Majid Bahrami
Simon Fraser University
Presenting in Track 15: Power Symposium
Presentation Title: Controlling the Uncontrollable: Acoustic Manipulation of Turbulent and Porous-Media Flows from Fundamental Physics to Functional Devices
Presentation information is forthcoming.
Biography: Dr. Majid Bahrami is a Professor in the School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser University, Canada Research Chair in Alternative Energy Conversion Systems. He was awarded Canada's Clean50 in 2016. His research group studies transport phenomena in emerging microstructured materials and porous media, fuel cell technologies, new refrigeration, and microelectronics cooling with a focus on sustainable energy conversion systems. This multifaceted research requires combined expertise in heat transfer, fluid flow, materials science, and contact mechanics, and has a focus on both fundamentals and contemporary industrial applications. Bahrami (Sharif B.Sc. 1992 / Amirkabir M.Sc 1995 / Waterloo Ph.D. 2004 / Waterloo Post-doc 2004-2006) has authored/co-authored more than 100 journal and conference articles. Dr. Bahrami practiced for 5 years (1995–2001) in the HVAC and refrigeration industry as a thermal engineer and consultant. From 2006 to 2008, Bahrami served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, British Columbia. He is Fellow of ASME, Fellow of CAE and member of AIAA, ASHRAE, SAE and CSME.