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The Thermofluid
Research and Design Lab at California State University Northridge conducts
fundamental and applied research in the field of thermalfluids
sciences using computational, experimental, and analytical approaches. Our work
focuses on the design and development of advanced heat management systems for
applications in electronic cooling, biomedical devices, and renewable energy
technologies. Research areas include, but are not limited to:
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Thermal transport
through porous media
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Multiphase flow
and phase change phenomena
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Electronics and
electric vehicle battery cooling
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Renewable energy
and energy recovery systems
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High-efficiency
heat exchangers
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Bioheat transfer
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Gas turbine
cooling
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Fan design and
rotor aerodynamics
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Jet mixing and
film cooling.
Principal Investigator
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Shadi Mahjoob, PhD Professor Mechanical Engineering Department California State University, Northridge Jacaranda Hall, Room 3517 18111 Nordhoff
Street, Northridge, CA 91330 Phone Number: 818-677-7558 |
Email: shadi.mahjoob@csun.edu
CSUN Profile: https://academics.csun.edu/faculty/shadi.mahjoob
Google Scholar Page: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4FKmhMIAAAAJ&hl=en\
Education:
PhD, Mechanical
Engineering, University of
California Riverside, CA, US, 2008
MSc, Aerospace
Engineering-Aerodynamics, Amirkabir University of
Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, 2000
BSc, Aerospace
Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic),
Tehran, Iran, 1998
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Dr.
Mahjoob earned
an accelerated promotion to the rank of Full Professor at California State
University, Northridge in August 2025.
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Dr.
Mahjoob was appointed as the Guest Editor for the Special Issue Heat and
Mass Transfer Applications in Biomedical Systems for International
Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Elsevier, in May 2024.
For more information about this special issue, please visit:
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Dr.
Mahjoob has also been a member of the organizing committee and Co-Track Chair
of System Level Thermal Management for IEEE Itherm
Conference in 2024, 2025, and 2026, while being a Session Chair for IEEE
Itherm Conferences for multiple years:
2024 Organizing
Committee – IEEE ITherm Conference
2025 Organizing
Committee – IEEE ITherm Conference
2026 Organizing
Committee – IEEE ITherm Conference
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In
March 2022, Dr. Shadi Mahjoob, Director of the Thermofluid
Research and Design Lab, was interviewed by former CSUN Provost and Vice
President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Mary Beth Walker. The discussion
highlighted Dr. Mahjoob’s research, teaching, and
professional activities at California State University, Northridge. To watch
the full interview, please visit:
Provost Walker
Interviews Dr. Shadi Mahjoob.mp4
Provost Walker Interviews Dr. Shadi Mahjoob
on Vimeo
Selected Recent Honors,
Awards, Grants, and Achievements:
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2025
CSUBIOTECH Faculty-Graduate Student Research Collaboration Grant, Spring 2026- Fall 2026.
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Guest
Editor for the Special
Issue Heat
and Mass Transfer Applications in Biomedical Systems for International Journal
of Heat and Mass Transfer, Elsevier, from May 2024.
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Advisory
Board Member of CSUN WISE (Women in Science
and Engineering), from February 2020.
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College
Representative for CSUN
International Education Council (IEC), from August 2018.
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Member
of ME Department Personnel Committee (DPC), Department of Mechanical Engineering, CSU Northridge, academic years of 2025-26 (ME DPC Chair),
2022-2023, and 2021-22.
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Member
of the Organizing Committee and Co-Track Chair of System Level Thermal Management for
2025 IEEE Itherm Conference, 2024-25.
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Top Mechanical
Engineering Senior Design Project for Oral Presentation in 2025 Senior Design Project
Showcase (SDPS), Faculty Advisor, Spring 2025.
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Search
and Screen Committee Member for Department Chair Selection, Spring 2022 and Spring 2025
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2024-2025
Community Engagement Pedagogical Grant Awardee, the Office of Community Engagement, CSU Northridge,
Fall 2024.
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CSUN-LSAMP
(Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) Summer Research, Faculty
mentor of two undergraduate students, Summer 2024.
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The 3rd
Place Award for Technical
Presentation in 2024 International SAE Aero Design Competition, Faculty Advisor of Aero Senior Design Project, Spring 2024.
·
Top Mechanical
Engineering Senior Design Project for Oral Presentation in 2024 Senior Design Project
Showcase (SDPS), Faculty Advisor, Spring 2024.
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CSUNPosium 2024, One 1st
Place Award for undergraduate students under my supervision, Spring 2024.
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Teaching Climate Change & Resilience (TCCR) CSU Faculty Learning
Community (FLC), Faculty
Participant, Spring 2024.
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2024
Spring SoCalGas STEM-NET Student Research Fellowship, Faculty mentor of my recipient
undergraduate student, Spring 2024.
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Member
of the Organizing Committee and Co-Track Chair of System Level Thermal Management for
2024 IEEE Itherm Conference, 2023-24.
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Sabbatical
Leave Recipient, College
of Engineering and Computer Science, CSUN, Fall 2023.
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Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit
Awards, The Engineer’s
Council, the 68th Annual Honors and Awards Banquet, CA, 2023.
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The 2nd
Place Award for Technical
Presentation in 2023 International SAE Aero Design Competition, Faculty Advisor of Aero Senior Design Project, Spring 2023.
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CSUNPosium 2023, Two 1st
Place Awards for undergraduate students under my supervision, Spring 2023.
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2022-23
Edison STEM-NET Student Research Fellowship, Faculty mentor of my recipient undergraduate student,
Spring 2023.
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ABET Assessment Coordinator, Department of Mechanical Engineering, CSU Northridge, Fall 2022-Summer 2023.
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Research
and Graduate Studies (RGS) Summer Grant Awardee, CSU Northridge, Summer-Fall 2022.
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Member of Review Committee for the Dean of College of Engineering and
Computer Science,
appointed by the University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, 2022-2023.
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IEEE Itherm Conference Session
chair,
The Intersociety Conf. on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic
Systems, 2019 – 2023.
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The 2nd
Place Award for Mission
Performance and The 3rd Place Award for
Technical Presentation in 2022 International SAE Aero Design
Competition, Faculty Advisor of Aero Senior Design Project, Spring
2022.
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Top
Senior Design Project Display of the College and Top
Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Project for Oral Presentation in
2022 Senior Design Project Showcase (SDPS), Faculty Advisor of Aero
Senior Design Project, Spring 2022.
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CSUNPosium 2022, One 1st
Place Award for graduate student and three 1st Place Awards for
undergraduate students under my supervision, Spring 2022.
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Pandemic
Recovery Grants for Research, Creative and Scholarly Activity Grant Awardee, CSUN Research and Sponsored Programs,
Spring 2022.
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2021-22 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
(RSCA) Grant Awardee, Research and
Sponsored Programs, CSU Northridge, Fall 2021.
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CSU-LSAMP (Louis
Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation) STEM Faculty Research Fellow, Summer
2021.
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Research Fellow of College of Engineering and Computer
Science, Funded by the Provost office,
College of Engineering and Computer Science, and the library, California State
University Northridge (CSUN), 2020-21.
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Top Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Project in 2021 Senior Design Project
Showcase (SDPS), Faculty Advisor of Aero Senior Design Project, Spring
2021.
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CSUNPosium 2021, One 1st
Place and Two 2nd Place Awards for undergraduate students and One 1st
Place Award for graduate student under my supervision, Spring 2021.
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Research and Graduate Studies (RGS) Summer Grant
Awardee, CSU Northridge, Summer-Fall
2019.
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TUC-FLC Grant Awardee (2019-2020), The University Corporation (TUC) Learning Centered
Teaching Grant, 2019-2020.
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Transforming STEM Teaching: A Faculty Learning
Community (FLC) Grant Awardee, CSUN Faculty Development, 2018-2019.
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Probationary Faculty Support Grant
Recipient, CSUN Faculty
Development, Fall 2018.
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Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit
Awards, The Engineer’s
Council, the 62nd Annual Honors and Awards Banquet, CA, 2017.
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CR Johnson Trust Fund, Department of Mechanical Eng., CSU
Northridge, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
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Instructionally
Related Activities (IRA) Awardee, Division of Student Affairs- Associated Students, CSU Northridge, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022,
2023, 2024, 2025.
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Travel Funding Support Recipient to attend “CSU Annual Biotechnology Symposium”, Provided by CSUPERB (California State University Program for Education and
Research in Biotechnology), 2017, 2018,
2020.
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Start Up Fund and
Office Fund, College of Engineering and Computer Science, CSU Northridge, 2015
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DFG (German Research Foundation) Scholarship Research Grant,
Post-doctorate Researcher, Nano and Micro-Fluidics Institute (Center of
Smart Interface) and Institute of Technical Thermodynamics (Mechanical
Engineering Department), Technical University
of Darmstadt, Germany, 2010-11.
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Invited Keynote Speaker, Cal Poly Pomona, Sponsored by
NSF Advance Grant, CA, 2009.
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ResMed Second Place Poster Award, 9th Annual UC System-wide Bioengineering Symposium, CA,
2008
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Top Poster Presenter, 4th Annual Research Conference, Graduate Student
Association, Graduate Division, University of California-Riverside, 2008
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Outstanding Teacher Assistant, Graduate Division
and Mechanical Engineering Department, University of California,
Riverside, Academic Year of 2006-2007
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Graduate Division Fellowship Award, University of
California, Riverside, 2006
Student
Fellowship and Grant Awardees under Dr. Mahjoob's
Supervision
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Maaz Umer, Graduate Student, Recipient of 2025 CSUBIOTECH Faculty-Graduate Student
Research Collaboration Grant.
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Alejandro Piscione, Undergraduate Student, Recipient of 2025
LSAMP Spring Research Funding.
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Kyan Reece, Undergraduate Student,
Recipient of 2024 LSAMP Summer Research Funding.
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Erik Jensen, Undergraduate
Student, Recipient of 2024 LSAMP Summer
Research Funding.
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Robert Hunter, Undergraduate
Student, Recipient of 2024 STEM-NET and SoCalGas Fellowship.
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Michael Ellerbe, Graduate Student, Recipient of Supplies Grant Sponsored
by the CSUN Office of Undergraduate Research's (OUR) in Spring 2024.
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Daniel Garcia, Undergraduate Student, Recipient of 2023 Edison STEM-NET Student
Research Fellowship.
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Arturo Garcia, Graduate Student, Recipient of 2021 LSAMP Spring Research Funding.
Graduate Students
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Dalton
Caldwell (Current)
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Syed
Abdul Haseeb Husaini (Current)
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Charles
Hoole (Current)
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Maaz
Umer (Current)
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Michael
Ellerbe (Current)
•
Elifalet Garcia
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Arturo
Garcia
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Christian
Corvera
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Sina Kashkuli
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Alan
Chuang
•
Carlos
Zing
A summary of the lab director’s teaching and
research activities is available at the following link:
Shadi Mahjoob-Research
and Senior Design Projects.pdf
