Wind Hazard and Earthquake Engineering Lab

	Makola M. Abdullah, Ph.D. Advisor/Associate Professor abdullah@eng.fsu.edu Dr. Makola Abdullah is an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. Previous to joining the faculty in the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Dr. Abdullah was a faculty member in the Division of Engineering Technology at Florida A & M University. Dr. Abdullah's academic experience also includes adjunct professor position at Chicago State University in the Department of Chemistry and Physics. He also has worked in industry for Jackson and Tull Chartered Engineers based in Washington, DC.

Dr. Abdullah's commitment to increasing the number of African-Americans in science, math and engineering is a primary career focus. He has appeared on the Black Entertainment Television program Teen Summit and is active in community mentoring programs in Tallahassee, FL. Dr. Abdullah's research interests center around the vibration control of civil engineering structures. In particular, the interests include the placement and design of output feedback controllers; optimization algorithms for discrete location placement; robust control design; minimization of structural pounding. This research is currently funded by the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

This premier program emphasizes the importance the Foundation places on the early development of academic careers dedicated to stimulating the discovery process, in which the excitement of research is enhanced by inspired teaching and enthusiastic learning. It combines in a single program the support of research and education of the highest quality and in the broadest sense.

Dr. Abdullah has served on several NSF Grant Review Panels has reviewed textbooks and journal articles and is the author of several journal papers:

Abdullah, M. "Optimal Placement of Output Feedback Sensor/Actuator Systems at Discrete Locations", AIAA Journal, November 1998, 2109-2116

Abdullah, M. "Optimal Placement of DVFC Controllers on Buildings Subjected to Earthquake Loading", Journal of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 1999, Vol. 28, 127-141

Abdullah, M. "Optimal Placement of Output Feedback Controllers on Slender Civil Structures", February 2000, Engineering Structures

Abdullah, M. , Hanif, J.and Richardson. A., "Use of Shared TMD to Mitigate Vibrations and Pounding", Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics ,2000, (accepted for publication)

Abdullah, M., Richardson A. "Placement of Civil Engineering Control Devices using Genetic Algorithms", Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics ,2000,( accepted for publication)

Abdullah, M., Richardson A. "Use of Genetic Algorithms in Civil Engineering Control", Proceedings of SPIE, Smart Systems for Bridges, Structures, and Highways, Newport Beach, CA., March, 2000

Abdullah, M., Richardson A. "Use of Genetic Algorithms for Sensor/Actuator Placement", NASA Dryden Space Flight Center at Edwards Air Force Base for Technical Personnel

Grady, S., Wesson, D. and Abdullah, M, "Numerical Simulation of Swirling Turbulent Flow Field in 10-mm Hydrocyclone" Proceedings of AIChE Conference, 2000

Dr. Abdullah has a long list of achievements. He is a CAREER AWARD Recipient from the National Science Foundation. He received an OUTSTANDING TEACHING AWARD at Chicago State University. He has been nominated for TEACHER OF THE YEAR at both Florida A&M University and Florida State University. He received several honors as a graduate student at Northwestern University, these honors included the DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE AWARD from the Department of African American Student Affairs; the OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT SERVICE AWARD from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and the TEACHING ASSISTANT OF THE YEAR from National Society of Black Engineers. He was also a NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH fellow. Dr. Abdullah has been inducted into the Golden Key National Honor Society and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society.

Dr. Abdullah is an active member the National Society of Black Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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