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Mehdi Taslimifar

PhD Student

Short Biography

Mehdi Taslimifar joined the interface group in April 2014 as a PhD student after graduating from Sharif University of Technology with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. His master thesis, carried out under the supervision of Profs. M.H Saidi, M.B. Shafii and H. Afshini, focused on the experimental investigation of heat transfer in open loop pulsating heat pipes using magnetic nano-fluids.

The topic of his doctoral research is the quantification of the kinetics of interacting amino acid transporters using system identification. Model data are obtained from Xenopus laevis oocyte expression systems. This PhD project is set within the framework of the SystemsX.ch IPhD program and co-supervised by Prof. François Verrey, University of Zurich, Institute of Physiology.

Peer-reviewed journal publications

  1. Taslimifar, M., Mohammadi, M., Afshin, H., Saidi, M.H., and Shafii, M.B., 2013, Overall Thermal Performance of Ferrofluidic Open Loop Pulsating Heat Pipes: an Experimental Approach, International Journal of Thermal Sciences Vol. 65, pp. 234-241.
  2. Mohammadi, M., Taslimifar, M., Saidi, M.H., Shafii, M.B., Afshin, H., and Kazemzadeh Hannani, S., 2013, Ferrouidic Open Loop Pulsating Heat Pipes: Efficient Candidates for Thermal Management of Electronics, Experimental Heat Transfer, Vol. 27, pp. 296-312.
  3. Mohammadi, M., Taslimifar, M., Haghayegh, S., Kazemzadeh Hannani, S., Shafii,M.B., Saidi, M.H., and Afshin, H. , 2013, Open Loop Pulsating Heat Pipes Charged with Magnetic Nano-fluids – Powerful Candidates for Future Electronic Coolers, Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, Vol. 18, pp. 18-38.

Conference presentations

  1. Taslimifar, M., Mohammadi, M., Adibnia, A., Afshin, H., Saidi, M.H., Shafii, M.B.,and Kazemzadeh Hannani, S., 2012, Effects of Surface Coating of Nanoparticles on Thermal Performance of Open Loop Pulsating Heat Pipes, Proceedings of HT2012, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 8-12, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
  2. Taslimifar, M., Mohammadi, M., Saidi, M.H., Afshin, H., Shafii, M.B., and Kazemzadeh Hannani, S., 2012, Thermal Performance of an Open Loop Pulsating Heat Pipe with Ferrouid (Magnetic Nano-Fluid), Proceedings of MNHMT-2012, ASME 3rd Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference, March 3-6, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  3. Mohammadi, M., Taslimifar, M., Kazemzadeh Hannani, S., Saidi, M.H., Afshin, H., and Shafii, M.B., 2012, Experimental Study of the Startup Performance of Ferrouidic Open Loop Pulsating Heat Pipes, Proceedings of HT2012, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 8-12, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
  4. Mohammadi, M., Taslimifar, M., Saidi, M.H., Shafii, M.B., Afshin, H., and Kazemzadeh Hannani, S., 2012, Experimental Investigation of an Open Loop Pulsating Heat Pipe Using Ferrouid, Proceedings of MNHMT2012, ASME 3rd Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference, March 3-6, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.