Autonomous Flight and Aquatic Systems Laboratory

Dr. Mostafa Hassanalian

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

New Mexico Tech

Weir Hall, Room 208

Socorro, NM, USA, 87801-4796

Email: Mostafa.hassanalian@nmt.edu

Tel: 575-835-6903

Academic Social Networking Websites: Researchgate, Google Scholar, LinkedIn

Professional Experience:

  • Associate Professor, New Mexico Tech, April 2022- Present

  • Assistant Professor, New Mexico Tech, August 2018 - April 2022

Education:

  • 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

Research Interests

  • 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

Selected Awards & Honors

  • 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 3rdrank 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 3rd place in 13th 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.

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