PhD Students
Mohammad Tavakol Sadrabadi (2025, Coventry University)
Towards a wildfire propagation forecasting system enhanced by UAV swarms
Main Supervisor & PI: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Zaidan Zyadat (2025, Coventry University)
Multi-mode observer-based flight control of a quad-plane with active wind disturbance and actuator fault rejection
Supervisors: Dr Nadjim Horri (PI), Dr Mauro S. Innocente (DoS), Dr Thomas Statheros
Ioannis Papagiannis (2025, Coventry University)
Efficiency Enhancement of Class-A Foams by Means of Nanoparticles to Fight Wildfires
Funder: Lloyds Registry Foundation International Consortium of Nanotechnologies (LRF-ICON)
Supervisors: Dr Mauro S. Innocente (DoS & PI), Dr Evangelos Gkanas, Prof Guillermo Rein (Imperial College)
Jun Jet Tai (2025, Coventry University)
Towards AI-Enabled Autonomous Aerial Vehicles for Railway Tracks Maintenance Needs Detection
Supervisors: Dr Mauro S. Innocente (DoS & PI), Dr Nadjim Horri, Prof James Brusey
Dr Daizy Rajput (2023, Coventry University)
Optimal Transmission System for Energy-Efficient Hybrid Electrified Powertrains
Supervisors: Dr Mauro S. Innocente (DoS), Dr Arash M. Dizqah (PI, University of Sussex), Dr José M. Herreros (University of Birmingham)
Dr Paolo Grasso (2022, Coventry University), ORCID
Towards an autonomous wildfire suppression system based on swarms of self-organising drones
Supervisor & PI: Dr Mauro S. Innocente (DoS & PI)
Dr Zihao Liu (2022, Coventry University), ORCID
Real-Time Constrained Optimal Control of Diesel Engine Airpath
Supervisors: Dr Olivier Haas (DoS), Dr Arash M. Dizqah (PI, University of Sussex), Dr José M. Herreros (University of Birmingham)
Dr Brandon L. Ballard (2022, Coventry University), ORCID, LinkedIn
Semi-Active Nonlinear Predictive Suspension Control for off-Road Vehicles
Supervisors: Dr Olivier Haas (DoS), Prof Mike Blundell, Dr Arash M. Dizqah (University of Sussex)
MSc Students
Francisco Freire Alves (Coventry University, 2020)
Cellular Automata-Based Modelling of Fire Propagation Underpinning Algorithmic Developments for Autonomous Swarms of Firefighting Drones.
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Job E. Mathews (Coventry University, 2020)
Thermal Modelling of Liquid-Cooled & Convective Heatsinks.
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Luke J. Smith (Coventry University, 2019)
Microscopic Traffic Modelling Using Cellular Automata
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Thomas Staite (Coventry University, 2019)
Development of a Convolutional Neural Network for the Detection of Railway Track Maintenance
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Paul E. Esugo (Coventry University, 2018)
Railway track following using Gazebo simulation and Erle-copter model
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Matthew Sumner (Coventry University, 2018)
Development of a convolutional ANN for image recognition to detect maintenance issues in railway networks by means of autonomous drones
Supervisors: Dr Mauro S. Innocente & Magesh Nagarajan
Ryan Barnes-Batterbee (Coventry University, 2018)
Designing and Implementing a Differential Evolution Algorithm to Train Artificial Neural Networks
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Paolo Grasso (Coventry University, 2017)
Mathematical modelling of spread of fire underpinning algorithmic developments for autonomous swarms of firefighting drones
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Brandon L. Ballard – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2016)
Simulated Firefighting Fleet of Autonomous Drones
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Research Interns
Constantin S. Pavelescu (Coventry University, 2018)
Gazebo simulation, system identification and control of the Erle-copter using Artificial Neural Networks towards path planning
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Paolo Grasso (Coventry University, 2017)
Mathematical modelling of spread of fire underpinning algorithmic developments for autonomous swarms of firefighting drones
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Autonomous Vehicles & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AVAILab) 