Education
- Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, MSME and BSME, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Master study program, EUDIL, Lille, France
What are the main focuses of your research?
- Electrohydrodynamic enhanced food drying, heat transfer
What specific courses or specialties do you teach?
- Survey of Alternative Energy Systems – Renewable energy is a must-need of the future and it is important to understand the science and issues surrounding these technologies.
- Principles of Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning – All buildings need to be heated/cooled/humidified/dehumidified. It is a thriving field and this course dives into the principles surrounding HVAC design in buildings.
What is the most important piece of advice you give your students to help them succeed?
Students should be taught how to think, not memorize. Being an engineer is not memorizing formulas in order to “get the right answer.” It is important to marry to principles behind the understanding of science and the application. Engineering is an applied science, we should be using the fundamentals in science to think through and problem solve.
Publications
Archival Journals
- “Drying kinetics of methylcellulose gel vs. mango fruit in forced convection drying with and without electrohydrodynamic enhancement” with S. Manai, M. Havet, O. Rouaud, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 138 (2016)
- “Transient Exergetic Efficiency and Moisture Loss Analysis of Forced Convection Drying With and Without Electrohydrodynamic Enhancement” with M. Hamdi, M. Havet, O. Rouaud, Energy, 89 (2015)
Conference Proceedings
- “Energetic vs. Exergetic Efficiency of Food Drying Via Forced Convection with and without Electrohydrodynamic Enhancement” with Mitchell, ASEE Zone 2 Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, (2017)
- “Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) Heat Transfer Enchancement for Low Primary Airflow Velocities,” with Havet and Rouaud, Proceedings of the 2nd Thermal and Fluid Engineering Conference, Las Vegas, Nev. (2017)
- “Drying kinetics of methylcellulose gel vs. mango fruit in forced convection drying with and without electrohydrodynamic enhancement” with Manai, Havet, and Rouaud, First Pacific Rim Thermal Engineering Conference, Hawaii (2016)
- “Analysis of the Energetic and Exergetic Efficiency of the Electrohydrodynamic Drying Process” with Havet, Manaï., Hamdi, and Rouaud, International Food Operations and Processing Simulation Workshop, Bergeggi, Italy (2015)
- “Drying enhancement due to ionic wind in a wire to plate configuration” with Rouaud, Hamdi, Tarlet, and Havet, 12th International Congress on Engineering and Food, Quebec City (2015)
- “Transient Exergetic Efficiency of a Forced Convection Drying Process with and without Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) Enhancement” with Havet, Hamdi, and Rouaud, Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Montreal (2014)
- “Selection of Optimal Process Parameters by Infrared Thermography for EHD Drying in a Channel” with Hamdi, Havet, and Tarlet, Proceedings of the 19th International Drying Symposium, Lyon, France (2014)