Contact Dr Dr. Mostafa Ranjbar
- Tel: 00441234754117
- Email: Mostafa.Ranjbar@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Aerospace Structures
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
- Design, Strategy & Innovation
- Manufacturing of Functional Materials
- Structures and Materials
Background
Mostafa received his PhD from the Technical University of Dresden in Germany in mechanical engineering. He has worked for more than two decades in automotive, railway and aerospace applications. He is an international pioneer in the design and development of bioinspired mechanical metamaterials and vibroacoustic. He has extensive international experiences in industrial research, delivering of high-quality teaching, supervision, and giving key-note speeches in various countries including of Germany, UK, USA, Turkey, Cyprus, and Iran. He is endorsed as a talent in design of mechanical metamaterials by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering in 2023.
Mostafa is the member of institute of acoustics (MOIA) and fellow of higher education academy (FHEA). He is Deputy Director of Advanced Mechanical Engineering (AME) MSc Course in Cranfield University.
Research opportunities
I am working on the theory and application of mechanical and vibroacoustic metamaterials for engineering areas.
Current activities
Mostafa is currently working on the development of the mechanical and vibroacoustic metamaterials.
Clients
Local and international clients from the aerospace, automotive and renewable energy sectors.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Ding R, Liu G-L, Liu S-C, Ranjbar M, Potter A, .... (2025). Effect of the combined use of cryogenic + aging treatment on mechanical and damping property of Mn-Cu alloy based on response surface model. Materials Today Communications, 46
- Lakshminarayanan V, Ranjbar M, Ibrahim KA & Luo Z. (2024). A scalable optical meta-surface glazing design for agricultural greenhouses. Physica Scripta, 99(3)
- Ranjbar M & Bayer MU. (2024). Design of acoustic coating for underwater stealth in low-frequency ranges. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 46(3)
- Hosseinkhani A, Younesian D & Ranjbar M. (2023). Vibration Mitigation in the Railcar Floor Panel Using a Topologically Optimized Auxetic Layer. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 23(09)
- Zhilyaev I, Anerao N, Kottapalli AGP, Yilmaz MC, Murat M, .... (2022). Fully-printed metamaterial-type flexible wings with controllable flight characteristics. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 17(2)
- Hosseinkhani A, Younesian D, Krushynska AO, Ranjbar M & Scarpa F. (2022). Full-Gradient Optimization of the Vibroacoustic Performance of (Non-)auxetic Sandwich Panels. Transport in Porous Media, 142(1-2)
- Mazloomi MS & Ranjbar M. (2022). Hybrid Design Optimization of Sandwich Panels with Gradient Shape Anti-Tetrachiral Auxetic Core for Vibroacoustic Applications. Transport in Porous Media, 142(1-2)
- Zhilyaev I, Krushinsky D, Ranjbar M & Krushynska AO. (2022). Hybrid machine-learning and finite-element design for flexible metamaterial wings. Materials & Design, 218
- Hosseinkhani A, Younesian D, Ranjbar M & Scarpa F. (2021). Enhancement of the vibro-acoustic performance of anti-tetra-chiral auxetic sandwich panels using topologically optimized local resonators. Applied Acoustics, 177
- Panahi E, Hosseinkhani A, Khansanami MF, Younesian D & Ranjbar M. (2021). Novel cross shape phononic crystals with broadband vibration wave attenuation characteristic: Design, modeling and testing. Thin-Walled Structures, 163
- Eghbali P, Younesian D, Moayedizadeh A & Ranjbar M. (2020). Study in circular auxetic structures for efficiency enhancement in piezoelectric vibration energy harvesting. Scientific Reports, 10(1)
- Arslan H, Ranjbar M, Secgin E & Celik V. (2020). Theoretical and experimental investigation of acoustic performance of multi-chamber reactive silencers. Applied Acoustics, 157
- Hosseinkhani A, Younesian D & Ranjbar M. (2020). Vibro-Acoustic Analysis and Topology Optimization of Anti-Tetra Chiral Auxetic Lattices Driven by Different Colored Noises. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 20(11)
- Mazloomi MS, Ranjbar M, Boldrin L, Scarpa F, Patsias S, .... (2018). Vibroacoustics of 2D gradient auxetic hexagonal honeycomb sandwich panels. Composite Structures, 187
- Hussain G, Ranjbar M & Hassanzadeh S. (2017). Trade-off among mechanical properties and energy consumption in multi-pass friction stir processing of Al7075 alloy employing neural network–based genetic optimization. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 231(1)
- Ranjbar M, Boldrin L, Scarpa F, Neild S & Patsias S. (2016). Vibroacoustic optimization of anti-tetrachiral and auxetic hexagonal sandwich panels with gradient geometry. Smart Materials and Structures, 25(5)
- Ranjbar M. (2013). Fast Vibroacoustic Optimization of Mechanical Structures Using Artificial Neural Networks. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications, 1(3)
- Ranjbar M, Marburg S & Hardtke H-J. (2012). Structural-acoustic optimization of a rectangular plate: A tabu search approach. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 50(1)
- RANJBAR M, HARDTKE H-J, FRITZE D & MARBURG S. (2010). FINDING THE BEST DESIGN WITHIN LIMITED TIME: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY ON METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION IN STRUCTURAL ACOUSTICS. Journal of Computational Acoustics, 18(02)
- Emül A & Ranjbar M. A review on design optimization approaches of coupled-structural acoustic systems. Journal of Structural Engineering & Applied Mechanics, 1(2)