Manoochehr Koochesfahani
Associate Dean for Grad Studies & Faculty Dev and Professor
Research Interests
- fluids
- heat transfer
- thermodynamics
- turbulence
Research Biography
Turbulent shear flows and turbulent mixing, unsteady fluid mechanics and aerodynamics, stability of shear flows, IC engine flow and control, micro and nano flows, optical diagnostics techniques, molecular tagging diagnostics, Quantum Dot (QD) imaging of fluid flow.
Selected Publications
- Koochesfahani, M., Lum, C., Pouya, S., and Hu, H. [2006], "Imaging Flow, Transport, and Mixing in Microflows Using Molecular Tagging Diagnostics," Invited Paper, Proceedings of the 15th U.W. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, June 25-30, 2006, Boulder, Colorado, F3a-3.
- Koochesfahani, M. M. and Nocera, D. G. [2007], "Molecular tagging velocimetry," Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Springer-Verlag.
- Pouya, S., Koochesfahani, M., Greytak, A., Bawendi, M., and Nocera, D. [2008] "Experimental Evidence of Diffusion-Induced Bias in Near-Wall Velocimetry Using Quantum Dot Measurements," Exp Fluids, 44, 1035-1038.
- Bohl, D.G. and Koochesfahani, M.M., "MTV Measurements of the Vortical Field in the Wake of an Airfoil Pitching at High Reduced Frequency," J. Fluid Mech., Volume 620 (2009), pages 63-88.
Selected Achievements and Awards
- AIAA Associate Fellow, 2002
- Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2008
- Measurement Science & Technology Outstanding Paper Award 2006