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Dr. Hamidreza Najafi is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Innovations in Sustainable Energy and Thermal Systems (ISETS) group at the Florida Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the design and optimization of thermal and energy systems, computational heat transfer, and sustainable built environments. He has authored or co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, as well as a book (Wiley, 2023) and a book chapter (Springer, 2021). Dr. Najafi's work has been funded by prominent agencies such the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), NASA, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), ASHRAE, and various private industries. He is an Executive Committee member of the American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Buildings and Cities and co-chair of the ASME Computational Heat Transfer Technical Committee. In the past, Dr. Najafi has held prominent roles, including General Conference Chair of the 2023 ASME International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Chair of the ASME Renewable Energy and Energy Conversion Technical Committee, Technical Program Chair of the 9th Thermal and FLuids Engineering Conference (TFEC 2024) and Guest Editor for both the ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and the Journal of Energy Resources Technology. He is also serving as the ASHRAE Student Branch Advisor of Florida Institute of Technology since 2015 and served as the Vice-Chair of the ASHRAE TC 9.13 Space (2022-2024). Before joining Florida Tech, Dr. Najafi was a lead graduate student and engineer at the Alabama Industrial Assessment Center (funded by the U.S. DOE) from 2011 to 2015, where he worked on improving the efficiency and decarbonization of industrial energy systems.

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