Graduate Students

M.Sc.

1- Alireza Mohammadzadeh, M.Sc., 2009-2012, (consultant advisor, Main: Dr. Hamid Niazmand), Thesis: "Hydrodynamics and thermal characteristics of micro/nano cavity flows using DSMC", Defended: Feb. 2012, Now: Rocky Point Engineering, Vicotria, Canada, Ph.D. from Victoria University, Canada (2012-2016).

2- Omid Ejtehadi, M.Sc., 2009-2012, (consultant advisor, Main: Dr. Javad Abolfazli Esfahani), Thesis: "Hydro/thermal and entropy investigation of rarefied Couette flow using DSMC", Defended: Sep. 2012. Now: Ph.D. student in Gyeongsang National University, South Korea.

3- Amir Pouyan Zahiri, M.Sc., 2010-2013, (Joint advisor, shared with Dr. Mahmoud Passandideh-Fard), Thesis: "LES/VOF simulation of cavitating flows over hydrofoils using OpenFOAM", Defended: Dec. 2012. Now: Ph.D. student in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.

4- Farshad Rezaei, M.Sc., 2010-2013, (Joint advisor, shared with Dr. Mahmoud Passandideh-Fard), Thesis: "LES simulation of separated flow around NACA0012 airfoil", Defended: Sep. 2013.

5-Amin Rahimi, M.Sc., 2010-2013, (consultant advisor, Main: Dr. M.J. Maghrebi), Thesis: "3D Simulation of cavitating flow around disk cavitator using LES/VOF", Defended: Sep. 2013.Now: Ph.D. student in Gyeongsang National University, South Korea.

6- Seyed Ali Roohalghodos, M.Sc., 2010-2013, Thesis: "Simulation of rarified flow in Micro/Nano scales using compressible finite element method subject to velocity slip and temperature jump boundary conditions" Defended: Sep. 2013., Now: Ph.D. student in the The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA.

7- Ali Namdar Badlou, M.Sc., 2010-2013, (consultant advisor, Main: Dr. Kianifar), Thesis: "Numerical simulation of thermoacoustic refrigerators using OpenFOAM", Defended: Sep. 2013.

8- Ahmad Shoja Sani, M.Sc, 2010-2014, (Consultant Supervisor, Main: Dr. Kahrom), Thesis: "Simulation of rarefied flow over NACA0012 airfoil using DSMC and NS solvers subject to slip/jump boundary conditions", Defended: Feb. 2014. Now: Ph.D. student in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.

9- Amir Mehran Mahdavi, 2011-2014, Thesis: "DSMC investigation of fluid mechanics and heat transfer of rarefied backward-facing step flow", Defended: Sep. 2014, Now: Ph.D. student in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.

10- Bijan Goshayeshi, 2011-2014, Thesis: "SBT-TAS simulation of rarefied hypersonic flow", Defended: Sep. 2014, Now: Ph.D. student in TUE, The Netherland.

11- Mojtaba Belaj, 2011-2014, Thesis: "Convective behavior of micro/nano channels subject to constant wall heat transfer", Defended: Sep. 2014., Now: PhD student in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.

12- Ehsan Yazdanpanah-Moghadam, 2011-2014, Thesis: "DSMC investigation of rarefied thermal cavity flows", Defended: Sep. 2014. Now: PhD student in Concordia University, Canada.

13- Behrouz Jamshidi Moghadam, 2011-2014, (consultant advisor, Main: Dr. Javad Abolfazli Esfahani), Thesis: "Simulation and optimization of hydraulic pumps", Defended: Sep. 2014.

14- Seyed Ali Seadati, M.Sc., 2011-2014, Thesis: "Flow and thermal field investigation in micro/nano nozzles using SBT collision model", Defended: Nov. 2014.

15- Amin Ebrahimi, M.Sc., 2012-2015, Thesis: "Flow and thermal field investigation in divergent micro/nano channels", Defended: March. 2015.Now: PhD student in Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

16-Shima Malekzadeh, M.Sc., 2012-2015, Thesis: "Numerical simulation of droplet formation in micro/nano T- junctions using OpenFOAM", Defended: Feb. 2015.

17-Mohammadreza Pendar, M.Sc., 2012-2015, Thesis: "Cavitaion and supercavitation around cavitators and operational bodies", Defended: May 2015. Now: PhD student in University of Beira Interior, Portugal.

18- Hassan Nami, M.Sc., 2012-2016, Thesis: "Simulation of rarefied flow over micro/nano flat plate using advanced DSMC techniques", Defended: Oct. 2016.

19- Vahid Shahbi, M.Sc., 2013-2016, Thesis: "Flow field investigation of radiometric pumps using DSMC", Defended: June 2016, Now: PhD student in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.

20- Elmira Taheri, M.Sc., 2013-2016, Thesis: "Evaluation of transport coefficients of SBT collision model", Defended: Sep. 2016, Now: PhD student in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.

21- Seyed Moin Madani, M.Sc., 2013-2016, Thesis: "Investigation of unsteady flow using SBT-TAS", Defended: Oct. 2016.

22- Mohammad Mahmoudi, M.Sc., 2013-2017, Thesis: "Simulation of ventilated cavitationaround disk cavitators using OpenFOAM", Defended: Sept. 2017.

23- Elyas Kermani, M.Sc., 2014-2017, Thesis: "Implementation of the modulated gradient SGS model in OpenFOAM", Defended: Sep. 2017.

24- Sajjad Mozaffari, M.Sc., 2014-2017, Thesis: "On the thermally driven flow in divergent micro/nano-channels", Defended: Sep. 2017.

25- Hossein Ejraee, M.Sc., 2014-2017, Thesis: "A detailed study of DSV code families" Defended: Feb 2017.

26- Vahid Rezapour, M.Sc., 2014-2017, Thesis: "Developing a hybrid DSMC-Fokker-Plank solver" Defended: Feb 2018.

27- Ali Mokhberi, M.Sc., 2014-2017, Thesis: "A model airplane equipped with pollution detection sensor", Defended: Sep. 2017.

28- Hassan Ahmadian, MSc, 2015-2018, Thesis: "Simulation of porous media in microchannels with dusty gas model using DSMC method", Defended: August 2018.

29- Ali Lotian, M.Sc., 2015-2018, Thesis: " Radiometric Flow in Periodically Patterned Channels: Fluid Physics, Improved Configurations and Binary Mixtures Separation.", Defended: September 2018, Now: PhD student in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran..

30- Vahid Shariati, MSc, 2015-2018, Thesis: "Implementation and Evaluation of the wall heat flux specifying algorithms in dsmcFoam", Defended: September 2018.

31- Arman Kolahan, MSc, 2015-2018, Thesis: "Wavelet and Fourier Transform in the cavitating flow over sphere using Large Eddy Simulation", Defended: September 2018.

32- Abolfazl Movahedian, MSc, 2015-2018, Thesis "LES/VOF simulation of cavitating flow around twisted Naca16012 wing using OpenFOAM", Defended: September 2018.  

33- Ali Sangtrash, MSc, 2016-2019, Thesis: "Design, fabrication, simulation and testing of an ocean wave energy converter".

34- Vahid Majidi, MSc, 2016-2019, Thesis: "Compound droplet impact and formation using VOF technique".

35- Hossein Chambari, MSc, 2016-2019, Thesis: "Rarefied flow in porous media for shale gas applications".

36- Hossein Abolghasemi, MSc, 2016-2019, Thesis: "Improvement in the model airplane fuselage design for drag reduction"

37- Sepehr Rafeinasab, MSc, 2017-2020, Thesis: "Non-linear thermal stress in flows between concentric elliptical cylinders"

Ph.D.

1- Ali Amiri, Ph.D., 2009-2014, Second advisor, (with: Dr. Hamid Niazmand), Thesis: "Extending an efficient, low particle DSMC scheme for solving low speed/low Knudsen number micro/nano flows", Defended: Jan. 2014, Now: A faculty member in Razi University of Kermanshah, Iran.

2- Amir-Mehran Mahdavi, 2014-2018.

3- Ahmad Soja-Sani, 2015-2019.

4- Amir-Pouyan Zahiri, 2015-2019.

5- Vahid Shahabi, 2017-2021.

6- Elmira Taheri, 2017-2021.

7- Ali Lotfian, 2018-2022.

Research fellow

1- Hassan Akhlaghi, PhD student in Aerospace Department of Sharif University, 2010-now, Topic: "DSMC investigation of thermal rarefied flows"

2- Seyed Mahmoud Mousavi, PhD student in Mechanical Department of Shiraz University, 2011-2014, Topic: "Large eddy simulation of shock train in nozzles".