Mohammad Faghri

Research

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Modeling of Thermal Processes
  • Microfluidics with Application to Point-of-Care-Diagnostics
  • Lab-on-Paper and Lab-on-a-Chip
  • Heat and Fluid Flow in Microscale and Nanoscale Structures
  • Transport Phenomena in Fuel Cells

Education

  • Postdoctoral Research, University of Minnesota, 1978-79, 1981-82
  • Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1973
  • M.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1970
  • B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1969

Selected Publications

Kumar A, Heidari-Bafroui H, Rahmani N, Anagnostopoulos C, Faghri M. Modeling of Paper-Based Bi-Material Cantilever Actuator for Microfluidic Biosensors. Biosensors, 2023; 13(530). doi: 10.3390/bios13060580
Kumar A, Heidari-Bafroui H, Charbaji A, Faghri M, Anagnostopoulos C. Paper-Based Bi-Material Cantilever Actuator Bending Behavior and Modeling. Micromachines, 2023; 14(924). Doi: 10.3390/mi14050924
Hong C, Katanoda H, Asako Y, Faghri M. Temperature recovery factor for gaseous nitrogen flow in a microtube. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer; 2023; 202(4), 123688. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2022.123699
Kumar A, Heidari-Bafroui H, Charbaji A, Faghri M, Anagnostopoulos C. Development of a New Lab-on-Paper Microfluidics Platform Using Bi-Material Cantilever Actuators for ELISA on Paper. MicroMachines, 2022; 14(924). doi: 10.3390/mi14050924
Heidari-Bafroui H, Kumar A, Charbaji A, et al. A Parametric Study on a Paper-Based Bi-Material Cantilever Valve. Micro Machines, 2022; 13(9), 1502. doi: 10.3390/mi13091502
Hong C, Katanoda H, Asako Y, Faghri M. Temperature Recovery Factor for Gas Flow in a Microtube. SSREN Electronic Journal, 2022. Doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4137988
Hong C, Asako Y, Faghri M, Ueno I. Heat Transfer of Turbulent Gaseous Flow in Microtubes with constant wall Temperature. Journal of Heat Transfer, 2021. Doi: 10.1115/1.4053215
Muhammad NM, Aziz A, Yusof SNA, et al. Validity of Performance Factors Used in Recent Studies On Heat Transfer Enhancement of Nanofluids. Journal of Heat Transfer, 2021; 143(8), 084501. doi: 10.1115/1.4051277
Charbaji A, Heidari-Bafroui H, Anagnostopoulos C, Faghri M. A New Paper-Based Microfluidic Device for Improved Detection of Nitrate in Water. Sensors, 2020. doi: 10.3390/s21010102
Heidari-Bafroui H., Ribeiro B, Charbaji A, Anagnostopoulos C, Faghri M. Portable Infrared Lightbox for Improving the Detection Limits of Paper-Based Phosphate Devices. Measurement, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.measurement.2020.108607
Charbaji A, Smith W, Anagnostopoulos C, Faghri M. Zinculose: A new fibrous material with embedded zinc particles. Engineering Science and Technology an International Journal, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.jestch.2020.09.005
Hong C, Shigeishi T, Asako Y, Faghri M. Experimental investigations of local friction factors of laminar and turbulent gas flows in smooth micro-tubes. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020; 158, 120035. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.120035
Kashiwagi R, Hong C, Asako Y, Morini GL, Faghri M. Identification of Gas Flow Regimes in Adiabatic Microtubes by means of Wall Temperature Measurements. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020; 1599(1), 012019. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1599/1/012019
Kang D, Hong C, Rehman D, Morini GL, Asako Y, Faghri M. Average Friction Factors of Choked Gas Flow in Microtubes. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020; 1599(1), 012018. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1599/1/012018
Yusof SNA, Asako Y, Faghri M, Sidik NAC, Aziz A, Ken TL. Energy Equation of Swirling Flow in a Cylindrical Cylinder. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019; 108, 104288. doi: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2019.104288
Yusof SNA, Asako Y, Faghri M, Sidik NAC, Ken TL. Numerical Analysis for Irreversible Processes in a Piston-Cylinder System. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2018; 124, 1097-1106. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.04.008
Asako Y, Faghri M, Tan LK, Che Sidik NAB. Outflow Velocity for SIMPLE Algorithm for Unsteady Forced Convection Flows with Variable Density. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 2018; 92, 73-77. doi: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2018.02.006

Patents

  • Faghri M, Anagnostopoulos C, Chen H, Cogswell J, Inventors; Council on Postsecondary Education, Rhode Island Board of Education, Assignee. Enhanced Microfluidic Valves for Media Diagnostics. US Patent 9687846B2. June 27, 2017
  • Chen H, Anagnostopoulos C, Faghri M, Cogswell J, Inventors; Rhode Island Board of Education, Assignee. Systems and Methods for Providing Microfluidic Devices. US Patent 8945485B2. Issued Feb. 3, 2015

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