Dr. Hadi Siyahi

I am a licensed mechanical engineer in Iran with more than ten years of work experience designing and supervising building energy efficiency, optimization of energy consumption, HVAC, CFD modeling, piping, plumbing, and mechanical equipment.

I was a research assistant at the CFD Lab of the aerospace engineering faculty, using Numerical methods for Computational Simulations of Fluid Flows.

I have worked as a Lead R&D engineer and senior engineer for an air handling unit manufacturer. As a lead R&D engineer, I performed experimental and numerical-computational simulations on heat exchangers, heat recovery units, axial & plug fans, and air handling units, thermal bridging, and thermal transmission to obtain Eurovent certificates. As a senior engineer, I led R&D teams, and I mentored young engineers with HVAC&R courses.

I had written a computer program for my thesis regarding the thermodynamic optimization and energy-exergy analysis of the performance of energy systems. During my M.Sc. study at the University of Tabriz, I taught thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid dynamics courses to undergraduate students.

Dissertation: “Numerical simulation of aircraft icing with an adaptive model considering ice accretion” My dissertation was a comprehensive topic of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and two-phase fluid flow. The accomplishment of this dissertation gave me a deeper understanding and knowledge of numerical methods and computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

Thesis: “Thermodynamic optimization and energy-exergy analysis of steam injected gas turbine with compressor’s inlet air cooling by using the evaporative cooling technique” My thesis focused on thermodynamics and heat transfer. This thesis gave me knowledge and understanding about energy efficiency and optimization.

Graduation Project: “Improvement of a sample turbo-machine performance by optimizing the angle of attack of inlet flow” My project centered around the field of fluid dynamics. This project gave me a better understanding of turbomachinery.