Dr. Reza Sadr

SENIOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Office Number: 241C
Office Phone: +974 423-0149
Fax Number: 4230011
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INTEREST AREAS
Research interests include experimental techniques in thermo/fluid science with focused on nano/micro-fluids, turbulent multiphase flows, and optical diagnostic techniques development.

• Micro- and nano-scale fluid mechanics and heat transfer
• Brownian Dynamics and particle-fluid interaction
• Electro-Osmotic Fluid mechanics at micro- and nano-scale and related surface chemistry
• Turbulent Jets; Particle-laden flows
• Experimental measurement techniques for fluid mechanics, including hot-wire anemometry (HWA), particle-image velocimetry (PIV), and molecular tagging velocimetry (MTV)

EDUCATION

• Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 2002
• Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, Canada, 1996
• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering (Thermo Fluids), Iran University of Science, 1992

EXPERIENCE

• Texas A&M University, Visiting Assistant Professor, 2008 - present
• Georgia Institute of Technology, Visiting Assistant Professor, 2005-2007
• Georgia Institute of Technology, Research Faculty, 2002-2005
• University of Utah, Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1997-2002

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
"In-Cylinder Engine Flow Measurement using Stereoscopic Molecular Tagging Velocimetry (SMTV),"M. Mittal , R. Sadr , H. J. Schock, A. Fedewa, A. Naqwi, Experiments in Fluids, Under review, 2008.

"Diffusion-Induced Bias in Near-Wall Velocimetry," Reza Sadr, Christel Hohenegger,  Haifeng Li, Peter J. Mucha and, Minami Yoda, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 577, 443-456,  2007.

"On the accuracy of nPIV Velocity Measurements in Poiseuille Flow: Effect of non uniform out-of-plane illumination," R. Sadr, 60th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, Salt Lake City, UT, 2007.

"Velocity Measurements Inside the Diffuse Electric Double Layer in Electroosmotic Flow," R. Sadr, M. Yoda, P Gnanaprakasam, and A T Conlisk, Applied Physics Letters, 89, 44103, 2006.

"Flow Field Characteristics in the Near Field of Particle-Laden Coaxial Jets," R Sadr and J C Klewicki, Experiments in Fluids 39(5), 885-894, 2005.

"Impact of Hindered Brownian Diffusion on the Accuracy of Particle-Image Velocimetry Using Evanescent-Wave Illumination," R Sadr, H Li and M Yoda, Experiments in Fluids 38(1), 90-98, 2005.

"An Experimental Study of Electroosmotic Flow in Rectangular Microchannels", R. Sadr, M. Yoda, Z. Zheng, and A. T. Conlisk, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 506, 357-367, 2004.

"Spline-based Techniques for Estimating Flow Velocities Using Two Camera MTV", R. Sadr and J. C. Klewicki”, Experiments in Fluids, vol. 35/3, 257-261, 2003.

"An Experimental Investigation of the Near Field Flow Development in Coaxial Jets", R. Sadr and J. C. Klewicki, Physics of fluids, 15(5), 1233-1246, 2003.