Staff Profile

Roles and Responsibilities

Degree Program Director for Undergraduate Marine Technology programs.

Deputy Director of Student Recruitment in School of Engineering

Director of Newcastle University's Robotics and Autonomous Systems Student Laboratory

Academic supervisor of the Engineering Project Society at Newcastle University

Research

Research Interests

• Predicting the seakeeping of marine vessels in real-time and near future
• Autonomous Underwater Intervention using AI, Machine Learning and Image Detection
• Bio-inspiration to improve the performance of marine vehicles
• Hydrodynamics, propulsion and control of underwater robots
• Use of smart materials in underwater vehicles
• Marine Coatings

Areas of expertise

• Ship hydrodynamics
• Underwater vehicle design
• Hydrodynamics and control
• Bioinspiration

Current Teaching

• Marine Design and professional skills (MAR1016) – Teaching Naval Architecture, Programming and CAD design and Module leader
• Ship Hydrodynamics (MAR2019) – Seakeeping and Manoeuvring
• Further Naval Architecture (MAR2017) – Teaching General Arrangement and Resistance and Module Leader
• High Speed and advanced craft (MAR8038) – SWATH seakeeping
• Fundamentals of Naval Architectures (MAR8175) - Seakeeping

Qualifications

• PhD in Marine Technology, Newcastle University, 2014
• MSc Naval Architecture, Newcastle University, 2009
• BSc Marine Engineering, AmirKabir University (Tehran Polytechnic), 2007

Memberships

• Charted Engineer (CEng)
• Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (MRINA)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

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• Articles

  • Polymenis I, Haroutunian M, Norman RA, Trodden DG. Virtual Underwater Datasets for Autonomous Inspections. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2022, 10(9), 1289.
  • Xu Z, Haroutunian M, Murphy AJ, Neasham J, Norman RA. An Integrated Visual Odometry System With Stereo Camera for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles. IEEE Access 2022, 10, 71329-71343.
  • Xu Z, Haroutunian M, Murphy AJ, Neasham J, Norman R. An Underwater Visual Navigation Method Based on Multiple ArUco Markers. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE) 2021, 9(12), 1432.
  • Xu Z, Haroutunian M, Murphy AJ, Neasham J, Norman RA. An Integrated Visual Odometry System for Underwater Vehicles. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering 2021, 46(3), 848-863.
  • Xu Z, Haroutunian M, Murphy AJ, Neasham J, Norman R. A Comparison of Functional Control Strategies for Underwater Vehicles: Theories, Simulations and Experiments. Ocean Engineering 2020, 215, 107822.
  • Trodden DG, Haroutunian M. Effects of Ship Manoeuvring Motion on NO_X Formation. Ocean Engineering 2018, 150, 234–242.
  • Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Norman R, Anderson C. An investigation into the effects of marine biofilm on the roughness and drag characteristics of surfaces coated with different sized cuprous oxide (Cu₂O) particles. Biofouling 2018, 35(1), 15-33.
  • Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Anderson C, Turkmen S. An experimental investigation into the effect of Cu₂O particle size on antifouling roughness and hydrodynamic characteristics by using a turbulent flow channel. Ocean Engineering 2018, 159, 481-495.
  • Phillips AB, Haroutunian M, Murphy AJ, Boyd SW, Blake JIR, Griffiths G. Understanding the power requirements of autonomous underwater systems, Part I: An analytical model for optimum swimming speeds and cost of transport. Ocean Engineering 2017, 133, 271-279.

• Book Chapter

  • Phillips AB, Haroutunian M, Man KS, Murphy AJ, Boyd SW, Blake JIR, Griffiths G. Nature in Engineering for Monitoring the Oceans: Comparison of the energetic costs of marine animals and AUVs. In: Roberts, G.N., Sutton, R, ed. Further Advances in Unmanned Marine Vehicles. Piscataway, New Jersey, USA: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2012, pp.373-405.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Al Mhdawi AK, Wright N, Benson SD, Haroutunian M. CART-II: Development of Collision Avoidance Robotic Tether with Soft Sensing Capabilities for Underwater Nuclear Inspection Vehicles. In: 9th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (ICARA). 2023. In Preparation.
  • Polymenis I, Haroutunian M, Norman R, Trodden D. Artificial Underwater Dataset: Generating Custom Images using Deep Learning Models. In: 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering; OMAE2022. 2022, Hamburg, Germany: ASME.
  • Al Mhdawi AK, Wright N, Benson SD, Haroutunian M. CART-I: Design and Development of Collision Avoidance Robotic Tether for Underwater Nuclear Inspection Vehicles. In: OCEANS 2021. 2021, San Diego – Porto: IEEE.
  • Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Norman RA, Anderson C. Experimental Assessments for the Effect of CU₂O on the Roughness and Drag Characteristics of Marine Coatings. In: The Sixth International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for The Maritime Industry (AMT'19). 2019, Rome, Italy.
  • Land EMH, Haroutunian M. An Investigation into the Hydrodynamic Performance of Flexible Oscillating Foils. In: The Sixth International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for The Maritime Industry (AMT'19). 2019, Rome, Italy.
  • Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Anderson C. Effect of cuprous oxide particles on the roughness and drag characteristics of marine antifouling coatings under the internal and external flow conditions. In: 19th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling. 2018, Melbourne, Florida, USA.
  • Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Anderson C. An investigation of marine biofilm effects on the roughness and drag characteristics of surfaces coated with different sized cuprous oxide particles. In: 19th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling. 2018, Melbourne, Florida, USA: Florida Institute of Technology.
  • Doyle C, Lee Y, Haroutunian M, Trodden DG. Wave Modelling and Forecasting with Artificial Neural Networks. In: 5th International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for The Maritime Industry (AMT’17). 2017, Glasgow, UK: University of Strathclyde.
  • Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Anderson C, Turkmen S. An experimental study on the effect of Cu2O particle size on antifouling roughness characteristics and their subsequent effect on frictional drag by using a turbulent flow channel. In: The 5th International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for The Maritime Industry. 2017, Glasgow, UK.
  • Li C, Atlar M, Haroutunian M, Anderson C, Turkmen S. An experimental investigation into the effect of Cu2O particle size on antifouling roughness and hydrodynamic characteristics by using a turbulent flow channel. In: 5th International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for The Maritime Industry (AMT’17). 2017, Glasgow, UK: University of Strathclyde.
  • Lee Y, Haroutunian M, Trodden DG. 3D Wave Reconstruction Through Image Processing. In: 5th International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for The Maritime Industry (AMT’17). 2017, Glasgow, UK.
  • Haroutunian M, Murphy AJ. Mission based Optimum System Selector for Bio-inspired Unmanned Untethered Underwater Vehicles. In: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV2012). 2012, Southampton, UK.
  • Murphy AJ, Haroutunian M. Using Bio-Inspiration to Improve Capabilities of Underwater Vehicles. In: 17th International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST). 2011, Portsmouth, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Murphy AJ, Haroutunian M. Nature in Engineering for Monitoring the Oceans: using inspiration from nature to improve the capability of Underwater vehicles to monitor the ocean space. In: 4th International Conference on Marine Science and Technology for Environmental Sustainability, ENSUS2011. 2011, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.