Salman Saeidlou

Engineer and academic leader specialising in sustainable engineering, advanced manufacturing, and the built environment.

Dr Salman Saeidlou is Head of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU). He graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2011 with an MEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering before completing a PhD on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems at the same institution. Following his doctorate, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Birmingham City University, where his research focused on Big Data analysis and machine learning.

Salman is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Designers (FIED), a Chartered Mechanical Engineer (CEng, MIMechE), a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Wind Energy Society (ICE), and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

In 2020, Salman joined CCCU as a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and in 2024 he was promoted to Principal Lecturer/Associate Professor before taking up his current leadership role. He has extensive experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership across engineering and the built environment, with recent teaching contributions in Structural Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering Design, and Materials Science and Engineering.

Salman's research interests span sustainable engineering, intelligent manufacturing systems, advanced materials, and the integration of digital technologies in industry. He has published widely in high-ranking journals and conference proceedings, with contributions covering distributed systems, agent-based modelling, data mining, and Big Data analytics in manufacturing. Salman plays a leading role in multidisciplinary projects that embed sustainability and drive forward equality, diversity, and inclusion, shaping practice across both the academic and industrial sectors of engineering and construction.

Research Supervisor

Design skills at the interface of design and engineering. Researcher(s): Mr Stuart Lambert. Supervisor(s): Dr Salman Saeidlou, Professor Agnes Gulyas. [Postgraduate Research Project]

Comprehensive investigation of prediction methods, applications, challenges, and factors affecting the thermo-physical behavior of nanofluids Deng, X., Ali B.M.A., Jasim, D.J., Singh, N.S.S., Saeidlou, S., Ahmad, Z., Baghoolizadeh, M., Fazilati, M.A., Sahramaneshi, H., (2025): Elsevier. [Journal article]
Reliability-oriented optimization of composite drill pipes Using integrated finite element and reinforcement learning framework Rasheed, S., Saeidlou, S., Kraiem, N., Alamry, A., Mahariq, I., Javidparvar, A.A., (2025): Wiley. [Journal article]
An investigation into the effects of various phase change materials on industrial electronic systems' cooling rates through experimentation based on a specific dimensionless number Leng, Z., Basem, A., Al-Nussairi, A. K. J., Singh, N. S. S., Saeidlou, S., Al-Khafaji, M. O., Alizade, M., Yazdekhasti, A., Salahshour, S., Baghaei, S., (2025): Elsevier. [Journal article]
Bayesian-optimized surface energy microstructure-informed model of active dissolution in CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloys Chahlaoui, Y., Saeidlou, S., Al-Harbi, L. M., Alamry, A., Alshehery, S., Mahariq, I., Javidparvar, A. A., (2025): Elsevier. [Journal article]
Closing the gap in engineering education: A positive psychology approach to CDIO Ghadiminia, N., Saeidlou, S., Nortcliffe, A., 21st International CDIO Conference. [Conference paper]
Cyber-physical system security for manufacturing industry 4.0 using LSTM-CNN parallel orchestration Saeidlou, S., Ghadiminia, N., Oti-Sarpong, K., (2025): IEEE. [Journal article]
Effect of channel thickness on the particle diffusion and permeability of carbon nanotubes a membrane in reverse electrodialysis process using molecular dynamics simulation Sun, S., Basem, A., Sawaran Singh, N., Al-Zahy, Y., Saeidlou, S., Muzammil, K., Salahshour, S., Sajadi, M., Sahramaneshi, H., (2025): Elsevier. [Journal article]
Energy-economy analysis of a novel spiral channeled conical turbulator Inserted within the parabolic trough solar collector absorber tube Samad, S., Saeidlou, S., Mahariq, I., Kraiem, N., Alamry, A., Hoskeri, P., Ghoushchi, S.P., (2025): Elsevier. [Journal article]
Enhancing the hydrothermal and economic efficiency of parabolic solar collectors with Innovative semi-corrugated absorber tubes, shell form cone turbulators, and nanofluid Samad, S., Saeidlou, S., Khan, M. N., Alamry, A., Al-Harbi, L. M., Sharifpur, M., Ghoushchi, S.P., (2025): Elsevier. [Journal article]
Influence of graphene nanoplate size and heat flux on nanofluid heat exchanger performance: A molecular dynamics approach Yang, Z., Basem, A., Jasim, D.J., Singh, N.S.S., Saeidlou, S., Al-Bahrani, M., Sajadi, S.M., Salahshour, S., Hasanabad, A.M., (2025): Elsevier. [Journal article]
Investigating the effect of variable heat flux on buckling of carbon nanotubes using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation Hou, G., Al-Mussawi, W., Khidhir, D.M., Singh, N.S.S., Saeidlou, S., Al-Bahrani, M., Salahshour, S., Sajadi, S.M., Hasanabad, A.M., (2025): Elsevier. [Journal article]
Nonlocal dual-phase-lag thermoelastic damping in in-plane vibrations of rotating rectangular cross-sectional nanorings according to nonlocal elasticity theory Gârleanu, G., Mahariq, I., Saeidlou, S., Dobrota, D., Tajbakhsh, M.R., (2025): Springer Nature. [Journal article]
Using evolutionary algorithms and group method of data handling ANN for prediction of the viscosity MWCNT-ZnO /oil SAE 50 nano-lubricant Liu, Z., Ali, A. B., Hussein, R. A., Singh, N. S. S., Al-Bahrani, M., Abdullaeva, B., Saeidlou, S., Salahshour, S., Esmaeili, S., (2025): Elsevier. [Journal article]
An inspiration for all time: Pioneer Verena Holmes' impact on future engineering practice Saeidlou, S., Nortcliffe, A., Ghadiminia, N., Ishaq, R., (2024): Unique Conferences Canada. [Journal article]
Integrating AI into engineering education: Leveraging CDIO for enhanced assessment Saeidlou, S., Nortcliffe, A., Ghadiminia, N., Imam, A., 20th International CDIO Conference. [Conference paper]
A construction cost estimation framework using DNN and validation unit Saeidlou, S., Ghadiminia, N., (2023): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
A digital approach to health and safety management on-site: A silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic Ghadiminia, N., Saeidlou, S., (NaN), Construction Safety, Health and Well-being in the COVID-19 Era: Routledge, Taylor and Francis. [Book chapter]
Practice-based engineering design for next-generation of engineers: A CDIO-based approach Saeidlou, S., Ghadiminia, N., Nortcliffe, A., Lambert, S., The 19th CDIO International Conference: Proceedings - Full Papers, Proceedings of the 19th International CDIO Conference. [Book chapter]
A hybrid clustering method based on the several diverse basic clustering and meta-clustering aggregation technique Zhou, Bing, Lu, Bei, Saeidlou, Salman, (2022): Taylor & Francis. [Journal article]
Cybersecurity of smart buildings: a facilities management perspective Ghadiminia, N., Saeidlou, S., CIBSE Technical Symposium. [Conference paper]
The legacy of Verena Holmes: inspiring next generation of engineers Saeidlou, S., Ishaq, R., Nortcliffe, A., Ghadiminia, N., Practical Engineering Education 2021. [Conference poster]
Towards decentralised job shop scheduling as a web service Saeidlou, S., Saadat, M., Jules, G. D., (2021): Taylor and Francis Online. [Journal article]
Agent-based distributed manufacturing scheduling: an ontological approach Saeidlou, S., Saadat, M., Sharifi, E. A., Jules, G. D., (2019): Taylor and Francis Online. [Journal article]
Knowledge and agent-based system for decentralised scheduling in manufacturing Saeidlou, S., Saadat, M., Jules, G. D., (2019): Taylor and Francis Online. [Journal article]
Ontology-based decision tree model for prediction in a manufacturing network Khan, Z. M. A., Saeidlou, S., Saadat, M., (2019): Taylor and Francis Online. [Journal article]

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