Dr VAHID VAZIRI

Biography

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) - School of Engineering (since Dec 2021).

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) - School of Engineering (since Feb 2020).

Research Fellow (Postdoc) - Centre for Applied Dynamic Research (CADR).

PhD in Engineering (PhD Thesis: Dynamics and Control of Nonlinear Engineering Systems).

Master of Science in Complex Systems Engineering (Master Thesis: Control of Rotational Motion in Parametric Pendulum System).

Bachelor of Science in Control & Instrument Engineering (B.Sc. Thesis: Using fuzzy logic to find the best controller for multi-model systems).

External Memberships

• Co-Organizer of Nonlinear Dynamics and Control of Engineering Systems Mini-Symposium (WMVC 10th -  Lisbon 2022)- https://www.wmvc2022.org/
• Member of Local Organising and Scientific Committees of International Conference on Engineering Vibrations (eICoEV - Aberdeen 2020) - https://icoev.org/icoev2020/. 
• Co-Organizer of Nonlinear Dynamics and Control of Engineering Systems Mini-Symposium (VETOMAC 14th - Lisbon 2018).
• Co-Organizer of Vibration and Control in Downhole Drilling Processes Mini-Symposium (ICoEV - Sofia 2017) - https://icoev.org/icoev2017/

Reviewer of

• International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
• Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
• Journal of Sound and Vibration
• Journal of Vibration and Control
• Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
• Journal of Vibration and Acoustics
• Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering Measurement
• Energies
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• British Council

Research Overview

• Nonlinear Dynamics and Control
• Control of Coexisting Attractors
• Experimental Mechanics
• Vibration and Wave Energy Harvesting Systems
• Application AI/ML in Engineering Problems
• Passive and Active Mitigation Methods of Structural Vibration
• Rotor Dynamics
• Drill-String Dynamics and Control
• Fracture Mechanics and Rock Modelling

Funding and Grants

As Principal Investigator:

• (Active) Applying AI Techniques to Well Integrity Logging Data (Phase 3) – ANSA Data Analytics (ReadCasedHole) - Feb 2021 to Feb 2023 - Project value of £298,865.
• (Active) Advanced Shock Tool – iVDynamics - Sep 2020 to March 2022 – Project value of £80,665.
• (Completed) Applying AI techniques to well integrity logging data for matching histories - Advanced Innovate Voucher - Jan 2021 - Mar 2021 - Project value of £39,110.
• (Completed) Revaluation of allowable bearing stress of angled shoulders - Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited, Mar 2021 - Jul 2021 - Project value of £4,574.
• (Completed) Applying AI Techniques to Well Integrity Logging Data – ReadCasedHole - Jul 2020 to Dec 2020 - Project value of £15,000.

As Co-Investigator:

• (Active) Resonance Enhanced Scale Milling Intervention Technology – iVDynamics - Jun 2022 to April 2023 - Project value of £58,525.
• (Completed) Design and Test of Resonance Enhanced Scale Milling for Hard Scales (Phase 2) – Welltec/OGIC - Jul 2019 to Jun 2021 – Project value of £402,579.
• (Completed) Applying AI Techniques to Well Integrity Logging Data – ReadCasedHole/OGIC - Jul 2019 to Feb 2020 - Project value of £166,737.
• (Completed) Heterogeneous Drilling: Hybrid Drill-Bits with Shearing and Gouging (Phase 2) – Varel/OGIC - Jun 2018 to Feb 2020 - Project value of £395,567.
• (Completed) Experimental Testing of RED Technology for Coring Bit Applications – VBPR/OGIC - Nov 2018 to Feb 2019 - Project value of £31,854.

Non-course Teaching Responsibilities

Personal tutor