Manoochehr Koochesfahani
Contact Information
Phone:
(517) 353-5311
Email:
koochesf@msu.edu
University Distinguished Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Education
- Ph.D., Aeronautics, Caltech 1984
- M.S., Aeronautics, Caltech 1978
- B.S., Aeronautical Engr., Rensselaer Poly. Inst. 1977
Research Interests
- Turbulent Shear Flows and Turbulent Mixing
- Unsteady Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics
- Optical Diagnostics Techniques
- Molecular Tagging Diagnostics
- Quantum Dot Imaging of Fluid Flow
Selected Publications
- Bohl, D.G. and Koochesfahani, M.M., "MTV Measurements of the Vortical Field in the Wake of an Airfoil Pitching at High Reduced Frequency," J. Fluid Mech., Volume 620 (2009), pages 63-88.
- Pouya, S., Koochesfahani, M., Greytak, A., Bawendi, M., and Nocera, D. [2008] "Experimental Evidence of Diffusion-Induced Bias in Near-Wall Velocimetry Using Quantum Dot Measurements," Exp Fluids, 44, 1035-1038.
- Koochesfahani, M. M. and Nocera, D. G. [2007], "Molecular tagging velocimetry," Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Springer-Verlag.
- Koochesfahani, M., Lum, C., Pouya, S., and Hu, H. [2006], "Imaging Flow, Transport, and Mixing in Microflows Using Molecular Tagging Diagnostics," Invited Paper, Proceedings of the 15th U.W. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, June 25-30, 2006, Boulder, Colorado, F3a-3.
MSU Scholar
Awards
- Measurement Science & Technology Outstanding Paper Award 2006
- AIAA Associate Fellow, 2002
- Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2008
