Personal statement

Ali Mehmanparast is a Professor of Structural Integrity at the University of Strathclyde. He has been the Manager and Co-Investigator of the Cranfield-Oxford-Strathclyde Universities Renewable Energy Marine Structures (REMS) Centre for Doctoral Training since the beginning of the programme in 2014.

Prof. Mehmanparast received his MEng degree in 2008 and PhD degree in 2012, both from the Mechanical Engineering Department at Imperial College London. He also holds an MBA degree from Cranfield University. Prior to joining the University of Strathclyde in 2022, he worked at Imperial College London and Cranfield University as a Research Associate, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader between 2012 and 2021. He is a Chartered Engineer of IMechE, Chartered Manager and Fellow of CMI, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is on Editorial Board of four international journals of "Materials at High Temperatures", "Journal of Multiscale Modelling", "Wind" and "Material Design & Processing Communications". He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers and book chapters in the field of engineering structural integrity and has chaired technical sessions at international conferences.

Publications

Optimising design parameters for offshore wind MP-TP wedge connection technology using analytical techniques: Ryan Helen, Annoni Alessandro, Winkes Jasper, Mehmanparast Ali; Ocean Engineering Vol 268 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.113562
Corrosion-fatigue crack growth behaviour of wire arc additively manufactured ER70S-6 steel parts in marine environments: Ermakova Anna, Ganguly Supriyo, Razavi Javad, Berto Filippo, Mehmanparast Ali; European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids Vol 96 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechsol.2022.104739
Development of a new approach for corrosion-fatigue analysis of offshore steel structures: Ryan Helen, Mehmanparast Ali; Mechanics of Materials Vol 176 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmat.2022.104526
Assessment of mechanical and fatigue crack growth properties of wire + arc additively manufactured mild steel components: Shamir Muhammad, Igwemezie Victor, Lotfian Saeid, Jones Rhys, Asif Huzaifa, Ganguly Supriyo, Mehmanparast Ali; Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures Vol 45, pp. 2978-2989 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.13797
Local creep damage effects on subsequent low temperature fatigue crack growth behaviour of thick-walled pressure vessels: Mehmanparast Ali, Nikbin Kamran; Engineering Fracture Mechanics Vol 272 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2022.108720
Uniaxial and multiaxial fatigue behaviour of wire arc additively manufactured ER70S-6 low carbon steel components: Ermakova Anna, Razavi Javad, Berto Filippo, Mehmanparast Ali; International Journal of Fatigue Vol 166 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2022.107283

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Research interests

Prof. Mehmanparast's research is mainly focussed on the design optimisation, life extension and integrity assessment of Offshore Wind Turbines. Some examples of the past/current research projects that he has led as the PI are:

-Offshore wind turbine foundation flange study (Carbon Trust OWA Programme)

-Structural design and integrity enhancement of floating offshore support structures (Supergen Wind Hub)

-Corrosion and fatigue protection of offshore wind turbine structures using additive manufacturing technology (Supergen ORE Hub)

-Assessment of crack arrest behaviour in modern structural steels (EPSRC iCASE, TWI and Lloyd’s Register)

-Residual stress effects on fatigue life assessment of Offshore Wind Turbines (STFC)

Projects

Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) ‎- Bridging the Gaps (BTG) – Net Zero / Circular Economy: Javadi, Yashar (Principal Investigator) Lotfian, Saeid (Co-investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator); In-situ Robotic and Ultrasonic Stress Measurement for Predictive ‎Maintenance of Offshore Wind Bolted Flange Connections; 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023
Supergen ORE Flexible Funding FF2020-1044 - Corrosion And fatigue protection of offshore wind Turbine structures using additive manufacturing technology (COATing): Mehmanparast, Ali (Principal Investigator); 05-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2022
REMS EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Marine Structures | Ermakova, Anna: Mehmanparast, Ali (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Ermakova, Anna (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023
REMS EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Marine Structures | Annoni, Alessandro: Mehmanparast, Ali (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Annoni, Alessandro (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023
ECITB Energy transition: Mehmanparast, Ali (Principal Investigator) Kolios, Athanasios (Co-investigator); Standatrd CPD terms used; 26-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2023
REMS EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Marine Structures: Brennan, Feargal (Principal Investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2022

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Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
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