Mohsen Shahinpoor

Mohsen (MO) Shahinpoor (born 1943) is an Iranian American engineer, scientist, and academician. He is a professor and director at the University of Maine College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is also a professor in the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering at the University of Maine.

Shahinpoor has conducted research in biomimetic, flexible, soft robotics, robotic surgery, smart materials, electroactive polymers, ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs), soft actuators, self-powered energy harvesters, and sensors. He has authored over 600 publications and 93 books and volumes. His books include, ''Intelligent Robotic Systems: Modeling & Simulation'', ''Intelligent Materials'', ''Artificial Muscles: Applications of Advanced Polymeric Nano Composites'', and ''High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids''. His book entitled ''Fundamentals of Smart Materials'' is the first textbook on fundamentals of smart materials with a solutions manual. He is a co-editor of a smart materials series published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Shahinpoor is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institute of Physics (IOP), National Academy of Inventors, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and the International Association for Advanced Materials (FIAAMs).

Shahinpoor is also a chess player. He is a topic editor-in-chief of ''Bioinspired Robotics'', ''International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems'', and a founding editor and editor-in-chief of ''International Journal of Environmentally Intelligent Design and Manufacturing''. His work has been featured multiple times in media articles. Provided by Wikipedia