Kamran Mohseni
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
(303) 492-0286
mohseni@colorado.edu
Personal Website
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2000
- M.S., Aeronautics, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, 1993
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology, 1990
Professional Recognition
- Provost Faculty Achievement Award for research in bio-inspired propulsion, 2008
- DARPA Young Faculty, 2007
- Dean's Award for Professional Progress, 2006
- Richard Bruce Chapman Memorial Award. Caltech, 2000
- Everhart Lecturer (distinguished graduate student at Caltech, 1999
- W.S. Atkins Prize. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, 1993
- Iranian Physical Society National Award, M. Hessabi Award, 1990
Research Interests
- Mobile sensor networking platforms
- Micro/nano transport
- Flow control
- Bio-propulsion
- Wind energy
- Computational fluid mechanics
- Turbulence
- Electron transport in semiconductor devices
- Bioengineering with application in hyperthermia treatment of brain cancer and capsule endoscopy
- Inverse problems in heat and flow transport
Dr. Mohseni directs three laboratories covering various aspects of research activities in his group. These are:
- Mobile Sensor Networking Platforms Laboratory. The activity in this laboratory is focused on developing the theoretical and computational tools and test-bed platforms for aerial and underwater sensor networking applications. For a list of platforms developed in our group see: http://enstrophy.colorado.edu/~mohseni/Platforms1.html
- Multiphysics Micro/Nano Transport Laboratory. The main research theme of this laboratory is thermofluid transport at micro and nanoscales with a focus of microfluidics and digitized heat transfer.
- Wind & Gust Characterization Laboratory. This laboratory is focused on developing capabilities for creating environmental gust conditions in a wind tunnel and its impact on aerodynamic structures. Of particular interest are wind turbines and micro aerial vehicles.
Selected Publications
- B. Cardwell and K. Mohseni, Vortex Shedding over a Two-Dimensional Airfoil: Where the Particles Come From? AIAA J., 46(3), 545-547, 2008.
- E. Baird and K. Mohseni, Digitized Heat Transfer: A New Paradigm for Thermal Management of Compact Micro Systems, IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, 31(1), 143-151, 2008.
- P. Young and K. Mohseni, Calculation of DEP and EWOD Forces for Application in Digital Microuidics, ASME J. Fluid Eng., 130(8) 2008 (9pp).
- G. Norgard and K. Mohseni, A regularization of Burgers equation using a filtered convective velocity, J. Phys. A, 41 (2008) 344016 (21pp).
- M. Krieg and K. Mohseni, Thrust Characterization of a Bio-inspired Vortex Ring Generator for Locomotion of Underwater Robots, IEEE J. of Oceanic Eng., 33(2) 2008 (10pp).
- D. Lipinski, B. Cardwell, and K. Mohseni, A Lagrangian analysis of a two-dimensional airfoil with vortex shedding, J. Phys. A, 41, (2008) 344011 (22pp).
- J. Allred, A.B. Hasan, S. Panichsakul, W. Pisano, P. Gray, J. Huang, R. Han, D. Lawrence, and K. Mohseni, SensorFlock: An airborne wireless sensor network of micro-air vehicles, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems, pp 117-129, 2007, Sydney, Australia.
- Y-J. Chang, K. Mohseni, and V. Bright, Fabrication of tapered SU-8 structure and effect of sidewall angle for a variable focus microlens using EWOD, Sensors and Actuators A, 136(2), 546-553, 2007.
- E. Baird, P. Young, and K. Mohseni, Electrostatic force calculation for an EWOD-actuated droplet, Microfluid Nanofluid , 3(6) 635-644, 2007.
- M. Krieg and K. Mohseni, Developing a transient model for squid inspired thrusters, and incorporation into underwater robot control design, in Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 08), Nice, France, Sept. 22-26, 2008.