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Name: Saeid Lotfian

E-Mail: Saeid.lotfian@strath.ac.uk

Tel: +447828663566

Work unit: Research Fellow in Materials and Structures

Degree: Ph.D.

Title: Dr

Position: Researcher

Profile: Dr Saeid Lotfian is a Research Fellow in Energy Materials within the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. He obtained his BSc in metallurgy and materials engineering at Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) in 2002. He graduated in materials science and engineering at Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) in 2005 and got his PhD at Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) in 2014. He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers. His research has focused on developing novel, smart and multifunctional materials and structures to address known and emerging challenges in the field of marine engineering and renewable energy generation. As a material scientist and metallurgist, he has been involved in several international projects and research programmes, with a total value of over £5.5M, in collaboration with more than twenty world-leading universities and institutions such as the Max Planck Institute (Germany), Los Alamos National Lab (USA) and IMDEA Materials Institute (Spain). He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers in materials science and engineering. Currently, he is investigating (as project Co-I) the corrosion and fatigue protection of offshore wind turbine structures using additive manufacturing technologies. The funding is from SuperGen Hub flexible fund. Also, as a Co-I, he is leading the structural integrity section in the BASM-WEC (Bionic Adaptive Stretchable Materials for Wave Energy Converter). It is an EPSRC funded project collaborating with the advanced composite group in the Mechanical Aerospace Engineering department and the Lightweight Manufacturing Centre in National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS). He was the University of Strathclyde’s lead researcher in the EPSRC funded “Centre for Advanced Materials for Renewable Energy Generation-CAMREG”. Moreover, he has led a CAMREG Flex Funded research project on “Additive Manufacturing of microarchitecture composite - metal joints for renewable energy applications” and “Investigation on the process and materials characteristic during laser metal deposition” project sponsored by the High-Value Manufacturing Catapult and the Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC).

Presentation title: Corrosion and its mitigation in Offshore Wind