Short CV

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Education

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Michigan (2024–Present)
• Ph.D., Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (2019–2024)
• M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics), Sharif University of Technology (2015–2018)
• B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (2011–2015)

Research Interests

• Marine renewable energy systems
• Control co-design
• Multidisciplinary design optimization
• AI-guided engineering design
• Data-driven modeling and surrogate modeling
• Dynamics and control
• Hardware-in-the-loop experimentation

Research Highlights

• 17 peer-reviewed journal publications (13 first-author)
• 6 peer-reviewed conference publications
• 209+ citations, h-index: 10, i10-index: 10
• Research contributions across marine renewable energy, floating offshore wind, wave energy, control co-design, and AI-guided engineering design

Selected Honors

• Winner, DOE Power at Sea Prize – DEVELOP Phase (2026)
• Best Paper Award Winner (1st Place), ASME IDETC/CIE 2025 VIB Track
• Selected Technologist Award, Sharif University of Technology (2018)
• Rank 5 among ~100 Mechanical Engineering graduates, Iran University of Science and Technology (2015)
• Elite Student Recognition, Iran University of Science and Technology (2012, 2014)

Selected Publications

• Saeid Bayat, Jerry Zuo, and Jing Sun (2026).
  “Modeling and Dynamic Simulation of a Hybrid Floating Wind–Wave Platform with Integrated Flap-Type Wave Energy Converters.”
  Ocean Engineering.
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• Saeid Bayat and Lei Zuo (2026).
  “Multidisciplinary Control Co-Design of a Spar–Torus Hybrid Wind–Wave Energy System.”
  Journal of Mechanical Design.
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• Saeid Bayat, Chad Peterson, Yong Hoon Lee, Jenna Iori, and James T. Allison (2026).
  “Advancing Wind Turbines Through Control Co-Design: An Integrative Review.”
  Applied Energy, 416:127951.
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• Yong Hoon Lee, Saeid Bayat, and James T. Allison (2025).
  “Wind Turbine Control Co-Design Using Dynamic System Derivative Function Surrogate Model (DFSM) Based on OpenFAST Linearization.”
  Applied Energy, 396:126203.
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• Saeid Bayat and James T. Allison (2026).
  “Control Co-Design With Varying Available Information Applied to Vehicle Suspensions.”
  Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 148(1):011013.
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Professional Experience

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, MaRInE Lab, University of Michigan (2024–Present)
  Research on marine renewable energy systems, including wave energy converters, riverine energy converters, floating offshore wind turbines, and hybrid wind–wave platforms. Work integrates control co-design, optimization, data-driven modeling, simulation, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.

• Research Assistant, Engineering System Design Laboratory, UIUC (2019–2024)
  Developed control co-design frameworks, surrogate models, AI-guided design methods, and optimization approaches for complex mechanical and renewable energy systems.

Teaching

• Guest Lecturer, Marine Dynamics III, University of Michigan (2025)
• Guest Lecturer, Marine Energy and the Blue Economy, University of Michigan (2025)
• Co-Instructor, Mechatronics, UIUC (2024)
• Guest Lecturer, Control Co-Design, UIUC (2022–2023)
• Teaching Assistant, Mechatronics and Digital Control Systems, UIUC
• Teaching Assistant, Mechatronic Systems, Sharif University of Technology
• Instructor, MATLAB Software, Iran University of Science and Technology

Student Mentoring

• Mentored 5 graduate students and 3 undergraduate researchers
• Mentoring outcomes include journal publications, conference papers, and manuscripts under review

Professional Service

• Reviewer for Applied Energy
• Reviewer for Ocean Engineering
• Reviewer for Journal of Mechanical Design
• Reviewer for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Media Coverage

• UpNorthLive — “Could Lake Michigan Waves Help Power Beaver Island?”
• Grist — “This Island in the Great Lakes Wants to Tap Waves for Energy”
• Bridge Michigan — “Michigan Island Needs Reliable Power. Can Great Lakes Waves Provide It?”
• The Science Matters — “A Floating Platform that Captures both Wind and Wave Energy”
• University of Michigan NA&ME — “U-M Team Wins ASME Best Student Paper”