Mostafa Hassanalian, PhD

• Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 2018
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 2016
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, 2013
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, 2011

• MENG 352L: Instrumentation & Measurement

• MENG 210: Sophomore Design & Measurements
• MENG 589- AE 489-MENG 489: Bioinspiration and Biomimetics
• ST-589/D: Intro to UAS
• MENG 431/L: Fluid and Thermal Systems
• MENG 589- AE 489-MENG 489: Aircraft Design
• MENG 589- AE 489-MENG 489: Drones

• AE 311: Aerodynamics

Dr. Hassanalian's publications are viewable here:

https://sites.google.com/nmt.edu/afasl/publications?authuser=0

• 1- Amphibious drone team: In this project, an amphibious hybrid unnamed system is designed and manufactured which will be able to fly in the air and in the water. To this end, a new concept of an attachable and detachable underwater robot to a fixed-wing UAV has been proposed. The underwater robot in this hybrid concept will be separated from the drone to perform the mission under the water and after accomplishing the mission will be reattached to the drone. This novel concept can be used for sustained observations of marine biodiversity for improved understanding of marine ecosystems.
   
  2- Model Airplane Team: The objective of this team is to design and manufacture unmanned airplanes for AIAA DBF or SAE competitions.
   
  3- Spherical Drone: The purpose of this project is to design and manufacture a a cost-efficient drone that can assist in surveying dangerous or difficult to reach sections of an active mining operation. The drone has to be durable, affordable, easily operable, manufacturable, and fixable, while equipped with sensors and cameras.
   
  4- Steinhoff prosthetic: The Steinhoff Prosthetic Research Initiative (SPRI) began in the fall of 2017 with the goal of building a functional, affordable prosthetic for Ms. Edie Steinhoff, who lost the fingers on her left hand in a do-it-yourself project. I became the advisor of this team in fall 2019. This team was advised by Dr. Grow before. In this project, students apply a neuroscience-based approach in order to connect EMG electromyography sensors to the signal that Edie’s brain is sending to her nerves in her residual limb.