Asghar Esmaeeli

Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes
1230 Lincoln Drive, Mail Code 6603
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: 618-453-7001
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I. Name and Academic Rank: Asghar Esmaeeli, Associate Professor

II. Degrees With Fields, Institution, and Date:

          Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Scientific Computing, The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), 1995

          M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology (Isfahan, Iran), 1988

          B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology (Isfahan, Iran), 1986

III. Number of Years of Service on This Faculty: 6

Date of Original Appointment: January, 1, 2005, Assistant Professor

Dates of Advancement in Rank: July, 1, 2010

IV. Other Related Experience-Teaching, Industrial, etc.:

          2001-2004 Research Professor; Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

1998-2000 Research Scientist; The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

          1995-1998 Research Fellow; The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

V. Principal Publications of Last Five Years:

• A. Esmaeeli and P. Sharifi. The Transient Dynamics of a Liquid Column in a Uniform Transverse Electric Field of Small Strength. Journal of Electrostatics, 2011, Vol. 69, 504-511.

• A. Esmaeeli and P. Sharifi. Transient Electrohydrodynamics of a Liquid Drop. Physical Review E, 2011, Vol. 84, 036308, 1-11.

• A. Esmaeeli and M. N. Reddy. The Electrohydrodynamics of Superimposed Fluids Subjected to a Nonuniform Transverse Electric Field. International Journal of Multiphase Flows, 2011, Vol. 37, 1331-1347.

• B. Pendse and A. Esmaeeli. An Analytical Solution for Thermocapillary-Driven Convection of Superimposed Fluids at Zero Reynolds and Marangoni Numbers. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2010, Vol. 49, 1147-1155.

• S. Thomas, A. Esmaeeli, and G. Tryggvason. Multiscale Computations of Thin Films in Multiphase Flows. International Journal of Multiphase Flows, 2010, Vol. 36, 71-77.

• M. Reddy and A. Esmaeeli. The EHD-Driven Fluid Flow and Deformation of a Liquid Jet by a Transverse Electric Field. International Journal of Multiphase Flows, 2009, Vol. 35, 1051-1065.

• G. Tryggvason, J. Lu, S. Biswas, and A. Esmaeeli. Studies of Bubbly Flows by Direct Numerical Simulations. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, Vol. 105, pp. 93-111. Editors: M. Deville, T.-H. Le, and P. Sagaut. Springer, 2009.

• P. Sharifi and A. Esmaeeli. Direct Numerical Simulation of EHD-Enhanced Film Boiling. HT2008-56350. Proceedings of ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, August 10-14, 2008, Jacksonville, Florida.

• P. Sharifi and A. Esmaeeli. Computational Studies on Behavior of an Interface Separating Two Fluids under Uniform Electric Field. FDSM2008-55191. Proceedings of ASME Fluid Engineering Division Summer Conference, August 10-14, 2008, Jacksonville, Florida.

• G. Tryggvason, A. Esmaeeli, J. Lu, and S. Biswas. Direct Numerical Simulations of Gas/Liquid Multiphase Flows. Fluid Dynamics Research, 2006, Vol. 38, 660-681.

• A. Esmaeeli. Phase Distribution of Bubbly Flows under Terrestrial and Microgravity Conditions. Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing, 2005, Vol. 1, 63-80.

• A. Esmaeeli and G. Tryggvason. A Direct Numerical Simulation Study of Rise of Bubbles at O(100) Reynolds Number. Physics of Fluids, 2005, Vol. 17, 1-19.

• S. Biswas, A. Esmaeeli, and G. Tryggvason. Comparison of Results from DNS of Bubbly Flows with a Two-Fluid Model for Two-Dimensional Laminar Flows. International Journal of Multiphase Flows, 2005, Vol. 31, 1036-1048.

• G. Tryggvason, A. Esmaeeli, J. Lu, S. Homma, and S. Biswas. Recent Progress in Computational Studies of Disperse Bubbly Flows. Multiphase Science and Technology, 2005, Vol. 17, 1-19.

• G. Tryggvason, A. Esmaeeli, and N. Al-Rawahi. Direct Numerical Simulations of Flows with Phase Change. Computers and Structures, 2005, Vol. 83, 445-453.

VI. Scientific and Professional Societies of Which a Member:

• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

• Member, American Physical Society (APS)

• Member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

• Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

• Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

VII. Institutional and Professional Service in the Last Five Years:

• Editorial Board Member, Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing (FDMP), http://www.techscience.com/fdmp/, 2005-Present

• Editorial Board Member, Modern Mechanical Engineering (MME), http://www.scirp.org/journal/mme/, 2011-Present
  

• Member of the Scientific Committee of International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF-2010), May 30-June 4, 2010, Tamp Florida

• Member of the Organizing Committee of International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES-10), March 28-April 1, 2010, Las Vegas, USA

• Member of the Organizing Committee of International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES-11), April 18-April 21, 2011, Nanjing, China

• Member of the Organizing Committee of International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES-12), April 30-May 4, 2012, Crete, Greece

• Guest Editor for the Special Issues on Multiphase Flows of (Journal of) Fluid Dynamics and Materials Processing (FDMP) to be Published in Fall 2011

• Session Chair, Session D20: Interfacial/Thin film Instability II, 64th Annual Meeting of American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Nov. 20-22, 2011, Baltimore, Maryland

• NSF Panelist for the Following CBET Programs: (i) Fluid Dynamics, (ii) Thermal Transport Processes, and (iii) Biomedical Engineering

• Reviewer for Several Thermal and Fluid Dynamics Undergraduate and Specialized Books

• Frequent Reviewer for More than Twenty Thermal/Fluid Journals such as Physics of Fluids and Journal of Computational Physics

• Member, College of Engineering Ph.D. Committee, 2010-Present

• Chair, College of Engineering Curriculum Committee, 2009-2010

• Chair, Graduate Admission Committee, 2008-Present

• MEEP Faculty Secretary, August 2008-July 2009

• Chair, MEEP Faculty Affairs Committee, 2008

• Member, MEEP Faculty Affairs Committee, 2007