Autonomous Flight and Aquatic Systems Laboratory

Dr. Mostafa Hassanalian

Weir Hall, Room 208

Socorro, NM, USA, 87801-4796

Tel: 575-835-6903

Academic Social Networking Websites: Researchgate, Google Scholar, LinkedIn

Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA, 2018
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA, 2016
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, 2013
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, 2011

Biomimetics, and Bio-Inspired Aerial and Aquatic Robots
Design, Optimization, and Performance Enhancement of Aerial Vehicles
Drones (UAV/MAV/NAV/PAV): Fixed Wings, Flapping Wings, Tilt-Rotor/Wing Drones, Morphing Drones, Space and Marine Drones
New Concepts for Planetary and Space Exploration
Aerodynamics, Hydrodynamics, Aeroelasticity, Fluid-Structure Interaction
Renewable energies: Hydro-turbine, wind turbine, solar energy

Outstanding faculty member of New Mexico Tech selected by Student Government Association, 2020.
Best paper in 2020 AIAA-SciTech Conference, Session: Advanced Flight Systems, Orlando, FL, 2020.
Achieving 3^rdrank in competition from judges' views and first rank from audience views in Las Cruces Startup Weekend with a team named kestrel “Application of drones in our daily life”, USA, 2015.
Best master thesis in Iran Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME), Iran, 2014.
Best bachelor thesis in Iran Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME), Iran, 2012.
Achieving 3^rd place in 13^th Khwarizmi Youth Awards (Khwarizmi is one of the most intellectual and scientific festival in Iran) plan: Comprehensive design cycle of MAV and UAV, Iran, 2011.