Faculty

Behrouz Abedian
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Anderson Hall, Rm 024
Voice: (617)627-3018; Fax: (617)627-3058
behrouz.abedian@tufts.edu

Professor Abedian received his Ph.D. from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979.  He graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Tehran University of Technology in Iran in 1975 and has a M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from MIT.  Dr. Abedian joined the Tufts faculty in 1980 as an assistant professor and promoted to an associate professor in 1987.  At Tufts, Dr. Abedian served as the acting chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Department in 1988 and became the department chairman in 1989.  He returned to full teaching duties in 1993.  Dr. Abedian has had visiting faculty appointments at the Mechanical Engineering Department of MIT in 1980 and the School of Applied Sciences of Harvard University in 1985.  Professor Abedian is a member of American Physical Society and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has had memberships in the Adhesion Society, the Materials Research Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Dr. Abedian principal area of interest in research and teaching is fluid mechanics. At Tufts, he teaches introductory and advanced courses in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer and energy systems. In his research, he has worked on electrokinetics in fluids, piezoelectric micorpumps, flow in electromagnetcially levitated drops and ultrasonic flow measurements. Professor Abedian is also interested in polymers and copolymers, dental materials and adhesion phenomenon. Dr. Abedian has been on the advisory and scientific board of Boston-area corporations and served as scientific advisor and consultant to a number of national and international corporations. He is a holder of several patents and inventions.

Courses:

Educational Background:

  • BSc, Mechanical Engineering, Tehran Institute of Technology, 1960-75
  • MSc, Mechanical Engineering,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975-77
  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977-79
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Awards

  • Membership in APS, ASME, AICHE, Tau Beta Pi, Tau Sigma, Adhesion Soc.
  • Graduate Fellowship, Mechanical Engineering Dept., MIT
  • Mellon Foundation Fellow, Tufts University
  • Research Fellowship, Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University

Student Awards

  • Advisor of Ioannis Miaoulis who received the 1st prize in the ASME Old-Guard Student contest in, Bridgeport CT in Spring 83 and Dallas in Fall 83.

  • Advisor of Kim Dae-En  who received the 1st prize in the ASME Old-Guard Student contest in Hartford, CT in Spring 88 and Atlanta in Fall 88.

  • Advisor of Greg Murphy who received the 1st prize in the ASME Old-Guard Student contest in Bridgeport, CT in Spring 97 and Dallas in Fall 97.

  • Advisor of Chris Bullard who received the 1st prize in the ASME Old-Guard Student contest in Hartford, CT in Spring 00 and Orlando in Fall 00.

  • Advisor of John Umina who received the 2nd prize in the ASME Young Fluid Mechanics national competition in Orlando, Fl  in Fall 00

Patents and Inventions

  • Self-Cleaning Rotating Mirror, US Patent US6338560, Jan. 2002

  • Method of Shaping an Adhesive Material- US Patent US6224379, June 2001

  • Galileo Vacuum System for Removing Ablated Particles, US Patent US6097417, Aug. 2000

  • Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters for Veterinary Applications, Mass. Bio Tech. Research Institute, Nov. 1998

 Recent Publications:

"An effective method to spread flowable composites in resin-based restorations." with P. Millstein, J. Operative Dentistry, 31, 26-32, 2006

"Spin-up Instability of a Levitated Molten Drop in MHD-flow Transition to Turbulence." with C. Boulard and R. Hyers, trans. Magnetics,  41, 2230-2235, 2005.

"Surface Oscillations of an electromagnetically levitated droplet." with S.R. Berry, R.W. Hyers and L.M. Racs, J. Thermophysics,  26, 1565-1582, 2005

"A study of Localized curing of Glass-filled Composites using Microhardness measurements." with F. Garcia-Godoy & F. Garcia-Godoy, J. Applied Polymer Sci., 97, 426-431, 2005

"Laminar-turbulent transition in an electromagnetically-levitated droplet." with R.W. Hyers and G.Trapaga, Metallurgical and Materials Trans. B, 34, 29-36, 2003

Recent Presentations :

“Modeling of turbulent flows in levitated drops’ with S. Berry and L. Racz, in Processing of Metals and Advanced Materials, TMS, March 1999.

 “ Laminar-Turbulent Transition in ELM Levitated drop” with R. Hyeres, G. Trapaga, and L.M. Racz, Annual APS Fluid Dynamics Meeting, New Orleans, Nov. 99. (video demonstration)

“Dynamic Adhesion between polymer composites and Solid Surfaces”, with Li Li and L. Racz, Annual APS Fluid Dynamics Meeting, New Orleans,  Nov. 99. (video demonstration)

“Laminar-Turbulent Transition in ELM Levitated drop”, Rotating Fluids Conference, Department of Methematics, UCL, London, Jan. 2000.

 “Characterization of the Flow in Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters” with Gerg Murphy, Proceedings of International Sym.Of Mechanics in Medicine, Hawaii, March 2000.

“Dynamic Adhesion Between Polymer Composites and Solid Surfaces”, with Li Li and L. Racz, Adhesion in 21st Century, Proceedings to the Annual Adhesion Society Meeting, Myrtle Beach, SC, Feb. 2000.

“Transition and Instability of MHD flow inside a suspended drop,” with C. Bullard, R. Hyers, G. Trapaga, 11th European Turbulence Conference, Barcelona, Spain, June 2000.

"Spin-up acceleration of a Levitated Molten Drop in MHD-flow Transition to Turbulence"  with R,Hyers and C. Bouland, PIERS 2002 , JULY 2002, CAMBRIDGE MA

“A study of localized curing of dental composites using hardness measurements” with F. Garcia-Godoy, F.Garcia-Godoy, IADR, March 2002, SAN DIEGO, CA

“Effect of rotational tool manipulation on ease of packing and mechanical strength of Composite Resins” with F. Garcia-Godoy, F.Garcia-Godoy, J. Johnson, IADR, March 2002, SAN DIEGO, CA


 
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