Newcastle University

Qualifications

PhD Newcastle University 2008
MEng Newcastle University 2000

Previous Positions

Demonstrator for:
MAR101 - Marine Engineering I
MAR201 - Marine Dynamics
MAR203 - Marine Engineering IIB

Memberships

GIMarEST
Graduate Member of RINA

Languages

English
Portuguese

Research Interests

Hydrodynamics of High Speed Craft
High speed diesel engine emissions control
Ship Structures
Drilling Engineering
Transport 

Previous work

EU FP6 Project Hydro-Testing Alliance Network of Excellence
marineNewcastle Research Network

EU FP6 Project MARSTRUCT

ITTC 2005 Technical Administrator and Editor

EU FP5 Project MARTOB - On Board Treatment of Ballast Water (Technologies Development and Applications) and Application of Low-sulphur Marine Fuel

EU FP5 Project S@S – Safety at Speed

Research Roles:

Manager for marineNewcastle Research Network

Projects

• HTA - Hydro-Testing Alliance - An alliance to enhance the maritime testing infrastructure in the EU
  Project Leader(s): Professor Mehmet Atlar
• MARSTRUCT - Network of Excellence on Marine Structures
  Project Leader(s): Professor Bob Dow & Dr Jonathan Downes
• MARTOB - On Board Treatment of Ballast Water and Application of Low-sulphur Marine Fuel
  Project Leader(s): Professor Ehsan Mesbahi
• S@S - Safety at Speed
  Project Leader(s): Professor Richard Birmingham

Undergraduate Teaching

MAR2101 - Marine Dynamics 

MAR2108 - Naval Architecture II 

MAR2112 - Engineering Applications 

MAR3111 - Drilling Engineering

MAR3131 - Naval Architecture III 

Project Supervision

Undergraduate Projects

MSc Projects

• Tobatayeva A, Mesbahi AP, Muzaparov M, Mesbahi E. Development of a numerical tool for design of the Bottom Hole Assembly (BHA) using Artificial Neural Networks. Energy Exploration & Exploitation 2011, 29(4), 357-377.