PhD Students
Daizy Rajput (pending minor revision)
Optimal Transmission System for Energy-Efficient Electrified Powertrains
Funder: FEV (50%) & Coventry University via Centre for Future Transport & Cities (50%)
Supervisors: Dr Arash M. Dizqah (PI, University of Sussex), Dr Mauro S. Innocente (DoS), 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
Funder: Coventry University via Centre for Mobility & Transport Studentship
Supervisor & PI: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Dr Zihao Liu (2022, Coventry University), ORCID
Mission Dependent Predictive Engine and After-Treatment Control Strategies for Passenger Car Diesel Engines
Supervisors: Dr Arash M. Dizqah (PI, University of Sussex), Dr Olivier Haas (DoS), Dr José M. Herreros (University of Birmingham)
Dr Brandon L. Ballard (2022, Coventry University), ORCID
Distributed Predictive Control Strategies for Active Suspension Systems with Preview
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) 