Curriculum Vitae of Dr. David Chelidze

	short curriculum vitae
professional preparation	Ph.D. in Engineering Science & Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 2000 M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, 1995 Diplom in Mechanical Engineering Technology, Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1992
reseach interests and expertise	Analytical and experimental nonlinear dynamics, failure mechanics, modal testing and analysis, dynamics and stability of engineered systems. Emphasis is on synthesizing knowledge from fields such as dynamical and stochastic systems, linear and nonlinear time series analysis, estimation and filtering theory to develop and implement innovative techniques for identification, diagnosis and prognosis of engineered, geophysical and biological systems.
professional experience	Professor (07/2009--present) Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, University of Rhode Island. Associate Professor (07/2005--06/2009) Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, University of Rhode Island. Assistant Professor (09/2000--06/2005) Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics, University of Rhode Island. Senior Engineer (04/2000--08/2000) Preschutti and Associates, Inc., State College, Pennsylvania.
awards and honors	Edmund and Dorothy Marshall Award for Faculty Excellence in Research, 2007. College of Engineering, University of Rhode Island. CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2003. For details see Funded Research Projects. Diplom with Honors, 1992. Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia. USSR/USA Presidential Student Exchange Fellowship, 1991--1992. Academician Tavkhelidze Scholarship, Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1989--1992. Awarded once in several years to the best student of the Mechanical Engineering Institute. Honors Diploma and Award for Excellence in Competition. Finalist, National (USSR) Olympiad in Theoretical Mechanics, Minsk Polytechnic Institute, Minsk, Belarus, 1989. Honors Diploma and Award for Outstanding Performance at the 58th (1988) and 59th (1989) Open Scientific-Technical Conferences at Georgian Technical University, Tbilisi, Georgia. The best student paper awards in physics, mathematics, theoretical mechanics, machine design, theory of mechanisms and machines, descriptive geometry, and Russian language.
patents	US Patent No. 6,567,752 B2, "General Method for Tracking the Evolution of Hidden Damage or Other Unwanted Changes in Machinery Components and Predicting Remaining Useful Life," with Cusumano, J. P. and Chatterjee, A., Penn State University Invention Disclosure No. 2002-2208, 2003. USSR Patent No. 1,814,970, "Supporting-Guiding Unit for Long-sized Part Transportation," with Khachidze, N. A., Chelidze, G. D. and Khachidze V. N., Georgian Technical University Invention Disclosure No. 4824161, Bul.Iz., No. 18, 1993.
selected publications	Song, M., Segala, D.B., Chelidze, D. and Dingwell, J.B., 2009, "Slow-time changes in human muscle fatigue are fully represented in movement kinematics," Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 131, 021004(1--11). (doi:10.1115/1.3005177) Liu, M. and Chelidze, D., 2008, "Atomic force microscope based on chaotic motion," Ref. No.: NLM-D-07-00195, International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 521--526. (doi:10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2008.03.001) Zhou, W. and Chelidze, D., 2008, "Generalized eigenvalue decomposition in time domain modal parameter identification," Journal of Vibration & Acoustics, Vol. 130, No. 1, pp. 011001(1--6). (doi:10.1115/1.2775509) Chelidze, D. and Liu, M., 2008, "Reconstructing slow-time dynamics from fast-time measurements," Invited paper, Philosophical Transaction of the Royal Society A, Vol. 366, pp. 729--7445. (doi:10.1098/rsta.2007.2124) Zhou, W. and Chelidze, D., 2007, "Blind source separation based vibration modal identification," Mechanical Systems & Signal Processing, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 3072--3087. (doi:10.1016/j.ymssp.2007.05.007) Dingwell, J., Napolitano, D.F., and Chelidze, D., 2006, "A nonlinear approach to tracking slow-time-scale changes in movement kinematics," Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 40, pp. 1629--1634. (doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.06.019) Liu, M. and Chelidze, D., 2006, "Identifying damage using local flow variation method," Smart Materials & Structures, Vol. 15, No. 6, pp.1830--1836. (doi:10.1088/0964-1726/15/6/037) Chelidze, D. and Cusumano, J.P., 2006, "Phase Space Warping: Nonlinear Time Series Analysis for Slowly Drifting Systems," Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Vol. 364, pp. 2495-–2513. (doi:10.1098/rsta.2006.1837) Chelidze, D. and Liu, M., 2006, "Multidimensional damage identification based on phase space warping: an experimental study," Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 46, No. 1-2, pp. 61--72. (doi:10.1007/s11071-005-9007-7) Chelidze, D. and Zhou, W., 2006, "Smooth orthogonal decomposition based modal analysis," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 292, No. 3-5, pp. 461--473. (doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2005.08.006) Chelidze, D. and Liu, M., 2005, "Dynamical Systems Approach to Fatigue Damage Identification," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 281, No. 3-5, pp. 887--904. (doi:10.1016/j.jsv.2004.02.017) Chelidze, D., 2004, "Identifying Multidimensional Damage in a Hierarchical Dynamical System," Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 307--322. (doi:10.1023/B:NODY.0000045546.02766.ad) Chelidze, D., and Cusumano, J.P., 2004, "A Dynamical Systems Approach to Failure Prognosis," Journal of Vibration & Acoustics, Vol. 126, No. 1., pp. 1--7. (doi:10.1115/1.1640638) Chelidze, D., Cusumano, J.P., and Chatterjee, A., 2002, "Dynamical Systems Approach to Damage Evolution Tracking, Part 1: Description and Experimental Application," Journal of Vibration & Acoustics, Vol. 124, No. 2, pp. 250--257. (doi:10.1115/1.1456908) Cusumano, J.P., Chelidze, D., and Chatterjee, A., 2002, "Dynamical Systems Approach to Damage Evolution Tracking, Part 2: Model-Based Validation and Physical Interpretation," Journal of Vibration & Acoustics, Vol. 124, No. 2, pp.258--264. (doi:10.1115/1.1456907) Chatterjee, A., Cusumano, J. P., and Chelidze, D., 2002, "Optimal Tracking of Parameter Drift in a Chaotic System: Experiment and Theory," Journal of Sound & Vibration, Vol. 250, No. 5, pp. 877--901. (doi:10.1006/jsvi.2001.3963)
fundeed research projects	PI, "Rational Models and Dynamical Characterization of Fatigue Using Phase Space Warping and Smooth Orthogonal Decomposition," National Science Foundation, Grant No. 0758536, $300,000, 07/2008--06/2011. Co-PI, "Nonlinear Analysis to Predict Human Physiological Fatigue," U.S. Army / Natic Soldier Center, $ 570,927 ($226,000 URI), 04/01/2007--10/30/2009. Co-PI, "Tracking Fatigue-Related Changes in Motor Coordination," with Jonathan Dingwell at UT at Austin, NIH, $275,000 ($105,000 URI) direct costs , 09/01/2005--08/31/2006. PI, "Data Driven Damage Diagnosis and Prognosis," The Missile Defense Agency Phase II STTR, B2-0775, with Migma Systems, Inc., Air Force Research Office, $750,000 ($375,000 URI), 09/01/2004--08/31/2006. PI, "Data Driven Damage Diagnosis and Prognosis," The Missile Defense Agency, Phase I STTR, B033-0017, F29601-03-M-0301, with Migma Systems, Inc., Air Force Research Office, $70,000 ($35,000 URI), 09/23/03--03/23/04. PI, "CAREER: Phase Space Warping and Stochastic Interrogation -- A New Paradigm for Damage Diagnosis and Prognosis," National Science Foundation, CMS-0237792, $403,202, 02/01/2003--01/31/2008. PI, "Phase Space Warping Based Diagnosis of Long-Term Changes in Human Coordination," NCRR-NIH, Grant # RR16457, $20,001, 11/01/2002--08/31/2003. PI, "Multidimensional Damage Diagnosis and Prognosis," Council for Research, University of Rhode Island, $4,549, 07/01/2002--12/31/2002. PI, "Crack Size Measurement Instrumentation for an Experimental Two-Well Magneto Elastic Oscillator," URI Foundation, University of Rhode Island, $2,000, 04/07/2002--12/31/2002. Co-PI, "A Broad Based Enhancement of the Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Laboratories," with A. Shukla, M. H. Sadd, and R. Lessmann, Champlin Foundation. $129,811, 2002. PI, "Enabling Technologies for Aircraft Failure Prognosis," Preschutti & Associates, Inc., $15,000 (Gift Grant to URI Foundation) State College, Pennsylvania, 01/01/2002--12/31/2002. PI, "An Experimental Method for Multi-Mode Damage Evolution and Failure Prognosis," Council for Research, University of Rhode Island, $6,498, 07/01/2001--12/31/2001. PI, "An Experimental System to Study Multi-Mode Damage Evolution," URI Foundation, University of Rhode Island, $2,000, 03/09/2001--12/31/2001. PI, "A New Laboratory for Vibrations and Mechanical Systems," URI Foundation, University of Rhode Island, $4,500, 11/15/2000--12/31/2001. PI, "Identifying Imminent Failures in Aircraft and System Components," Preschutti & Associates, Inc., $15,000 (Gift Grant to URI Foundation) State College, Pennsylvania, 09/01/2000--04/31/2001. PI, "Aircraft Prognostics: Identifying Imminent Failures in Aircraft and System Components," Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, Proposal Number: AF00-099, Agency: Air Force, Funds: $98,177, Preschutti & Associates, Inc., State College, Pennsylvania, 04/15/2000--08/20/2000.