Dr. Mohammad Reza Ashory is an Associate Professor at Semnan University, Semnan, Iran. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering (1987) from University of Tehran in Tehran, and his Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (1991) from Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran. Ashory received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London in 1999 under the supervision of Professor D. J. Ewins. During his PhD study, he was working with well-known companies such as Rolls Royce, BMW on projects related to dynamic modeling of structures using modal testing. The title of his Ph.D. thesis was "High-quality Modal Testing Methods" in which he developed different analytical and experimental procedures to improve the modal testing results.

He was appointed to the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Semnan University in 1988 as an Assistant Professor. He installed and commissioned a modal testing lab at Semnan University to serve both industry and research works. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2011. Additionally, Ashory has been working as a professional engineer consulting industrial sectors to improve their products concerning vibration and acoustic issues. Also, he has been an instructor of various course studies in the field of industrial including vibration diagnostics of the mechanical systems, noise and sound measurement in Industry, modal testing, and signal processing.

Ashory has made over 100 scholarly contributions, including nearly 30 peer-reviewed research papers. He has been the reviewer of well-known Journals and a member of the scientific committee of IOMAC and ISAV conferences. Current research of 1- Operational Modal Testing (new concepts) 2- Energy harvesting of bicycles under shock 3- Signal processing of bearings using entropy concepts (new approaches). 4- Updated Finite Element Modelling of the brain under the pressure of a lumped node. 5- Study of the Dynamics of Guidewires in the heart area. 6- Study of the Dynamics of resonators for detecting cancer cells. 7- Updating of Finite Element Model of brakes 8- Fault diagnosis of wind turbines are presently his key research areas.