Professor Ali Mehmanparast Nodehi

Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Personal statement

Ali Mehmanparast (PhD, MBA, CEng, CMgr) is a Professor of Offshore Renewable Energy Structures at the University of Strathclyde. He serves as a Co-I and management board member of the £6.7M Strathclyde-Oxford-Edinburgh Centre for Doctoral Training in Wind and Marine Energy Systems and Structures (WAMSS CDT: 2019–2027) and was previously the Co-I and Manager of the £4M Cranfield-Oxford-Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training in Renewable Energy Marine Structures (REMS CDT: 2014–2022). Throughout these CDT leadership roles, he has played a pivotal role in training over 120 PhD and EngD specialists, preparing them as future leaders in the Offshore Renewable Energy sector. Additionally, he has co-led several flagship research projects in the offshore renewable energy sector, including the £7.5M EPSRC-funded Co-Tide Programme Grant (Co-design to Deliver Scalable Tidal Stream Energy) and the £3M industry/DECC-funded SLIC Joint Industry Project (Offshore Wind Structural Lifecycle Industry Collaboration).

Prof. Mehmanparast received both his MEng (2008) and PhD (2012) degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London, and he also holds an MBA from Cranfield University. Before joining the University of Strathclyde in 2022, he held academic roles at Imperial College London and Cranfield University, progressing from Research Associate to Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Reader between 2012 and 2021.

Prof. Mehmanparast is a Chartered Engineer of IMechE, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Chartered Manager of CMI and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. He is the Energy Engineering Subject Editor of International Journal of Engineering Failure Analysis (Elsevier), and serves on the editorial boards of a few other prominent international journals, including Applied Ocean Research (Elsevier), Forces in Mechanics (Elsevier), Materials at High Temperatures (Taylor & Francis), Journal of Multiscale Modelling (World Scientific), and Wind (MDPI).

With a portfolio of over 140 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters in the field of energy structures, Prof. Mehmanparast is an active contributor to international research and knowledge dissemination with a rich network of academic and industrial collaborators. He has also organised and chaired numerous international conferences, further solidifying his leadership in the field of engineering structures.

Publications

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Publications

Experimental investigation of corrosion-fatigue behaviour in hybrid wire arc additively manufactured parts: O’Neill Fraser, Shamir Muhammad, Nagalingam Arun Prasanth, Mehmanparast Ali; Engineering Failure Analysis Vol 188 (2026); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2026.110635
A hybrid physics–Bayesian framework for fatigue design curves under cryogenic conditions with consideration of load ratio and residual stress: Lin Yu Yao, Kim Yun-Jae, Cho Nak-Kyun, Hwang Jin Ha, Park Kyu-Sik, Mehmanparast Ali, Kim Do Kyun; Ocean Engineering Vol 345 (2026); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.123912
Offshore wind support structures – evaluation of size effects and influencing factors on the fatigue performance of butt-welded joints using an updated database: Bartsch H, Röscher S, Braun M, Maljaars J, Schubnell J, Rauch M, Chahardehi A, Mehmanparast A; Ocean Engineering Vol 351 (2026); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2026.124370
Principal component analysis as an exploratory and diagnostic tool to analyze S-N fatigue trends relevant to offshore wind foundation design: Della Santa Federico, Mehmanparast Ali; Ocean Engineering Vol 343 (2026); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.123236
Failure analysis of tidal turbine blades : understanding erosion mechanisms and their impact on structural integrity: Habibi Payvand, Abad Farhad, Dai Saishuai, Mehmanparast Ali, Lotfian Saeid; Engineering Failure Analysis Vol 182 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2025.110045
Technical recommendations for metallic C(T) and SEN(B) fracture toughness test specimens : Data-driven insights from literature: Lin Yu Yao, Kim Yun-Jae, Cho Nak-Kyun, Hwang Jin Ha, Park Kyu-Sik, Kim Dong In, Mehmanparast Ali, Kim Do Kyun; Results in Engineering Vol 28 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.108117

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Research Interests

Prof. Mehmanparast's research focus is primarily on the design optimisation, life extension, and integrity assessment of Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) structures. His work integrates advanced modelling, experimental methods, manufacturing innovations, and probabilistic techniques to address critical challenges in the ORE sector.

Key examples of past and ongoing research projects he has led as Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Investigator (Co-I) include:

Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation Flange Study (funded by the Carbon Trust OWA Programme)
Structural Design and Integrity Enhancement of Floating Offshore Support Structures (funded by the Supergen Wind Hub)
Corrosion and Fatigue Protection of Offshore Wind Turbine Structures Using Additive Manufacturing Technology (funded by the Supergen ORE Hub)
Assessment of Crack Arrest Behavior in Modern Structural Steels (funded by EPSRC, TWI, and Lloyd’s Register)
Residual Stress Effects on Fatigue Life Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbines (funded by STFC)
CoTide: Co-Design to Deliver Scalable Tidal Stream Energy (funded by EPSRC)
SLIC JIP: Structural Lifecycle Industry Collaboration Joint Industry Project (funded by a consortium of 10 of the world’s largest offshore wind operators and the Department of Energy & Climate Change)

Professional Activities

Strategic Themes: Real vs Simulated Environments for Offshore Structural Integrity: Organiser; 17/2/2025
Wind (Journal): Editorial board member; 2022
Engineering Failure Analysis (Journal): Editor; 2022
Forces in Mechanics (Journal): Editorial board member; 2022
Materials at High Temperatures (Journal): Editorial board member; 2022
Journal of Multiscale Modelling (Journal): Editorial board member; 2022

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Projects

COLLU_OSI_ATLP_DLC12: Collu, Maurizio (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Li, Shen (Co-investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator); 10-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
Improving the fatigue life assessment of offshore wind turbine support structures by considering manufacturing imperfections: Mehmanparast, Ali (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2028
Evaluation of Corrosion-Fatigue Behaviour in Offshore Wind Turbine Substructures: Mehmanparast, Ali (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2028
CoTide – Co-design to deliver Scalable Tidal Stream Energy: Brennan, Feargal (Principal Investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator) Oterkus, Selda (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2028
Oil States Industries ATLP review and analysis: Collu, Maurizio (Principal Investigator) Brennan, Feargal (Co-investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Mehmanparast, Ali (Co-investigator); 16-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
Ultimate Erosion-resistant Solutions for Wind Turbines: Mehmanparast, Ali (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023