Dr. Hamid R. Hamidzadeh is Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Tennessee State University. Before joining TSU, he was Professor of Mechanical Engineering at South Dakota State University for many years. He was a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley and Purdue University. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics from Imperial College-University of London in 1978. Dr. Hamidzadeh is an active teacher and researcher in vibrations, dynamic systems, composite cylinders, and inflated thin-film structures. He has been principal investigator of many research projects and contracts, and has published numerous technical articles. He was actively involved in research projects with NASA Marshal Space Flight Center. He has served the ASME as a member of NSSC and as chair of different Committees at Region VII for many years. He has served as a member of ASME Technical Committee on Vibration and Sound. He has organized and chaired several ASME Symposia. He was chair of the 20th ASME Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, and the General Co-Chair of the 2005 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers & Information in Engineering Conference.He also, served as the Co-chair of the 2006 International Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity. Dr. Hamidzadeh's accomplishments have been recognized both nationally and internationally in the Mechanical Engineering profession. He is an elected Fellow of Society for Design and Process Science, as well as, Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers.