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Research Interests

Control Co-Design, Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Wave Energy Converters, Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization, Model Predictive Control, Optimal Control, Surrogate Modeling, Machine Learning

Education

• Postdoc in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (2024–Now)
• Ph.D. in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, USA (2019–2024)
• M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (2015–2018)
• B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran (2011–2015)

Selected Publications

• Lee, Saeid Bayat, and 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 Allison (2025).
  “Impact of control strategies on the control co‑design of spar floating offshore wind turbines.”
  Ocean Engineering, 336:121763.
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• Lee, Saeid Bayat, Allison, Hossain, and Griffith (2025).
  “Multidisciplinary modeling and control co‑design of a floating offshore vertical‑axis wind turbine system.”
  Journal of Mechanical Design, 147(6):061702.
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• Saeid Bayat, Lee, and Allison (2025).
  “Nested control co‑design of a spar buoy horizontal‑axis floating offshore wind turbine.”
  Ocean Engineering, 328:121037.
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Professional Experience

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, MaRInE Lab, University of Michigan (2024–Now)
  Focus on control co-design for hybrid wind–wave energy systems and proposal development.
• Research Assistant, Engineering System Design Lab, UIUC (2019–2024)
  Specialized in CCD, surrogate modeling, and MPC.
• Research Assistant, Nano Robotics Lab, Sharif University (2015–2018)
• Research Assistant, IDAS Lab, Iran University of Science and Technology (2011–2015)

Skills

• Programming: C++, Python, MATLAB
• Simulation: OpenFAST, WEC-Sim, Capytaine, OpenMDAO
• Real-Time Control: Speedgoat, TwinCAT, Beckhoff
• CAD & Hardware: SOLIDWORKS, STM32 microcontroller
• Machine Learning: PyTorch

Teaching

• Mechatronics (UIUC, 2024, 2023)
• Digital Control Systems (UIUC, 2023)
• Mechatronic Systems (Sharif Univ., 2017–2018)
• MATLAB Software (IUST, 2014)

Awards

• Best Student Paper Award, ASME IDETC/CIE 2025
• Rank 1 in M.Sc. Class, Sharif University (2018)
• Elite Student Recognition, Iran Univ. of Science & Tech. (2012, 2014)

References

• Prof. Lei Zuo – University of Michigan (leizuo@umich.edu)
• Prof. James T. Allison – UIUC (jtalliso@illinois.edu)
• Dr. Yong Hoon Lee – University of Memphis (yhlee@memphis.edu)