Resume
Personal Information
Name: Mahdi Ramezani
Cell phone: +1 (515) 460-4577
Web: mramz.public.iastate.edu
Email: mramz@iastate.edu
Education
Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. Student
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA, 2011-present
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2006-2009
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, 2002- 2006
Publications
A. Salavati-Zadeh, V. Esfahanian, A. Afshari, M. Ramezani, A Multi Zone Spray and Combustion Model for
Formation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Soot in Diesel Engines, Proceedings of the FISITA 2012
World Automotive Congress, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering Volume 190, 2013, Pages 1069-1077.
M. Ramezani, B. Kong, X. Gao, M. G. Olsen, R. D. Vigil, Experimental measurement of oxygen mass transfer
and bubble size distribution in an air-water multiphase Taylor-Couette vortex bioreactor, Chemical
Engineering Journal, Accepted.
X. Gao, B. Kong, M. Ramezani, M. G. Olsen, R. D. Vigil, An adaptive model for gas-liquid mass transfer in a
Taylor vortex reactor, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Submitted.
R. Hosseini, M. Ramezani, M. R. Mazaheri, Experimental Study of Turbulent Forced Convection in Vertical
Eccentric Annulus, Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 50, Issue 9, September 2009, Pages 2266-2274.
Proceedings and Presentations
M.Ramezani, M. G. Olsen, Stereographic PIV in a three media environment without prism correction, 11TH
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY – PIV15, Accepted.
M. Ramezani, S. Subramaniam, M. G. Olsen, Investigation of Pseudo Turbulent Scalar Transport in Two Phase
Fluid Flow and Passive Scalar Mixing using Simultaneous SPIV/PLIF, Proceedings of the ASME 2014 4th Joint
US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Chicago, USA, August 2014.
M. Ramezani, S. Subramaniam, M. G. Olsen, Investigation of Two Phase Fluid Flow and Passive Scalar Mixing
around a Periodic Array of Spheres, American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Pittsburg, USA,
November 2013.
Experiences
Senior research engineer; Development of phenomenological spray model and implementation in 1-D
performance analysis code, VFERI. (2 years, 2007-2009)
Senior research engineer; Feasibility study for development of light duty Diesel engines in Iran, VFERI. (9
month, 2008)
International speakers hosting committee; Cooperation in holding ISME 2009 conference, University of
Tehran. (1 month, 2009)
Selected Projects
Investigation of flow and temperature field in a fluidized bed duct using simultaneous PIV/PLIF (PhD project),
2011-present
Advisor: Prof. M. G. Olsen
Investigation of mass transfer and fluid flow in two phase continuous Taylor-Couette flow, 2012-present
Advisor: Prof. R.D. Vigil
Urban vehicle performance and pollution simulation (M.Sc. project), 2008-2009
Advisor: Prof. V. Esfahanian
Experimental study of free and forced convection in eccentric annuli with constant heat flux on the outer
wall (B.Sc. project), 2006-2007
Advisor: Prof. R. Hosseini
Honors and Awards
Best B.Sc. thesis from ISME 2008, Kerman, Iran
Ranked 3rd and won special award of the First National Robotic Contest when studying high school, 1999,
Tehran, Iran
Workshops Attended
Measurement Uncertainty, ASME 2014 4th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting,
August 2014, Chicago, IL, US.
Turbulence and its Modeling, the 17th Annual (International) Conference on Mechanical Engineering, May
2009, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Extracurricular Activities
2014-2015: President of the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Students Organization (MEGSO)
2013-2014: Representative of the Mechanical Engineering department and member of the finance
committee in the Graduate and Professional Students Senate (GPSS)
2013-2014: University Relations and Legislative Affairs (URLA) officer of the Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Students Organization (MEGSO)
2013-2015: Mentoring New graduate students of the ME department.
2012-2014: Treasurer of the Iranian Students’ and Scholars’ Association of the Iowa State University (ISSA)
2012-2013: Mentoring Engineering Freshmen under College of Engineering's E-Mentors Program
2011-2013: Member of ISU Mountaineering and Climbing Club (MCC)
2010-2011: Member of Sarzamine Sabz Mountaineering Club
2003-2005: Member of the Amirkabir's Students Scientific Association of Mechanical Engineering (ASSAME)
Languages
Native in Farsi
Fluent in English
Learning Deutsch (German)
Capable of reading Arabic