Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ph.D., University of Maryland
Nanoelectronics, Nanosystems
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Dr. Moghaddam received his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland in 2006. Saeed Moghaddam, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in University of Florida. Before joining the University of Florida in 2010, he was a postdoc (2007-2010) in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research is focused on micro/nanoscale transport and nanotechnology. His major contributions to science and technology are: demonstration of membrane-based absorption/desorption cycle with a significantly higher performance compare to the existing technologies; the most detailed physical insight, over nearly a century of nucleate boiling science, on the nature of thermal field at the bubble-surface interface; development of the first Si-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) capable of operating at dry ambient; and development of the world’s smallest fuel cell.
Dr. Moghaddam’s research interests include: Micro/nanoscale transport and nanotechnology for energy science and health applications; nanoengineering of functionalized membranes for energy conversion and storage and filtration/separation applications; heat and mass transfer in micro/nanostructures; microfluidic reactor platforms for fundamental energy research and reaction engineering; portable power
Research Projects:
- Probing Interfacial Phase-Change Transport Events in Flowboiling on Micro- and Nanotextured Surfaces awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 – 2017
- Physics of Ultrasonic Drying Process 2014 – 2016
- Strain Engineered Hi-K Hafnium Oxide Ferroelectric Thin Films Towards Multi-Functional Sensor/Logic Acuator/Memory awarded by Semiconductor Research Corporation 2013 – 2016
- A Combined Water Heater, Dehumidifier, and Cooler (Whdc) awarded by US Department of Energy2014 – 2015
- Absorption Water Heater Development Project awarded by US Department of Energy 2012 – 2014
- Nanoengineered Membrane Based Absorption Cooling for Buildings Using Unconcentrated Solar and Waste Heat awarded by US Department of Energy 2010 – 2015
- Thermohydraulic and Material Characterization of Nanostructured Wicks awarded by US Department of Defense Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 2012 – 2014
- Nano-Engineered Ultra-High Energy Density Storage Device awarded by Dais Analytic 2010 – 2011
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