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BOURNS HALL
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Vafai, Kambiz

Professor

Bourns College of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering


Biography

Professor Kambiz Vafai received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1975. He received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1977 and his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering also from the University of California, Berkeley in 1980. He comes to the University of California, Riverside from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Former Institution

Ohio State University

Degrees

PhD Mechanical Engineering 1980

UC Berkeley

Awards

2011 Honorary Membership Award by InterPore, the International Society for Porous Media
•Honor Society Membership: Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, 1974 - present
•Mary Ann Wheeler Academic Scholarship, UC Berkeley, 1975-1976
•Earle C. Anthony Academic Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 1975-1976
•Department Citation, 1st Place in Mechanical Engineering Department Graduating Class of 1975, U. of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Graduated with high distinction honors)
•Dupont Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1982
•Certificate of Appreciation and high regards of the co-workers by the ASME Board of Governors and the students as the Faculty Advisor, for 1985-1987
•Listings in Who's Who publications such as Frontiers of Science and Technology (Marquis Who's Who, 1985) Who's Who in Science and Engineering (Marquis Who's Who, 1st Ed and 2nd Ed) and Who's Who in the Midwest (Marquis Who's Who, 23rd Ed)
•Owens/Corning Faculty Fellowship, 1985
•College of Engineering, Ohio State University, Outstanding Research Award, 1986, 1991, and 1996
•Chair of the General Papers Committee for the National Heat Transfer Division, ASME, 9/88 - 9/90
•Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 8/92
•Selected Chair of the Intr. Conf. in Porous Media and its Applications in Science, Eng. and Industry, 1995-1996
•Board of Editors - Experimental heat Transfer, 10/97 - present
•Associate Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 9/98
•Honorary Editorial Advisory Board - Intr. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2/99 - present
•Honorary Editorial Advisory Board - Intr. Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2/99 - present
•Classic Paper Award ASME Heat Transfer Division, 1999
•Presidential Chair, UCR, 7/00 - 6/30/02
•Listed in ISI Highly Cited, 2/04 - present
•ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award, 2006
•Fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2002
•Fellow of World Innovation Foundation (WIF), 10/2003
•Editor in Cheif-Journal of Porous Media, 1/97 - present
•Editorial Advisory Board-Numerical Heat Transfer Journal, 11/02 - present
•Editorial Advisory Board-International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, 3/04 - present
•Editorial Advisory Board-Experimental Heat Transfer, 10/97 - present
•Associate Editor of ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 2/94 - 8/97
•Editorial Board for the International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 8/94 - 11/97, 2/06 - present
•Citation in PHOTONICS SPECTRA (A Laurin Publication) Vol. 34, Issue 1.1, P 24, Jan 2000
•Citation in Appliance Manufacturer (A Publication of Business News Publishing Co) P 8, January 2000
•Citation in MRS Bulletin (Materials Research Society) Vol.24, No.10, PP 13-14, Oct 99
•Citation in Inside R&D (John Wiley & Sons) Vol. 28, No.42, PP 2-3, Oct 99
•Citation in NEWS IN ENGINEERING (The Ohio State University) Vol. 72, No.1, P 14, Spring 2000
•Citation in NEWS IN ENGINEERING (The Ohio State University) Vol. 71, No.3, P 18, December 99
•Director/Chair of the Second International Conference on Porous Media and its Applications in Science, , Engineering and Industry sponsored by Engineering Conferences International, sponsored by NSF and ECI, Kauai, Hawaii, 2007
•Chair of K-6 Committee on Heat Transfer in Energy Systems, National ASME


Research Area

Kambiz Vafai's research interests include transport through porous media, multiphase transport, natural convection in complex configurations, analysis of porous insulations, heat flux applications, free surface flows, unconventional heat pipes, and power electronics. Basic and applied research is conducted in several areas related to heat and mass transfer, such as Fundamental Aspects of Transport through Porous Media, Natural Convection in Open-Ended Configurations, Condensation and Phase Change, Multiphase Transport through Porous Media, Heat Pipe Analysis as Applied to Flat Shaped Heat Pipes, Flow and Heat Transfer in the Brake Housing of an Aircraft, Heat Transfer and Phase Change Effects on Insulation and in Partial Insulations, and Free Surface Analysis in regular and porous media. Due to the nature of his research in porous media, he has also been involved in some biomedical applications such as the use of magnetic resonance imaging in the early detection of brain strokes and simulation of macromolecule transport through arteries. He has also worked on developing biosensors for biological detection and has established a patent in this area.

Publications

Over 220 journal articles, book chapters, books and symposium volumes.
For additional information, please see Professor Vafai's faculty webpage.

http://vafai.engr.ucr.edu