Rate My Professor Nader Dolatabadi

Dr. Nader Dolatabadi is a Lecturer in Dynamics and Energy Systems in the Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering at Loughborough University. He earned his BSc in Mechanical Engineering in 2009 and MSc in Mechanical Engineering in 2012. In 2012, he joined Loughborough University as a postgraduate research student, completing his PhD in 2016 focused on dynamics and tribology, particularly noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) and energy efficiency in internal combustion engines. From 2015 to 2018, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the same institution, collaborating with industrial partners including Caterpillar Inc. and Capricorn Automotive Ltd. He has held his current lecturing position since December 2018.

Dolatabadi's research specializes in multi-body dynamics, nonlinear dynamics, NVH, tribology and contact mechanics, as well as nanotechnology and nanofluids applied to energy management in tribodynamic systems and numerical analysis in dynamics and energy systems. He contributes to the Dynamics & Tribology Research Group. His scholarly impact includes over 660 citations on Google Scholar. Notable publications encompass 'Thermal conductivity and molecular heat transport of nanofluids' (RSC Advances, 2019), 'On the identification of piston slap events in internal combustion engines using tribodynamic analysis' (Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2015; 67 citations), 'An assessment of gas power leakage and frictional losses from the top compression ring of internal combustion engines' (Tribology International, 2020; 59 citations), 'A transient tribodynamic approach for the calculation of internal combustion engine piston slap noise' (Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2015; 46 citations), 'An integrated tribodynamic model for investigation of efficiency, durability and NVH attributes of gear mesh in electric vehicle powertrains' (Tribology International, 2023; 27 citations), and recent works such as 'Comprehensive tribodynamic analysis of lubricated gear contacts for direct identification of gear whine noise in electric drive units' (Tribology International, 2025) and 'An integrated multiphysics tribo-multibody-dynamics and 3D subsurface stress framework for high performance constant velocity joints' (Tribology International, 2025). His research advances tribodynamics in powertrain systems for improved efficiency, durability, and noise reduction in conventional and electric vehicles.