Dr Omid Doustdar PhD, MEng, CEng, SFHEA, MIMechE, MTI

Dr Omid Doustdar

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 414 4249
Email
o.doustdar@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
Department of Mechanical Engineering
School of Engineering
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Omid Doustdar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, and Deputy Head of the SMaRT Research Group.

 

He has more than 10 years of teaching, research, and industrial experience in environmental pollutant control and decarbonisation technologies, working as a research fellow and teaching fellow at the University 麻豆精选, and as a seconded researcher in world-leading industries, collaborating with them on power solutions, marine, and transportation. Additionally, he has extensive industrial experience in textile processing, including its impact on air quality, waste, and the market, enabling him to identify challenges.

His research focuses on net-zero solutions with potential benefits for the manufacturing and textile industry and energy security. His research areas are Nature-Inspired Design, Tribology, Upcycling and Recycling, Air Quality, Environmental Pollutant Control in Textiles, Additive Manufacturing, and Advanced Propulsion Systems.

Dr Doustdar's reserach group at University 麻豆精选 is: TERMEH (Textile – Engineering – Recycling – Materials – Environment – Health).

Qualifications

  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), UK, 2025
  • Chartered Engineer in IMechE, UK, 2025
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK, 2024
  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University 麻豆精选, UK, 2019
  • MEng in Mechanical Engineering, University 麻豆精选, UK, 2012
  • Diploma and Pre-University, National Organisation for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET), Sampad, Tabriz, IRAN, 2007

Awards and Membership in Professional Bodies

  • · Royal Academy of Engineering’s Endorsement as Global Talent, UK, 2021
  • · Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (MIMechE)
  • · Member of the Textile Institute (MTI)
  • · Member of the Polish Scientific Society of Engineers (MPSSCE)
  • · Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers International (MSAE)
  • · Member of IMechE Automobile Division, Birmingham Centre, UK
  • · PhD Scholarship, University 麻豆精选, UK, 2015
  • · IMechE Award for Best Project, IMechE, University 麻豆精选, UK, 2012
  • · MEng Scholarship, University 麻豆精选, UK, 2010

Teaching

  • Level 3: Mechanical Design B
  • Level 2 and 3: Integrated Design Project
  • Level 3 and 4 and MSc: Final Year Research Project
  • Level 4: Synoptic Mechanical Engineering

Postgraduate supervision

If you are interested in working in the area of tribology, and decarbonisation technologies in the transportation, manufacturing and textile industries, please get in touch. For more details, please contact o.doustdar@bham.ac.uk

PhD and MSc by Research applicants and visiting researchers are welcome in the following areas:
Tribology, Design, Indoor Air Quality, Environmental Pollutants Control in Textiles, Additive Manufacturing (3D Printer) and transportation (Low/Zero-carbon Fuels and Advanced Propulsion Systems)

Research

  • Environmental Pollutants and Indoor Air Quality
  • Additive Manufacturing 鈥� 3D Printing
  • Tribology (Application in Transportation and Textile/3D Printing Industry)
  • Textile Processing and Recycling
  • Waste to Energy/Bio-product Technologies
  • Clean Energy and Low/Zero-carbon Fuels
  • Advanced Propulsion Systems
  • Energy Recovery and Thermal Management
  • Emission Control Technologies and Catalytic Convertors

Other activities

School and college administration and student enrichment

  • Deputy Head of SMaRT Research Group
  • Director of Year 4 for Mechanical Engineering - Edgbaston
  • Lead for Student Experience, National Student Survey (NSS) Activities
  • University 麻豆精选 adviser for Undergraduate and  applicants
  • Personal tutor in the School of Engineering
  • Supporting Admission Team, Open day and Offer Holders Visit Day and supervising Year 12 summer work experience in Mechanical Engineering
  • Supporting Daughters of Invention Project’s Team as an Outreach Activity

External roles

  •  Committee Member (UoB) Coordinator
  • Editorial Advisory Board 
  • Reviewer Board Member in 
  • Associate Editor in 
  • Reviewer in Journal of Cogent Engineering, Results in Engineering, SAE, Sustainability, Processes, Energies, Coatings, Clean Technology, Fuel, Hydrogen, Applied Sciences and IMechE, Part C: Journal of Mechanical

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Harris, CW, Doustdar, O, Tabrizi, AT, Al-Qahtani, AM, Hajiyavand, AM & Dearn, KD 2025, '', Discover Mechanical Engineering, vol. 4, no. 1, 41.

Mardani, M, Singh, J, Doustdar, O, Zeraati Rezaei, S, Herreros, M, Millington, P, Pignon, J & Tsolakis, A 2025, '', Fuel, vol. 381, no. Part C, 133526.

Leishman, C, Garcia_Vazquez, M, Bekris, L, Alvarez Ruiz, DT, Doustdar, O, Zeraati Rezaei, S, Herreros, M, Tsolakis, A, Papaioannou, E, Li, K & Garcia-Garcia, F 2024, '', Materials Today Sustainability, vol. 27, 100870.

Abrishami, S, Shirali, A, Sharples, N, Kartal, GE, Macintyre, L & Doustdar, O 2024, '', Textile Research Journal, pp. 1-20.

Doustdar, O, Zeraati-Rezaei, S, Herreros, JM, Martos, FJ, Tsolakis, A & Wyszynski, ML 2024, '', Fuel, vol. 361, 130641.

Yavuz, M, Brinklow, G, Cova Bonillo, A, Herreros, M, Wu, D, Doustdar, O, Zeraati Rezaei, S, Tsolakis, A, Millington, P & Alcove Clave, S 2024, '', Johnson Matthey Technology Review, vol. 68, no. 3.

Khoei, JK, Bafqi, MSS, Dericiler, K, Doustdar, O, Okan, BS, Ko艧ar, A & Sadaghiani, A 2024, '', RSC Applied Interfaces.

Wahbi, A, Tsolakis, A, Herreros, M, Zeraati Rezaei, S, Doustdar, O, Millington, PJ & Raj, A 2023, '', Johnson Matthey Technology Review, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 171鈥�185.

Martos, FJ, Doustdar, O, Zeraati-Rezaei, S, Herreros, JM & Tsolakis, A 2023, '', Fuel, vol. 333, 126346.

Brinklow, G, Herreros, M, Zeraati Rezaei, S, Doustdar, O, Tsolakis, A, Millington, P & Kolpin, A 2023, '', Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, vol. 14, 100481.

Brinklow, G, Herreros, JM, Zeraati rezaei, S, Doustdar, O, Tsolakis, A, Kolpin, A & Millington, P 2023, '', International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.

Tanwar, MD, Torres, FA, Alqahtani, AM, Tanwar, PK, Bhand, Y & Doustdar, O 2023, '', Energies, vol. 16, no. 2, 597.

Kova驴ev, N, Doustdar, O, Li, S, Tsolakis, A, Herreros, M & Essa, K 2023, '', Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 269, 118490.

Torres, FA, Doustdar, O, Herreros, JM, Li, R, Poku, R, Tsolakis, A, Martins, J & Melo, SABVD 2021, '', Energies, vol. 14, no. 6, 1538.

Review article

Sharples, N, Doustdar, O, Carmona鈥怌abello, M, Abrishami, S, Herreros, JM, Sadaghiani, A & Dearn, KD 2025, '', Journal of the Textile Institute.