Pouria Sarhadi is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Physics, Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Hertfordshire. He has worked as a research fellow at Queen's University Belfast (2021-2022), University of Surrey (2019-2021) and as an adjunct professor at the Babol Noshirvani University of Technology BNUT (2016-2018). He has held key roles to play in the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Horizon Europe projects and provided consultancy to industries. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), a Member of IET (MIET), and also recognised as a UK “Global Talent” by the UKRI. In the past 15 years, he has conducted research on a wide range of ground, marine, and aerial autonomous vehicles, which has resulted in more than 50 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications. Pouria is an Associate Editor in Applied Ocean Research (Elsevier), International Journal of Intelligent Unmanned Systems (Emerald) journals, as well as a member of the IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Technical Committee on Marine Robotic Systems (TC7.2). He is a member of the EPSRC review college and has served as an external examiner for PhD students and as a reviewer for many top-tier journals and funding bodies. He is passionate about transforming academic theories into industrial products. Pouria holds a PhD in Control Engineering, and his research studies include:  

• Autonomous vehicles (Omni-platform: maritime, aerospace, and road).
• Transportation using autonomous and remotely controlled vehicles.
• Control theory and applications (Adaptive control and system identification).
• Machine learning and AI for control and autonomy applications (General autonomy, multi-purpose controllers).
• Modelling and simulation (Model-based and data-driven, XIL, Digital Twins).
• Systems engineering (V&V, Systems of Systems, TRL/SRL).

Pouria is interested in supervising talented and motivated Master and PhD students (* currently, only self-funded projects). Research collaboration can be considered. To discuss this matter further, please contact me by email. 

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