Farid Golnaraghi
Professor, School of Engineering Science
Associate Director, School of Engineering Science-Surrey Campus
Burnaby Mountain Chair
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University, United States, 1988
B.Sc., Worcester Polytechnical Institute, United States, 1982
M.Sc., Worcester Polytechnical Institute, United States, 1982
Research interests
- Application of Intelligent Sensor Systems to:
- Biomedical Systems
- Automotive Systems
- Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics
- Smart Materials and Actuators
- Vibration and Control
Teaching interests
- Dynamics and Control
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Vibration

Contact:
| Tel: |
778.782.8054 |
| Email: |
mfgolnar@sfu.ca |
| Fax: |
778.782.7514 |
| Surrey Office (primary): | SFU Surrey, Room 4388 Galleria |
Recently taught courses
- ENSC 282-3 Kinematics and Dynamics of Rigid Bodies and
- ENSC 384-4 Mechatronics Design II
- ENSC 383-4 Feedback Control Systems
- ENSC 441-3 Capstone Design Project 1
- ENSC 442W-3 Capstone Design Project 2
- ENSC 800 -3 Nonlinear Vibrations
Selected recent publications
- Vahid-Araghi, O, Golnaraghi, M.F. (2010), Friction-Induced Vibration in Lead Screw Drives, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC., 1st Edition., Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-4419-1751-5.
- Golnaraghi, M.F., and Kuo, B., (2009), Automatic Control Systems, 9th edition, ISBN 0978-0-470-04896-2, John Wiley and Sons, Second print 2010, Third print 2011.
- Mansour, H., Arzanpour, S., and Golnaraghi, M.F., (Accepted June 2011), “Design of a Solenoid Valve Based Active Engine Mount,” Journal of Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing.
- Ebrahimi, B., Khamesee, M.B., and Golnaraghi, M.F., (2011), “A hybrid electromagnetic shock absorber for active vehicle suspension systems,” Vehicle Sys. Dynamics, doi: 10.1080/00423110903401871, Volume 49 Numbers 1–2 January–February 2011, pp. 311-332.
- Parnian, N. and Golnaraghi, M.F., (2010), “Integration of a Multi-Camera Vision System and Strapdown Inertial Navigation System (SDINS) with a Modified Kalman Filter,” Sensors, 10, 5378-5394; doi:10.3390/s100605378.