• PhD, Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
• MS, Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
• MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla
• BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla

• Fiber optics
• Chemical and bio-sensors
• Distributed sensing and sensor arrays
• Computational photonics
• Interferometry
• Optical Frequency Reflectometry/Metrology
• Instrumentation and embedded systems
• Smart structures and structural health monitoring

Articles

• Abdi, A.M. and Kost, A.R. (2007), “A fiber optic, Fabry-Perot strain gauge calibrator”, Smart Materials and Structures, 16, 1931-1935.
• Abdi, A.M. and Watkins, S.E. (2007), “Strain sensor calibration using extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric sensors”, Optical Engineering, 46 (10), 104402_1-104402_8.
• Abdi, A.M., Suzuki, S., Schulzgen, A., and Kost, A.R (2007) “Modeling, design, fabrication, and testing of fiber Bragg grating strain sensor array”, Applied Optics, 46(14), 2563-2574.
• Abdi, A.M. and Watkins, S.E. (2007), “Demodulation of fiber optic sensors for frequency response measurement”, IEEE Sensors, 7(5), 668-676.
• Abdi, A.M. and Kost, A.R. (2006), “Theoretical suppression of cavity interferences in a fiber Bragg grating array interrogated with coherent optical frequency domain reflectometry”, Smart Material and Structures,15, 1296-1304.

• Abdi, A.M. and Watkins, S.E. (2006), “Modal analysis using the Bessel harmonics of an extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric (EFPI) sensor and neural networks”, in Smart Structures and Materials 2006: Smart Sensor Monitoring System, Daniele Inaudi and Wolfgang Ecke, Editors, Proceeding of SPIE v6167, 502-512.
• Abdi, A.M., Suzuki, S., Sch?lzgen, A., and Kost, A.R. (2005), “Strain measurements using fiber Bragg grating array,” in Technical Digest, Frontiers in Optics, the 89th Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, paper FWO5, Tucson, AZ, October 19, 2005.
• Abdi, A.M., Suzuki, S., Sch?lzgen, A., and Kost, A.R. (2005), “Fiber Bragg grating array calibration”, in Smart Structures and Materials 2005: Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems; Masayoshi Tomizuka; Editor, Proceeding of SPIE v5765, 552-563.
• Abdi, A. M. and Kost, A. (2004), “Infrastructure Optics”, in Smart Structures and Materials 2004: Smart Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems; Daniele Inaudi, Eric Udd; Editors, Proceeding of SPIE v5384, Smart Structures and Materials, 218-228.
• Abdi, A.M. and Watkins, S.E. (2003), “Four-point calibration of PVDF sensor using extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric (EFPI) sensor”, in Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Smart Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems; Daniele Inaudi, Eric Udd; Editors, Proceeding of SPIE v5050, 71-80.