Baku, September 16, AZERTAC
An academic article co-authored by Islam Islamov, professor at Baku Engineering University's (BEU) Department of Automation, Telecommunications and Energy, has been published in "Results in Engineering," one of the prestigious Q1 category journals in the field of engineering.
This scientific journal, published by Elsevier, is indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science databases (2025 Impact Factor – 9.4).
Conducted jointly with scholars from the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy of Bulgaria, the research presents a closed-loop engineering methodology for the rapid development of unmanned maritime systems. The main scientific innovation of the research, unlike existing production-oriented approaches, is establishing continuous feedback between digital models and physical prototypes. The proposed methodology combines various stages of the engineering process — 3D scanning, reverse engineering, digital optimization, additive manufacturing, subsystem integration, and experimental verification — into a single workflow.
The effectiveness of the methodology was tested on two complementary examples — a modular unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform and a coastal monitoring buoy. Reverse engineering was applied in the first example, and forward engineering in the second. The results showed a 30–50% reduction in prototype development volume and a 35–40% reduction in component redesign; the maximum deviation in the geometric accuracy of the UAV components was only 0.5–1.5 mm. Functional tests confirmed the operational capability of the subsystems and the structural strength of the design. The results obtained show that the proposed methodology creates flexible, adaptable, and rapid prototyping capabilities for unmanned maritime systems and cyber-physical engineering applications.
This academic publication, co-authored by a BEU scholar, is yet another indicator of the university's scientific potential and international cooperation.