• Research

• General academic support to the chair

• Combustion processes in radial wave engines and pressure-gain combustors 
• Advanced aeroengine combustion concepts and rotating wave-channel systems 
• Transient flame propagation, pressure-wave dynamics, and rotational effects 
• CFD investigation of premixed combustion, combustion stability, and performance

Since 10/2026
Doctoral Researcher, Chair of Aeroengine Design
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg (BTU), Cottbus, Germany

09/2011 – 02/2026
Doctoral Researcher and Academic Staff Member, Department of Aircraft Engine Design
National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute” (KhAI), Kharkiv, Ukraine
Roles included Research Assistant, Lecturer, and Student Mentor.
Doctoral studies officially discontinued in February 2026.
Research in numerical modeling and design of aeroengine low-emission combustion chambers, combustion processes, pollutant emissions, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

09/2009 – 02/2011
Master’s Degree in Gas Turbine Engines and Compressor Stations
National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute” (KhAI), Kharkiv, Ukraine
Master’s thesis: Optimization of Annular Combustion Chamber of Gas Turbine Powerplant with Help of High-Level Mathematical Model.

09/2005 – 06/2009
Bachelor’s Degree in Power Engineering
National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute” (KhAI), Kharkiv, Ukraine
Bachelor’s thesis: Optimization of the High-Pressure Compressor of the AI-336 Gas Turbine Engine.

 

• Selected publications:
• Hajivand, M., Asli, M., Dolmatov, D., & Yepifanov, S. (2026). Numerical analysis of flow microstructure around cooling jets in an annular combustor: Effects of kerosene droplet size on mixing, emissions, temperature variance and pattern factor. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4072616
• Hajivand, M. (2024). Enhancement of aeroengine combustion chamber air cooling holes design for emission reduction and pattern factor control. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 27(4), 6–21. https://doi.org/10.15407/pmach2024.04.006
• Hajivand, M. (2024). High-fidelity RANS CFD simulations of physico-chemical process of combustion in gas turbine combustion chambers in ANSYS CFX. Energy Engineering and Control Systems, 10(2), 81–95. https://doi.org/10.23939/jeecs2024.02.081
• Hajivand, M., & Dolmatov, D. (2024). Effect of liquid kerosene droplet injection at various radial and tangential velocities on NOx, CO formation, and temperature distribution. Power Engineering: Economics, Technique, Ecology, (4), 155–169. https://doi.org/10.20535/1813-5420.4.2024.315598
• Hajivand, M. (2023). Exploring the impact of flare expansion angle on combustion stability in aeroengine combustion chamber. Bulletin of the National Technical University “KhPI”: Series: Power and Heat Engineering Processes and Equipment, (4), 29–37. https://doi.org/10.20998/2078-774x.2023.04.04
• Jiang, Y., Hajivand, M., Sadeghi, H., Barzegar Gerdroodbary, M., & Li, Z. (2021). Influence of trapezoidal lobe strut on fuel mixing and combustion in supersonic combustion chamber. Aerospace Science and Technology, 116, 106841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2021.106841
• Dolmatov, D. A., & Hajivand, M. (2021). Numerical analysis of kerosene spray combustion in various injection preparations and emission behavior assessment. Collection of Scientific Publications of the National University of Shipbuilding, (1), 125–141. https://doi.org/10.15589/znp2021.1(484).18
• Dolmatov, D., & Hajivand, M. (2018). On low-emission annular combustor based on designing of liner air admission holes. Bulletin of the National Technical University “KhPI”: Series: Power and Heat Engineering Processes and Equipment, (13), 83–94. https://doi.org/10.20998/2078-774x.2018.13.15