Air-Stable Blue Light Emitting Diodes”, accepted for publication, Journal of Material Chemistry C, (2014), published online June 6, (2014)
  • M. Shahinpoor and S. Gheshmi, “Robotic Surgery: with Smart Materials, Robotic Structures and Artificial Muscles”, PAN Stanford Publishing, Penthouse Level, Suntec Tower, 8 Temasek Boulevard, Singapore 038988,  August (2014)
  • Y. Bahramzadeh and M. Shahinpoor, “A Review of Ionic Polymeric Soft Actuators and Sensors”, Int. Journal of Soft Robotics, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 38-52, (2013), Mary-Ann Lieber, Inc. Publishing, New York, USA, (2013)
  • M. Hajiaghamemar, M. Seidi, W. Andrew, Hodge, A. E. Allen, J. St. Pierre, J. A. Long, V. Caccese, M. Shahinpoor, S. Elmer, “Quantifying Functional Improvements Following X-STOP Spacer Procedure for Treatments of Spinal Stenosis: A Case Report”, Proceedings of 2013 New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, Fall 2013 Conference, (2013)
  • D. Chatterjee, N. Hanumaiah, Y. Bahramzadeh and M. Shahinpoor, “Actuation and Sensing Studies of a Miniaturized Five Fingered Robotic Hand Made with Ion Polymeric Metal Composite (IPMC)”, Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 740 (2013) pp.: 492-495, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, (2013)
  • M. Shahinpoor, “Chitosan/IPMC Artificial Muscles”, Advances in Science and Technology, Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, Vol. 79, pp: 32-40, (2013)
  • M. Shahinpoor, “Muscular Biopolymers”, Book Chapter published in “Topics in Engineered Biomimecry: Biomimetics, Bioinspiration and Bioreplication”, edited by Akhlesh Lakhtakia and Raul-Jose Martin-Palma, Elsevier publishers, Waltham, MA, USA, (2013)
  • R. Glaser, V. Caccese and M. Shahinpoor, “Development of Novel Smart MFR-Gates for Wireless Dynamic Control of Fluid Flow”, Smart Materials and Structures Journal, vol. 22, no.1, (17pp), pp. 1-17, (2013)
  • M. Shahinpoor, David Soltanpour and Parsa Shahinpoor, “System and Device for Correcting Hyperopia and Presbyopia”, US Patent Office, Patent No. 8, 123,803, Issued February 28, 2012
  • Y. Bahramzadeh and M. Shahinpoor, “Modeling of IPMC Guide Wire Stirrer In Endovascular Surgery”, Chapter 2, Electroactivity in Polymeric Materials, Edited by Lenore Rassmussen, Springer Publications, New York, Heidelberg, Dortrecht, London, March (2012)
  • M. Shahinpoor, “Biopolymer/Ionic Polymer Composite Artificial Muscles”, Chapter 10 of “Biotechnology in Biopolymers”, Editd by Professors Atul Tiwari and Ravi B. Srivastava, iSmithers-Rapra publishers, London, (2012)
  • Atul Tiwari, Ravi B. Srivastava, Rajesh K. Saini, Anil K. Bajpai, Lucia H. Innocentini Mei, Shivani B. Mishra, Ashutosh Tiwari, Ashok Kumar, Mohsen Shahinpoor, Golok B. Nando, Subash C. Kundu, and Avrath Chadha, “Biopolymers: An Indispensable Tool for Biotechnology”, Chapter 1 of “Biotechnology in Biopolymers”, Editd by Professors Atul Tiwari and Ravi B. Srivastava, iSmithers-Rapra publishers, London, (2012)
  • Y. Bahramzadeh and M. Shahinpoor, “Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMCs) as Dexterous Manipulators and Tactile Sensors for Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery”, Proceeding of SPIE 19th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 11-15 March, 2012, Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, California, (2012)
  • M. Shahinpoor, ” Artificial Muscles”, in Journal of Smart Materials and Structures, Special; Issue on “Artificial Muscles”, Volume 20, Number 12, pp-1-3, December 2011
  • Mohsen Shahinpoor, “Surgical Correction of Hyperopia, Myopia and Presbyopia Review of Recent Ophthalmological Patents”, “Recent Patents on Biomedical Engineering Journal”, volume 4, pp. 185-195, (2011), Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., Oak Park, IL 60301-0446, USA, (2011)
  • Mohsen Shahinpoor, “Biomimetic Robotic Venus flytrap (Dionaea Muscipula Ellis) Made with Ionic Polymer Metal Composites (IPMCs)”, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, vol. 6, 046004, pp. 1-11, (2011), Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing Ltd., London, UK, (2011)
  • A.J. McDaid, K.C. Aw, E. Haemmerle, M. Shahinpoor and S.Q. Xie, “ Adaptive Tuning of A 2DOF Controller for Robust Cell Manipulation Using IPMC Actuators”, J. Micromechanics and Microengineering, vol. 21, 125004, pp. 1-11, (2011), Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing Ltd., London, UK, (2011)
  • R. Glaser, V. Caccese and M. Shahinpoor, “Shape Monitoring of a Beam Structure from Measured Strain or Curvature”, Int. Journal of Experimental Mechanics, Springer Publishing Company, (2011) vol. 51, no. , pp. – , (2011)
  • Y. Bahramzadeh and M. Shahinpoor, “Dynamic Curvature Sensing Based On Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC) Sensors”, Smart Materials and Structures Journal, vol. 20, no. 5, 094011, (7pp), September (2011)
  • R. Glaser, V. Caccese and M. Shahinpoor, “Development of Magnetorheological Fluid Composites with Rigidification Characteristics”, Smart Materials and Structures Journal, volume 20, no.4, o45018 (16pp), pp. 1-16, (2011)
  • S.D. Dvorak and M. Shahinpoor, “A New Membrane Electrode Assembly for Low-Temperature PEM Fuel Cells Having a Nanocomposite Catalyst Layer,” Electrochemical Society (ECS) Transactions, vol. 30, No.1, pp. 77- 82, (2011)
  • M. Shahinpoor and David Soltanpour, ”Synthetic Muscle-Based Multi-Powered Active Contact Lens”, US Patent Office, Patent No. 7,850,951, Issued December 14, 2010
  • M. Shahinpoor, “A Review of Patents on Implantable Heart-Compression/Assist Devices and Systems”, in “Recent Patents on Biomedical Engineering Journal”, volume 3, pp. 54-71, Bentham Science Publishers, 2010
  • M. Shahinpoor, “Biomimetics Nananosensors and Nanoactuators”, in “Biomimetics and Bioinspired Nanomaterials”, Editor: Professor Challa S.S. R. Kumar, John Wiley and Sons Publishers, Wiley-VCH Verlag, GmnH & Co. KGaA, Boschstrase 12, Weinheim, Germany, vol. 7, Chapter 8, pp. 283-301, 2010
  • M. Shahinpoor and David Soltanpour, ”Surgical Correction of Ptosis by Polymeric Artificial Muscles”, US Patent Office, Patent No. 7,625,404, Issued December 1, 2009
  • M. Shahinpoor, “Implantable Heart-Assist and Compression Devices Employing an Active Network of Electrically-Controllable Ionic Polymer-Metal Nanocomposites”, in “Biomedical Applications of Electroactive Polymer Actuators”, Editors: Federico Carpi and Elisabeth Smela, John Wiley and Sons Publishers, West Sussex, United Kingdom, Chapter 7, pp. 37-59, 2009
  • Ron Lumia and M. Shahinpoor, “IPMC Microgripper Research and Development”, Journal of Physics CS, Institute of Physics, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 127 (2008) 012002, 2008-2009

Selected Publications:

  • M. Shahinpoor, “Ionic Polymer Metal Composites (IPMCs): Smart Multi-Functional Materials and Artificial Muscles”, Volume II, Royal Society of Chemistry Publishers, Dr. Cara Sutton, MRSC, Commissioning Editor, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK (2016)
  • M. Shahinpoor, “Ionic Polymer Metal Composites (IPMCs): Smart Multi-Functional Materials and Artificial Muscles”, Volume I, Royal Society of Chemistry Publishers, Dr. Cara Sutton, MRSC, Commissioning Editor, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK (2016)
  • Shahinpoor and S-Gheshmi, “Robotic Surgery: with Smart Materials, Robotic Structures and Artificial Muscles”, First textbook published in the world on Robotic Surgery with a Solutions Manual, PAN Stanford Publishing, Pan Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd., Penthouse Level, Suntec Tower 3, 8 Temasek Boulevard, Singapore 038988, June (2014)
  • Editor with Professor Dr. Hans-Jörg Schneider , “Smart Materials Book Series”, Royal Society of Chemistry Publishers, Dr. Leanne Marle MRSC, Commissioning Editor, RSC Publishing, Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK (2011). There has been 20 volumes published so far.
  • M. Shahinpoor and Hans-Jörg Schneider, Editors, “ Intelligent Materials”, foreworded by: Nobel Laureate Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (Liquid Crystal Polymers and Elastomers), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Publishers, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road Cambridge CB4 0WF, Great Britain,1 st . edition, (2008)
  • M. Shahinpoor, “Ionic Polymeric Conductor Nano Composites (IPCMCs) As Distributed Nanosensors and Nanoactuators”, Advances in Science and Technology J., Vol. 54, pp. 70-81, Trans Tech Publication, Switzerland, 2008
  • Ujwal Deole, Ron Lumia, Mohsen Shahinpoor and Michael Bermudez, “Design and Test of IPMC Artificial Muscle Microgripper“, J. Micro-Nano Mechatronics, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, DOI 10.1007/s12213-008-0004-z, June, 2008
  • M. Shahinpoor, K.J. Kim and Mehran Mojarrad, “Artificial Muscles : Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nano Composites ”, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, London SW15 2NU , Great Britain , 1 st . edition, (2007)
  • K. Choi, K. J. Kim, D. Kim, C. Manford, S. Heo and Mohsen Shahinpoor, “Performance Characteristics of Electro-Chemically Driven Polyacrylonitrile Fiber Bundle Actuators”, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 17, No. 7, pp. 563-576, July, (2006)
  • M. Shahinpoor,” Soft Plastic Robots and Artificial Muscles”, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, vol 2, no. 2, pp. 161-174, (2005)
  • M. Shahinpoor and K. J. Kim, “Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites – III. Modeling and Simulation As Biomimetic Sensors, Actuators, Transducers and Artificial Muscles”, Smart Materials and Structures Int. J ., vol 13, No. 4, pp. 1362-1388, (2004)
  • M. Shahinpoor, “ Ionic Polymer-Conductor Composites As Biomimetic Sensors, Robotic Actuators and Artificial Muscles-A Review”, Electrochimica Acta , Vol. 48, No. 14-16, pp. 2343-2353, (2003)
  • M. S. Moneim, K. Firoozbakhsh, A. Mustapha, K. Larsen and M. Shahinpoor, “Flexor Tendon Repair Using Shape Memory Alloy Suture”, J. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, vol. 402, pp. 251-259, September (2002)
  • M. Shahinpoor and K. J. Kim, “Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites – I. Fundamentals”, Smart Materials and Structures Int. J ., Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 819-833 (2001)
  • P. G. de Gennes ( Nobel Laureate), K. Okumura, M. Shahinpoor, and K. J. Kim, “Mechanoelectric Effects in Ionic Gels”, Europhysics Letters , Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 513-518, (2000)