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    Houman Babazadehrokni has extensive education and research experience in mechanical engineering. He holds a PhD from Tennessee Technological University, an MS from the University of Denver, and a BS from the University of Mazandaran in Iran. His research interests include air conditioning, thermal energy storage systems, and microfluid characterization. He has published several journal papers and conference presentations on topics such as nanofluid heat transfer, shallow water modeling, and cavitation in pharmaceutical manufacturing. He also has engineering work experience in ventilation and air conditioning design.

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    Houman Babazadehrokni has extensive education and research experience in mechanical engineering. He holds a PhD from Tennessee Technological University, an MS from the University of Denver, and a BS from the University of Mazandaran in Iran. His research interests include air conditioning, thermal energy storage systems, and microfluid characterization. He has published several journal papers and conference presentations on topics such as nanofluid heat transfer, shallow water modeling, and cavitation in pharmaceutical manufacturing. He also has engineering work experience in ventilation and air conditioning design.

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    Houman Babazadehrokni has extensive education and research experience in mechanical engineering. He holds a PhD from Tennessee Technological University, an MS from the University of Denver, and a BS from the University of Mazandaran in Iran. His research interests include air conditioning, thermal energy storage systems, and microfluid characterization. He has published several journal papers and conference presentations on topics such as nanofluid heat transfer, shallow water modeling, and cavitation in pharmaceutical manufacturing. He also has engineering work experience in ventilation and air conditioning design.

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    HOUMAN BABAZADEHROKNI

    [email protected] | 720-998-6998

    EDUCATION
    - Present: Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
    PhD in Mechanical Engineering. Thesis: Experimental Testing and Numerical Modeling of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material (MPCM)
    Slurry in Helical Coil Heat Exchangers,

    2013-2014: University of Denver, Denver, CO


    Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Thesis: Cavitation in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Shipping

    2007-2012: University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran


    Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Applied Science- Solid Design, Including couple of published journal and conference papers;
    Thesis: Modeling of Fin Efficiency of Fins with Temperature Dependent Thermal Conductivity

    RESEARCH INTERESTS

    Air Conditioning
    Thermal Energy Storage Systems
    Microfluids Characterization

    ACHEIVEMENTS (4 years)
    2014-Present: Graduate Research Assistant
    Center of Manufacturing Research, Water Energy laboratory, Tennessee Tech. University; on Dry Air Cooling Tower
    System, No Water Consumption, FSI: Fluid and Solid Interaction: Geometry, Mesh, Model and Setup
    -Numerical Modeling of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material (MPCM) Slurry in Helical Coil Heat Exchangers:
    condenser unit in heating, ventilation and air condition (HVAC) system for ground source heat pump (GSHP) systems
    nhancing the efficiency of their HVAC units using the geothermal units
    Characterization: Density, Specific Heat, Thermal Capacity and Viscosity
    -Thermal Energy Storage Systems:
    e setup of an experiment for a quick-response latent energy storage
    -response latent energy storage for residential applications
    the peak load shaving to save electrical power for residential and commercial applications.
    -Implementation of a Semi-Analytical Approach to Solve Energy-Water Related Engineering Problems: RVIM
    -Fluid and Solid Interaction (FSI) Modeling of Swellable Porous Media for Water Treatment and Desalination

    2013-2014: Graduate Research Assistant


    Center for Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Biofluids laboratory, University of Denver; on Cavitation in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
    and Shipping, FSI: Fluid and Solid Interaction: Geometry, Mesh, Model and Setup
    using hyper elastic material in Ansys, 2.5-D
    using Polyethylene in Ansys, 3-D design
    Investigating on causes of the cavitation occurred in vial drop tests using drop tower
    protein aggregation in naked vials drop tests
    in Ansys; Explicit dynamics: improving the existing designs

    “Effects of Reynolds Number on Nusselt Number in a Channel” by means of Gambit to build the geometry, Fluent to model
    the fluid side and MATLAB as a master program
    Effects of a Triangular Bar and Heated Blocks Located in a Channel on Fluid Flow circulation by
    means of Gambit to build the geometry, Fluent to model the fluid side and MATLAB as a master program via TUI
    Modeling of dam breaking in Fluent and Gambit, 2-D
    Designing different kinds of frame to hold the maximum weight, using 5 tubular 36 inches brass by SolidWorks
    to Ansys
    by Autocad
    n two parallel plates by MATLAB
    Skills experienced: Optimization methods. AutoCAD, Pro/E and Revit.

    2013-2014: Graduate Research Assistant


    Computer Vision and Image processing Lab, University of Denver, Denver, USA; on Companionbot for dialog on Depression
    Designing different neck systems for maskbot by means of SolidWorks
    Improving the best design by linear actuator motors and universal joints
    Implementing the last design and optimizing by interchangeable mask
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    2010-2013: Research Assistant
    Heat Transfer Laboratory, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran; Worked on different subjects of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer

    Developing a new method in mathematics, RVIM based on Laplace Transform


    Coding the analytical methods to solve engineering problems by means of Maple
    Writing various kinds of codes for different purposes by MATLAB, FORTRAN, C++ and Delphi

    Job-Internship
    Fall 2013: Part time job - Consulter in the department of engineering, Ventilating and Air Conditioning, Company of Nationwide and Fire
    Protection, Denver, CO
    The main goal of this project was designing of ventilating system, and implementing the best design, AutoCad
    Summer 2013: Full time job - Mechanical engineer (Contractor) at Company of Siemens, consulter in the department of engineering,
    Ventilating and Air Conditioning, Heating and cooling systems’ maintenance, Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster, CA
    In this project, the air conditioning systems of two floors of Antelope Valley Hospital were redesigned and performed, AutoCad and Revit

    Teaching Assistant
    -12: Lab instructor, Heat Transfer (1); Babol University of Technology, Babol, Iran
    -10: Thermodynamics (1); Babol University of Technology, Babol, Iran
    2009-10: Mechanics of Materials (1) and Thermodynamics (1); Babol University of Technology, Babol, Iran
    2008-09: Ordinary Differential Equations; Babol University of Technology, Babol, Iran
    2007-08: Mathematic (1); Babol University of Technology, Babol, Iran

    Journal reviewing experience


    Reviewer of:
    International Journal of Engineering
    Journal of Molecular Liquids
    Computers in Biology and Medicine
    Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations
    Journal of the Egyptian Mathematical Society

    PUBLICATIONS
    Selected Journal Papers
    -Bandpy, SM Seyyedi, DD Ganji, Houman B Rokni, Soheil Soleimani, Application of LBM in simulation of natural
    convection in a nanofluid filled square cavity with curve boundaries, Powder Technology Volume 247, (2013), Pages 87–94: I.F. =2.024
    . Sheikholeslami, F. Bani Sheykholeslami, S. Khoshhal, H. Mola-Abasia, D.D. Ganji, Houman B. Rokni, Effect of magnetic field on Cu–water
    nanofluid heat transfer using GMDH-type neural network, Neural Computing and Applications, (2013), Page 1-8, I.F. =1.168
    A.A. Imani, D.D. Ganji, Houman B. Rokni, H. Latifizadeh, Esmail Hesameddini, M. Hadi Rafiee, “ Approximate Traveling Wave Solution for
    Shallow Water, Applied Mathematical Modelling 36 (2012) 1550–1557: I.F. =1.706
    Sheikholeslami, D.D. Ganji , H.R. Ashorynejad, Houman B. Rokni, “Analytical Investigation of Jeffery-Hamel flow with High Magnetic
    Field and Nano Particle by ADM”, Appl. Math. Mech. -Engl. Ed., 33(1), 1553–1564 (2012): I.F. =0.647
    D.D. Ganji, Houman B. Rokni, M.G. Sfahani, and S.S. Ganji, “Approximate Traveling Wave Solutions for Coupled Shallow Water, Advances
    in Engineering Software, 41, (2010), 956-961: I.F. =1.220

    Selected Conference Papers and Posters


    -18 July 2014, Workshop on Protein Aggregation and Immunogenicity Conference, Breckenridge, CO
    Houman B. Rokni, Ted Randolph and Corinne S. Lengsfeld, “High Speeding Imaging of Cavitation in Dropped Vials under Variable
    Conditions”
    29-30 June and 1-2 July 2011, International Conference (ICAAA), Istanbul, Turkey.
    Houman B. Rokni, D.D. Ganji, S.M. Moghimi, “An Approximate Solution for Specifying Fin Efficiency of Convective Straight Fins with
    Temperature Dependent Thermal Conductivity”
    D.D. Ganji, M. Sheikholeslami, H.R. Ashorynejad, Ali Asgari , Houman B. Rokni, “Two-dimensional viscous flow through expanding or
    contracting gaps with permeable walls using Parameterized Perturbation Method (PPM)”

    HONOR AND AWARDS


    2014-present: Graduate Engineering Fellowship for 3 years at Tennessee Tech. University
    2014-present: Member of Center of Manufacturing Research at Tennessee Tech. University
    2013-present: Member of Center for Orthopaedic Biomechanics’ Group at University of Denver
    2013-2014: Member of Computer Vision and Image processing Lab at University of Denver
    2012-present: Member of Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineering (ISME)
    2000-2007: Student at (National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents)
    1999-2006: English Certificate from Shokouh English Institute
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