Dr. Shima Hajmirza
Stevens Institute of Technology
Dr. Shima Hajmirza is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the director of Energy, Control and Optimization (ECO) lab at Stevens Institute of Technology. She obtained her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in August 2013 and then became a post-doctoral research scientist with the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Science. Prior to her doctoral education, she obtained a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Illinois University and a Master’s degree in Bioengineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
Her expertise lies in the broader domains of thermal fluid sciences, radiation heat transfer, data-driven modeling and design, and the modeling of energy transfer in intricate media. Additionally, she specializes in Machine Learning/AI-based modeling and optimization, particularly applied to nanomaterials, nanotechnology, and bioengineering. With a portfolio of over 80 peer-reviewed papers (published in esteemed journals such as Nature Scientific Reports, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Journal of Solar Energy, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, etc.), her research has garnered support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), US Department of Defense (DOD), as well as industrial partners such as Qualcomm, Emerson, Chevron, and others. Notably, she has been honored with the NSF CAREER award for her contributions to the computational modeling of radiation heat transfer in porous media.