Research Grants

  1. Ali Elham, Y. Mahmoudi, M. Azarpeyvand, M. Jadidi, Multi-Scale Topology Optimisation for Turbulent Thermofluid Control in Porous Media (TopOpt), EPSRC APP87869, EPSRC £566k (100% fEC), Total budget £1.71M, September 2026 - August 2029 (co-lead). 
  2. M. Azarpeyvand, Health Assessment Refinement for Mitigating Noise and AIR quality Effects (HARMONIE) Horizon Europe, 2025-2028, €480k, Total budget €5.0M, Nov 2024 – Nov 2028 (PI from the University of Bristol). 
  3. Djamel Rezgui, M. Azarpeyvand, SORA – eVTOL Aero 2, Innovate UK/ATI, 2025-2027, £135k, Total budget £2.1M (Co-I from the University of Bristol). 
  4. 5 industrially funded PhDs (ACCURIS, ONERA, Leonardo, Safran SLS), £300k, as part of 2025-2026 CDT in Sustainable Sound Futures cohort (PI). 
  5. Djamel Rezgui, M. Azarpeyvand, Nonlinear Aeroelastic Analysis, Embraer, 2025-2027, £464k (Co-I from the University of Bristol). 
  6. 3 industrially funded PhDs (JLR, Siemens Gamesa, GE Dowty), £290k, as part of 2024-2025 CDT in Sustainable Sound Futures cohort (PI). 
  7. M. Azarpeyvand, B. Zang, “Centre of Doctorial Training in Sustainable Sound Futures”, EPSRC, £19M, 2025-2033 (PI from the University of Bristol). The University of Bristol will receive around 25 PhDs (with a value of about £3.2M). 
  8. M. Azarpeyvand, “PhD studentship: Noise from landing gear systems” Safran Landing Gear System,£100k, 2024-2028 (PI).
  9. M. Azarpeyvand, “Flow control for UAV manoeuvrability”,The Government of Singapore,£110k, 2024-2028 (PI). 
  10. M. Azarpeyvand, “PhD studentship: Active flow control for improving the aerodynamic performance of high lift devices,” The government of Singapore,£130k, 2024-2028 (PI).
  11. M. Azarpeyvand, “Accelerated Demonstration of Electric Propeller Technologies – ADEPT”ATI, 2024-2027,£960k, Total budget £19.6M, January 2024 – December 2027 (PI from the University of Bristol). 
  12. M. Azarpeyvand, “National Wind Tunnel Facilities,”UKRI-EPSRC,£3.0M (100% fEC), Total budget £23M, April 2024 – April 2029 (PI from the University of Bristol). 
  13. M. Azarpeyvand,“eVTOLUTION- eVTol Multi-Fidelity Hybrid Design and Optimization for Low Noise and High Aerodynamic” Horizon Europe, €740k, Total budget €5.0M, January 2024 – December 2028 (PI from the University of Bristol). 
  14. M. Azarpeyvand,“Quiet propeller”DASA, £144k, October 2023 – March 2024 (PI from the University of Bristol). 
  15. M. Azarpeyvand,N. Zang, “Aeroacoustics of Dynamic Stall,” EP/X019284/1,EPSRC £840 (100% fEC), EPSRC, Total budget £1.95M, June 2023 - January 2027 (PI and overall lead, 70% contribution). 
  16. M. Azarpeyvand, “Fundamental Understanding of Turbulent Flow over Fluid-Saturated Complex Porous Media,” EPSRC EP/W033550/1,EPSRC £690 (100% fEC), Total budget £1.78M, June 2023 - May 2026 (PI). 
  17. B. Zang, B. Zhou, M. Azarpeyvand, “Integration and digital demonstration of low-emission aircraft technologies and airport operations,” June 2023 – June 2026 (Co-I),Horizon Europe €588k, Total budget €4.0M, (Co-I from UoB). 
  18. M. Azarpeyvand, B. Zang, “Groundbreaking Tools and Models to Reduce Air Pollution in Urban Areas (ModelAir)”,January 2023 – January 2027 (PI), Marie Curie ITN, €313k, Total budget €3.3M, (Co-I from UoB). 
  19. T. Richardson, et al, WildDrone - Autonomous Drones for Nature Conservation Missions (WildDrone),Marie Curie ITN, €620k, Total budget €3.3M, (Co-I from UoB). 
  20. M. Azarpeyvand, B. Zang, “Aeroacoustics of tandem rotors – Round 1”,Industrial project, £48k, 2022. 
  21. B. Zang, M. Azarpeyvand, “Aeroacoustics of tandem rotors – Round 2”,Industrial project, £88k, 2023.  
  22. M. Azarpeyvand, “ENODISE: Enabling optimized disruptive airframe-propulsion integration concepts.”H2020 LC-MG-1-5-2019. £440k (100% fEC), Overall budget €5.0M. (PI from UoB). 
  23. M. Azarpeyvand, “INVENTOR: Innovative design of installed airframe components for aircraft noise Reduction.”H2020 LC-MG-1-5-2019, £213k (100% fEC), Overall budget €5.0M. (PI from UoB).  
  24. M. Azarpeyvand, D. Rezgui, “SilentProp: Development of computational and experimental noise assessment and suppression methodologies for the next generation of silent distributed propulsion configurations”,CleanSky, £914k (100% fEC), Total budget €2.0M, March 2020 - September 2023, (PI from UoB). 
  25. J. Cooper, M. Azarpeyvand, D. Jones, “U-HARWARD: Ultra High Aspect Ratio Wing Advanced Research and Designs”,CleanSky,£516k (100% fEC), Total budget €2.0M, March 2020 - September 2023, (Co-I from UoB, 10% contribution). 
  26. EPSRC Core Equipment Award, EP/V036440/1, November 2020-November 2022, £773k (Co-I). 
  27. M. Azarpeyvand, “Aeroacoustics of new aircraft architectures”, funded by Embraer,£180k, 2020-2024, (PI from UoB). 
  28. M. Azarpeyvand, “Aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of flow past and over porous surfaces”, EPSRC EP/S013024/1,£622k (100% fEC), Total budget £1.8M, April 2019 - March 2022 (PI from UoB).  
  29. M. Azarpeyvand, “JINA: Jet Installation Noise Abatement”, EPSRC EP/S000917/1,£780k (100% fEC), Total budget £1.25M, January 2019 - January 2022 (PI and overall lead).  
  30. M. Azarpeyvand, “Effect of Separation and Stall on Aerofoil Noise”, EPSRC EP/R010846/1,£569k (100% fEC), Total budget £1.2M, June 2018 - June 2021 (PI and overall lead). 
  31. M. Azarpeyvand, “Aerofoil noise prediction”,DTP CASE Conversion PhD, GE-Dowty,£28.3k (fEC), September 2019 - March 2023 (PI and overall lead).  
  32. M. Azarpeyvand, “On the use of porous treatments for noise control”,DTP CASE Conversion PhD, Embraer,£28.3k (fEC), June 2019 - Jan 2023 (PI and overall lead). 
  33. M. Azarpeyvand, “ARTEM: Aircraft noise Reduction Technologies and related EnvironmentaliMpact”,H2020 Grant No 769350, £199k (100% fEC), Total cost €6.34M, Dec 2017 - Dec 2021 (Co-I). 
  34. M. Azarpeyvand, “AERIALIST: AdvancEdaircRaft-noIse-AlLeviation devIceS using meTamaterials”, H2020 Grant No 723367, £572k (100% fEC), Total cost €2.4M, 2017-2020 (Co-I). 
  35. M. Azarpeyvand, “Prediction of noise from serrated airfoils”,Vestas, £37k, 2016, (PI and overall lead). 
  36. M. Azarpeyvand, “Source and Propagation Modelling for Wind Turbine Noise,” Royal Academy of Engineering research fellowship, Host: Engineering Dept., University of Cambridge, awarded£480k, 2011-2016 (PI).
  37. Raf Theunissen and M. Azarpeyvand, “Wind tunnel refurbishment”, funded by Capital Investment Programme Board (CIPB), £670k, 2014 (50%). NOTE: In May 2016, M. Azarpeyvand applied for a CIPB budget uplift (to £1.06M) through the Faculty of Engineering.  
  38. M. Azarpeyvand, “Beamforming for rotating sources”,Aircraft Research Association and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, £198k, 2015-16 (PI from UoB). 
  39. M. Azarpeyvand, “Infrasound propagation effects”, funded by AWE,£126k, 2015, (PI and overall lead). 
  40. M. Azarpeyvand, “Steady and unsteady pressure measurement”, Minor Capital and Equipment Finding Allocation, University of Bristol,£12.7k, 2015, (PI). 
  41. M. Azarpeyvand, “Innovative active flow control methods”, funded by Newton-MosharafaFund, British Council, £120k, 2015 (PI). 
  42. Tom Rendall and M. Azarpeyvand, “An acoustic-based pitot-tube blockage detection method”, EPSRC proof of principal grant, £15k, 2014, (Co-I) 
  43. M. Azarpeyvand, “On the Application of Morphing Technology to Aerodynamic Noise”, funded by Embraer,£85k, 2014-2018, (PI). 
  44. M. Azarpeyvand, “Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics of Porous Materials”, funded by Embraer,£85k, 2014-2018, (PI). 
  45. M. Azarpeyvand, “Long-range noise propagation”, funded by AWE,£2k, 2014, (PI). 
  46. M. Azarpeyvand, “Making helicoidal beams”, Royal Society Equipment Grant,£15k, 2013, (PI). 
  47. M. Azarpeyvand, “Active flow control for aerodynamic noise purposes”, funded by Science Without Borders and in collaboration with Embraer and Brazilian Space programme,£136k, 2014-2018, (PI). 
  48. M. Azarpeyvand, “Equipment fund”, funded by University of Bristol (different schemes), £500k, 2013-2018, (PI).
  49. Several international and governmental funds (in order of £700k) (PI and Co-I, 100% contribution).