Professor Mahdi Azarpeyvand
BSc, PhD(Soton.)
Current positions
Professor of Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
8457 SLRI NWTF - Project Campus Division
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
01/07/2024 to 30/06/2028
SLRI NWTF
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
01/07/2024 to 30/06/2028
SLRI NWTF
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
01/07/2024 to 30/06/2028
8457: EVOTLution
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
01/01/2024 to 31/12/2026
Aeroacoustics of Dynamic Stall
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Dates
01/09/2023 to 28/02/2027
Thesis supervisions
Experimental Aeroacoustics Investigation of Propellers with Turbulence for UAM Application
Supervisors
Flow Over and Past Porous Surfaces
Supervisors
Aerodynamic and Wake Development of Aerofoils with Trailing-Edge Serrations
Supervisors
Trailing Edge Noise Control Using Active Flow Control Methods
Supervisors
Aeroacoustics of Propeller Boundary Layer Ingestion
Supervisors
Investigation of Unsteady Rotor Loading on the Performance and Aeroacoustics of an eVTOL Vehicle
Supervisors
Aeroacoustic Characteristics of Static and Dynamic Stall
Supervisors
Aeroacoustic investigation of stalling behaviour in symmetric and cambered aerofoils
Supervisors
Aerodynamic noise and its passive control of subcritical flow past a cylinder
Supervisors
Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Performance of Morphing Structures
Supervisors
Three-dimensional infrasonic wave propagation above irregular boundaries
Supervisors
Aerodynamic noise control using surface treatments
Supervisors
Hilbert Fractal Acoustic Metamaterials
Supervisors
Acoustic Streaming in Air for Flow Manipulation and Control
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Flow control using tailored permeable surfaces
Supervisors
Active Flow Control Methods for Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
20/05/2026Advancing Blade–Wake Interaction Noise Prediction via Refined Rotor Tip Vortex Characterization
32nd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (2026)
Aeroacoustic Analysis of Propellers Operating in Both Hovering and Edgewise Flow Conditions using A GPU-Accelerated Vortex Particle Method Solver
32nd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference
Aeroacoustic and Aerodynamic Investigation of a Lifting Propeller Interacting with a Wing in Take-Off Configuration
Proceedings of the 32nd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (2026)
Aeroacoustic Characteristics of a Twin-Propeller Distributed Electric Propulsion System with Phase Synchronisation at Various Wing Angles of Attack
32nd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (2026)
Aeroacoustics of Turbulent Wake Ingestion by a Propeller in Edgewise Flight
Proceedings of the 32nd AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (2026)
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