Master’s Students

Panagiotis Kalogeropoulos
(Fontys University of Applied Sciences, 2026)
Patrolling of a road network for real-time traffic analysis during a wildland–urban-interface wildfire by an autonomous drone swarm
Main Supervisor: Prof. Guillermo Rein (Imperial College)
Co-Supervisors: Dr Mauro S. Innocente (SwarmMind),
Dr Peter Lambooij

Martín Torres
(Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, 2024–2026)
Diseño óptimo simultáneo del conjunto filtro y controlador de un sistema inversor trifásico DC-AC de media tensión
Main Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente (SwarmMind)
Co-Supervisor: Jorge Omar Marighetti

Calvin James
(Coventry University, 2022)
Surrogate modelling of active suspension system using artificial neural networks
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Azheruddin Mohammed
(Coventry University, 2022)
Graph neural network-based reinforcement learning for UAV fleet navigation
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

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

Francisco Freire Alves
(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
(Coventry University, 2020)
Thermal Modelling of Liquid-Cooled & Convective Heatsinks.
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

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

Luke J. Smith
(Coventry University, 2019)
Microscopic Traffic Modelling Using Cellular Automata
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

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

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

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

Paul E. Esugo
(Coventry University, 2018)
Railway track following using Gazebo simulation and Erle-copter model
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Matthew Sumner
(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

Ryan Barnes-Batterbee
(Coventry University, 2018)
Designing and Implementing a Differential Evolution Algorithm to Train Artificial Neural Networks
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

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

Paolo Grasso
(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
(Coventry University, 2017)
Investigating the Use of Artificial Neural Networks as Surrogate Models in Aerospace Engineering
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

Shudong Chen
(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
(Coventry University, 2016)
Simulated Firefighting Fleet of Autonomous Drones
Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente

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

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

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

Laura Fice
(Swansea University, 2010)
Aether’s 100X Range Optimization using PSO
Main Supervisor: Dr Johann Sienz
Co-Supervisor: Dr Mauro S. Innocente, PhD candidate