Mohammad H. N. Naraghi

Mohammad H. N. Naraghi, PhD

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Phone: 718-862-7367

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.     Univerity 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:

Naraghi, M.H.N., and Nunes, E.M., “Effects of Gas Radiation on the Thermal Characteristics of Regeratively Cooled Rocket Engines,” ASME paper IMECE2002-33920, presented at the 2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, New Orleans, Louisiana, Nov. 17-22, 2002
Nunes, E.M., Naraghi, M.H.N., Zhang, H., and Prasad, V., " A volume Radiation Heat Transfer Model for Czochralski Crystal Growth Processes,"

Nunes, E.M., Modi, V., and Naraghi, M.H.N., "Radiative Transfer in Arbitrarily-Shaped Axisymmetric Bodies with Anisotropic Scattering Media," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 43, pp. 3275-3285, 2000.
Naraghi, M.H.N., Quentmeyer, R.J. and Mohr, D.H., “Effect of a Blocked Channel on the Wall Temperature of a Regeneratively Cooled Rocket Thrust Chamber,” AIAA paper 2001-3406, presented at the 37th Joint Propulsion Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, July 8-11, 2001
Gyves, T.W., Irvine, T.F., and Naraghi, M.H.N., "Gravitational and Centrifugal Buoyancy Effects in Curved Square Channels with Conjugated Boundary Conditions," International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 42, pp. 2015-2029, 1999.
Nunes, E.M., Naraghi, M.H.N., ``A Model for Radiative Heat Transfer Analysis in Arbitrarily-Shaped Axisymmetric Enclosures'', Numerical Heat transfer, Part A, Vol. 33, pp. 495-513, 1998.
Neghabat, A., and Naraghi, M.H.N., "Analysis of radiative Heat transfer in Three-Dimensional Nonhomogeneous, nongray, and Anisotropic Scattering Media," Heat Transfer 1998, Vol. 7, pp. 415-420, presented at the 1998, International Heat Transfer Conference, Kyongju, Korea, August 23-28, 1998.
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.

Complete List of Publications

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.

RLC Solar Water Heater:

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