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CURRICULUM VITAE/RESUME

SADEGH POOZESH

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Sadegh Poozesh

Mobile Phone: 859-***-****

Date and Place of Birth: February 11th 1988, Yasouj, Iran PO Box: 300 Alumni Drive. Apt: 203, Lexington, KY

EDUCATION

PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering, 2013.

University of Kentucky

GPA: 4.00/4.00 (so far)

Expected graduation date: December 15, 2015

Have been teaching assistant for two and a half years Project title: “Inkjet Printing: Facing Challenges and New Perspectives” Supervisors: Dr. Kozo Saito and Dr. Nelson Akafuah

Master degree in Mechanical Engineering. Fluid Mechanics, 2010 – 2012. Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) Project title: “Optimal Constructal Design of Multiple Heat Sources in a Square-Shaped Fin.” Supervisors: Dr. Mohammadreza Hajmohammadi and Dr. Seyed Salman Nourazar GPA: 17.19/20 (3.72/4).

Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, 2006 – 2010. Isfahan University of Technology

Project title: “Experimental Analysis of Efficiency for a Centrifugal Pump.” Supervisor: Dr. SAEED MORTAZAVI

GPA: 15.68/20 (3.2/4).

Mathematic Diploma, 2002 – 2006.

Yasouj University High school, Yasouj

GPA: 19.33/20.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Heat conduction, numerical and analytical evaluation and analysis of linear and non- linear problems in solids with heat sources

Natural and mixed convection in open ended cavities

Optimization of thermal systems

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Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow

Fluid Mechanics and Biomechanics

JOURNAL PAPERS

1. Hajmohammadi M. R, Sadegh Poozesh, Antonio Campo, “Valuable reconsideration in the constructal design of open cavities", Energy Conversion and Management, Elsevier, Volume 66, February 2013, Pages 33–40.

2. Hajmohammadi M. R, Sadegh Poozesh, Antonio Campo, “Heat transfer improvement due to the imposition of non-uniform wall heating for in-tube laminar forced convection”, Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 61, Issue 2, 3 November 2013, Pages 268–277.

3. Hajmohammadi M. R, Sadegh Poozesh, Antonio Campo “Optimal discrete distribution of heat flux elements for in-tube laminar forced convection that minimizes the peak temperatures”, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Elsevier, Accepted Manuscript, In Press.

4. Hajmohammadi M. A, Sadegh Poozesh and Nourazar S. S. "Optimal architecture of heat generating devices in a fin" Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Springer, Accepted Manuscript, In Press.

5. Hajmohammadi M. R, Sadegh Poozesh “Investigation on the internal shape of constructal cavities intruding a heat generating body”, journal Thermal Science, Accepted Manuscript, In Press.

6. Hajmohammadi M. A, Sadegh Poozesh and Reza Hosseini, Radiation effect on constructal design analysis of a T-Y-shaped assembly of fins, Journal of Thermal Science and Technology, Vo l. 7 (2012) No. 4 pp. 677-692. 7. Hajmohammadi M. A, Sadegh Poozesh and Nourazar S. S. "Constructal Design of Multiple Heat Sources in a Square-shaped Fin". Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering 2012; in press, DOI: 10.1177/0954408912447720. 8. Reza Hosseini, Sadegh Poozesh and Saeed Dinarvand," MHD Flow of an Incompressible Viscous Fluid through Convergent or Divergent Channels in Presence of a High Magnetic Field", Journal of Applied Mathematics, Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 157067, 12 pages.

9. Sadegh Poozesh, S Nabi, M Saber, S Dinarvand, B Fani “The Efficiency of Convective - radiative Fin with Temperature - dependent Thermal Conductivity by the Differential Transformation Method” Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 6 (8), 1354-1359.

10. Hajmohammadi M. A, Sadegh Poozesh and Abouzar Pouzesh, “Controlling the Heat Flux Distribution by Changing the Thickness of Heated Wall” Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research, 2(7) 7270-7275, 2012. 11. Hajmohammadi M. R, Nourazar S. S. and Poozesh Sadegh. "Optimal insulated spacing between two discrete heat sources of uniform temperature cooled by forced convection", Iran society of mechanical engineering (ISME), Shiraz, (2012). 3

12. Poozesh, S., Akafuah, N., and Saito, K., "Numerical Simulation of a Coating Sprayer Capable of Producing Controllable Paint Droplets," SAE Technical Paper 2015-01- 0737, 2015, doi:10.4271/201*-**-****.

13. Poozesh, S., N. Akafuah, and K. Saito. "NO formation analysis of turbulent non- premixed coaxial methane/air diffusion flame." International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (2015): 1-6.

14. Poozesh, S., N. Akafuah, and K. Saito. “New Criteria for Filament Breakup in Droplet- on-Demand Inkjet Printing Using Volume of Fluid (VOF) Method” the korean journal of chemical engineering” Accepted.

15. Sadegh Poozesh, Nelson Akafuah and Kozo Saito, “Review on the Effects of Spray Coating Technology on Transfer Efficiency and Finished Painted Surface Quality”, under submission.

A complete list of the papers and their citation record can be found here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ftCix_wAAAAJ&view_op=list_works HONORS

- Ranked 126th among some 25,000 participants in Nation-wide exam for master degree.

- Ranked 162th among some 60,000 participants in Nation-wide exam for bachelor degree.

- Ranked 6rd in the current master program.

- Approved National Interest Waiver (NIW) petition MAJOR RESEARCHES:

Below there is a list of successful researches that have been done throughout my master program. 1. CFD, computational fluid dynamic. Dr. Mohammad Reza Heirani Nobari Project:

“3D simulation of flow and heat transfer in helical conical pipe using central difference method”.

Derivation of Navier Stocks equations in orthogonal curve-linear coordinate for helical conical pipe for the first time

Parallel computing capability (Open MP)

Further developed to incorporate helical cylindrical and curved pipe

Under expansion for Visco-Elastic flows

2. Energy Conversion. Dr. R. Hosseini.

Project:

“Potentials for renewable energy development in Iran.”

Obtaining information about renewable energies like solar energy, fuel cells, wind energy and…

Determining suitable renewable energy by evaluating of their potential for Iran 3. Radiation Heat Transfer, Dr. R. Hosseini.

Project:

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“Investigation of temperature field for the convective–radiative Fin with Temperature dependent thermal conductivity “.

Using differential transform method for obtaining temperature field of convective–radiative fin with temperature dependent thermal conductivity”

4. Two Phase Flow. Dr. H. Basirat Tabrizi.

Projects:

“Determining of particle slip-velocity in a dilute particulate turbulent flow with inelastic collisions”

Doing experiments on a dilute particulate turbulent flow in a square channel DISSERTATIONS AND PROJECTS

1. Master program Dissertation.

Title: “Optimal Constructal Design of Multiple Heat Sources in a Square-Shaped Fin.”

Objective: obtaining the optimal distribution circular-shaped heat sources which are connected and cooled in a square-shaped fin for two boundary condition of heat sources; uniform heat flux and uniform temperature.

Written using Object Oriented Programming in MATLAB PDE Toolbox and ANSYS-CFX

Obtaining temperature field for possible configurations

Determining the optimal location of the heat sources in the fin body

Comparing optimized configurations to each other so as to determine the best configurations 2. Bachelor project.

Title: “Experimental Analysis of Efficiency for a Centrifugal Pump.”

Obtaining efficiency of a specific centrifugal pump via measuring of parameters of pump

Comparing the obtained experimental results with the presented relations of pump manufacturer 3. PhD thesis

Title: “ Inkjet Printing: Facing Challenges and New Perspectives”

Developing a new prototype for spray painting capable of producing favorable droplet size and distribution

Numerically test the new spray prototype

JOB EXPERIENCE

Worked as an intern in Esfahan's Mobarakeh Steel Company, the largest Iranian industrial complex. Isfahan, Iran. Summer 2010.

Worked as a teaching assistant for four semesters in mechanical department of university of Kentucky (being TA of Parametric modeling software (Creo) for one year).

Worked as a research assistant for 7 months in mechanical department of university of Kentucky.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Programming Languages:

Familiar with C++ and object oriented programming in this language.

Completely experienced in FORTRAN 2003 and object oriented programming in this language

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Commercial software:

Experienced in ProE (Creo), Catia, Solidworks AutoCAD

Experienced in MATLAB, Wolfram Mathematical and MAPLE

Experienced in ANSYS-CFX and ANSYS-FLUENT

Completely Familiar with EES

Experience in MS Office in general context

VISA STATUS

Holding EAD (employment authorization document) and AP (advanced parole) which allow me to work and travel, respectively within U.S.

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