Faculty Profiles
Manoochehr Koochesfahani
Associate Dean for Grad Studies & Faculty Dev and Professor
Research Interests
- aeronautics
- fluid mechanics
- shear flows
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.S. 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.
- Hu, H. and Koochesfahani, M. M. [2006], "Molecular tagging velocimetry and thermometry technique and its application to the wake of a heated cylinder," Meas. Sci. Technol., 17, 1269-1281.
Selected Achievements and Awards
- AIAA Associate Fellow, 2002
- Measurement Science & Technology Outstanding Paper Award 2006