Staff Profile

Roles and Responsibilities

Deputy Degree Program Director for Undergraduate Marine Technology programs.

Chair of Undergraduate Board of Examinars for Marine Technology

Director of Newcastle University's Robotics and Autonomous Systems Student Laboratory

Research

Research Interests

• Predicting the seakeeping of marine vessels in real-time and near future
• Autonomous Underwater Intervention using AI, Machine Learning and Image Detection
• Bio-inspiration to improve the performance of marine vehicles
• Hydrodynamics, propulsion and control of underwater robots
• Use of smart materials in underwater vehicles
• Marine Coatings

 Past Research 

• Investigating Progressive Collapse of damaged ships
• Investigating whipping response of ships
• Bio-inspiration to improve the performance of UUVs: Sponsored by the EPSRC

Areas of expertise

• Ship hydrodynamics
• Underwater vehicle design
• Hydrodynamics and control
• Bioinspiration

Current Teaching

• Marine Design and professional skills (MAR1016) – Teaching Naval Architecture, Programming and CAD design and Module leader
• Ship Hydrodynamics (MAR2019) – Seakeeping and Manoeuvring
• Further Naval Architecture (MAR2017) – Teaching General Arrangement and Resistance and Module Leader
• High Speed and advanced craft (MAR8038) – SWATH seakeeping
• Fundamentals of Naval Architectures (MAR8072) - Resistance

Past Teaching 

• Casual Lecturer in Naval Architecture at South Tyneside College

Qualifications

• PhD in Marine Technology, Newcastle University, 2014
• MSc Naval Architecture, Newcastle University, 2009
• BSc Marine Engineering, AmirKabir University (Tehran Polytechnic), 2007

Software/Programming Skills

   Rhinoceros, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, LABVIEW, MATLAB, MAXSURF, ABAQUS, LS-DYNA, StarCCM

Other Roles and duties

• Deputy undergraduate admissions officer for Marine Technology at the school of Engineering - Newcastle University
• Stage 1 stage tutor for Marine Technology
• Reviewer for Elsevier Ocean Engineering journal
• Reviewer for RINA’s Naval Architect journal
• Session Organizer for OMAE2018 and Reviewer for OMAE2017
• Reader for L’Oréal-UNESCO UK and Ireland For Women In Science Fellowships – 2017

Previous Positions and Roles

• Athena Swan Marine Technology champion at Newcastle University
• Teaching Fellow in the School of Marine Science and Technology – Newcastle University
• Research Assistant in Marine Structures in the School of Marine Science and Technology – Newcastle University
• Student Representative in Newcastle University SAGE Faculty Researcher Development Board and Researcher Development Co-ordination Group
•  SAgE student representative in Newcastle University for PGR Sub-Committee of UTLSEC

Memberships

• Charted Engineer (CEng)
• Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (MRINA)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Awards and honours

• Selected to showcase my research in the House of Commons as part of the SET For Britain 2014
• Awarded NUIPS scholarship for MSc studies, Newcastle Unibersity, 2008

Languages

• English, Persian, French, Italian, Armenian & Korean (Basic level)

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• Xu Z, Haroutunian M, Murphy AJ, Neasham J, Norman RA. An Integrated Visual Odometry System With Stereo Camera for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. IEEE Access 2022, 10, 71329-71343.
• Polymenis I, Haroutunian M, Norman R, Trodden D. Artificial Underwater Dataset: Generating Custom Images using Deep Learning Models. In: 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering; OMAE2022. 2022, Hamburg, Germany: ASME.
• Polymenis I, Haroutunian M, Norman RA, Trodden DG. Virtual Underwater Datasets for Autonomous Inspections. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2022, 10(9), 1289.
• Xu Z, Haroutunian M, Murphy AJ, Neasham J, Norman RA. An Integrated Visual Odometry System for Underwater Vehicles. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 2021, 46(3), 848-863.
• Xu Z, Haroutunian M, Murphy AJ, Neasham J, Norman R. An Underwater Visual Navigation Method Based on Multiple ArUco Markers. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE) 2021, 9(12), 1432.
• Al Mhdawi AK, Wright N, Benson SD, Haroutunian M. CART-I: Design and Development of Collision Avoidance Robotic Tether for Underwater Nuclear Inspection Vehicles. In: OCEANS 2021. 2021, San Diego – Porto: IEEE.
• Xu Z, Haroutunian M, Murphy AJ, Neasham J, Norman R. A Comparison of Functional Control Strategies for Underwater Vehicles: Theories, Simulations and Experiments. Ocean Engineering 2020, 215, 107822.
• Land EMH, Haroutunian M. An Investigation into the Hydrodynamic Performance of Flexible Oscillating Foils. In: The Sixth International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for The Maritime Industry (AMT'19). 2019, Rome, Italy.
• Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Norman RA, Anderson C. Experimental Assessments for the Effect of CU₂O on the Roughness and Drag Characteristics of Marine Coatings. In: The Sixth International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for The Maritime Industry (AMT'19). 2019, Rome, Italy.
• Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Anderson C, Turkmen S. An experimental investigation into the effect of Cu₂O particle size on antifouling roughness and hydrodynamic characteristics by using a turbulent flow channel. Ocean Engineering 2018, 159, 481-495.
• Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Norman R, Anderson C. An investigation into the effects of marine biofilm on the roughness and drag characteristics of surfaces coated with different sized cuprous oxide (Cu₂O) particles. Biofouling 2018, 35(1), 15-33.
• Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Anderson C. An investigation of marine biofilm effects on the roughness and drag characteristics of surfaces coated with different sized cuprous oxide particles. In: 19th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling. 2018, Melbourne, Florida, USA: Florida Institute of Technology.
• Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Anderson C. Effect of cuprous oxide particles on the roughness and drag characteristics of marine antifouling coatings under the internal and external flow conditions. In: 19th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling. 2018, Melbourne, Florida, USA.
• Trodden DG, Haroutunian M. Effects of Ship Manoeuvring Motion on NO_X Formation. Ocean Engineering 2018, 150, 234–242.
• Lee Y, Haroutunian M, Trodden DG. 3D Wave Reconstruction Through Image Processing. In: 5th International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for The Maritime Industry (AMT’17). 2017, Glasgow, UK.
• Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Anderson C, Turkmen S. An experimental investigation into the effect of Cu2O particle size on antifouling roughness and hydrodynamic characteristics by using a turbulent flow channel. In: 5th International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for The Maritime Industry (AMT’17). 2017, Glasgow, UK: University of Strathclyde.
• Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Anderson C, Turkmen S. An experimental study on the effect of Cu2O particle size on antifouling roughness characteristics and their subsequent effect on frictional drag by using a turbulent flow channel. In: The 5th International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for The Maritime Industry. 2017, Glasgow, UK.
• Phillips AB, Haroutunian M, Murphy AJ, Boyd SW, Blake JIR, Griffiths G. Understanding the power requirements of autonomous underwater systems, Part I: An analytical model for optimum swimming speeds and cost of transport. Ocean Engineering 2017, 133, 271-279.
• Doyle C, Lee Y, Haroutunian M, Trodden DG. Wave Modelling and Forecasting with Artificial Neural Networks. In: 5th International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for The Maritime Industry (AMT’17). 2017, Glasgow, UK: University of Strathclyde.
• Haroutunian M, Murphy AJ. Mission based Optimum System Selector for Bio-inspired Unmanned Untethered Underwater Vehicles. In: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV2012). 2012, Southampton, UK.
• Phillips AB, Haroutunian M, Man KS, Murphy AJ, Boyd SW, Blake JIR, Griffiths G. Nature in Engineering for Monitoring the Oceans: Comparison of the energetic costs of marine animals and AUVs. In: Roberts, G.N., Sutton, R, ed. Further Advances in Unmanned Marine Vehicles. Piscataway, New Jersey, USA: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2012, pp.373-405.
• Murphy AJ, Haroutunian M. Nature in Engineering for Monitoring the Oceans: using inspiration from nature to improve the capability of Underwater vehicles to monitor the ocean space. In: 4th International Conference on Marine Science and Technology for Environmental Sustainability, ENSUS2011. 2011, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
• Murphy AJ, Haroutunian M. Using Bio-Inspiration to Improve Capabilities of Underwater Vehicles. In: 17th International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST). 2011, Portsmouth, Massachusetts, USA.