About me

I am Saeid Bayat, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, working under the supervision of Prof. Lei Zuo. My research focuses on control co-design (CCD) and multidisciplinary design optimization for renewable energy systems, with applications in floating offshore wind turbines and wave energy converters.

I earned my Ph.D. in Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (UIUC), advised by Prof. James T. Allison, where I worked on integrating optimization, advanced control, and physical system modeling to improve the performance of complex engineered systems.

Broadly, my work spans control co-design, renewable energy system design, AI-based and surrogate-assisted modeling, mechatronics and embedded systems, and hardware-in-the-loop testing. I enjoy developing computational frameworks and experimental validation approaches that connect control, dynamics, and physical hardware to enable more efficient and resilient clean energy technologies.

Here is my CV and feel free to contact me for collaboration or opportunities.

News

• Jun ‘26: Our University of Michigan wave energy research on Beaver Island was featured by UpNorthLive, Bridge Michigan, and Grist.
• Apr ‘26: Our team won the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Power at Sea Prize – DEVELOP Phase, receiving a $75,000 award to advance offshore renewable energy technologies.
• Apr ‘26: Our research on a hybrid floating wind–wave energy platform was featured by The Science Matters.
• Dec ‘25: Our paper titled “Modeling and Dynamic Simulation of a Hybrid Floating Wind–Wave Platform With Integrated Flap-Type Wave Energy Converters” is published in Ocean Engineering.