Lecturer in Engineering

Mina joined the school in Oct 2019 after the completion of her PhD at Brunel University London.

Mina completed her BSc in electronics engineering at Shahrood University of Technology in Iran. After 5 years of work experience as a design engineer in low and high voltage transmission/distribution, she decided to continue her education by studying an MSc in advanced digital system (University of Hertfordshire) and an MSc in advanced engineering design (Brunel University London).

She started her teaching career during her PhD studies at Brunel University London and International College (University of West of England) in various subjects.

Teaching Expertise

• Fundamentals of electric circuit analysis
• Foundation of electronics
• Analogue electronics
• Signals and systems
• Automatic control

Research Interests

• Multi-disciplinary and complex systems and processes
• Industrial Automation
• Micro and nano sensors
• Micro and nano machining technologies
• Non-Thermal Plasma
• Renewable energy technologies
• Solid-Liquid filtration

Dr Mortazavi is accepting MPhil and PhD Candidates in above research fields

Recent projects

• Co-I: “Characterisation of Industrial Sludge Solutions for an Optimised Dewatering Technique”, participatory England fund; Jan23- Jun23; £14,191

Professional Activities

• Working committee member, Electrostatics 2023 (conference) at Brunel University London- Sep 2023.
• External panel member, Revalidation of “FdSc Power Distribution and Sustainable Energy”, University of Sunderland- May 2023
• Research concordat committee member, University of Bedfordshire, Oct2022- present
• Dielectric and Electrostatics committee member- Institute of physics- Dec21- present

Publications

• Sustainable µECM machining process: indicators and assessment- M. Mortazavi, A. Ivanov, Journal of cleaner production-Volume 235, 20 October 2019, Pages 1580-1590 doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.313
• μECM process investigation considering pulse signal features and EDL capacitance - M. Mortazavi, A. Ivanov, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2019, pp1-12 doi.org/10.1007/s00170-019-03864-2
• Electro-osmosis dewatering as an energy efficient technique for drying food materials - A. Menon, T. Mashyamombe, E. Kaygen, M. Mortazavi, V. Stojceska, Energy Procedia, 2019,Volume 161,pp 123-132 doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.02.069
• Sustainability of Micro Electrochemical Machining: Discussion - M. Mortazavi and A. Ivanov, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies book series (SIST, volume 68), pp203-210 doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_20

Conference paper

• Modelling of Electric Field Distribution in A Non-thermal Plasma Reactor Using COMSOL Multiphysics- M. Mortazavi, L. Amato, N. Manivannan, M. Abbod, W. Balachandran, COMSOL EOUROP Conference (paper and presentation)- October 2020.
• Advanced applications of micro ECM technology (nanoMan 1157) - A. Ivanov and M. Mortazavi, 5th International Conference on Nano-manufacturing, 15-17 August 2016, Macau, China.

Contact Details

T: +44 (0)1582 743796
E: mina.mortazavi@beds.ac.uk