Department of
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Michael M. Ohadi Professor, Provost and Interim President Office: Habshan 5309-A Phone: +971 2 607 5710 Fax: +971 2 607 5210 Email: mohadi@pi.ac.ae

• Ph.D. U of Minnesota, 1986

Is internationally recognized for his work in enhanced heat and mass transfer in heat exchangers and energy systems, has conducted many research projects for both industry and government, published over 140 refereed technical papers, has four patents two of which are licensed to industry, is fellow member of both ASME and ASHRAE, and has won numerous awards from both societies. He is a member of ASME Technical Planning Committee; past chair of the Potter Medal Award Committee. He was recently featured in the technology section of Washington Post for technology transfer efforts.

HONORS and AWARDS

• Fellow ASME
• Fellow ASHRAE
• Past Chairman, ASME Potter Medal Award Committee (2002-2005)
• Past Chairman, ASME Executive Committee for Process Industry (1997-2001)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Past Chairman and Current Member of ASHRAE TC 8.4 Committee on Air-to-Refrigerant Heat Exchanges (2001-2004)
• Member of ASME World-wide Technical Planning Committee
• Member of Advisory Council, ASME Process Industry Executive Committee
• Member of ASHRAE TC 10.1 Cryogenics and Heat Transfer Systems

EXPERTISE

• Heat and Mass Transfer
• Mechanical & thermal design of Heat Exchangers
• Fluid flow and heat transfer measurements
• Solar energy
• Natural gas driven air conditioning
• Cryogenics
• Prototyping & product development
  

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

• Moghaddam, S. and M. Ohadi,” Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) Thin Film Evaporator with Splayed Electrodes,” United States Patent, Patent No. 6,888,721B1, May 2005.
• A. Bergles and M. Ohadi, Heat Transfer Enhancement, Chapter 3, ASHRAE Handbook of  Fundamentals, 2005 Edition, Published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers, April 2005.
• Ohadi, M.M., J. Qi, and J.L. Lawler, “Ultra Thin Film Evaporation—Application to Emerging Technologies in Cooling of  Micro Electronics, “  in Microscale Heat Transfer- Fundamental and Applications,(Edits) S. Kakac, L.L. Vasiliev, Y.Bayazitoglu, and Y. Yener, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 2005, pp.321-338.
• Ohadi, M.M. and J. Qi, “Thermal Management of Harsh Environment Eectronics,“ in Microscale Heat   Transfer- Fundamental and Applications,(Edits) S. Kakac, L.L. Vasiliev, Y.Bayazitoglu, and Y. Yener, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 2005, pp.479-498.
• Tudor, V., M. Ohadi, and J. Lawler, 2005, “Advances in Control of Frost on Evaporator Coils with an Applied Electric Field,” Int. J. of Heat & Mass Transfer (in press).
• Ohadi, M.M., "Heat Exchangers," Chapter 52, The Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, Edited by Richard C. Dorf (2004).
• A.P. Rupani, M. Molki, M.M. Ohadi, and F.H. Franca, 2003, “Enhanced Flow Boliling of R-134a in a Minichannel Plate Evaporator,” J. of Enhanced Heat Transfer, 10 (2003), 1-7.
• Tudor, V., Ohadi, M.M., and Franca, F., 2003, Effect of an applied electric field on ice crystal growth phenomena, HVAC & R Research Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 203-213.