Principal Investigator
Saeed Moghaddam
William F. Powers Professor
Dr. Moghaddam received his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland in 2006. Saeed Moghaddam, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in University of Florida. Before joining the University of Florida in 2010, he was a postdoc (2007-2010) in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research is focused on micro/nanoscale transport and nanotechnology. His major contributions to science and technology are: demonstration of membrane-based absorption/desorption cycle with a significantly higher performance compare to the existing technologies; the most detailed physical insight, over nearly a century of nucleate boiling science, on the nature of thermal field at the bubble-surface interface; development of the first Si-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) capable of operating at dry ambient; and development of the world’s smallest fuel cell.
Dr. Moghaddam’s research interests include: Micro/nanoscale transport and nanotechnology for energy science and health applications; nanoengineering of functionalized membranes for energy conversion and storage and filtration/separation applications; heat and mass transfer in micro/nanostructures; microfluidic reactor platforms for fundamental energy research and reaction engineering; portable power
Graduate Students
Mostafa A. Mohamed
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
M.Sc. | Mechanical Engineering | Zagazig University, Egypt
B.Sc. | Mechanical Engineering | Zagazig University, Egypt
Research Area: Boiling-enhanced heat sink performance
Kareem W. Farghaly
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
M.Sc. | Mechanical Engineering | Alexandria University, Egypt
B.Sc. | Mechanical Engineering | Alexandria University, Egypt
Research Area: Membrane–based desalination and liquid-desiccant separation systems
Pawan Karki
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
M.Tech. | Thermal Engineering | National Institute of Technology, Karnataka
B.Tech. | Mechanical Engineering | Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur
Research Area: Membrane-assisted heat sinks
Stephanie Moore
PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering
B.S. | Mechanical Engineering | Iowa State University
Research Area: Investigation of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Highly Confined Spaces