Mohsen Daghooghi, Ph.D.

Biography

Mohsen Daghooghi joined the University of Houston-Clear Lake faculty with more than 15 years of experience of professional in mechanical engineering. He earned his Ph.D. and Master of Science, both in mechanical engineering, from State University of New York at Buffalo. He also received a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science, both in mechanical engineering, from University of Tehran in Tehran, Iran.

Prior joining to UHCL, Dr. Daghooghi worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Texas A&M Experiment Station and The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, respectively. He also worked as a teaching assistant for the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, also at State University of New York at Buffalo.

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Publications

• Ogunka, U. E., Daghooghi, M., Akbarzadeh, A. M., & Borazjani, I. "The Ground Effect in Anguilliform Swimming". Biomimetics, 5 (2020), 9.
• Daghooghi, M., and Borazjani, I. "The effects of irregular shape on the particle stress of dilute suspensions." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 839 (2018): 663-692.
• Daghooghi, M., and Borazjani, I. "The effect of self-propulsion on the particle stress in dilute suspensions of rod-like particles." European Journal of Computational Mechanics 26.1-2 (2017): 61-77.
• Daghooghi, M., and Borazjani, I. "Self-propelled swimming simulations of bio-inspired smart boxes." Bioinspiration & biomimetics 11.5 (2016): 056001.
• Daghooghi, M., and Borazjani, I. "The influence of inertia on the rheology of a periodic suspension of neutrally buoyant rigid ellipsoids." Journal of Fluid Mechanics 781 (2015): 506-549.
• Daghooghi, M., and Borazjani, I. "The hydrodynamic advantages of synchronized swimming in a rectangular pattern." Bioinspiration & biomimetics 10.5 (2015): 056018.
• Borazjani, I., and Daghooghi, M. "The fish tail motion forms an attached leading edge vortex." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 280.1756 (2013): 20122071.

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Courses (Current Academic Year)

• Introduction to Engineering, ENGR1201
• Computing for Engineers, ENGR2304
• Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, MENG3310
• Heat Transfer, MENG3316
• Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering, MENG4391

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Research Projects

• Computational fluid dynamics
• Fluid-structure interactions
• High-performance computing
• Bio-inspired propulsion
• Suspension rheology
• Particulate and multi-phase flows

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Awards and Accomplishments

• Nominee of the State University of New York at Buffalo for the Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists: 2017 Regional Postdoctoral Competition
• Teaching Fellow, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2015
• Top 1 percent rank in Iranian nationwide university entrance exam for M. Sc. Level in Mechanical Engineering, 2003
• Top 0.1 percent in Iranian nationwide university entrance exam in the mathematics and physics group for B. Sc. level, 1998

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