Dr Mojtaba Ghodsi
Summary
Biography:
I joined the University of Portsmouth as a Senior Lecturer of Instrumentation, and Measurement Systems at the School of Energy & Electronic Engineering in January 2020. I obtained a Ph.D. in Precision Engineering from the University of Tokyo, supported by a Japanese Monbusho scholarship. The Japan Society of Promotion of Science (JSPS) awarded me a post-doctoral fellowship. I continued my academic career at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman up to 2019. My main research interests include smart materials and structures, actuators, sensors, energy harvesting, NDT, and the development of mechatronics systems and devices.
Research Projects:
- Development of Gasoline Direct Injector Using Magnetostrictive Material
- Development of Novel Microscale Torsional Actuator
- Development of Maglev Using High-Temperature Superconductors
- Development of Ultrasonic Probe using Magnetostrictive for NDT
- High-Frequency Force Senor Using Magnetostrictive Material
- Design, Manufacture, and Control of Linear Direct-Drive Motor
- Development of 30 kVA Induction Heater
- Development of Micron-Watt Magnetostrictive Harvester for Harsh Environment
Funding
- Principal Investigator of Internal Research Grant, Mojtaba Ghodsi, “Design and Fabrication of Self-Sensing Magnetostrictive Transducer for Non-Destructive Evaluation” 2015, £15,600.
- Principal Investigator of joint research collaboration between SQU and UAEU, Mojtaba Ghodsi “Development of Energy Harvesting System for Vibrational Structures,” 2016, £56,000.
- Principal Investigator of Internal Research Grant, Mojtaba Ghodsi, “Structural Vibration Control Using Magnetostrictive Actuators” 2017, £13,700.
- Investigator of External Grant- Medco Energi Company, Morteza Modammadzaheri, Mojtaba Ghodsi, “A Vibration-Based of Flowline & Headline Integrity Identification”, 2019, £60,700.
- Investigator of TRC Project, Amur-Al-Yahmadi, Mojtaba Ghodsi, “Optimization-Based Prediction of Human Gait,” The Research Council of Oman, 2015, £219,000.
- Investigator of Internal Research Grant, Khorshid Alam, Mojtaba Ghodsi, “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Bone Drilling”, 2016, £15,600.
- Investigator of Internal Research Grant, Issam Bahadur, Mojtaba Ghodsi, “A Mercury-Free, Piezo-Assisted Micro-Cutter for Embryo Biopsy,” 2016, £15,600.
- Principal Investigator of JSPS Post-doctoral grant, Mojtaba Ghodsi, “Development of actuator and sensor using high-temperature superconductor and magnetostrictive materials” 2007, Tokyo University, 22000 USD.
Research outputs
2026
Development of a Resonance Velocity-Driven Energy Harvester Using Triple-Layer Piezoelectric
Ghodsi, M., Mohammadzaheri, M., Soltani, P., Gholinezhad, J.
21 Feb 2026, In: Energies. 19, 4, 22p., 1097
Research output: Article
Electromagnetic fields from submarine power cables: A 35 Year synthesis of effects on aquatic biota
James, E., Ghodsi, M., Ford, A.
11 Feb 2026, In: Marine Environmental Research. 216, 14p., 107916
Research output: Article
2025
Preliminary numerical modelling of the ionization region to model ionic propulsion
Knight, J., Ghodsi, M., Horne, B., Taylor, E. J., Montaño, N. L. V., Chattock, D. G., Buick, J., Krauss, E., Lewis, A.
10 Dec 2025, In: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Analyses. 3, 4, 15p., 42
Research output: Article
Capacitance estimation for piezoelectric actuators, an artificial intelligence approach
Rafiei Samani, Z., Mohammadzaheri, M., Ghodsi, M., Wu, W., Sherkat, N., Alipooramirabad, H.
1 Dec 2025, In: IET Science, Measurement and Technology. 19, 1, 9p., e70032
Research output: Article
A hybrid piezoelectric-magnetostrictive vibration absorber (HPMVA) with a mutual shunt circuit: modelling, optimisation and analytical solution
Soltani, P., Mohammadzaheri, M., Ghodsi, M.
24 Oct 2025, In: Smart Materials and Structures. 34, 10, 105038
Research output: Article
Female crabs are more sensitive to environmentally relevant electromagnetic fields from submarine power cables
James, E., Ghodsi, M., Ford, A. T.
15 Sep 2025, In: Environmental Science and Technology Letters
Research output: Article
Development of a low-cost smart insole for gait analysis
Halim, S. M. K., Ghodsi, M., Mohammadzaheri, M.
20 May 2025, In: International Journal of Biomedical and Biological Engineering. 19, 5, p. 81-93, 13p.
Research output: Article
Modeling of the energy storage device: LTC3588
Ghodsi, M., Mohammadzaheri, M., Soltani, P.
20 Apr 2025, In: International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering. 19, 4, p. 9-13, 5p., 19(4) 2025
Research output: Article
Overcoming stretching and shortening assumptions in Euler–Bernoulli theory using nonlinear Hencky’s beam models: Applicable to partly-shortened and partly-stretched beams
Rezaei, M. P., Kudra, G., Ghodsi, M., Awrejcewicz, J.
17 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Sound and Vibration. 597, 17p., 118807
Research output: Article
2023
An enhanced Smith-Predictor-based control system for delayed MIMO processes and its use on a CSTR with multiple time-delays
Mohammadzaheri, M., Ghodsi, M.
16 Oct 2023,
Research output: Conference contribution