Dr. Hamid
Rahai received his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from
the University of California, Irvine, in 1988. His areas of
expertise are Aerodynamics, Convective Heat and Mass Transfer
and Turbulence.
Dr. Rahai has been teaching, consulting, and performing research
in the area of Fluid and Thermal Sciences since 1988. He is
the coordinator of various undergraduate and graduate courses
in the areas of Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer,
Inviscid and Compressible Flows, Viscous Flows, Air Conditioning
and Refrigeration, Experimental Techniques in Fluid Mechanics
and Heat Transfer, and Turbulence. He has been the principal
investigator on projects related to: turbulent flow in the interaction
region of a wing-body junction; distortion of passive scalar
by two-dimensional and axsisymmetric objects; the effects of
mean strain rate on decay of a temperature variance; dissipation
of a passive scalar in the presence of a mean velocity gradient;
numerical analysis of turbulent flow past a simplified heart
valve prosthesis, development of a high efficiency vertical
axis wind turbine, and reducing diesel engine emissions.
Dr. Rahai is the recipient of numerous CSULB Scholarly and Creative
Activities Awards, including the 2002-2003 Distinguished Faculty
Scholarly and Creative Activities Award and the 2004 Northrop-Grumman
Excellence in Teaching Award. He has authored or coauthored
more than 50 scientific papers, is a member of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Automotive Engineers,
and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning
Engineers.
Research and Publications
