Education
  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
  • B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH

Research Interests
  • Theoretical and experimental nonlinear dynamics and vibrations
  • Data-driven modeling and identification
  • Reduced-order modeling of bolted joint loosening
  • Digital engineering and autonomous methods for model validation and updating
  • Identification of unknown time series in biomechanics
  • Vibrations in next-generation aircraft
  • Non-reciprocal acoustics and nonlinear energy guiding

Honors and Awards
Selected Publications
  1. A. Singh, K.J. Moore, “Characteristic Nonlinear System Identification of Clearance Nonlinearities in Local Attachments,” Nonlinear Dynamics, (accepted).
  2. K.J. Moore, “A Reduced-order Model for Loosening Mechanics of Axial Joints,” ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 86(12):121007, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4044813
  3. K.J. Moore, “Characteristic Nonlinear System Identification: A Data-driven Approach for Local Nonlinear Attachments,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 131:335-347, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2019.05.066
  4. K.J. Moore, A. Mojahed, L.A. Bergman, A.F. Vakakis, “Local Nonlinear Stores Induce Global Effects in the Dynamics of an Experimental Model Airplane,” AIAA Journal, 57(11):4953-4965, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J058311
  5. K.J. Moore, M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, A.F. Vakakis, "Direct Detection of Nonlinear Modal Interactions From Time Series Measurements," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 125:311-329, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2017.09.010
  6. K.J. Moore, M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, A.F. Vakakis, "Wavelet-Bounded Empirical Mode Decomposition for Measured Time Series Analysis," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 99:14-29, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2017.06.005
  7. K.J. Moore, J. Bunyan, S.H. Tawfick, O.V. Gendelman, S. Li, M. Leamy, A.F. Vakakis, "Non-Reciprocity in the Dynamics of Coupled Oscillators with Nonlinearity, Asymmetry and Scale Hierarchy," Physical Review E, 97(1):012219, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.97.012219
  8. K.J. Moore, A.F. Vakakis, "Wave Non-Reciprocity at a Nonlinear Structural Interface," Acta Mechanica, 229(10):4057-4070, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00707-018-2212-5