Research Engineer

Abolfazl Irannejad, Ph.D.

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Summary

• 7+ years of experience in numerical analysis and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).

• Good experience in leading and coordinating CFD model development, analysis and design optimization.

• Proficient in commercial numerical codes (3D: FLUENT and CONVERGE, 0D,1D: CHEMKIN)

• Extensive knowledge of multi-dimensional simulation of single-phase and multi-phase particulate turbulent non-reacting/reacting flows.

• Solid background in fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, turbulent mass and heat transfer, thermodynamics, chemical kinetics and turbulent combustion modeling and analysis.

• 5+ years of experience building in-house CFD code development.

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

GPA: 4.0 2009-2013

• PhD Dissertation: “Advanced Models for Turbulent Spray and Combustion Simulations”, Supervisor: Dr. F. A. Jaberi, December 2013.

M.Sc., Aerospace Propulsion Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran.

GPA: 18.45 (out of 20) 2006-2009

• M.Sc. Thesis: “Numerical Simulation of Liquid Phase Reaction (gasification) of an Energetic Liquid Fuel Droplet”, Supervisor: Dr. M. Farshchi, January 2009.

B.Sc., Aerospace Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran.

GPA: 16.33 (out of 20) 2002-2006

• B.Sc. Thesis: “Transient Heating and Gasification of Energetic Liquid Fuel Droplet”. Supervisor: Dr. M. Farshchi, August 2006.

Professional Experience

Research Engineer at Ford Research and Innovation Center June 2014-Present

• Optimized new spark ignition gasoline direct injection engine for a high speed racing car.

• Invented combustion system design concepts and features via flow analysis using Converge.

• Proved merit of Large Eddy Simulation (LES) over Raynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) for transient combustion processes in internal combustion engines.

Adjunct Research Associate of CFD lab at Michigan State University June 2014-Present

• Improved source codes for Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of droplet-laden reacting flows with complex chemistry and SubGrid-Scale (SGS) modeling for LES.

• Innovated large scale high-order multi-block simulations of high speed reacting flows with detailed chemical kinetics for hydrogen and hydrocarbon (ethylene) fuels in supersonic combustors.

Post-Doctoral Research Associate December 2013-June 2014

Associate Director of CFD Lab at Michigan State University

• Led/monitored 4 research projects ranging from internal combustion engines to scramjets.

• Contributed in SGS combustion modeling for discontinuous spectral Finite Element Method (FEM).

• Proposed research plan for graduate student research and directed study of turbulent jet ignition for homogenously charged compression ignition (HCCI) engines.

• Devised large scale high-order multi-block simulations of turbulent supersonic flows.

• Judged mechanical engineering posters at MSU Engineering Graduate Symposium.

CFD Lab Coordinator and PhD Candidate February 2013- December 2013

• Coordinated inter-university meetings and communications with University of Illinois at Chicago.

Research Assistant at Michigan State University August 2009- December 2013

• Demonstrated verbal and written skills through 10+ journal/conference papers, technical reports and presentations using Microsoft Office and Latex.

• Identified physical parameters affecting spray combustion in direct injection (DI) diesel engines such as ignition delay and flame liftoff for Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) and soot formation conditions.

• Strengthened computational modeling codes for turbulent spray combustion simulations with complex skeletal and reduced chemical kinetics via in situ Adaptive Tabulation (ISAT).

• Attained expertise in combustion chemistry acceleration and chemical kinetic reduction methods such as ISAT and rate-controlled constrained equilibrium (RCCE) coupled with CHEMKIN subroutines.

• Innovated scalable Monte Carlo particle algorithms for combustion modeling in complicated geometry and parallel processing using XSEDE high performance computing.

• Introduced modeling of volumetric effects of dispersed evaporating droplets on turbulent jets.

• Identified parameters affecting interaction of spray atomization and heat and mass transfers with gas turbulence for different hydrocarbon fuels (heptane, hexadecane, dodacane and decane).

• Invented efficient models for Message Passing Interface (MPI) parallel processing simulation of turbulent spray breakup and evaporation.

• Studied different models for turbulent flow simulations such as probability density function (PDF) methods, Lagrangian methods such as Smoothed particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) and Lattice-Boltzmann.

• Integrated statistical analysis of isotropic turbulent flow using DNS data.

• Evaluated A Priori different SGS models for Large Eddy Simulation.

• Acquired experience with UNIX / LINUX programing and scripts.

• Participated in proven algorithmic techniques for many core processors workshop series.

Research Assistant at Sharif University of Technology September 2007- January 2009

• Developed codes for numerical simulation of high density ratio volume of fluid (VOF) method with SIMPLE pressure based flow solver.

• Evaluated interface capturing methods for multiphase flows.

• Contributed in turbine blade aerodynamic optimization of airfoil design using FLUENT and continuous adjoint method.

• Developed numerical codes for finite volume schemes for viscous compressible external flows.

• Generated structured and unstructured grids using Gambit for FORTRAN codes and FLUENT.

• Implemented finite difference schemes for parabolic, elliptic and hyperbolic wave equations and cavity flows.

• Assessed methane diffusion flame behavior in a typical combustor using FLUENT.

• Gained Experience with commercial combustion softwares such as CHEMKIN.

• Collaborated with a team of 3 for optical flow diagnostic experiments of PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry), LIF (Laser Induced Fluorescence) and Shadowgraphy and presented LCT (Liquid Crystal Thermography).

Teaching Assistant at Sharif University of Technology September 2007-May 2009

• Organized lecture sessions and arranged office hours for undergraduate and graduate students, responsible for assigning homework, exams, course projects and grading for Aerodynamics, Fundamentals of Propulsion, Acoustics, Introduction to CFD and graduate CFD I & II courses.

• Mentored 20+ undergraduate and graduate students and assisted them with course projects.

Design Engineer at Sharif University of Technology March 2007-August 2007

• Worked in a team of 4, responsible for theoretical design and acoustical analysis of an experimental reverberation chamber using MATLAB, SolidWorks and AutoCAD.

Research Intern at Sharif University of Technology May 2006 - September 2006

• Formulated and numerically analyzed transient heating and gasification of an energetic liquid Fuel droplet using MATLAB self-developed codes.

• Gained experience with CFD soft wares such as FLUENT and START-CCM+ and simulated hypersonic flow over a blunted cone-flare using FLUENT.

Skills Profile

• Specialized knowledge: Solid background in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation and numerical methods from mesh generation and simulation to data analysis (7+ years experience). Expertise in CFD research at the source code development level (5 years). Proficient in CFD softwares such as Fluent and Converge together with associated pre and post processing tools such as Hypermesh, Gambit, Tecplot and Ensight. Fundamental understanding of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, combustion, turbulence, mass and heat transfer. Creative and detail oriented in generating new combustion system design and optimization concepts using computer-aided engineering (CAE) and CFD tools. Demonstrated Ability to work independently and collaborate with a team. Proficient in leading and directing numerical code developments and CFD analysis projects.

• Specialized Programs: SolidWorks, HyperMesh, MATLAB, Chemkin, Fluent, Converge.

• Programing Languages: FORTRAN, C, PASCAL, MPI Scalable High Performance Computing.

Publications

Journal papers

• Irannejad, A., Banaeizadeh, A., Jaberi, F. A. Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Spray Combustion, Combustion and Flame 161 (2014), accepted, in press. doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2014.07.029.

• Irannejad, A., Jaberi, F. A. Numerical Study of High Speed Evaporating Sprays, International Journal of Multiphase Flow (in review), 2014.

• Irannejad, A., Jaberi, F. A. Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Spray Breakup and Evaporation, International Journal of Multiphase Flow 61 (2014), 108-128.

Journal Papers in Preparation

• Irannejad, A., Jaberi, F.A., Mashayek, F. “Large Eddy Simulation of Supersonic Turbulent Combustion”, to be submitted to Combustion and Flame.

• Irannejad, A., Jaberi, F.A., “Numerical Simulation of Complex Chemistry droplet-laden turbulent reacting jets”, to be submitted to Combustion and Flame.

• Validi, A., Irannejad, A., Jaberi, F.A. “Numerical Study of Turbulent Jet Ignition”, to be submitted to Combustion and Flame.

Conference Proceedings

• Komperda, J., Ghiasi, Z, Mashayek, F., Irannejad, A., Jaberi, F., “Filtered Mass Density Function for Use in Discontinuous Spectral Element Method,” 50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, AIAA 2014-3471, July 28-30, 2014.

• Irannejad, A., Banaeizadeh, A., Jaberi, F. “High Fidelity Simulations of Turbulent Spray Combustion”, Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress, June 1-4, 2014.

• Irannejad, A., Jaberi, F., Komperda, J., Mashayek, F., “Large Eddy Simulation of Supersonic Turbulent Combustion with FMDF”, 52nd AIAA Science Meeting, AIAA-2014-1188, January 13-17, 2014, National Harbor, Maryland.

• Irannejad, A., Jaberi, F.A., “Large Eddy Simulation of Spray Mixing and Combustion”, 43rd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, AIAA-2013-2599, June 24-27, 2013, San Diego, California.

• Irannejad, A., Jaberi, F.A., Large Eddy Simulation of Evaporating Spray with a Stochastic Breakup Model, SAE paper 201*-**-****, SAE World Congress, April, 2013, Detroit, Michigan.

• Zeinalpour, M., Mazaheri, K., Irannejad, A., Turbine Blade Aerodynamic Optimization on Unstructured Grids Using a Continuous Adjoint Method, Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Int. Mech. Engg. Congress & Exposition, November 9-15, 2012, Houston, Texas, IMECE2012-89971

• Zeinalpour, M., Mazaheri, K., Irannejad, A., Sensitivity Analysis of Gas Turbine Fuel Consumption with Respect to Turbine Stage Efficiency, Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Int. Mech. Engg. Congress & Exposition, November 9-15, 2012, Houston, Texas, IMECE2012-89956

• Farshchi, M., Irannejad, A., and Riazi, R., “Transient Heating and Gasification of Energetic Liquid Fuel Droplet”, 6th Int. Conf. of Iranian Aerospace Society, Khajeh Nasiradin Tusi Univ. of Tech., Tehran, Iran, 2007.

Presentations

• Irannejad, A., Validi, A., Jaberi, F., Mashayek, F. “LES/FMDF of Non-Premixed Combustion in a Supersonic Cavity Combustor”, 17th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, June 15-20, 2014.

• Validi, A., Srivastava, S., Irannejad, A., Jaberi, F. “Efficient Implementation of Combustion Chemistry in High Speed Turbulent Flows”, 17th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, June 15-20, 2014.

• Irannejad, A., Jaberi F.A. LES/FMDF of High Speed Spray Combustion, 66th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics-APS, Nov. 18-20, 2013, Pittsburg, PA.

• Validi, A., Irannejad, A., Jaberi, F.A. Turbulent Ignition by a hot turbulent jet flow, 66th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics-APS, Nov. 18-20, 2013, Pittsburg, PA.

References

Farhad Jaberi, Professor and Director of CFD Lab

Mechanical Engineering

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI 48823

Phone: 517-***-****

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Farzad Mashayek, Professor and Department Head

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

University of Illinois at Chicago

Phone: 312-***-****

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Nikolai V. Priezjev, Assistant Professor

Mechanical & Materials Engineering

Wright State University

Phone: 937-***-****

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Graduate Courses

• Fundamentals of Turbulence, Theory of Multiphase Flows, Turbulence Modeling and Simulations, Molecular Modeling in Engineering, Convective Heat and Mass Transfer, PDF Methods for Turbulent Flows, Advanced Mathematics, Viscous Fluid Flow, CFD I, CFD II, Advanced Fuel and Combustion, Acoustics, Gas Dynamics, Optical Flow Diagnostics.

Honors

• Top 10 % (rank 2nd) amongst students of the Division of Propulsion at the same level (20 students) in M.Sc. program.

• Top 10 % (rank 5th) amongst students at the same level (50 students) in B.Sc. program; entered M.Sc. program without entrance examination as a result.

Extracurricular Scholarly Publications

• Irannejad, A., “Aryanam: History and Culture of Ancient Iran” [Persian], Khadamat Farhangi Kerman (Iran), 2007.

• Irannejad, A., “Iran and Religious Ideas” [Persian], Tehran (2010), book draft.

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