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Dr Ahmad Sharifian-Barforoush

Name :	Dr Ahmad Sharifian-Barforoush
Position :	Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering)
Section :	Faculty of Engineering and Surveying Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
Office :	Z403
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 2734
Extension :	2734
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BSc, MSc Tehran PhD USQ

Languages

Language	Accredited Translator	Proficiency Levels *N/A = not available
		Speaking	Reading	Writing
PSN	No

Research Interests

Thermofluid
CFD (FLUENT,ANSYS, MATLAB,...)
Renewable energy (wind energy, solar energy)
Wind and Shock tunnel experiments
Bushfire, Radiation
Particle Image Velocimetery (PIV)
Industrial hydraulics and pneumatics

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

A. Al-Faruk, S.A. Sharifian and S. Al-Atresh, "Numerical Investigation of Performance of a New Type of Savonius Turbine", 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 3-7 Dec. 2012, Launceston, Australia. ISBN 978 0 646 58373 0.

Sharifian, Ahmad, “The effect of direction of low speed winds on the performance of a split chimney", 23rd. international congress of theoretical and applied mechanics, 19-24 August 2012, Beijing, China. ISBN 978-988-16022-3-7.

Sharifian, Ahmad , “The effect of wind speed on the performance of a split chimney”, 2012 international Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics Technologies, IPCSIT vol. 33, IACSIT press, Singapore. pp 149-155. ISSN 2010-460X, ISBN 978-981-07-1712-4.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

ENG1901- Engineering Practice 1
MEC4104- Energy Technology
MEC3403- Dynamics 2
MEC3102- Fluid Mechanics

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 11 years