Amin Deyranlou - Academic Staff

Amin is a Mechanical Engineer and works at the interface of Mechanical Engineering, Computational Modelling, and Medical Sciences. Holding a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Manchester, and experienced working in industry (as an engineer) and academia (as a research associate, research fellow, and now lecturer), Amin is an active researcher in his field and teaches a wide range of modules in Mechanical Engineering and relevant fields. Amin’s teaching philosophy is founded on a research-informed basis, where he tries to amalgamate the fundamental concepts with their applications in his various research fields.

Dr Amin Deyranlou is a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering here. He joined us in October 2023 to be involved in research and teaching within the School. In teaching, Amin delivers a wide range of modules in Mechanical Engineering and relevant fields in Engineering Mathematics, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Energy Systems, and Computer Modelling. In research, Amin is working at the interface of Mechanical Engineering, Medical Sciences, and Computer Modelling. His primary research theme is Numerical Modelling and Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD), where he implements these techniques in Bioengineering and more specifically Biofluid Mechanics of Cardiovascular Flows.

Amin received all his degrees, i.e., BSc, MSc, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering. In September 2017, Amin started his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manchester (UoM) to work at the interface of computational modelling and cardiovascular flows. During his PhD, Amin was fully supported through the highly prestigious and competitive President’s Doctoral Scholar (PDS) awarded by the University of Manchester.

During his PhD, in a collaborative and multidisciplinary project, Amin studied the effects of Atrial Fibrillation on cardiovascular flows. The project convened people from different schools and divisions, across the School of Engineering and Medical Sciences at UoM, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, and Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester.

After he finished his PhD in March 2021, he joined the Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering at University College London (UCL) as a Research Fellow in CFD modelling of cardiovascular flows. Amin spent two years at UCL, where he worked in Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (WEISS) and collaborated with the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. In April 2023, Amin returned to Manchester, where he worked there as a Research Associate in CFD and heat transfer. In October 2023, Amin joined us as a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering.

1. Computer Simulation: The general theme of my research is analytical solutions, numerical methods and computer simulation of physical phenomena in the area of fluid mechanics and thermal sciences. Experience in different numerical methods, i.e., finite difference, finite volume, and finite element; research in the areas of complex flows, non-Newtonian fluids, multiphase flow, multiphysics, and multi scale problems are all the areas I have worked in. In order to accomplish the projects in the aforementioned scopes, analytical methods, programming languages (C++, FORTRAN, Python, MATLAB), commercial codes (Ansys package: Fluent, CFX, Mechanical, Meshing, Ensight; ADINA), open-source codes (OpenFOAM, SimVascular), CAD software (SolidWorks, ScanIP, FreeCAD, Autodesk Meshmixer), and image processing software (VTK, VMTK, ScanIP) have been employed. 2. Biofluid Mechanics & Bioengineering: Over the past few years, my focus has been on Fluid Mechanics, specifically, Biofluid Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering profiting from Analytical Methods and Numerical Techniques. Healthcare-related issues have been always an essential need, which is accompanied by societal and economic impacts. Therefore, a clear look has been always needed to mitigate their detrimental consequences and promote public health in societies. In that sense, multidisciplinary collaboration in this area can resiliently manifest the power of science. Working with engineers from different disciplines, clinicians, and manufacturers have brought invaluable experience over the past few years. Over the past decade, the concept of Digital Twins and the role of Big Data in clinical settings have formed a novel approach to addressing public health needs from the very initial stage (admission to a health practitioner) towards the final stage (treatment). Examples of successful role models are ‘Heart Flow’, ‘Babylon’, and ‘Huma’. The accomplishment of the latter concept requires solid knowledge in physiology, engineering, mathematics and physics, statistics, computer science, data analysis, and machine learning. Therefore, bridging between different disciplines necessitates improving the skills and knowledge in the outlined fields. Over the years and my experience in university and industry, I have developed the infrastructure to be able to work at the interface of Mechanical Engineering, healthcare, and technology. 3. Energy & Environment: In addition to healthcare, energy and environment are other areas, which have caught substantial attention over the past few decades. Appropriate exploitations of natural resources, reducing carbon emissions and greenhouse effects, global warming, green energies, water crisis, etc. are important energy and environmental issues that have triggered many types of research, actions, and debates. I have recently started to work in the area of energy and environment to specifically combat carbon emissions and fuel poverty. In these projects, analytical approaches from fundamental laws of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and numerical methods are being used to elevate heat efficiencies inside different types of buildings and for energy audits.

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