Mehrdad T. Manzari

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

FIMechE, CEng, FHEA

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 11155-9567, Iran

+98 216 616 5689 (office)

mtmanzariATsharif.edu, http://sharif.edu/~mtmanzari

Education:
	PhD in Engineering, (1996) University of Wales Swansea, UK. An Unstructured Grid Finite Element Algorithm for Compressible Turbulent Flow Computations
	MSc in Mechanical Engineering, (1988) Sharif University of Technology, Iran. Finite Element Analysis of the Non-Fourier Heat Conduction
	BSc in Mechanical Engineering, (1986) Sharif University of Technology, Iran. Modelling of Heat and Fluid Flow in Multiphase Power-plant Heat Exchangers

Professional Experience:
2023-present	Editor-in-Chief of Sharif Journal of Mechanical Engineering (SJME)
2020-2022	Director of Center of Excellence in Energy Conversion, Sharif University of Technology
2015-2019	Director of Reservoir Engineering Programme, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
2010-present	Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
2007-2009	Director of Thermo-fluid Group, School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
2007-2009	Director of Center of Excellence in Energy Conversion, School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
2005-2007	Director of Graduate Studies, School of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
2005-2010	Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
2000-2005	Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology
1996-2000	Postdoctoral Research Officer, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, UK
1994-1996	Research Officer, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, UK
1991-1993	Part-time Lecturer, Sharif University of Technology and University of Tehran

Honors and Awards:
	Fellow of Institute of Mechanical Engineering, 2017
	Chartered Engineer, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, 2017
	Fellow of Higher Education Academy, 2017
	Winner of the Most Commended Paper prize of MCB Publishers, 2007
	Winner of the Most Commended Paper prize of MCB Publishers, 1999
	Finalist of the 9^th R.J. Melosh Medal Competition, USA, 1997
	NSERC Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship, Canada, 1997 and 1998

Research Interests:
	Aero-acoustic with applications in multiphase flow measurement
	Multiphase flows in porous media with applications in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
	Landslides and flow of granular materials
	Simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer in manufacturing processes
	Non-Newtonian fluid flows
	Computational methods in engineering
	Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) with engineering applications

Courses Taught:
	Thermodynamics (UG)
	Fluid Mechanics I (UG)
	Heat Transfer I and II (UG)
	Design of Heat Exchangers (UG)
	Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (UG)
	Introduction to Oil and Gas Engineering (UG)
	Computational Fluid Dynamics I and II (G)
	Finite Element Method (G)
	Advanced Numerical Methods (G)
	Advanced Engineering Mathematics (G)
	Convective Heat Transfer (G)
	Boundary Layer Theory (G)
	MSc Seminars (G)
	Bio-fluid Mechanics (G)
	Multiphase flows in Porous Media (G)
	Reservoir Engineering (G)
	Parallel Computing for CFD Applications (G)

Translated Book:

Fourier Series and Laplace Transforms

List of Publications:	By Google Scholar
ORCID:	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0297-7053
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehrdad-manzari-a0750455/

Doctoral Theses Supervised:
	Hamid Naderan: Advanced Recovery Methods for Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, Sharif University of Technology, 2007.
	Rouholah Fatehi: Multiphase Pore-scale Modelling Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Sharif University of Technology, 2010.
	Mehdi Mosharaf Dehkordi: Multi-resolution Multiscale Finite Volume Method for Reservoir Simulation, 2013.
	Somayeh Farnoush: Prediction of Suspensions Bulk Viscosity Using Immersed Boundary Approach in the Framework of the Lattice Boltzmann Method, 2015.
	Mohamad Reza Hashemi: Simulation of Magneto-rheological Fluid Flows at Particle Scale, 2017.
	Mojtaba Moshiri: Simulation of flow in anisotropic heterogeneous oil reservoirs using compositional model and cell-based unstructured grid, 2019.
	Mohammad Nikooei: Numerical simulation of 3D landslides using SPH method, 2020.
	Ramin Ghorbani: Modelling of rain-induced landslides considering instantaneous local rheology in saturated soils, 2022.
	Almas Zhmagulov: Evaluation of Hydrocarbon Potentials in the Shu-Sarysu Sedimentary Basin, 2024. (Satbayev University, Kazakhstan)
	Shahram Rajabpour: Experimental and numerical investigation of systematic design and optimization of centrifugal compressors, 2024.