Dr. Hamidreza Najafi
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Florida Institute of Technology
150 W. University Blvd. Melbourne, FL 32901-6988
F.W. Olin Engineering Complex, Office 211
Email: hnajafi@fit.edu Phone: (321) 674-8408
Hamidreza Najafi is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology. He conducts research and teaches courses in the areas of thermal sciences. His research works have been focused on designing and optimization of thermal/energy systems, renewable energy systems, energy efficiency and inverse heat condcution problems. Dr. Najafi is serving as Florida Tech ASHRAE Students Branch Advisor, Students Activities Chair for ASHRAE Space Coast Section and member of ASME Advanced Energy Systems and Computational Heat Transfer Committees. Prior joining Florida Tech, Dr. Najafi worked as a lead engineer in Alabama Industrial Assessment Center (funded by U. S. Department of Energy), where he was focused on improving efficiency in industrial energy systems and conducted assessments for more than fifty manufacturing companies located in AL, GA and MS.
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Obinna Uyanna
Obinna received his B.S in Mechanical Engineering from University of Evansville in 2014 and his MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology in 2016. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Thermal/Fluid Sciences. His current research is focused on Inverse Heat Conduction Problems and their applications in thermal management of space vehicles.
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Modess Seyednezhad
Modess received her B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 2010 from Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (BUT) and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 2013 from National University of Malaysia (UKM). Her research Interests include Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, thermal System Design, Thermoelectric Cooling/heating systems, HVAC, Solar-water desalination and Optimization.
Puyi Yang
Mariana Migliori
Mariana received her bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2018 from Florida Institute of Technology and is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Thermal Fluid Sciences. Her research interest includes: optimization of energy efficiency in buildings, building automation, energy efficient measures in K-12 schools, energy forecasting using intelligent algorithms, and heat transfer.
Joseph Luya
Joseph received his Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a double minor in Sustainability and Entrepreneurship May 2020 at Florida Institute of Technology. Joseph is expected to receive his Master's Degree Summer of 2021 and will pursue a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Thermal Fluid Sciences beginning Fall of 2021. His research interests include design and optimization of thermal systems as well as emerging technologies in the renewable energy industry.
Florida Tech FastTrack (Bachelor and Masters degree) student in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on thermal-fluid sciences. His research interests include application of machine learning in building energy analysis and optimization of net-zero energy building systems.
Dominic Allard
Dominic received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2020 from Florida Institute of Technology. He is currently a Masters student (FastTrack) with a focus on thermal-fluid sciences. His research interest includes computational heat transfer and particularly thermal management for hypersonic and space vehicles.
Lindsey Kahn
Lindsey is currently pursuing her bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology. Her research interests include energy efficiency, thermodynamics, thermal system design, and HVAC.
Shahin Shafiee - Postdoc (July 2017-May 2018) - Currently Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Prairie view A&M University
David Sykes - Ph.D. (May 2018) - Currently Thermal Controls Technology Group Lead at Mainstream Engineering Corporation. [Dissertation: Effect of Cavitation Regimes on Stepped Diesel Injectors ]
Jian Zhang - MS.c. (Aug 2020) - Currently PhD student in Aerospace Engineering. [Thesis: Application of Neural Networks for Solving One Dimensional Inverse Heat Conduction Problems with Surface Ablation]
Ganesh Doiphode - MSc. (May 2019) -Currently Mechanical Engineer at SETTY and Associates . [Thesis: Energy, Exergy and Economic Analysis of a Micro-CCHP System]
David Rochelle - MSc. (Dec 2018) - Currently Fluids/Propulsion Engineer at Perspecta [Thesis: An Experiment to Study the Gaseous Emissions of a Gas Turbine Operated with Biodiesel as Fuel]
Owen Betharte - MSc. (May 2018) - Currently Design Engineer at Winchester Interconnect [Thesis: Towards Net Zero Energy Buildings: A Parametric Study on Building Energy Performance for Different US Climate Zones]
Anuj Pant - MS.c. (May 2018) - Currently Avionics/Electrical Engineering at Piper Aircraft.
Sourbah Dhole - MS.c (May 2018) - Currently at Linkez Technologies Private Limited.
Dhruv Sangal - MSc. (Dec 2017) - Currently Solar Engineer at WAPCOS Limited official [Thesis: Towards Green Building: Energy Efficient Roof System for Buildings]
Bhuvaneswari Rajendra - MS.c. (Dec 2017) - Currently Mechanical Engineer at Integra LifeSciences [Thesis: A Real-Time Solution Strategy for Estimation of Aerothermal Heating for Reentry Vehicles]
Akshay Bhargava - MS.c. (March 2017) - Currently Mechanical Engineer at TRC Worldwide Engineering, MEP, Inc.
Daniel Hocheimy (2020), Bhaskar Aggarwal (2019), Tejas Thakur (2018-2019).
