Mauro Sebastián INNOCENTE

“The day before something is a breakthrough, it’s a crazy idea.“ (Peter H. Diamandis | Burt Rutan)

Master’s Students

Current MSc Students

Martín Torres – MSc Student (Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, 2024–2025)
Diseño óptimo simultáneo del conjunto filtro y controlador de un sistema inversor trifásico DC-AC de media tensión
Main Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Co-Supervisor: Jorge Omar Marighetti


Former MPhil Students

Carwyn Lloyd Pelley – MPhil Researcher (Swansea University, 2013)
Development of evolutionary based techniques with applications to engineering

Main Supervisor: Dr Johann Sienz
Co-Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente, Research Officer


Former MSc Students

Calvin James – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2022)
Surrogate Modelling of Active Suspension System Using Artificial Neural Networks
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Co-Supervisor: Mohammad Tavakol Sadrabadi, PhD candidate

Azheruddin Mohammed – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2022)
Graph Neural Network-based Reinforcement Learning for UAV fleet navigation
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente
Co-Supervisor: Jun Jet Tai, PhD candidate

Omar Benabdel Jalil – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2020)
PID Controller for a Quadcopter to Follow a Predefined Path.
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Francisco Freire Alves – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2020)
Cellular Automata-Based Modelling of Fire Propagation Underpinning Algorithmic Developments for Autonomous Swarms of Firefighting Drones.
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Job E. Mathews – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2020)
Thermal Modelling of Liquid-Cooled & Convective Heatsinks.
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Mohammed Fauzaan Shaikh – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2020)
Development of a Differential Evolution Algorithm to Minimise a Single Objective Function
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Luke J. Smith – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2019)
Microscopic Traffic Modelling Using Cellular Automata

Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Thomas Staite – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2019)
Development of a Convolutional Neural Network for the Detection of Railway Track Maintenance
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Alexander Moses – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2019)
Differential Evolutionary Algorithm for Optimisation and Neuroevolution
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Sunday Akor Agbo – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2018)
Neural Network modelling and dynamic modelling of a quadrotor
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Paul E. Esugo – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2018)
Railway track following using Gazebo simulation and Erle-copter model

Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Matthew Sumner – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2018)
Development of a convolutional ANN for image recognition to detect maintenance issues in railway networks by means of autonomous drones

Supervisors: Dr Mauro S. Innocente & Magesh Nagarajan

Ryan Barnes-Batterbee – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2018)
Designing and Implementing a Differential Evolution Algorithm to Train Artificial Neural Networks

Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Eric Ezenwa – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2018)
Investigating the Use of Artificial Neural Networks as Surrogate Models
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Paolo Grasso  MSc Student(Coventry University, 2017)
Mathematical modelling of spread of fire underpinning algorithmic developments for autonomous swarms of firefighting drones

Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Linita Mohanlal Ramgi – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2017)
Investigating the Use of Artificial Neural Networks as Surrogate Models in Aerospace Engineering
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Shudong Chen – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2017)
Mechanical design & prototyping of roller test bed for mini electric vehicles
Supervisors: Dr Mauro S. Innocente, José M. Herreros & Arash M. Dizqah

Brandon L. Ballard  MSc Student (Coventry University, 2016)
Simulated Firefighting Fleet of Autonomous Drones
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Jiaxi Cao – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2016)
Design and implementation of gradient-free population-based algorithm to train Artificial Neural Networks
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Oluwole Aina – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2016)
Numerical model of 2D truss structures using in-house Finite Element implementation
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Nagarjuna Hegde – MSc Student (Coventry University, 2016)
Parametric modelling of Airbus A380 wing
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Laura Fice – MSc Researcher (Swansea University, 2010)
Aether’s 100X Range Optimization using PSO

Main Supervisor: Dr Johann Sienz
Co-Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente, PhD candidate