Mahdi Mortazavi

 

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,

 University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran                                  

+98 (313)793-4517 | ma.mortazavi@eng.ui.ac.ir |mortazavi@aut.ac.ir

Latest job position

associate professor / university of isfahan

Manager of mechanical engineering department/university of isfahan

Manager of industry and society relationship office/university of isfahan

Deputy of faculty of engineering in research and technology/university of isfahan

Associate professor / amirkabir university of technology

Experiences

associate professor in aerospace engineering | university of isfahan |  2017 - present

associate professor in aerospace engineering | Amirkabir university of technology | 2001 - 2017

Education

bsc in aerospace engineering | 1987-1992 | Amirkabir university of technology  | tehran, iran

msc in flight mechanics | 1993-1996 | Moscow aviation institute | moscow, russia 

msc in flight mechanics | 1993-1996 | Moscow aviation institute | moscow, russia

Language

·         Persian: Native

·         English: Intermediate

·         Russian: fluently

Affiliation

·         university of isfahan

·         Member of National Association of aerospace engineering

·         Member of american Institute of Aeronautics and astronautics AIAA

Skills & Abilities

·         Flight mechanics calculation &Simulations

·         Design of satellite attitude determination and control system

·         Design of autopilot systems and algorithms

  •  Navigation system design and calculation
  • UAV guidance system design
  • Aircraft design

Subjects taught

·         Flight mechanics / Modeling and simulation of aerospace vehicle dynamics

·         Guidance & Navigation / Satellite attitude determination and control

  •  Advanced control
  • Automatic Control
  • Aircraft performance

Publications

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[1]          H. Shahbazi, M. Mortazavi, and N. Bijeh, "Design and manufacturing of a five degree of freedom set included simulator and gimbal seeker," Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME, 2023.

[2]          S. H. Moravej Barzani, M. Mortazavi, and H. Shahverdi, "On the Effects of Stiffness Ratio in Nonlinear Aeroelastic Stability of a Folding Wing," Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 33-39, 2023.

[3]          M. Chiniforoushan, M. Mortazavi, and K. Raissi, "Data-driven solutions to spacecraft relative attitude-position fault-tolerant control," Advances in Space Research, vol. 71, no. 12, pp. 5337-5359, 2023.

[4]          S. H. M. Barzani, M. Mortazavi, and H. Shahverdi, "On the Effects of Stiffness Ratio in Nonlinear Aeroelastic Stability of a Folding Wing," jast, p. 1149, 2023.

[5]          A. Mahmoudi, M. Mortazavi, and M. Sabzehparvar, "Accommodating the multi-state constraint Kalman filter for visual-inertial navigation in a moving and stationary flight," Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, vol. 236, no. 7, pp. 1295-1303, 2022.

[6]          A. Mahmoudi, M. Sabzehparvar, and M. Mortazavi, "A virtual environment for evaluation of computer vision algorithms under general airborne camera imperfections," The Journal of Navigation, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 801-821, 2021.

[7]          M. Chiniforoushan, K. Raissi, and M. Mortazavi, "Fault-tolerant model-free predictive control of spacecraft coupled rotational–translational relative motion," Journal of Aerospace Engineering, vol. 34, no. 6, p. 04021092, 2021.

[8]          M. Chiniforoushan, M. Mortazavi, and K. Raissi, "Model-Free Predictive Fault-Tolerant Control for Spacecraft Roto-Translational Relative Motion," Journal of Space Science and Technology, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 77-92, 2021.

[9]          O. Kazemifar, A. Babaee, and M. Mortazavi, "Online UAV guidance for netted-threat avoidance," Aerospace Knowledge and Technology Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 125-136, 2020.

[10]        M. Bidoki, M. Mortazavi, and M. Sabzehparvar, "A new multidisciplinary robust design optimization framework for an autonomous underwater vehicle in system and tactic design," Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment, vol. 233, no. 3, pp. 918-936, 2019.

[11]        M. Safi, M. Mortazavi, and S. Dibaji, "Global stabilization of attitude dynamics: SDRE-based control designs," AUT Journal of Modeling and Simulation, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 203-210, 2018.

[12]        A. Mohseni, F. Fani Saberi, and M. Mortazavi, "Adaptive attitude controller of a reentry vehicles based on Back-stepping Dynamic inversion method," AUT Journal of Modeling and Simulation, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 95-106, 2018.

[13]        M. BIDOKI, M. MORTAZAVI, and M. SABZEPARVAR, "A NEW ROBUST MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF AN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE," 2018.

[14]        M. Bidoki, M. Mortazavi, and M. Sabzehparvar, "A new approach in system and tactic design optimization of an autonomous underwater vehicle by using Multidisciplinary Design Optimization," Ocean Engineering, vol. 147, pp. 517-530, 2018.

[15]        A. Shakoori, A. V. Betin, D. A. Betin, and M. Mortazavi, "A NOVEL METHOD FOR MOMENTS OF INERTIA TUNING FOR FREE-FLYING DYNAMICALLY SIMILAR MODELS VIA SIMULATED ANNEALING," International Journal of Technology, vol. 8, no. 3, 2017.

[16]        E. Roghanizad and M. Mortazavi, "Locating the Ground Antennas for the Orbit Determination System of RODS," 2017.

[17]        O. Kazemifar, A.-R. Babaei, and M. Mortazavi, "Fuzzy Behavior-Based Online Command Generation for Unmanned Aircraft Guidance in Rough Terrain Environments," Journal of Aerospace Engineering, vol. 30, no. 5, p. 04017061, 2017.

[18]        O. Kazemifar, A.-R. Babaei, and M. Mortazavi, "Online aircraft velocity and normal acceleration planning for rough terrain following," The Aeronautical Journal, vol. 121, no. 1244, pp. 1561-1577, 2017.

[19]        R. Esmaelzadeh, A. Naghash, and M. Mortazavi, "Flatness-based Near Optimal Guidance," Space Science and Technology, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 15-24, 2017.

[20]        S. Azizi and M. Mortazavi, "Spacecraft attitude determination using deterministic and stochastic methods," in 2017 Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 2017: IEEE, pp. 609-614.

[21]        A. Ashrafi, M. Mortazavi, A. Askari, and A. Gholami, "Leader-follower formation control OF UAVs by PID-fuzzy," Aerospace Knowledge and Technology Journal, vol. 6, no. 3 (special Issue), pp. 29-40, 2017.

[22]        A. Adami, M. Mortazavi, and M. Nosratollahi, "A New Approach to Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Solid Propulsion System Including Heat Transfer and Ablative Cooling," Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, vol. 9, pp. 71-82, 2017.

[23]        S. M. S. Mosvi and M. Mortazavi, "Design, Construction, Test and Modeling of Triaxial Helmholtz Coil for Magnetic Tests of Satellite," Journal of Space Science and Technology, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 11-24, 2016.

[24]        A. Askari, M. Mortazavi, H. Talebi, and A. Motamedi, "A new approach in UAV path planning using Bezier–Dubins continuous curvature path," Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, vol. 230, no. 6, pp. 1103-1113, 2016.

[25]        A. Adami, M. Mortazavi, and M. Nosratollahi, "Multidisciplinary approach to materials selection for bipropellant thrusters using ablative and radiative cooling," Sadhana, vol. 41, pp. 87-96, 2016.

[26]        K. Z. SAMADI, M. MORTAZAVI, and S. F. FANI, "DESIGN OF SYNCHRONOUS ATTITUDE AND RATE CONTROL FOR REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE BASED ON SUPERVISORY ADAPTIVE CONTROL METHOD," 2015.

[27]        A. V. Betin, A. Shakoori, D. A. Betin, and M. Mortazavi, "Assessment influence of incomplete similarity of dynamically scaled models on flight-test results," 2015.

[28]        S. Azizi and M. Mortazavi, "An adaptive geno-fuzzy approach to three-axis electromagnetic control of microsatellite," in 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2015: IEEE, pp. 1-11.

[29]        A. Askari, M. Mortazavi, and H. Talebi, "UAV formation control via the virtual structure approach," Journal of Aerospace Engineering, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 04014047, 2015.

[30]        A. Adami, M. Mortazavi, M. Nosratollahi, M. Taheri, and J. Sajadi, "Multidisciplinary design optimization and analysis of hydrazine monopropellant propulsion system," International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, vol. 2015, 2015.

[31]        A. Adami, M. Mortazavi, and M. Nosratollahi, "Heat Transfer Modeling of Bipropellant Thrusters for using in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Algorithm," Journal of Fluid Flow, vol. 2, 2015.

[32]        A. Adami, M. Mortazavi, and M. Nosratollahi, "Multi-modular design optimization and multidisciplinary design optimization," International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems, vol. 3, no. 2/3, pp. 156-170, 2015.

[33]        A. Adami, M. Mortazavi, and M. Nosratollahi, "Multidisciplinary design hybrid optimization of hydrazine monopropellant propulsion system," Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 88, no. 6, 2015.

[34]        A. Adami, M. Mortazavi, and M. Nosratollahi, "Multidisciplinary design optimization of hydrogen peroxide monopropellant propulsion system using GA and SQP," International Journal of Computer Applications, vol. 113, no. 9, 2015.

[35]        A. Adami, M. Mortazavi, and M. Nosratollahi, "Multidisciplinary design optimization of a deorbit maneuver considering propulsion, TPS, and trajectory," International Journal of Computer Applications, vol. 116, no. 23, 2015.

[36]        A. Adami, M. Mortazavi, and M. Nosratollahi, "A new approach in multidisciplinary design optimization of upper-stages using combined framework," Acta Astronautica, vol. 114, pp. 174-183, 2015.

[37]        A. Motamedi, M. Mortazavi, J. Roshaniyan, and A. Babaei, "Continuous Curvature Trajectory Planning Based on Dubins Path and Bézier Curve for UAVs," Journal of Aeronautical Engineering, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 49-64, 2014.

[38]        M. MOHAMMADI, M. MORTAZAVI, and M. MALEKAN, "LAUNCH WINDOW FOR A SAMPLE MICRO-SATELLITE," 2014.

[39]        M. R. Mortazavi and M. Mortazavi, "Identification of Aircraft Dynamic Model Using Artificial Neural Networks," Aerospace Knowledge and Technology Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 15-23, 2013.

[40]        A. R. Babaei, M. Mortazavi, and M. H. Moradi, "Fuzzy sliding mode autopilot design for nonminimum phase and nonlinear UAV," Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 499-509, 2013.

[41]        A. Babaei, M. Mortazavi, and M. Menhaj, "Robust and computational efficient autopilot design: A hybrid approach based on classic control and genetic-fuzzy sliding mode control," The Aeronautical Journal, vol. 117, no. 1194, pp. 839-859, 2013.

[42]        D. Abbasi and M. Mortazavi, "Research Article A New Concept for Atmospheric Reentry Optimal Guidance: An Inverse Problem Inspired Approach," 2013.

[43]        D. Abbasi and M. Mortazavi, "A new concept for atmospheric reentry optimal guidance: an inverse problem inspired approach," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2013, 2013.

[44]        A. Shakoori, M. Mortazavi, and H. Nobahari, "Aircraft dynamically similar model design using simulated annealing," Applied Mechanics and Materials, vol. 225, pp. 323-328, 2012.

[45]        M. Mortazavi and A. Askari, "The Utilization of High Fidelity Simulation in the Support of UAV Launch Phase Design: Three Case Studies," Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology, vol. 9, no. 2, 2012.

[46]        F. Kermanshahi, M. H. Mohajerani, M. H. Babini, and M. Mortazavi, "Design and Manufacturing of Sun Motion Simulator Applied to Satellites Attitude Determination," Applied Mechanics and Materials, vol. 110, pp. 2504-2512, 2012.

[47]        A. R. Babaei, M. Mortazavi, and M. H. Moradi, "Fuzzy-genetic autopilot design for nonminimum phase and nonlinear unmanned aerial vehicles," Journal of aerospace engineering, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 1-9, 2012.

[48]        A. D. Mortazavi M., "Online Optimal Reentry Guidance via Matched Asymptotic Expansion," Journal of Space Science and Technology, vol. 3, no. 4, 2011.

[49]        F. Kermanshahi, M. Mohagheghi, and S. Sadati, "Reliability Analysis, Design Improvements and Maintenance Procedure Compilation of a Novel Remotely Piloted Helicopter," in Infotech@ Aerospace 2011, 2011, p. 1545.

[50]        A. R. Babaei, M. Mortazavi, and M. H. Moradi, "Classical and fuzzy-genetic autopilot design for unmanned aerial vehicles," Applied Soft Computing, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 365-372, 2011.

[51]        A. Adami, M. Nosratollahi, M. Mortazavi, and M. Hosseini, "Multidisciplinary design optimization of a manned reentry mission considering trajectory and aerodynamic configuration," in Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies-RAST2011, 2011: IEEE, pp. 598-603.

[52]        M. Nosratollahi, M. Mortazavi, A. Adami, and M. Hosseini, "Multidisciplinary design optimization of a reentry vehicle using genetic algorithm," Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 82, no. 3, pp. 194-203, 2010.

[53]        F. Kermanshahi et al., "Design, optimization, and building flight model of an operational unmanned helicopter," in 2010 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2010: IEEE, pp. 1-10.

[54]        M. M. Babaei. A.R., "Fuzzy Altitude Autopilot Design for UAV," Mechanics and Aerospace Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, 2010.

[55]        A. Babaei and M. Mortazavi, "Fuzzy Altitude Autopilot Design for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles," 2010.

[56]        A. Babaei and M. Mortazavi, "Fast trajectory planning based on in‐flight waypoints for unmanned aerial vehicles," Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 82, no. 2, pp. 107-115, 2010.

[57]        A. Babaei and M. Mortazavi, "Three-dimensional curvature-constrained trajectory planning based on in-flight waypoints," Journal of Aircraft, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 1391-1398, 2010.

[58]        S. P. Khaligh and M. Mortazavi, "Modeling and optimal control of a 3-axis motion simulator," 2009.

[59]        A. Ravanbakhsh, M. Mortazavi, and J. Roshanian, "Multidisciplinary design optimization approach to conceptual design of a LEO earth observation microsatellite," in SpaceOps 2008 Conference, 2008, p. 3259.

[60]        A. Naghash, R. Esmaelzadeh, M. Mortazavi, and R. Jamilnia, "Near optimal guidance law for descent to a point using inverse problem approach," Aerospace Science and Technology, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 241-247, 2008.

[61]        R. Esmaelzadeh, A. Naghash, and M. Mortazavi, "Near optimal re-entry guidance law using inverse problem approach," Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 187-198, 2008.

[62]        R. Esmaelzadeh, A. Naghash, and M. Mortazavi, "An Explicit Reentry Guidance Law Using Bezier Curves," Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, vol. 50, no. 170, pp. 225-230, 2008.

[63]        M. Mortazavi, "LQG/LTR Robust Autopilot of a UAV with Kalman Filter," in ICNPAA-2006: Mathematical Problems in Engineering and Aerospace Sciences, 2006.

[64]        M. Mortazavi, "Controller design for in flight dynamic behavior Simulation of fighter aircraft by a UAV platform," in ICNPAA-2006: Mathematical Problems in Engineering and Aerospace Sciences, 2006.

[65]        R. Esmaelzadeh, A. Naghash, and M. Mortazavi, "Rendezvous trajectory optimization using real genetic algorithm combined with gradient method," WSEAS Transactions on Systems, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 2875-2880, 2006.

[66]        R. Esmaelzadeh, A. Naghash, and M. Mortazavi, "Global optimal solution of rendezvous problem using a hybrid approach," in The 6th International Conference on Simulation, Modeling and Optimization (SMO'06), 2006, pp. 22-24.

[67]        M. M. Babaei A.R., "Development of a Novel Missile Guidance Method to maneuvering Targets Based on Lyapunov Stability Theorem," Mechanics and Aerospace Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 2006.

[68]        A. BABAEI and M. Mortazavi, "New Lyapunov Stability Theory Based Guidance Law for Missiles against Maneuvering Targets," 2006.

[69]        R. Esmaelzadeh, A. Naghash, and M. Mortazavi, "Hybrid trajectory optimization using genetic algorithms," in Proceedings of the 1 st International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization, 2005.

[70]        M. Mortazavi, "Trajectory determination using inverse dynamics and reentry trajectory optimization," Ph. D. Thesis, Moscow Aviation Institute, 2000.

[71]        A. Shakoori, A. V. Betin, D. A. Betin, and M. Mortazavi, "Browse Article."

[72]        A. Shakoori, A. V. Betin, A. Askari, and M. Mortazavi, "Flight Test of Dynamically Similar Models in the Presence of Non-standard Atmosphere."

[73]        S. M. S. Mousavi and M. Mortazavi, "Modeling and Identification of Earth Magnetic Field Simulator."

[74]        S. M. S. Mousavi and M. Mortazavi, "Functional Tests of Earth Magnetic Field Simulator."

[75]        S. M. S. Mousavi and M. Mortazavi, "Design Method Proposition of Earth Magnetic Field Simulator For Magnetic Tests of Satellite."

[76]        O. Kazemifar, A. Babaee, and M. MORTAZAVI, "Online Netted Threat-Avoidance Guidance of UAVs."

[77]        R. Esmaelzadeh, A. Naghash, and M. Mortazavi, "EXPLICIT PLANAR REENTRY GUIDANCE LAW."

[78]        R. Esmaelzadeh, "Optimal Rendezvous Trajectory Using a Hybrid Approach."

[79]        A. Dastanpour, M. Menhaj, and M. Mortazavi, "LFT-BASED OPTIMAL ROBUST STABILIZATION OF PLANTS WITH USE OF H∞-BOUNDED NLC FACTOR UNCERTAINTY DESCRIPTION."