Professor Mahmoud Shafiee
Academic and research departments
School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Institute for Sustainability, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences.About
Professor Mahmoud Shafiee is recognised as a world-leading researcher in the field of Net-Zero Energy Engineering, having been ranked as one of the world's top 1% of most influential scientists by Stanford University. He is now a Full Professor and Chair of Energy Resilience at The School of Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Director of Energy Research Centre, Programme Lead for MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering, Programme Co-Lead for MSc Sustainable Energy, as well as the Fellow and Director of Wind Energy Theme at the Institute for Sustainability (IfS), University of Surrey. He also acts as the Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) Athena Swan Lead at the School.
Prior to joining the University of Surrey, Professor Shafiee held several managerial and research positions: Head of Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Kent; Head of Energy Resilience Research Group and MSc Programme Director in Renewable Energy at Cranfield University; MSc Couse Director in Energy Risk and Resilience at University of Sheffield; Senior Research Fellow in Wind Energy at Chalmers University in Sweden; Research Fellow at the University of Alberta in Canada; Visiting Researcher at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Norway; and Visiting Researcher at ETH in Switzerland.
Professor Shafiee is a Visiting Professor at Cranfield University, Visiting Academic at University of Kent, Visiting Fellow at University of Sheffield, and External Examiner at Robert Gordon University and Glasgow Caledonian University. He serves as Committee Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Energy Committee Chair in the European Safety & Reliability Association (ESRA) and Committee Member of Engineering Integrity Society (EIS), and is a Member of Energy Institute (EI), Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT), and a Scientific Member of The RenewableUK, Offshore Wind Joint Industry Programme (JIP), and Life Extension Working Group in The International Electrotechnical Committee (IEC). He also serves as an Associated Editor and Editorial Board member of several International Journals in the field of Sustainable and Renewable Energy.
ResearchResearch interests
Professor Shafiee has more than 20 years of research experience in the fields of Sustainable Energy Technologies; Energy Materials and Structures; Risk and Resilience of Energy Systems; Energy Structural Integrity and SHM; Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E); Inspection and Maintenance; and Sensors; as well as the use of Industry 4.0 Digital Technologies (such as Digital Twins, Internet of Things, and Cyber-Physical Systems) in Smart Energy Grids. He has worked and collaborated with a wide range of Energy businesses, in particular within the Onshore/Offshore Wind, Clean Maritime, Green Hydrogen, and Fuel Cells and Battery Sectors.
Professor Shafiee has been awarded the UK's Teaching and Research Excellence Awards for four times. He has authored 1 book and 12 book chapters, co-invented 3 patents, and published over 200 articles in the most prestigious journals. He has also a very strong track record of research funding (+£22M) from National and European bodies, and has been plenary speaker and program committee member of over 100 International Conferences in the UK, US, Canada, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, etc.
Research interests
Professor Shafiee has more than 20 years of research experience in the fields of Sustainable Energy Technologies; Energy Materials and Structures; Risk and Resilience of Energy Systems; Energy Structural Integrity and SHM; Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E); Inspection and Maintenance; and Sensors; as well as the use of Industry 4.0 Digital Technologies (such as Digital Twins, Internet of Things, and Cyber-Physical Systems) in Smart Energy Grids. He has worked and collaborated with a wide range of Energy businesses, in particular within the Onshore/Offshore Wind, Clean Maritime, Green Hydrogen, and Fuel Cells and Battery Sectors.
Professor Shafiee has been awarded the UK's Teaching and Research Excellence Awards for four times. He has authored 1 book and 12 book chapters, co-invented 3 patents, and published over 200 articles in the most prestigious journals. He has also a very strong track record of research funding (+£22M) from National and European bodies, and has been plenary speaker and program committee member of over 100 International Conferences in the UK, US, Canada, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, etc.
Supervision
Postgraduate research supervision
Professor Shafiee has an extensive experience in line managing and mentoring academic staffs and Early Career Researchers (ECRs) as well as supervising postgraduate research students. He has acted as supervisor of over 22 PhD students, 80 MSc/MRes students, and over 200 BEng/MEng students through to completion. Some of the PhD projects that he has supervised are listed below:
- Smart Materials for Hydrogen-based Energy Storage (funded by DfT);
- Physic-Driven Degradation Analysis of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles to support Remanufacturing, Retrofitting and Recycling (funded by HVM);
- Dynamic Finite Element Simulation of Ship Collisions with Offshore Wind Monopile Structures (funded by Damen Shipyards, Netherlands).
- Mechanics of Failures in Offshore Floating Wind Turbines (funded by Equinor, Norway);
- Fatigue Life Prediction for Additively Manufactured Offshore Energy Components (funded by InnovateUK);
- Resilience of Energy Blowout Preventers (BOPs) in High-Pressure-High-Temperature Environments (funded by PTDF);
- Remanufacturing, Recycling and Repowering of Offshore Renewable Energy Systems (funded by Catapult);
- Digital Twins (DTs) for Structural Health Monitoring of Offshore Wind/Tidal Turbines (funded by EPSRC);
- Life Extension of Energy Production and Storage Systems (funded by PTDF);
- Corrosion Damage Analysis of Maritime Structures under Extreme Offshore Conditions (funded by ARAMCO);
- Designing and Prototyping a Self-Powered Underwater Robot for Inspection and Monitoring of Offshore Energy Systems (funded by InnovateUK);
- Resilience of Renewable Energy Supply for Healthcare Services (funded by NHS);
- Machine Learning Driven Fault Diagnosis and Prognostics in Engineering Processes (funded by Philippines’ Department of Education);
Teaching
Professor Shafiee has a very strong profile in the management and delivery of engaging teaching and effective learning strategies with a focus on student experience and outcomes. Prior to joining the University of Surrey, he was the Director of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programmes in "Mechanical Engineering" at the University of Kent, the Director of MSc Programmes in “Advanced Mechanical Engineering” ; “Renewable Energy” and “Offshore Engineering” at Cranfield University; and the Director of MSc Course in “Energy Risk and Resilience” at the University of Sheffield. He teaches on several courses with his main subject focus being on Renewable Energy Technologies, Energy Materials and Structures, Risk and Resilience of Energy Systems, Engineering Failure Analysis, Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E), Structural Integrity, Inspection and SHM, and Sensors.
Professor Shafiee is a Senior Fellow of the UK’s Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and holds a Post-Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE). He has been awarded several prizes for his teaching, including The University of Kent’s Teaching Excellence Award (2022), Kent Union’s Above and Beyond Award (2022), University of Sheffield’s Best Lecturer Award (2017), Cranfield University’s Best Lecturer Award (2015) and Cranfield University’s Most Interactive Lecturer Award (2014). He engages well with students and makes the classroom an environment for fun and education, as he believes student engagement is an important factor in student success. He often employs real-life examples and case studies to teach practical subjects. He also combines theoretical sessions with practical exercises using online interactive tools and Laboratory instruments to allow students to apply the theories they have learned to real-life scenarios.
Publications
Wind Energy Research
Shafiee, M. (2023) Circular Economy and Autonomous Remanufacturing for End-of-Life Offshore Wind Turbines. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (In print).
Shafiee, M. (2023) Failure Analysis of Spar Buoy Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Systems. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, 8(28). Article Number 28, pp. 1-19. Doi:10.1007/s41062-022-00982-x.
Shafiee, M., Adedipe, T. (2023) A Bayesian Network Model for the Probabilistic Safety Assessment of Offshore Wind Decommissioning. Wind Engineering, 47(1). pp. 104-125. Doi:10.1177/0309524X221122569.
Elusakin, T., Shafiee, M. (2022) Fault Diagnosis of Offshore Wind Turbine Gearboxes using a Dynamic Bayesian Network. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 41 (11). pp. 1849-1867. Doi:10.1080/14786451.2022.2119390.
Shafiee, M. (2022) Wind Energy Development Site Selection Using an Integrated Fuzzy ANP-TOPSIS Decision Model. Energies, 15 (12). Article Number 4289. Doi:10.3390/en15124289.
Shafiee, M., Adedipe, T. (2022) Offshore Wind Decommissioning: An Assessment of the Risk of Operations. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 41(8). pp. 1057-1083. Doi:10.1080/14786451.2021.2024830.
Adedipe, T., Shafiee, M. (2021) An Economic Assessment Framework for Decommissioning of Offshore Wind Farms using a Cost Breakdown Structure. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 26. pp. 344-370. Doi:10.1007/s11367-020-01793-x.
Elusakin, T., Shafiee, M., Adedipe, T., Dinmohammadi, F. (2021) A Stochastic Petri Net Model for O&M Planning of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines. Energies, 14 (4). Article Number 1134. Doi:10.3390/en14041134.
Shafiee, M. and Stamelos, G. and Aziminia, M.M. and Elusakin, T. and Adedipe, T., Dinmohammadi, F. (2021) Failure analysis of floating offshore wind turbine technologies. In: Developments in Renewable Energies Offshore. CRC Press, London, pp. 488-494. Doi:10.1201/9781003134572-55.
Shafiee, M., Zhou, Z., Mei, L., Dinmohammadi, F., Karama, J., Flynn, D. (2021) Unmanned Aerial Drones for Inspection of Offshore Wind Turbines: A Mission-Critical Failure Analysis. Robotics, 10(1). p. 26. Doi:10.3390/robotics10010026.
Shittu, A.A., Mehmanparast, A., Shafiee, M., Kolios, A., H., P., Pilario, K. (2020) Structural Reliability Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures Subjected to Pitting Corrosion‐Fatigue: A Damage Tolerance Modelling Approach. Wind Energy, 23(11). pp. 2004-2026. Doi:10.1002/we.2542.
Adedipe, T., Shafiee, M., Zio, E. (2020) Bayesian Network Modelling for the Wind Energy Industry: An Overview. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 202. Doi:10.1016/j.ress.2020.107053.
Sørensen, J.D., Shafiee, M., (2019) Probabilistic Methods for Design and Planning of Operation and Maintenance of Wind Turbines. Energies, ISSN 1996-1073192.
Shafiee, M., Sørensen, J.D. (2019) Maintenance Optimization and Inspection Planning of Wind Energy Assets: Models, Methods and Strategies. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 192. Article Number 105993. Doi:10.1016/j.ress.2017.10.025.
Martinez-Luengo, M., Shafiee, M., Kolios, A. (2019) Data Management for Structural Integrity Assessment of Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures: Data Cleansing and Missing Data Imputation. Ocean Engineering, 173 . pp. 867-883. Doi:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2019.01.003.
Presencia, C.E., Shafiee, M. (2018) Risk Analysis of Maintenance Ship Collisions with Offshore Wind Turbines. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 37(6). pp. 576-596. Doi:10.1080/14786451.2017.1327437.
Marjan, A., Shafiee, M. (2018) Evaluation of Wind Resources and the Effect of Market Price Components on Wind-Farm Income: A Case Study of Ørland in Norway. Energies, 11(11). Article Number 2955. Doi:10.3390/en11112955.
Bocher, M., Mehmanparast, A., Braithwaite, J., Shafiee, M. (2018) New Shape Function Solutions for Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbine Monopile Foundations. Ocean Engineering, 160 . pp. 264-275. Doi:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.04.073.
Moulas, D., Shafiee, M., Mehmanparast, A. (2017) Damage Analysis of Ship Collisions with Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations. Ocean Engineering, 143 . pp. 149-162. Doi:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2017.04.050.
Dinmohammadi, A., Shafiee, M. (2017) Determination of the most suitable Technology Transfer Strategy for Wind Turbines using an Integrated AHP-TOPSIS Decision Model. Energies, 10(5). Article Number 642. Doi:10.3390/en10050642.
Shafiee, M., Brennan, F., Espinosa, I.A. (2016) A Parametric Whole Life Cost Model for Offshore Wind Farms. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 21. pp. 961-975. Doi:10.1007/s11367-016-1075-z.
Shafiee, M., Finkelstein, M., Bérenguer, C. (2015) An Opportunistic Condition-based Maintenance Policy for Offshore Wind Turbine Blades Subjected to Degradation and Environmental Shocks. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 142. pp. 463-471. Doi:10.1016/j.ress.2015.05.001.
Shafiee, M., Finkelstein, M. (2015) A Proactive Group Maintenance Policy for Continuously Monitored Deteriorating Systems: Application to Offshore Wind Turbines. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 229(5). pp. 373-384. Doi:10.1177/1748006X15598915.
Shafiee, M., Patriksson, M., Strömberg, A.B., Bertling Tjernberg, L. (2015) Optimal Redundancy and Maintenance Strategy Decisions for Offshore Wind Power Converters. International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, 22(3). Article Number 1550015. Doi:10.1142/S0218539315500151.
Shafiee, M. (2015) Maintenance Logistics Organization for Offshore Wind Energy: Current Progress and Future Perspectives. Renewable Energy, 77. pp. 182-193. Doi:10.1016/j.renene.2014.11.045.
Shafiee, M. (2015) A Fuzzy Analytic Network Process Model to Mitigate the Risks associated with Offshore Wind Farms. Expert Systems with Applications, 42 (4). pp. 2143-2152. Doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2014.10.019.
Shafiee, M., Finkelstein, M. (2015) An Optimal Age-based Group Maintenance Policy for Multi-unit Degrading Systems. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 134. pp. 230-238. Doi:10.1016/j.ress.2014.09.016.
Shafiee, M., Dinmohammadi, F (2014) An FMEA-Based Risk Assessment Approach for Wind Turbine Systems: A Comparative Study of Onshore and Offshore. Energies, 7(2). pp. 619-642. Doi:10.3390/en7020619.
Shafiee, M., Patriksson, M., Strömberg, A-B. (2013) An Optimal Number-Dependent Preventive Maintenance Strategy for Offshore Wind Turbine Blades Considering Logistics. Advances in Operations Research, 205847. pp. 1-12. Doi:10.1155/2013/205847.
Dinmohammadi, F., Shafiee, M. (2013) A Fuzzy-FMEA Risk Assessment Approach for Offshore Wind Turbines. International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management, 4 . pp. 1-10.
Shafiee, M., Patriksson, M., Strömberg, A.B., Bertling Tjernberg, L. (2013) A Redundancy Optimization Model applied to Offshore Wind Turbine Power Converters. In: Power Tech Conference, Grenoble, France.
Risk/Resilience of Energy Systems
Shafiee, M. (2023) Resilience of Net-Zero Energy Systems and Infrastructure: Metrics and Measurement Methods. In: The 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2023).
Elmdoost-gashti, M., Shafiee, M., Bozorgi-Amiri, A. (2023) Enhancing Resilience in Marine Propulsion Systems by Adopting Machine Learning Technology for Predicting Failures and Prioritizing Maintenance Activities. Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology. Doi:10.1080/20464177.2023.2243748
Ghazanfari Holagh, S., Abdous, M.A., Rastan, H., Shafiee, M., Hashemian, M. (2022) Performance Analysis of Microfin Tubes Compared to Smooth Tubes as a Heat Transfer Enhancement Technique for Flow Condensation. Energy Nexus, 8. Article Number 100154, pp. 1-15. Doi:10.1016/j.nexus.2022.100154.
Animah, I., Shafiee, M. (2022) Status of ISO 45001:2018 Implementation in Seaports: A Case Study. In: Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2022). pp. 1100-1107. Doi:10.3850/978-981-18-5183-4_R19-04-596-cd.
Wu, S., Peng, R., Shafiee, M. (2022) Reliability Analysis for Infrastructure Systems. Journal of Risk and Reliability, 236 (3). pp. 375-376. Doi:10.1177/1748006X211070641.
Animah, I., Shafiee, M. (2021) Maintenance Strategy Selection for Critical Shipboard Machinery Systems using a Hybrid AHP-PROMETHEE and Cost Benefit Analysis: A Case Study. Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology, 20 (5). pp. 312-323. Doi:10.1080/20464177.2019.1572705.
Cao, Y., Abdous, M.A., Ghazanfari Holagh, S., Shafiee, M., Hashemian, M. (2021) Entropy Generation and Sensitivity Analysis of R134a Flow Condensation inside a Helically Coiled Tube-in-Tube Heat Exchanger. International Journal of Refrigeration, 130 . pp. 104-116. Doi:10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2021.06.007.
Ghazanfari Holagh, S., Abdous, M.A., Shafiee, M., Rosen, M. (2021) Performance Evaluation of Helical Coils as a Passive Heat Transfer Enhancement Technique under Flow Condensation by use of Entropy Generation Analysis. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 23. Article Number 100914. Doi:10.1016/j.tsep.2021.100914.
Ghazanfari Holagh, S., Abdous, M.A., Roy, P., Shamsaiee, M., Shafiee, M., Saffari, H., Valiño, L., Andersson, R. (2021) An Experimental Investigation on Bubbles Departure Characteristics during Sub-Cooled Flow Boiling in a Vertical U-Shaped Channel Utilizing High-Speed Photography. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 22. Article Number 100828. Doi:10.1016/j.tsep.2020.100828.
Hemmati, M., Mohammadi-Ivatloo, B., Abapour, M., Shafiee, M. (2021) Thermodynamic Modeling of Compressed Air Energy Storage for Energy and Reserve Markets. Applied Thermal Engineering, 193. Article Number 116948. Doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2021.116948.
Arjomandi, M., Dinmohammadi, F., Mosallanezhad, B., Shafiee, M. (2021) A Fuzzy DEMATEL-ANP-VIKOR Analytical Model for Maintenance Strategy Selection of Safety Critical Assets. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 13(4). pp. 1-21. Doi:10.1177/1687814021994965.
Zare Oskouei, M., Mohammadi-Ivatloo, B., Abapour, M., Shafiee, M., Anvari-Moghaddam, A. (2021) Techno-Economic and Environmental Assessment of Coordinated Operation of Regional Grid-Connected Energy Hubs Considering High Penetration of Wind Power. Journal of Cleaner Production, 280(1). Article Number 124275. Doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124275.
Zare Oskouei, M., Mohammadi-Ivatloo, B., Abapour, M., Shafiee, M., Anvari-Moghaddam, A. (2020) Privacy-Preserving Mechanism for Collaborative Operation of High-Renewable Power Systems and Industrial Energy Hubs. Applied Energy, 283. Article Number 116338. Doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.116338.
Zare Oskouei, M., Mirzaei, M.A., Mohammadi-Ivatloo, B., Shafiee, M., Marzband, M., Anvari-Moghaddam, A. (2020) A Hybrid Robust Stochastic Approach to Evaluate the Profit of a Multi-Energy Retailer in Tri-Layer Energy Markets. Energy, 214 . Article Number 118948. Doi:10.1016/j.energy.2020.118948.
Shafiee, M., Elusakin, T., Enjema, E. (2020) Subsea Blowout Preventer (BOP): Design, Reliability, Testing, Deployment, and Operation and Maintenance Challenges. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 66 . p. 104170. Doi:10.1016/j.jlp.2020.104170.
Shafiee, M., Alghamdi, A., Sansom, C., Hart, P., Encinas-Oropesa, A. (2020) A Through-Life Cost Analysis Model to Support Investment Decision-Making in Concentrated Solar Power Projects. Energies, 13 (7). pp. 1-20. Doi:10.3390/en13071553.
Mirzaei, M.A., Zare Oskouei, M., Mohammadi-Ivatloo, B., Loni, A., Zare, K., Marzband, M., Shafiee, M. (2020) An Integrated Energy Hub System based on Power-to-Gas and Compressed Air Energy Storage Technologies in presence of Multiple Shiftable Loads. IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 14 (13). pp. 2510-2519. Doi:10.1049/iet-gtd.2019.1163.
Animah, I., Shafiee, M. (2020) Application of Risk Analysis in the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Sector: An Overview. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 63. Article Number 103980. Doi:10.1016/j.jlp.2019.103980.
Elusakin, T., Shafiee, M. (2020) Reliability Analysis of Subsea Blowout Preventers with Condition-based Maintenance using Stochastic Petri Nets. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 63 . Article Number 104026. Doi:10.1016/j.jlp.2019.104026.
Shafiee, M., Labib, A., Maiti, J., Starr, A. (2019) Maintenance Strategy Selection for Multi-component Systems using a combined Analytic Network Process and Cost-Risk Criticality Model. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 233 (2). pp. 88-104. Doi:10.1177/1748006X17712071.
Shafiee, M., Enjema, E., Kolios, A. (2019) An Integrated FTA-FMEA Model for Risk Analysis of Engineering Systems: A Case Study of Subsea Blowout Preventers. Applied Sciences, 9 (6). Article Number 1192. Doi:10.3390/app9061192.
Shafiee, M., Animah, I., Alkali, B., Baglee, D. (2019) Decision Support Methods and Applications in the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 173. pp. 1173-1186. Doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2018.10.050.
Enjema, E.M and Shafiee, M. and Kolios, A. (2018) An Integrated Bayesian Network and Cost-Benefit Analysis Model for Blowout Preventer Configuration Selection in Deepwater Offshore Fields. In: Safety and Reliability – Safe Societies in a Changing World. Proceedings of ESREL 2018, June 17-21 2018, Trondheim, Norway. CRC Press, London, pp. 2007-2012. Doi:10.1201/9781351174664.
Animah, I., Shafiee, M., Simms, N., Erkoyuncu, J.A., Maiti, J. (2018) Selection of the most Suitable Life Extension Strategy for Ageing Offshore Assets using a Life-Cycle Cost-Benefit Analysis Approach. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, 24(3). pp. 311-330. Doi:10.1108/JQME-09-2016-0041.
Animah, I. and Shafiee, M. (2018) A Framework for Assessment of Technological Readiness Level (TRL) and Commercial Readiness Index (CRI) of Asset End-of-Life Strategies. In: Safety and Reliability – Safe Societies in a Changing World. Proceedings of ESREL 2018, June 17-21 2018, Trondheim, Norway. CRC Press, London, pp. 1767-1773. Doi:10.1201/9781351174664.
Animah, I., Shafiee, M. (2018) Condition Assessment, Remaining Useful Life Prediction and Life Extension Decision Making for Offshore Oil and Gas Assets. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 53 . pp. 17-28. ISSN 0950-4230. Doi:10.1016/j.jlp.2017.04.030.
Kolios, A., Umofia, A., Shafiee, M. (2017) Failure Mode and Effects Analysis using a Fuzzy-TOPSIS Method: A Case Study of Subsea Control Module. International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making, 7(1). pp. 29-53. Doi:10.1504/IJMCDM.2017.085154.
Shafiee, M. (2016) Modelling and Analysis of Availability for Critical Interdependent Infrastructures. International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management, 19 (4). pp. 299-314. Doi:10.1504/IJRAM.2016.079608.
Materials and Structures
Hulme, J., Sakhaei, A.H., Shafiee, M. (2023) Mechanical Analysis and Additive Manufacturing of 3D-Printed Lattice Materials. Materials Today: Proceedings, pp. 1-8. Doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2023.02.278.
Hussain, A., Sakhaei, A.H., Shafiee, M. (2023) Development of an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Constitutive Model for Mechanical Metamaterials. In: Volume 3: Advanced Materials: Design, Processing, Characterization and Applications; Advances in Aerospace Technology. Proceedings of the ASME 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Doi:10.1115/IMECE2022-94049.
Sakhaei, A.H., Shafiee, M. (2023) Microscale Investigation of Phase Transformation and Plasticity in Multi-Crystalline Shape Memory Alloy using Discrete Dislocation–Transformation Method. Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 35(1). pp. 279-297. Doi:10.1007/s00161-023-01183-2.
Huang, Y., Shafiee, M., Charnley, F., Encinas-Oropesa, A. (2022) Designing a Framework for Materials Flow by Integrating Circular Economy Principles with End-of-life Management Strategies. Sustainability, 14 (7). Article Number 4244. Doi:10.3390/su14074244.
Moradi, M., Pourmand, Z., Hasani, A., Karami Moghadam, M., Sakhaei, A.H., Shafiee, M., Lawrence, J. (2022) Direct Laser Metal Deposition (DLMD) Additive Manufacturing (AM) of Inconel 718 Superalloy: Elemental, Microstructural and Physical Properties Evaluation. Optik, 259 . Article Number 169018. Doi:10.1016/j.ijleo.2022.169018.
Ramezani, A.H., Hoseinzadeh, S., Ebrahiminejad, Zh., Hantehzadeh, M.R., Shafiee, M. (2021) The Study of Mechanical and Statistical Properties of Nitrogen Ion-Implanted Tantalum Bulk. Optik, 225 . Article Number 165628. Doi:10.1016/j.ijleo.2020.165628.
Abbas, M., Shafiee, M. (2020) An Overview of Maintenance Management Strategies for Corroded Steel Structures in Extreme Marine Environments. Marine Structures, 71. Article Number 102718. Doi:10.1016/j.marstruc.2020.102718.
Wordu, A.H., Tee, K.F., Shafiee, M. (2020) Modeling Deformation of Corroded Buried Steel Pipes and Design of Protective Measure. Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 142 (1). Article Number 011801. Doi:10.1115/1.4045025.
Koroma, S.G., Animah, I., Shafiee, M., Tee, K.F. (2019) Decommissioning of Deep and Ultra-deep Water Oil and Gas Pipelines: Issues and Challenges. International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 22 (4). pp. 470-487. Doi:10.1504/IJOGCT.2019.103509.
Abbas, M., Shafiee, M., Simms, N. (2019) Corrosion Behaviour of Cupronickel 90/10 Alloys in Arabian Sea Conditions and its Effect on Maintenance of Marine Structures. In: ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. Doi:10.1115/OMAE2019-96227.
Degradation Prediction and Life Extension
Ochella, S., Shafiee, M., Sansom, C. (2022) An RUL-Informed Approach for Life Extension of High-Value Assets. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 171. Article Number 108332. Doi:10.1016/j.cie.2022.108332.
Shafiee, M., Animah, I. (2022) An Integrated FMEA and MCDA based Risk Management Approach to Support Life Extension of Subsea Facilities in High-Pressure–High-Temperature (HPHT) Conditions. Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology, 21(4). pp. 189-204. Doi:10.1080/20464177.2020.1827486.
Baghdadi, E., Shafiee, M., Alkali, B. (2022) Upgrading strategy, warranty policy and pricing decisions for remanufactured products sold with two-dimensional warranty. Sustainability, 14(12), 7232; Doi:10.3390/su14127232.
Ochella, S., Shafiee, M., Sansom, C. (2021) Adopting Machine Learning and Condition Monitoring P-F Curves in Determining and Prioritizing High-Value Assets for Life Extension. Expert Systems with Applications, 176 . Article Number 114897. Doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2021.114897.
Animah, I., Shafiee, M. (2017) A Risk based Maintenance (RBM) Interval Decision Making Model to Support Life Extension of Subsea Oil and Gas Facilities. In: Safety and Reliability. Theory and Applications. CRC Press, London. E-ISBN 978-1-315-21046-9. Doi:10.1201/9781315210469.
Shafiee, M., Animah, I. (2017) Life Extension Decision Making of Safety Critical Systems: An Overview. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 47. pp. 174-188. Doi:10.1016/j.jlp.2017.03.008.
Finkelstein, M, Shafiee, M. (2017) Preventive Maintenance for Systems with Repairable Minor Failures. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 231(2). pp. 101-108. Doi:10.1177/1748006X16686898.
Animah, I., Shafiee, M., Simms, N., Tiwari, A. (2017) A Multi-Stage Remanufacturing Approach for Life Extension of Safety Critical systems. Procedia CIRP, 59 . pp. 133-138. Doi:10.1016/j.procir.2016.10.004.
Shafiee, M., Animah, I., Simms, N. (2016) Development of a Techno-Economic Framework for Life Extension Decision Making of Safety Critical Installations. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 44. pp. 299-310. Doi:10.1016/j.jlp.2016.09.013.
Animah, I., Shafiee, M., Simms, N., Considine, M. (2016) Techno-Economic Feasibility Assessment of Life Extension Decision for Safety Critical Assets. In: Risk, Reliability and Safety: Innovating Theory and Practice. CRC Press, London, pp. 1248-1255. Doi:10.1201/9781315374987.
Finkelstein, M., Shafiee, M., Kotchap, A.N. (2016) Classical Optimal Replacement Strategies Revisited. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 65(2). pp. 540-546. Doi:10.1109/TR.2016.2515591.
Shafiee, M., Zuo, M.J. (2012) Adapting an Age-Reduction Model to Extend the Useful-Life Duration. In: International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering.
Ghosh, C., Maiti, J., Shafiee, M., Kumaraswamy, K.G. (2018) Reduction of Life Cycle Costs for a Contemporary Helicopter through Improvement of Reliability and Maintainability Parameters. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 35 (2). pp. 545-567. ISSN 0265-671X. Doi:10.1108/IJQRM-11-2016-0199.
Mondal, S.C., Maiti, J., Ray, P.K., Shafiee, M. (2016) Modelling Process Robustness: A Case Study of Centrifugal Casting. Production Planning & Control, 27(3). pp. 169-182. Doi:10.1080/09537287.2015.1091112.
Shafiee, M., Ayudiani, P.S. (2015) Development of a Risk-based Integrity Model for Offshore Energy Infrastructures — Application to Oil and Gas Pipelines. International Journal of Process Systems Engineering, 3(4). pp. 211-231. Doi:10.1504/IJPSE.2015.075092.
Shafiee, M. (2015) Maintenance Strategy Selection Problem: An MCDM Overview. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, 21(4). pp. 378-402. Doi:10.1108/JQME-09-2013-0063.
Shafiee, M., Finkelstein, M., Zuo, M.J. (2013) Optimal Burn-in and Preventive Maintenance Warranty Strategies with Time-Dependent Maintenance Costs. IIE Transactions, 45(9), pp. 1024-1033.
Shafiee, M., Saidi-Mehrabad, M., Jalali Naini, S.G. (2009) Warranty and Sustainable Improvement of Used Products through Remanufacturing. International Journal of Product Lifecycle Management, 4(1/2/3). pp. 68-83.
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)
Shafiee, M. (2023) Drone-based Computer Vision-Enabled Inspection and Monitoring of Renewable Energy Infrastructure. In: The 60th Annual Conference of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT 2023).
Shafiee, M. (2022) A Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Based Approach for Inspection Planning of Offshore Wind and Hydrogen Jacket Structures. In: 11th European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC 2022), 04-08 Jul 2022, Galway, Ireland.
Shafiee, M., Soares, C.G. (2020) New Advances and Developments in Risk-based Inspection (RBI) of Marine Structures. In: Proceedings of the 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and the 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference. pp. 4485-4492. Doi:10.3850/978-981-14-8593-0.
Elusakin, T., Shafiee, M. (2020) Quantifying the Added Value of Adopting Condition Monitoring to Subsea Blowout Preventer (BOP). In: Proceedings of the 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and the 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference. pp. 781-788.
Nnabuifea, S.G., Pilario, K.E.S., Lao, L., Cao, Y., Shafiee, M. (2019) Identification of Gas-Liquid Flow Regimes Using a Non-intrusive Doppler Ultrasonic Sensor and Virtual Flow Regime Maps. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 68 . Article Number 101568. Doi:10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2019.05.002.
Pilario, K.E.S., Cao, Y., Shafiee, M. (2019) Incipient Fault Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis using Canonical Variate Dissimilarity Analysis. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 46 . pp. 1195-1200. Doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-818634-3.50200-9.
Elusakin, T., Shafiee, M., Adedipe, T. (2019) Towards Implementing Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) Policy for Offshore Blowout Preventer (BOP) System. In: ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. Doi:10.1115/OMAE2019-95539.
Pilario, K.E.S., Cao, Y., Shafiee, M. (2019) Mixed Kernel Canonical Variate Dissimilarity Analysis for Incipient Fault Monitoring in Nonlinear Dynamic Processes. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 123. pp. 143-154. Doi:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2018.12.027.
Martinez-Luengo, M., Shafiee, M. (2019) Guidelines and Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Structural Health Monitoring Implementation in Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures. Energies, 12(6). Article Number 1176. Doi:10.3390/en12061176.
Abbas, M., Shafiee, M. (2018) Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and Determination of Surface Defects in Large Metallic Structures using Ultrasonic Guided Waves. Sensors, 18 (11). pp. 1-26. Doi:10.3390/s18113958.
Etebu, E. and Shafiee, M. (2018) Reliability Analysis of Structural Health Monitoring Systems. In: Safety and Reliability – Safe Societies in a Changing World. Proceedings of ESREL 2018, June 17-21 2018, Trondheim, Norway. CRC Press, London, pp. 2243-2247.
Etebu, E., Shafiee, M. (2017) Contributions of Structural Health Monitoring to the Reliability of an Offshore Fixed Platform. In: Proceedings of the 30th Conference on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM), University of Central Lancashire, UK.
AI and Digital Twins in Energy Systems
Dinmohammadi, F., Karama, J., Shafiee, M. (2023) Structural Damage Identification of Net-Zero Energy Infrastructure using Convolutional Neural Networks: A Case Study of Wind Turbines. In: 28th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC), 30 August 2023 – 01 September 2023, Doi: 10.1109/ICAC57885.2023.10275268.
Seetohul, J., Shafiee, M., Sirlantzis, K. (2023) Augmented Reality (AR): State of the Art, Challenges, and Solutions. Sensors, 23(13), Article Number 6202. Doi:10.3390/s23136202.
Dinmohammadi, F., Han, Y., Shafiee, M. (2023) Predicting Energy Consumption in Residential Buildings using Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms. Energies, 16 (9). Article Number 3748. Doi:10.3390/en16093748.
Macaulay, M., Shafiee, M. (2022) Machine Learning Techniques for Robotic and Autonomous Inspection of Mechanical Systems and Civil Infrastructure. Autonomous Intelligent Systems, 2 (8). pp. 1-25. Doi:10.1007/s43684-022-00025-3.
Ochella, S., Shafiee, M., Dinmohammadi, F. (2022) Artificial Intelligence in Prognostics and Health Management of Engineering Systems. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 108. Article Number 104552. Doi:10.1016/j.engappai.2021.104552.
Ochella, S., Shafiee, M., Sansom, C. (2021) Requirements for Standards and Regulations in AI-Enabled Prognostics and Health Management. In: 26th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC). Doi:10.23919/ICAC50006.2021.9594069.
Pilario, K.E.S., Cao, Y., Shafiee, M. (2021) A Kernel Design Approach to Improve Kernel Subspace Identification. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 68 (7). pp. 6171-6180. Doi:10.1109/TIE.2020.2996142.
Ochella, S., Shafiee, M. (2021) Performance Metrics for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithms Adopted in Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) of Mechanical Systems. In: International Symposium on Automation, Information and Computing (ISAIC 2020). 1828. pp. 1-10. Doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1828/1/012005.
Pilario, K.E.S. and Shafiee, M. (2020) Mixed Kernel Functions for Multivariate Statistical Monitoring of Nonlinear Processes. In: Advances in Asset Management and Condition Monitoring: COMADEM 2019. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies . Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 61-67. Doi:10.1007/978-3-030-57745-2.
Moslemi, A., Shafiee, M. (2020) A Robust Multi Response Surface Approach for Optimization of Multistage Processes. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 38 (1). pp. 213-228. Doi:10.1108/IJQRM-11-2018-0296.
Pilario, K., Shafiee, M., Cao, Y., Lao, L., Yang, S.-H. (2020) A Review of Kernel Methods for Feature Extraction in Nonlinear Process Monitoring. Processes, 8 (1). Article Number 24. Doi:10.3390/pr8010024.