Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

  1. Palmer K., Irani R. A. (2025) , Aerospace Science and Technology, Volume 168, Part C, January 2026, 110964, doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2025.110964
  2. Lowell S., Irani R. A. (2025) , Results in Engineering, Volume 26, June 2025, 105424, doi: 10.1016/j.rineng.2025.105424.
  3. Lowell S., Irani R. A. (2025) , Results in Engineering, Volume 26, June 2025, 105423, doi: 10.1016/j.rineng.2025.105423.
  4. Westin C., Irani R. A. (2025) , Ocean Engineering, Volume 334, 1 August 2025, 121604, doi: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.121604.
  5. Westin C., Irani R. A. (2025) , Ocean Engineering, Volume 328, 1 June 2025, 121025, doi: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.121025.听
  6. Martin I. A., Irani R. A. (2024) , Ocean Engineering, Volume 298, 117164, doi:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.117164
  7. Lloyd S., Irani R. A., Ahmadi M., (2024) , Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 88, 102733, doi:10.1016/j.rcim.2024.102733
  8. Lloyd S., Irani R. A., Ahmadi M., (2024) , IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, doi: 10.1109/TCST.2023.3348749
  9. Lowell S., Irani R. A. (2023) , Ocean Engineering. Volume 279, 114463. doi: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.114463
  10. MacMillan W., Irani R. A., Ahmadi M., (2023) , CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, Volume 42, June 2023, Pages 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.cirpj.2023.01.005
  11. Westin C., Irani R. A. (2023) , Computational Mechanics, doi: 10.1007/s00466-022-02264-w
  12. Dehghani M., McKenzie R. A., Irani R. A., Ahmadi M., (2023) , Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Volume 79, 2023, 102429. doi: 10.1016/j.rcim.2022.102429.
  13. Lloyd S., Irani R. A., Ahmadi M., (2022) , IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO) doi: 10.1109/TRO.2022.3162954.
  14. Martin I. A., Irani R. A. (2022) , Ocean Engineering. v. 251, 110957, doi: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.110957
  15. Lowell S., McPhee J., Irani R. A. (2022) , Applied Ocean Research. Volume 121, 103065. doi: 10.1016/j.apor.2022.103065
  16. McKenzie R. A., Irani R. A. (2022). . Mechanism and Machine Theory. Volume 168, 104573. doi: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2021.104573
  17. Miller G., Irani R. A., Ahmadi M. (2021) . The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. doi: 10.1007/s00170-021-07830-9
  18. Miller G., Irani R. A., Ahmadi M. (2021) . The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology v. 115, pg.199鈥�212. doi: 10.1007/s00170-021-07070-x
  19. Westin C., Irani R. A. (2021) . Marine Structures, v. 77, 102960. doi: 10.1016/j.marstruc.2021.102960
  20. Martin I. A., Irani R. A. (2021) . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, v. 153, 107441. doi:10.1016/j.ymssp.2020.107441
  21. Lloyd S., Irani R. A., Ahmadi M., (2021) . Mechanism and Machine Theory, Volume 156, 104149. doi: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2020.104149
  22. Abujoub S., McPhee J., Irani R. A. (2020) . Aerospace Science and Technology, Volume 106, 106169. doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2020.106169
  23. Martin I. A., Irani R. A. (2020) . Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, v. 148 107168, doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2020.107168
  24. Lloyd S., Irani R. A. and Ahmadi M., (2020) . IEEE Access vol. 8, pp. 84519-84531, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2991966
  25. Calnan C., Bauer R.,聽 Irani R. A., (2018) . IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering v. 44, n. 4, pp 1024-1040. doi: 10.1109/JOE.2018.2866317
  26. Woodacre J., Bauer R. J., Irani R. A. (2018) . Ocean Engineering,聽152C (2018) pp. 47-56.
  27. Woodacre J., Bauer R. J., Irani R. A. (2015) . Ocean Engineering. v. 104, pp 140-154.
  28. Irani R. A., Bauer R. J., North L., Nicholson M., Nolan D., West B. (2014) Analysis of Joint Failures on the Lateral Undulation Gait of a Robotic Snake. Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. v 39 n 2 pp 253-268.
  29. Irani R. A., Bauer R. J., Warkentin A. (2014) Application of a Dynamic Pressure-Sinkage Relationship for Lightweight Mobile Robots. International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems. v.12 n. 1 pp 1-23.
  30. Irani R. A., Bauer R. J., Warkentin A. (2013) Dynamic Wheel-Soil Model for Lightweight Mobile Robots. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems. v. 71, n. 2, pp 179-193.
  31. Irani R. A., Bauer R. J., Warkentin A. (2011) . Journal of Terramechanics. v. 48, n. 4, pp 307-318.
  32. Irani R. A., Bauer R. J., Warkentin A. (2007). Development of a New Cutting Fluid Delivery System for Creepfeed Grinding. International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management. v. 12, n. 1/2/3, pp 108-126.
  33. Salam A., Lohmann U., Crenna B., Lesins G., Klages P., Rogers D., Irani R. A., MacGillivray A., Coffin M. (2006). Deposition Ice Nucleation Studies of Mineral Dust Particles with a New Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber. Aerosol Science and Technology. v. 40, n 3, pp 134-143.
  34. Irani R. A., Bauer R.J., Warkentin A. (2005) A Review of Cutting Fluid Application in the Grinding Process. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture. v. 45, n. 15, pp 1696-1705.

Peer-Reviewed Conferences Publications, Presentations and Posters

  1. Scratchley N., Irani R. A. (2025), Towards a Docking and Centering Mechanism for Underwater Welding Robot, IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 26-29 May 2025. (Student Poster)
  2. Lowell S., Irani R. A. (2024) , IEEE 聽OCEANS 2024, Halifax, NS, Canada, September 23-26th.
  3. Palmer K., Irani R. A. (2024) , IEEE 聽OCEANS 2024, Halifax, NS, Canada, September 23-26th.
  4. McKenzie R. A., Martin I. A., Irani R. A. (2024) Motion Compensation Cranes: Simulation, Experimentation and Operator Response, ASNE Multi-Agency Craft Conference (MACC), Portsmouth, VA, July 16-18th. (Abstract and Presentation, No paper)
  5. Hayes M.J.D., Hninn T.T.O, Irani R.A., (2024) Angular Velocity and Acceleration Extrema: Implications for Force Analysis in Planar 4R Mechanisms, International Symposium on Advances in Robot Kinematics (ARK2024), June 30 鈥� July 4, 2024, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  6. Lloyd S., Irani R. A., Ahmadi M., (2023) , the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), May 29 – June 2, 2023. London, UK. doi: 10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160445
  7. Lloyd S., Irani R. A., Ahmadi M., (2023) Fast and Robust Inverse Kinematics of Serial Robots Using Halley鈥檚 Method, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO) paper, presented at ICRA 2023, London, UK.
  8. Lloyd S., Irani R. A., Ahmadi M., (2022) , the American Automatic Control Council (AACC) and International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) conference on Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference (MECC 2022), October 2-5, 2022, Jersey City, USA. BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD.
  9. Lloyd S., Irani R. A., Ahmadi M., (2022) Fast and Robust Inverse Kinematics of Serial Robots using Halley’s Method, the American Automatic Control Council (AACC) and International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) conference on Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference (MECC 2022), October 2-5, 2022, Jersey City, USA. RISING STAR SPECIAL SESSION.
  10. Lowell S., Irani R. A. (2020) , IEEE Global OCEANS 2020: Singapore – U.S. Gulf Coast, Virtual, October 5-20th.
  11. Westin C., Irani R. A. (2020) Continuously Differentiable Stick-Slip Friction Model with Applications to Nonlinear Systems, 4th IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA 2020), Montreal, August 24-26th.
  12. M. Micomonaco, M.J.D. Hayes, R. Irani, R.G. Langlois, (2020) Performance of Recent Large-Angle Extensions to Classical Simulator Washout Algorithms, Proceedings of the Vertical Flight Society Forum 76 (VFS 76).
  13. Martin I. A., Irani R. A. (2019) Evaluation of Both Linear and Non-Linear Control Strategies for a Shipboard Marine Gantry Crane, OCEANS 2019 Seattle, October 27-31, 2019. (doi: )
  14. M. Micomonaco, M.J.D. Hayes, R. Irani, R.G. Langlois, (2019) Classical Washout Using Quaternions, Proceedings of the 10th CCToMM Symposium on Mechanisms, Machines, and Mechatronics, 脡cole de Technologie Sup茅rieure, Montr茅al, QC, Canada, May 16-17, 2019.
  15. Abujoub S., McPhee J., Westin C., Irani R. A. (2018)聽Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Landing on Maritime Vessels using Signal Prediction of the Ship Motion, OCEANS 2018 Charleston Conference October 22 鈥� 25, 2018. (doi:)
  16. Westin C., Irani R. A. (2018) Vortex-Induced Vibrations of a Low-tension Cable-Sheave System Modeled using Nonlinear Finite Elements, In the Proceedings of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2018 (CSME 2018),聽May 27-30, 2018, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  17. McPhee J., Irani R.A. (2018) On-line Determination of a Go-NoGo State Using a Continous Estimation of the System Response, In the Proceedings of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2018 (CSME 2018),聽May 27-30, 2018, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  18. Westin C., Irani R. A. (2017) . In the proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Control, Dynamic Systems, And Robotics (CDSR’17), Toronto, Canada, August 21-23rd, 2017. BEST PAPER AWARD.
  19. Irani R. A., Schut N., Hayes M.J., and Langlois R., (2017) . In the proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering, Vienna, Austria, October 11-13th, 2017.
  20. Woodacre J., Woles W., Bauer R. J., Irani R. A. (2016) Coupling a Standard Hydraulic Valve and Advanced Control to Achieve a Motion Compensation System. In the proceedings of American Society of Naval Engineers: Launch & Recovery Symposium, Linthicum, Maryland, November 16-17th, 2016.
  21. Calnan C., Bauer R.,聽 Irani R. A., (2016) . Oceans16 MTS IEEE Monterey, September 19-23rd 2016.
  22. Irani R. A., Spencer W. W. (2014) Future Launch and Recovery System. In the proceedings of American Society of Naval Engineers: Launch & Recovery of Manned and Unmanned Vehicles from Surface Platforms, Linthicum, Maryland, November 19-20, 2014.
  23. Irani R. A., Kehoe D., Spencer W. W., Watt G., Gillis C., Carretero J. A., Dubay R. (2014) Towards a UUV Launch and Recovery System on a Slowly Moving Submarine. In the proceedings of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects: Warship 2014, Naval Submarines & UUV鈥檚, Bath, UK, June 18-19 2014.
  24. Irani R. A., Bauer R. J., Warkentin A. (2011). Dynamic Terramechanic Model for Grouser Wheels on a Planetary Rover in Sandy Soil. In the proceedings of Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, CANCAM 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 5-9th 2011.
  25. Irani R. A., Bauer R. J., Warkentin A. (2010). Modelling a Single-wheel Testbed for Planetary Rover Applications. In the proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, DSCC 2010, Boston, Massachusetts, September 13-15th 2010.
  26. Irani R. A., Bauer R. J., Warkentin A. (2010) Design of a Single-wheel Testbed and Preliminary Results for Planetary Rover Applications. In the proceedings of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Forum CSME 2010, Victoria, British Columbia, June 7-9, 2010.
  27. Irani R. A., Bauer R. J., Warkentin A. (2006) New Cutting Fluid Delivery System for Creepfeed Grinding. In the proceedings of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Forum 2006, Kananaskis, Alberta May 21-24, 2006.

Theses Publications

  1. Cornelius Liburd, Design, Development, and Test of an Autonomous Uncrewed Aerial System for Whale Snot Collection, MASc, 2025.
  2. Kameron Palmer, Methodologies for Using Neural Networks to Facilitate an Aerial Vehicle鈥檚 Fully Automated And Uncrewed Landing on a Moving Ship, MASc, 2025.
  3. Eric Giroux, l, MASc, 2025.
  4. Cassidy Westin, , PhD, 2024. CSME Gold Medal Winner.
  5. Steffan Lloyd, , 杏吧原创 University, PhD, 2023. Senate Medal Winner.
  6. Wade MacMillan, , 杏吧原创 University, MASc, 2022, Senate Medal Nomination.
  7. Iain Martin, , 杏吧原创 University, PhD, 2022
  8. Stephanie Lowell, , 杏吧原创 University, MASc, 2021.听Senate Medal Nomination.
  9. Grael Miller, , 杏吧原创 University, MASc, 2021
  10. Ryan McKenzie, Motion Compensation and Robotic Control of Maritime Cranes, 杏吧原创 University, MASc, 2020
  11. Shadi Abujoub, Development of a Landing Period Indicator and the use of Signal Prediction to Improve Landing Methodologies of Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on Maritime Vessels, 杏吧原创 University, MASc, 2019.
  12. Mikayla Micomonaco, , 杏吧原创 University, MASc 2019.
  13. Johanna McPhee, Control, Simulation, and Testbed Development for Improving Maritime Launch and Recovery Operations, 杏吧原创 University, MASc, 2019. Senate Medal Winner.
  14. Cassidy Westin, Modelling and Simulation of Marine Cables with Dynamic Winch Sheave Contact, 杏吧原创 University, MASc, 2018.
  15. 颁濒补谤办别听颁补濒苍补苍, Set-Point Algorithms for Active Heave Compensation of Towed Bodies, Dalhousie University, MASc, 2016.
  16. Jeffrey Woodacre, Model-Predictive Control of a Hydraulic Active Heave Compensation System with Heave Prediction, Dalhousie University, MASc, 2015.

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