Faculty & Staff
Dr. Michael Ohadi
Director, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and CEEE Founding Faculty Member
Dr. Ohadi is a CEEE founding faculty member and founder of the Advanced Heat Exchangers and Process Intensification Consortium. He is internationally recognized for his research in heat and mass transfer and smart energy systems . He is the inventor/co-inventor of eight issued U.S. patents and has published more than 150 refereed technical publications. Dr. Ohadi has actively participated in promoting the support for fostering technological innovation and entrepreneurship. In 2002, he was featured in Washington Post for his efforts involving innovation and technology transfer. From 2003 to 2010 he was on leave assignment to the Petroleum Institute (Abu Dhabi) where served as Director of Mechanical Engineering (2003-2006) and Provost and Acting President (2006 to 2010). He is a fellow member of both ASME and ASHRAE and has won numerous awards from both societies
Dr. Amir Shooshtari
Research Associate Professor
Amir H. Shooshtari is an Associate Research Professor in the Advanced Heat Exchangers and Process Intensification Lab at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his Ph.D. in 2004 in Mechanical Engineering. Since 2005, he has been a member of research faculty at the University of Maryland. His research interests include design and development of advanced thermofluid processes, electronic cooling, two-phase flow and fluid flow in porous media. Dr. Shooshtari is the author or co-author of over 20 publications in international journals and conferences. He is a member of ASHARE and ASME. He is recipient of ASHRAE Grant-in-aid Fellowship (2003–2004) and ASHRAE National Capital Chapter Scholarship Award (2003).
Dr. Ratnesh Tiwari
Assistant Research Professor
Dr. Ratnesh Tiwari received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Maryland in 2015. He received his undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India in 2006. Prior to joining the University of Maryland, Dr. Tiwari has worked in the process and oil and gas industry for more than six years in the area of Heat Exchanger design and process development. He has extensive experience of designing experimental loops related to thermo fluidic systems, microchannel heat exchangers and micro reactor design and building energy modeling. He is currently involved in design and development of low cost microchannel heat exchangers for industrial system. He is also working on techno economic analysis and market analysis of the ongoing research projects.
Dr. Andres Sarmiento
Postdoctoral Faculty Research Associate
Dr. Andres Sarmiento is a Postdoctoral Faculty Research Associate in the Advanced Heat Exchangers and Process Intensification Lab at the University of Maryland (UMD), College Park. He received his Ph. D and Master’s in 2020 and 2016, respectively, in Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. He received his undergraduate degree from the Salesian Polytechnic University, Ecuador in 2013. Before joining UMD he worked on the development of novel HX assisted by two-phase thermosyphons and compact heat exchangers for the oil and gas industry. Also, he worked as a research engineer for the National Institute for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (INER) focused on solar and wind energy assessment. His research interests include the design and development of novel HX, electronics cooling, single and two-phase flow for process intensification, renewable energies, and energy efficiency.
