Mohammad H. N. Naraghi, PhD Professor of Mechanical Engineering Phone: 718-862-7367  E-mail  mohammad.naraghi@manhattan.edu Ph.D     M.E.     University of Akron                           1984 M.S.     M.E.     University of Akron                           1981 M.S.      I.E.       University of Wales Swansea, UK    1978 B.S.       M.E.     University of Tehran                         1976

Research Interests:

Research Grants:

• Integrated Intelligent Modeling, Design and Control of Crystal Growth Processes, ARPA/AFOSR, MURI Research Program, Grant No. F49620-95-0407. (Co-PI)
• Thermal Analysis of Rocket Engines, NASA Grants 3-759 and 3-892. (PI)
• Thermal Model for Predicting State of Cure in Tires, Firestone Research Laboratory Grant. (Co-PI)
• Heat Transfer in Rolling Tires, Firestone Research laboratory Grant. (Co-PI)

Recent Publications and Professional Activities:

• Nunes, E.M., Naraghi, M.H.N., Zhang, H. and Prasad, V.,``Combined Radiative-Convective Modeling for Material Processes: Application to Crystal Growth'', ASME Publication HTD-Vol. 323, presented at the 1996 National Heat transfer Conference, Houston, Texas, August 1996.
• Naraghi, M.H.N., and DeLise, J., `` Conjugate Conductive, Convective and Radiative Heat Transfer in Rocket Engines," ASME publication HTD-Vol. 307, pp. 65-79, Preceding of the 30th National Heat Transfer Conference, Portland, Oregon, August 6-8, 1995.
• Saltiel, C., and Naraghi, M.H.N., `` A Parallel Processing Approach for Radiative Heat Transfer Prediction in Participating Media," AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 739-742, 1993.
• Naraghi, M.H.N., and Tsai, S.-C., ``A Boundary Dispatch Monte Carlo Method for Analysis of Conductive Heat Transfer Problems," Numerical Heat Transfer Journal , Part B, Fundamentals, Vol. 24, pp. 475-467, 1993.
• Naraghi, M.H.N., and Huan, J., ``An N-Bounce Method for Analysis of Radiative Transfer in Enclosures with Anisotropically Scattering Media," Journal of Heat Transfer, Trans. ASME, Vol. 113, No. 3, pp. 774-777, 1991.
• Naraghi, M.H.N., and Saltiel, C., ``Combined-Mode Heat Transfer in Radiatively Participating Media: Computational Considerations," Numerical Heat Transfer Journal, Part B: Fundamentals, Vol. 21, pp. 253-267, 1992.

Honors and Awards:

• NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Lewis Research Center.
• 1985, 1986 , 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995.
• NASA's Certificate of Recognition for development of a thermal model for rocket engines.

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