PhD, CEng, MIMechE
Personal Chair
- About
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- Email Address
- alireza.maheri@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272501
- Office Address
Room 382, Fraser Noble Building
School of Engineering, King’s College
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, AB24 3UE
United Kingdom
- School/Department
- School of Engineering
Biography
Professor Maheri joined the University of Aberdeen in 2016 (Senior Lecturer 2016, Reader 2021, Personal Chair 2022). Prior to that, he was a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Northumbria University (2009-2016) and a member of Aerospace Vehicle Architecture and Design Integration Research and Teaching Group, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol (2007-2009).
Professor Maheri has a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Shiraz University, a Masters in Mechanical Engineering-Energy Conversion from Amirkabir University of Technology and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering-Design and Simulation of Adaptive Aero-structures from UWE Bristol.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Academic Line Manager of the Applied Dynamics and Structures Research Group
- External Memberships
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Research Council
- International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction
Editorial Board
- International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements
- Journal of Energy and Power Engineering
- Energies
Guest Editor
- Renewable Energy (2022)
- Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2019)
Conference Chair
- General Chair and Founder, 1st International Conference on Multidisciplinary Engineering Design and Optimisation, Belgrade, September 2016
- Chair, 4th International Symposium on Environment Friendly Energies and Applications, Belgrade, September 2016
- Publication Chair, 3rd International Conference on Control, Engineering & Information Technology, Tlemcen, May 2015
- Publication Chair, 3rd International Symposium on Environment Friendly Energies and Applications, Paris, Nov 2014
- Co-chair, 2nd International Symposium on Environment Friendly Energies and Applications, Newcastle upon Tyne, June 2012
Research Proposal Review
- Royal Society
- EPSRC
- Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Romanian National Research Council (CNCS)
External Examination and Advisory
- External Examiner, MSc Advanced Lightweight Structures and Impact, Cranfield University (2016-2018)
- Academic External Adviser for MSc Renewable Energy and Power by Research, University of the West of England, Bristol (2015)
- Research
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Research Overview
Research Areas
- Wind Energy
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Energy Transition
- Multidisciplinary Design & Multiobjective Optimisation under Uncertainties
- Decision Support Systems
- Nature Inspired Design & Sustainability
Current Research
- Decision Support System for Offshore Windfarm Decommissioning https://northsearegion.eu/decomtools/
- Design of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems under Uncertainties https://www.abdn.ac.uk/stories/improving-energy-efficiency/index.html
- Design of Wind Turbine Smart Blades
- Windfarm Layout Optimisation
- Floating Wind Turbines
- Hydrogen Systems Integration
Past Research
- Structural optimisation
- Composite Materials Machining Using Mesh Free Methods
- Design and Optimisation of Composite Structures
- Wind Turbine Adaptive and Smart Blades
- High Fidelity Analysis of Composite Structures
- Wind Turbine Aerodynamics
Knowledge Exchange
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/stories/improving-energy-efficiency/index.html
Collaborations
Collaborators in recent projects:- ANM Group (UK)
- Alnarjes Ltd (Jordan)
- Xi'an Jiaotong University (China)
- University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer (Germany)
- HWWI (Germany)
- Western Norway University of Applied Science
- Aashraye ltd (UK)
- Marine Scotland
- Energy Valley (Netherlands)
- Offshorenergy.dk (Denmark)
- Maritime Cluster Funen (Denmark)
- Samsoe Kommune (Denmark)
- Virol (Netherlands)
- Lauwershorst Group (Netherlands)
- University of Limerick (Ireland)
- University Mascareignes (Mauritius)
- Energy Renewable UK
- University Valenciennes (France)
- University of Belgrade (Serbia)
Supervision
Current PhD projects (Lead Supervisor):
- Improving Aircraft Efficiency by Investigating Lifting Surface Topology
- Electricity and Hydrogen Charging Stations Powered by Hybrid Renewable Energy
- Multi-objective Optimisation of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems for Hydrogen Production
Past PhD projects (Lead Supervisor):
- Decommissioning Decision Support System (2023)
- Wind Turbine Smart Blades Made of Functional Materials (2023)
- Application of Cryogenic Cooling and Cutting for Offshore Energy Structures (2023)
- Smart Energy Management System for Hybrid Renewable Energy System Supplying Plannable Power for Industrial Applications (2021)
- Hybrid Wind Energy Systems Tailored for End User Requirements (2019)
- Aero-Structural Analysis and Design of Smart Blades Made of Functional Materials (2018)
- Performance-Reliability Driven Design of Complex Systems (2016)
- Usage Driven Design of Power Systems of Eco-Urban Electric Cars (2015)
- Decision Support System for Design of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (2015)
- Aeroelastic Analysis of Wind Turbine Smart Blades Utilising Multiple Control Surfaces (2014)
- Nonlinear Predictive Energy Management Strategies for Standalone DC Microgrids (2014)
- Wind Turbine Adaptive Blade Integrated Design and Analysis (2013)
- Aerodynamic Design of Wind Turbine Blades Utilising Nonconventional Control Systems (2012)
Funding and Grants
- Net Zero Technology Centre, 'Data for Net Zero (D4NZ)', £992 k, 2022-2025, CoI
- Innovate UK and ANM Group Limited Knowledge Transfer Partnership, 'Application of Business and Engineering research methodologies to establish ANM Renewable & Agri-Tech advisory service', £188 k, 2022-2023, CoI
- EU-InterReg, 'Eco-innovative concepts for the end of offshore wind energy farms lifecycle (DecomTools)', £240 k, 2018-2023, PI
- National Decommissioning Centre PhD Studentship 'A Decision Support System for Oil & Gas Decommissioning', £72 k, 2019-2022, PI
- Carnegie Trust PhD Scholarship, 'Wind Turbine Smart Blades Made of Functional Materials', £60 k, 2019-2022, Principal Supervisor
- Scottish Funding Council SPRe-Industrial Collaboration, 'Induced Ductile to Brittle Transition Impact Cut', £78 k 2019-2023, PI
- Collaborative Industrial Doctoral Project, Energy Renewable UK, 'Renewable Energy Systems Tailored for End User (REST4U)', £66 k, 2015-2018,PI
- International Academic Research Collaboration, Meliksah University, Turkey, 'Usage Driven Design of Power Systems of Eco-urban Electric Cars', £11.6 k, 2011-2014, PI
- Collaborative Industrial Doctoral Project, Synchron technology, 'Distributed Adaptive Renewable Energy Systems (DARES)', £168 k, 2010-2014, PI
- EU-FP7 European Lifelong Learning Programme, 'Green ELLEiEC', £40 k, 2009-2013, CoI
- Royal Aeronautical Society, 'Aeroelastic Composite Wings and Blades', £3 k, 2005, PI
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Course Coordinator for Energy Systems Integration EG554T and EG554U
- Publications
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Using differential signalling to mitigate pointing errors effect in FSO communication link
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsMulti-objective design under uncertainties of hybrid renewable energy system using NSGA-II and chance constrained programming
International Journal of Electrical Power Energy Systems, vol. 74, pp. 187 - 194Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2015.07.007
Simulation of Wind Turbines Utilising Smart Blades
Journal of Thermal Engineering, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 557-565Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWind turbine blade load alleviation performance employing individual pitch control
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems (ICITES2014). Juang, J. (ed.). Springer, pp. 215-224, 10 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17314-6_28
Machining Unidirectional Composites using Single-Point Tools: Analysis of Cutting Forces, Chip Formation and Surface Integrity
Procedia Engineering, vol. 132, pp. 569-576Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA multivariable optimal energy management strategy for standalone DC microgrids
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 2278-2287Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2014.2360434
A genetic algorithm for solving classical job shop scheduling problems
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsDesign of nanofluid solar collectors
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsMultiobjective route planner for electric car with dijkstra algorithm
Contributions to Conferences: Other ContributionsA driving cycle generating tool for evaluating eco-urban car power performance
Contributions to Conferences: PapersA software tool for optimising structural and material configurations of wind turbine adaptive blades
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/21907/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2014.7059972
Performances of AC induction motors with different number of poles in urban electric cars
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2014.7059946
Integrated aeroelastic and control analysis of wind turbine blades equipped with microtabs
Renewable Energy, vol. 75, pp. 102-114Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.09.032
Standalone DC microgrids as complementarity dynamical systems: Modeling and applications
Control Engineering Practice, vol. 35, pp. 102-112Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2014.10.006
Modelling of Cutting Fibrous Composite Materials: Current Practice
Procedia CIRP, vol. 28, pp. 52-57Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAn accurate method for the PV Model identification based on a genetic algorithm and the interior-point method
Renewable Energy, vol. 72, pp. 212-222Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.07.014
A simple method to determine the optimal location of active flow controllers on wind turbine blades
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/21905/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2014.7059982
Aerodynamic analysis of flapping-pitching flat plates
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/21903/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2014.7059973
Aerodynamic design of wind turbine blades considering manufacturing constraints
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2014.7059984
Reduction of tidal turbines hydrodynamic loads employing bend-twist adaptive blades
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2014.7059983
A critical evaluation of deterministic methods in size optimisation of reliable and cost effective standalone Hybrid renewable energy systems
Reliability Engineering & System Safety, vol. 130, pp. 159-174Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2014.05.008
Design of reinforced and unreinforced timber beams subject to uncertainties
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4203/ccp.106.134
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The Effect of Column Length and Size on the Maximum Achievable Load Carrying Capacity of Prestressed Stayed Columns
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4203/ccp.106.7
- [ONLINE] http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/21542/
Optimal design of wind turbine blades equipped with flaps
ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 1511-1515Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMulti-objective design optimisation of standalone hybrid wind-PV-diesel systems under uncertainties
Renewable Energy, vol. 66, pp. 650-661Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.01.009
Finite element model for vibration and buckling of functionally graded sandwich beams based on a refined shear deformation theory
Engineering Structures, vol. 64, pp. 12 - 22Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.01.029
Microtab dynamic modelling for wind turbine blade load rejection
Renewable Energy, vol. 64, pp. 144-152Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2013.11.011
Modelling and simulation of standalone solar power systems
International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 107-125Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2495/CMEM-V2-N1-107-125
Chance constrained programming using non-Gaussian joint distribution function in design of standalone hybrid renewable energy systems
Energy, vol. 66, pp. 677-688Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2014.01.027
Atypical design optimisation of structures: case studies
High Performance and Optimum Design of Structures and Materials. Wilde, W. P. D., Hernández, S., Brebbia, C. A. (eds.). WIT Press, pp. 419-430, 12 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2495/HPSM140391
A Genetic Algorithm for Optimal Distribution of Aerofoils on Wind Turbine Blades
Contributions to Conferences: Papers- [ONLINE] http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/15762/
Effect of different bend-twist coupling topologies on induced twist and cost of wind turbine adaptive blades
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/15777/
Updated cost modeling of hybrid renewable energy system components
Contributions to Conferences: Papers- [ONLINE] http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/15779/
Educated search-A generic platform for partial modification at conceptual design phase of multidisciplinary problems
Computer-Aided Design, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 991-1004Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2013.02.001
Modeling and Simulation of a Combined Solar and Wind Energy System using OpenModelica
Contributions to Conferences: PapersWind speed and solar irradiance variation simulation using ARMA models in design of hybrid wind-PV battery system
Journal of Clean Energy Technologies, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 14-17Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.7763/JOCET.2013.V1.4
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10320/1/004_J012.pdf
Acausal Modelling and Dynamic Simulation of the Standalone Wind-Solar Plant using Modelica
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/UKSim.2013.145
On the performance of a modified multiple-deme genetic algorithm in LRFD design of steel frames
Iranian Journal of Science and Technology:Transactions of Civil Engineering, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 169-190Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.22099/IJSTC.2013.1610
Utilising Implanted Carbon Fibre As A Resistive Heating Element In Wind Turbine Blade Anti-icing Systems
Materials Characterisation VI. Brebbia, C., Klemm, A. (eds.). WITPress, pp. 297-308, 12 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2495/MC130261
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A finite element suite for deformation analysis of composite aeroelastic structures subjected to operational aerodynamic loading
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, vol. 226, no. C8, pp. 2062-2076Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406211429763
A robust method for integrated design of trusses supporting distributed loads
Engineering Structures, vol. 40, pp. 339-349Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.03.009
Design of a single-DOF kinematic chain using hybrid GA-pattern search and sequential GA
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers - Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, vol. 226, no. C6, pp. 1633-1643Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406211423730
A comparative study of the performance of DC permanent magnet and AC induction motors in urban electric cars
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2012.6294077
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An analytical model for deformation analysis of wind turbine adaptive blades
High Performance Structures and Materials VI: WIT Transactions on the Built Environment. de Wilde, W., Brebbia, C., Hernandez, S. (eds.). WIT Press, pp. 13-25, 13 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2495/HPSM120021
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An analytical model for frequency analysis of composite wind turbine adaptive blades
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2012.6294046
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An analytical model for frequency analysis of composite wind turbine blades
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2012.6294044
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An assessment of solar irradiance stochastic model for the UK
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2012.6294028
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An assessment of wind speed stochastic model for the UK
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2012.6294031
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Deterministic versus nondeterministic design of hybrid renewable energy systems
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2012.6294064
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Effect of laminate configuration and shell-thickness variation on the inducted twist distribution in wind turbine adaptive blades
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/EFEA.2012.6294046