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
• System identification and model updating
• Data-driven modeling and identification
• Advanced signal processing focusing on empirical mode decomposition and methods
• Non-reciprocal acoustics and nonlinear energy guiding
• Aeroelasticity and data-driven flutter analysis

Courses Taught

• MECH 416/816: Engineering Acoustics
• MECH 373: Engineering Dynamics

Selected Publications

• K.J. Moore, "Characteristic Nonlinear System Identification: A Data-driven Approach for Local Nonlinear Attachments," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, (accepted).
• K.J. Moore, A. Mojahed, L.A. Bergman, A.F. Vakakis, "Local Nonlinear Attachments Induce Global Repercussions in Airplane Dynamics," AIAA Journal, (accepted).
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• K.J. Moore, M. Kurt, M. Eriten, D.M. McFarland, L.A. Bergman, A.F. Vakakis, "Nonlinear Parameter Identification of a Mechanical Interface Based on Primary Wave Scattering," Experimental Mechanics, 57(9):1495-1508, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-017-0320-0