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Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen : June 2016 - Present
Lecturer, School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen : June 2009 - May 2016
Research Fellow, School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, (RED Project) : June 2008 - June 2009
Research Academic B, ARC Center for Complex Dynamic Systems and Control, University of Newcastle, Australia : September 2005 - May 2008
Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Wyoming, USA : May 2003 - August 2005
M.S., Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Wyoming, USA : August 2000 - May 2003
Research Engineer, RDSI Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India : May 1999 - June 2000
B.E., Electrical Engineering, AISSMS COE, University of Pune, India : May 1995 - July 1999
I am a registered Chartered Engineer with the IET. I also volunteer as a Professional Registration Advisor (PRA) and as a Professional Registration Interviewer (PRI) for prospective IEng and CEng applicants for the IET.
My non-academic interests are trekking, nature and wildlife photography, travelling and martial arts.
I am always interested in probing new ideas. It is quite possible that I may not know of your work but, if you think a collaboration is possible, please drop me an email.
External Examiner at:
University of Adelaide, Australia.
University of New South Wales, Australia.
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain.
Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
Visitors:
Dr Geng Wang (Henan Polytechnic University, China): January 2020 - January 2021
Ms Linlin Li (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China): 1st May - 31st October 2019
Mr Paul Antoine (ENSTA Paris Tech, France) : June - July 2017
Dr Andres San-Millan (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) : 1st May - 30th July 2016
Dr Andres San-Millan (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) : 1st May - 30th July 2014
Prof. Paul Reynolds (University of Exeter, UK) : May 2012
Prof. Andrew J. Fleming (University of Newcastle, Australia) : July 2011
Dr Emiliano Pereira Gonzales (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) : May - June 2010
Past Research
Control of Gough-Stewart Platforms (Hexapods)
Robust Kinematic Design of fault-tolerant Gough-Stewart Platforms (Octopods)
Energy Harvesting via smart materials
Collaborations
Prof. Paul Reynolds, Vibration Engineering Section, Exeter University, UK.
Prof. Vicente Feliu Batlle, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
Prof. Andrew J. Fleming, Precision Mechatronics Lab, University of Newcastle, Australia.
Prof. Limin Zhu, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Systems and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
Dr. Emiliano Pereira Gonzalez, University of Alcala, Spain.
Assoc. Prof. Bharath Bhikkaji, Indian Institute of Technology - Chennai, India.
Prof. Abdus Samad, Indian Institute of Technology - Chennai, India.
Prof. Antoine Ferreira, LVR ENSI de Bourges, France.
Prof. Santosh Devasia, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Assoc. Prof. Kam K. Leang, University of Utah - Salt Lake City, USA.
Dr. Steven Grainger, University of Adelaide, Australia.
James D. Maclean : Ph.D. student (Expected Graduation: January 2022)
Adedayo Babarinde : Ph.D. student (Expected Graduation: March 2022)
Co-supervisor for:
Adamu Adamu : Ph.D. student (Expected Graduation: January 2023)
Michael Proffitt : PhD. student (Expected Graduation: December 2024)
Ebraam Fakhuri : PhD. student (Expected Graduation: December 2026)
Mohsen Lalehparvar : PhD. student (Expected Graduation : January 2024)
Graduated Students:
Stefan Kovacevic (with Prof. D. Jovcic) - Ph.D. 2021
Suoda Chu (with Dr. K. Nakkeeran) - Ph.D. 2020.
Ibukunolu Oladunjoye - Ph.D. 2019.
Mohammed Altaher - Ph.D. 2019.
Douglas Russell - Ph.D. 2018.
Mohammad Namavar - Ph.D. 2015
Research Funding and Grants
Interface (with Don Energy and Dr Vaziri) - (£5000) 2021.
Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation (KEC) Award (with Desire Hygine and Dr. Giannaccini): (£7015) 2021.
Consultancy (with Dr. Vaziri) - Baker Hughes UK - (£4574) 2021.
Interface (with Desire Hygine and Dr. Giannaccini) - (£5000) 2020.
Interface (with AFB Racing and Dr. Thevar) - (£5000) 2020.
Consultancy (with Dr. K. Nakkeeran) - Swire Oilfield Services - (£11904) - 2020.
Consultancy (with Dr A. Jamshidi Far) - BP PLC (UK) - (£42360) 2019 - 2020.
NSFC (P.R. China) Grant No: 51975375 (Jan 2020 - Dec 2023) - Control of ultrafast AFM nanopositioners using delayed feedback and general internal model principle, Co-investigator, with Principal Investigator Prof. L M Zhu - (RMB 600K).
DUO-India Research Fellowship (with Assoc. Prof. Abdus Samad, IIT-M) - (€6000) - 2020.
Interface (with Aashraya Ltd and Dr Maheri) - (£5000) 2019.
Interface (with TWEFDA Ltd and Dr Jamshidi Far) - (£5000) 2019.
Interface (with SteerSafe) - (£5000) 2018.
Consultancy - Proserv (UK). (£7080) 2018.
Visiting Research Fellowship (Binks Trust Fund) : The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Systems and Vibrations, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. (£4135) 2018.
Consultancy - Proserv (UK). (£4324) 2018.
Reseau de Transport d’electricite (RTE, France): LCC and MCC HVDC Dynamic Interactions in Subsynchronous domain, (1 January 2017 - 30 June 2020). Co-investigator, with Principal Investigator Prof. Dragan Jovcic. (£114K).
Consultancy (with Dr T. Thevar) - McGregor Tech (UK) Ltd. (£17000) 2016.
Spanish Ministry of Education Pre-doctoral Mobility Grant for Mr Andres San-Millan (€3000) 2016.
Scoping Project - Aker Subsea Ltd. (£9500) 2015.
Spanish Ministry of Economics and Competitiveness: Development of novel damping systems for pedestrian structures. (2014 - 2016) Co-investigator, with Principal Investigator Iván Muñoz Díaz and co-investigators Francisco Martínez Cutillas, Juan Carlos Mosquera Feijóo, Rafael Fernández Díaz-Munío, Emiliano Pereira González, Jesús de Sebastián Sanz, Paul Reynolds, Carlos Zanuy Sanchez, José Rodellar Benede, Pablo de la Fuente Martín (€54450)
Principal's Excellence Fund (£500) 2014
Spanish Ministry of Education Pre-doctoral Mobility Grant for Mr Andres San-Millan (€3000) 2014.
ITI Energy: Resonance Enhanced Drilling - Phase 1, (Oct 2009 - Sept 2011). Co-investigator, with Principal Investigator Prof. M. Wiercigroch and co-investigators Dr E. Pavlovskaia and Dr D Hendry. (£1.01M).
NESTech Grant: Development of an apparatus and method for neuromuscular stimulation, (2009 - 2011). Co-investigator, with Dr. Richard Neilson and Dr. Marco Cardinale. (£144K).
Spanish Ministry of Education Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Dr Emiliano Pereira Gonzales (€43500) 2009-2011.
University of Newcastle, Australia: Travel Grant for SPIE Smart Structures / NDE 2007: 1700$.
University of Newcastle, Australia: ECR Encouragement Award 2007: 1000$