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

Email: saeedmog@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Prior Education:

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India
• M. Tech, Mechnical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Trichy, India
• B.E, Mechnical Engineering, Nagpur Univerisity, India

Research Area: Phase change heat transfer, Flow boiling through microchannels, Boiling instabilities; Email: raj.sumit@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Prior education:

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida
• MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida
• BS, Mechanical Engineering, Gujarat Technological University, India

Research Area: Absorption Cooling Systems; Email: rbhagwat@ufl.edu

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Prior education:

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida
• M.Tech., Advanced Materials Science, National Institute of Technology, India
• B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology, India

Research Area: Performance analysis of cooling systems; Email: sidharthsanadhya@ufl.edu

PhD student, Mechanical Engineering

Prior Education:

• M.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India
• B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Himachal Pradesh Technical University, India

Research Area: Fabrication and Experimental Evaluation of Absorption Refrigeration Systems; Email: raju1@ufl.edu

PhD student, Mechanical Engineering

Prior Education:

• BS, Environmental Engineering, Clemson University, U.S.

Research Area: Graphene Oxide for Microfluidic Hemodialyzer and Wearable Artificial Kidney; Email: dgreene1@ufl.edu

PhD student, Mechanical Engineering

Prior Education:

• MS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.A (2022)
• BAEM, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, U.S.A (2020)

Research Area: Microfluidic Device Design & Assembly, Microfabrication, Heat & Mass transfer in Micro/Nanoscale, Flow Boiling heat transfer, Microchannel Heat Exchangers, Thin Liquid Film Evaporation and Instability, Gravitational Effects on Thin Films;  Email: adam.kriz@ufl.edu

PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering

Prior Education:

• BS, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, U.S.

Research Area: Investigation of heat transfer and fluid flow in highly confined spaces; Email: moore.s@ufl.edu

PhD student, Mechanical Engineering

Prior Education:

• MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.
• B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India

Research Area: Multi-phase heat transport, microfabrication, Surface engineering; Email: stamvada@ufl.edu

PhD student, Mechanical Engineering

Prior Education:

• M.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India
• B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand, India

Research Area: Multi-phase heat transfer, energy management and energy conversion technologies, Ionic-liquids, Surfactants; Email: ashwani.verma@ufl.edu

MS student, Aerospace Engineering

Prior Education:

• BS, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.

Research Area: Microfabrication, Heat and mass transfer in Micro/Nanoscale, Boiling heat transfer, Thin film evaporations; Email: smithal6092@ufl.edu

MS Student, Mechanical Engineering

Prior Education:

• B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India.

Research Area: Microfabrication, Surface Wetting phenomenon, Micro-Nano Heat & Mass Transfer, Surface Engineering; Email: manthas@ufl.edu

MS student, Mechanical Engineering

Prior Education:

• BE, Mechanical Engineering, Pune University, Maharashtra, India.

Research Interest:  Heat Transfer, Plasma Physics and Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Email: vdange@ufl.edu | LinkedIn: Varad Dange | LinkedIn

MS Student, Mechanical Engineering

Prior Education:

• BE, Mechanical Engineering, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra, India.

Research Interest:  Heat Transfer, Plasma Physics and Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Email: an.mendjoge@ufl.edu

Undergradute Researcher

Anderson is a second year pursuing his B.S. in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering with a minor in math. His research focus is on manufacturing furnaces/solid models for experimentation in pool boiling dealing with multiphase heat transfer. Email: andersonjeronimo@ufl.edu

Undergraduate researcher

Undergraduate researcher

Christian is a third year from Tallahassee pursuing his B.S. in both Environmental Science and Economics. His research focus is on cultivating a feasible economic plan for an absorption/desorption system based on energy consumption and costs. Email: stephensc1@ufl.edu

Summer REU student

Summer REU student

Kerry is currently working towards a BS in Bioengineering at the University of Maryland, College Park and plans to earn her degree in Spring 2023. She was part of NESLabs during the summer of 2021 as part of the REU Engineering for Healthcare program to study ion rejection across graphene oxide membranes for use in a wearable artificial kidney device.

Undergraduate researcher

Ethan is a first-year undergraduate from Boca Raton, Florida, pursuing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. His research focuses on designing and experimentally testing a microfluidic dialyzer for wearable artificial kidney applications.

ethan.freiberg@ufl.edu