Dr Amin Paykani

Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Propulsion Systems
Research Lead of The Centre for Intelligent Transport
School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Member of Mr Cihat Ustun's Research Group
Research
Combustion engineering, Zero/low carbon fuels, low-order modelling, Machine learning, thermal management
Interests
Amin Paykani is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Propulsion Systems in the School of Engineering and Materials Science (SEMS) at Queen Mary University of London. Prior to joining QMUL, he held academic positions at the University of Hertfordshire and ETH Zurich. Amin's research is primarily focused on studying low/zero-carbon energy vectors for the decarbonisation of transport. He is renowned for his work on the creation of low-order and machine learning-assisted surrogate models, which aim to reduce computational costs in the study of reactive systems. He has been the recipient of several funding grants from EPSRC and Royal Society. He is always looking for high-quality PhD students and postgraduate visitors. If you are interested in any of the topics/areas, please contact me for more details.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Intelligent Transport2026
Machine learning-enabled uncertainty quantification for thermo-catalytic reactors: A study on fugitive methane oxidation in monolith reactorsSoyler I Üstün CE Paykani A Jiang X Karimi N
Fuel, Elsevier Bv vol. 407, 137466-137466.
01-03-2026
2025
Integrated Energy Optimization and Stability Control Using Deep Reinforcement Learning for an All-Wheel-Drive Electric VehicleJafari R Sarhadi P Paykani A Refaat SS Asef P
IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 6, 2583-2606.
04-09-2025
Experimental Evaluation of Axial Multinozzle Impinging Oil Jets for End-Winding Cooling in Electric Vehicle Hairpin Traction MotorsMaddumage W Pollock R Mehran K Paykani A
IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 11 (6), 12951-12963.
18-08-2025
Thermal management of hairpin winding traction motors in electric vehicles: Parametric evaluation of impinging oil jet cooling using CFD simulationsMaddumage W Ouenzerfi S Harmand S Cairns A
Applied Thermal Engineering, Elsevier vol. 273
01-08-2025
Machine Learning Applications for Predicting Fuel Ignition and Flame Properties: Current Status and Future PerspectivesÜstün CE De Freitas RDSM Okafor EC Shahbakhti M Jiang X Paykani A
Energy & Fuels, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 39 (28), 13281-13314.
07-07-2025
An ensemble learning algorithm for optimization of spark ignition engine performance fuelled with methane/hydrogen blendsTayarani-N. M-H Paykani A
Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier vol. 168
01-01-2025
A TD3-Based Reinforcement Learning Algorithm With Curriculum Learning for Adaptive Yaw Control in All-Wheel-Drive Electric VehiclesJafari R Sarhadi P Paykani A Refaat SS Asef P
IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 13, 127150-127169.
01-01-2025
On-the-fly uncertainty-aware deep ensembles for stiff chemical kineticsÜstün CE Paykani A
Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Elsevier vol. 41
01-01-2025
2024
Perspectives on NO X Emissions and Impacts from Ammonia Combustion ProcessesMashruk S Shi H Mazzotta L Ustun CE Aravind B Meloni R Alnasif A Boulet E et al.
Energy & Fuels, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 38 (20), 19253-19292.
02-10-2024
Probabilistic machine learning framework for chemical source term integration with Gaussian Processes: H 2 /air auto-ignition caseÜstün CE Paykani A
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Elsevier vol. 81, 47-55.
01-09-2024
Data-driven prediction of laminar burning velocity for ternary ammonia/hydrogen/methane/air premixed flamesÜstün CE Eckart S Valera-Medina A Paykani A
Fuel, Elsevier vol. 368
01-07-2024
Optimal Torque Allocation for All-Wheel-Drive Electric Vehicles Using a Reinforcement Learning AlgorithmJafari R Sarhadi P Paykani A
2024 13th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO). vol. 00, 1-5.
14-06-2024
2023
Effect of radiation on laminar flame speed determination in spherically propagating NH3-air, NH3/CH4-air and NH3/H2-air flames at normal temperature and pressureFaghih Valera-Medina A Paykani A
Combustion and Flame, Elsevier vol. 257
01-11-2023
Applying machine learning techniques to predict laminar burning velocity for ammonia/hydrogen/air mixturesÜstün CE Herfatmanesh MR Valera-Medina A Paykani A
Energy and AI, Elsevier vol. 13
10-05-2023
Numerical Study of Oil Jet Cooling in Electric Traction Motors with Hairpin WindingsMaddumage W Cairns A
2023 IEEE Workshop on Electrical Machines Design, Control and Diagnosis (WEMDCD).
13-04-2023
2022
Hybridizing solid oxide fuel cells with internal combustion engines for power and propulsion systems: A reviewChehrmonavari H Kakaee A Hosseini SE Desideri U Tsatsaronis G Floerchinger G
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier vol. 171
08-11-2022
Synthesis gas as a fuel for internal combustion engines in transportationPaykani A Chehrmonavari H Alger T
Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Elsevier vol. 90
18-02-2022
2021
Reactivity controlled compression ignition engine: Pathways towards commercial viabilityPaykani A Garcia A Shahbakhti M Reitz RD
Applied Energy, Elsevier vol. 282
14-11-2021
Computational optimization of CH4/H2/CO blends in a spark-ignition engine using quasi-dimensional combustion modelPaykani A Frouzakis CE Schürch C Perini F
Fuel, Elsevier vol. 303
01-11-2021
Comparative study on chemical kinetics mechanisms for methane-based fuel mixtures under engine-relevant conditionsPaykani A
Energies, Mdpi vol. 14 (10)
14-05-2021
2020
Effect of injection strategies on a single-fuel RCCI combustion fueled with isobutanol/isobutanol + DTBP blendsMohammadian A Chehrmonavari H Kakaee A
Fuel, Elsevier vol. 278
18-06-2020
Effect of Syngas Composition on the Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of a Syngas/Diesel RCCI EngineKousheshi N Yari M Paykani A
Energies, Mdpi vol. 13 (1)
02-01-2020
2019
Numerical optimization of methane-based fuel blends under engine-relevant conditions using a multi-objective genetic algorithmPaykani A Boulouchos K
Applied Energy, Elsevier vol. 242, 1712-1724.
01-05-2019
2018
Numerical Study of Natural Gas/Diesel Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition Combustion with Large Eddy Simulation and Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes ModelKakaee A-H Jafari P
Fluids, Mdpi vol. 3 (2)
28-03-2018
2017
A numerical study of the effects of reformer gas composition on the combustion and emission characteristics of a natural gas/diesel RCCI engine enriched with reformer gasRahnama P Bordbar V
Fuel, Elsevier vol. 209, 742-753.
01-12-2017
A numerical study of the effects of using hydrogen, reformer gas and nitrogen on combustion, emissions and load limits of a heavy duty natural gas/diesel RCCI engineRahnama P Paykani A
Applied Energy, Elsevier vol. 193, 182-198.
01-05-2017
2016
Effects of piston bowl geometry on combustion and emissions characteristics of a natural gas/diesel RCCI engineKakaee A-H Partovi B Paykani A
Applied Thermal Engineering, Elsevier vol. 102, 1462-1472.
01-06-2016
Mathematical optimization of variable valve timing for reducing fuel consumption of a SI engineKakaee H Keshavarz M
Engineering Review vol. 36 (1), 61-69.
01-01-2016
2015
Combining artificial neural network and multi-objective optimization to reduce a heavy-duty diesel engine emissions and fuel consumptionKakaee A-H Rahnama P Paykani A
Journal of Central South University, Springer Nature vol. 22 (11), 4235-4245.
01-11-2015
Effects of diesel injection strategy on natural gas/diesel reactivity controlled compression ignition combustionPaykani A Kakaee A-H Rahnama P
Energy, Elsevier vol. 90, 814-826.
01-10-2015
Progress and recent trends in reactivity-controlled compression ignition enginesPaykani A Kakaee A-H Rahnama P
International Journal of Engine Research, Sage Publications vol. 17 (5), 481-524.
14-07-2015
Influence of fuel composition on combustion and emissions characteristics of natural gas/diesel RCCI engineKakaee A-H Rahnama P
Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Elsevier vol. 25, 58-65.
01-07-2015
CFD Study of Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) Combustion in a Heavy-Duty Diesel EngineKakaee A-H Paykani A
Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering, Periodica Polytechnica Budapest University of Technology and Economics vol. 43 (4), 177-183.
01-01-2015
A parametric study on the performance of a Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube using a CFD-based approachPourmahmoud N Feyzi A Paykani A
Mechanics & Industry, Edp Sciences vol. 16 (2)
01-01-2015
Optimization of spark timing and air-fuel ratio of an SI engine with variable valve timing using genetic algorithm and steepest descend methodKakee AH Sharifipour S Mashadi B
Upb Scientific Bulletin Series D Mechanical Engineering vol. 77 (1), 61-76.
01-01-2015
2014
The influence of fuel composition on the combustion and emission characteristics of natural gas fueled enginesKakaee A-H Ghajar M
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier vol. 38, 64-78.
01-10-2014
Design and energy absorption enhancement of vehicle hull under high dynamic loadsSaeimi-Sadigh M-A Paykani A Afkar A Aminollah D
Journal of Central South University, Springer Nature vol. 21 (4), 1307-1312.
01-04-2014
Investigation on the effects of stiffness and damping coefficients of the suspension system of a vehicle on the ride and handling performanceZehsaz M Vakili-TAHAMI F Paykani A
Upb Scientific Bulletin, Series D: Mechanical Engineering vol. 76 (1), 55-70.
28-02-2014
EFFECT OF RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER ON HCCI MULTIZONE COMBUSTIONAkbarzadeh A Talati F
Heat Transfer Research, Begell House vol. 45 (1), 23-41.
01-01-2014
Design and analysis of a spherical pressure vessel using finite element methodAfkar A Camari MN Paykani A
World Journal of Modelling and Simulation vol. 10 (2), 126-135.
01-01-2014
2013
Numerical Study of Diodicity Mechanism in Different Tesla-Type MicrovalvesNobakht AY Shahsavan M
Journal of Applied Research and Technology, Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico vol. 11 (6), 876-885.
01-12-2013
Research and development of natural-gas fueled engines in IranKakaee A-H Paykani A
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier vol. 26, 805-821.
01-10-2013
Dynamic analysis and design of V-shape plates under blast loadingPaykani A Khosravi MI Saeimi-Sadigh MA Mahmoodi-Kaleibar M
Journal of Vibroengineering vol. 15 (2), 971-978.
01-07-2013
Finite element analysis of composite high-pressure hydrogen storage vesselsMarzbanrad J Paykani A Afkar A Ghajar M
Journal of Materials and Environmental Science vol. 4 (1), 63-74.
21-03-2013
The influence of geometric parameters and mechanical properties of adhesive on stress analysis in adhesively bonded aluminum single lap jointSamaei M Seifan M Afkar A Paykani A
Transactions of Famena vol. 37 (4), 91-98.
01-01-2013
2012
Design of a Composite Drive Shaft and its Coupling for Automotive ApplicationR. Khoshravan M
Journal of Applied Research and Technology, Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico vol. 10 (6)
01-12-2012
Modified Characteristics-Based Schemes for Compressible Flow Past an AirfoilOrang AA
Journal of Mechanics, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 28 (4), 627-635.
16-10-2012
analytical framework for analyzing brake squeal noise using assumed-modes approachBehjat B Afkar A Banan-Nojavani A Paykani A
Journal of Vibroengineering vol. 14 (3), 1354-1361.
04-10-2012
Geometry optimization of double wishbone suspension system via genetic algorithm for handling improvementAfkar A Mahmoodi-Kaleibar M Paykani A
Journal of Vibroengineering vol. 14 (2), 827-837.
23-08-2012
Effect of exhaust gas recirculation and intake pre-heating on performance and emission characteristics of dual fuel engines at part loadsPaykani A Khoshbakhti Saray R Shervani-Tabar MT
Journal of Central South University, Springer Nature vol. 19 (5), 1346-1352.
27-04-2012
2011
Numerical investigations on melt-through prediction and evaluation of residual stress of super-heat steam pipeline during in-service weldingZehsaz M Vakili-Tahami F Saeimi-Sadigh MA Paykani A
International Review of Mechanical Engineering vol. 5 (3), 526-532.
01-01-2011
Feasibility study on increasing the power of the turbine driver of compressor using an absorption refrigeration cycle on cooling circuit of condenserRanjbar SF Ehghaghi-Bonab MB Hanifi M Paykani A
International Review on Modelling and Simulations vol. 4 (2), 918-928.
01-01-2011
Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Exhaust Gas Recirculation on Performance and Emissions Characteristics of a Diesel Engine Fueled with BiodieselPaykani A Akbarzadeh A
International Journal of Engineering and Technology, Iacsit Press vol. 3 (3), 239-243.
01-01-2011
A comparative study of hybrid electric vehicle fuel consumption over diverse driving cyclesPaykani A Shervani-Tabar MT
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, Elsevier vol. 1 (5)
01-01-2011
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Intelligent Transport
Data-Driven Surrogate Modelling for Liquid Ammonia Direct Injection Spray CharacteristicsAmin Paykani
£171,122 Royal Society
31-03-2024 - 28-02-2027
Spray cooling of electric traction motors with hairpin windings: An experimental and CFD analysis-GRANT TRANSFERAmin Paykani
£58,087 Royal Society
01-07-2023 - 31-12-2024
Research Group
Research Staff
PhD Students
- Muzumil Anwar
System-Level Modelling and Optimisation of Green Ammonia Production - Eda Kumcuoglu
Analysis of Heat Transfer Processes in Solar-Assisted Thermo - Waruna Maddumage
Numerical and Experimental Study of Direct Oil Cooling in Electric Traction Motors With Hairpin Windings - Sofia Maynez Faudoa
Computational Modelling of Underground Hydrogen Storage by D - Emre Üstün
Accelerating Zero-Carbon Fuel Combustion Modelling With Machine Learning - Graeme Young
Investigation of The Near-Wall Reacting Flows Over Heterogamous Catalysts
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