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Mehdi Mortazavi is an Associate Teaching Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). He joined the faculty at WPI in January 2023, after over six years of academic career at Western New England University (WNE) in Springfield, MA, USA. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech University in 2014. His area of expertise is thermo-fluids systems with a focus on liquid-gas multiphase flow. As an experimentalist in thermo-fluids systems, Dr. Mortazavi has designed and fabricated numerous research experimental setups for various research projects. He has gained industrial work experience in designing and analyzing HVAC systems in state of NY prior to joining the faculty at WNE. Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Tech University M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Tech University B.S., Mechanical Engineering, KN Toosi University (Wikipedia) Research Interests
Biography
Dr. Mortazavi received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Tech University (MTU) in 2014, his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at MTU in 2011, and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from KN Toosi University in 2007. He practiced mechanical engineering in the state of NY and in HVAC industry for two years (2014-2016) prior to joining the faculty at WNE in August 2016 as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. In Summer 2022 he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor (with tenure) at WNE. As a member of ASME, ECS, APS, and ASHRAE, Dr. Mortazavi has been conducting research studies in the area of energy-thermo-fluids systems since 2009 when he started his graduate studies at Michigan Tech. He has focused on solving fundamental problems of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer in a variety of applications. He has published multiple peer-reviewed journal and conference articles on thermo-fluids systems. Dr. Mortazavi is an instructor for courses in thermo-fluids for undergraduate and graduate levels. At WNE, he has instructed ME 303-Thermodynamics I, ME 304-Thermodynamics II, ME 417- Heat Transfer, ME 437-Design Projects, and ME 440-Senior Design Projects from August 2016 to December 2022. He also developed ME 491/591 Design of Heat Exchangers and ME 492/592 Multiphase Flow at WNE. Prior to joining WNE, he instructed MEEM 3220-Energy Lab at MTU (2011-2014). At WPI, he teaches courses such as ES 3004-Fluid Mechanics and ME 4429-Thermofluids Application and Design. Dr. Mortazavi's research interests include multiphase flow, transport phenomena in porous media, droplet dynamics, and evaluation of thermal and hydrodynamic performance of additively manufactured components (such as heat exchangers and flow channels). Dr. Mortazavi's research approach is analytical which is backed by experiments. |
