About

Amin Shakeri

Mechanical engineer and PhD researcher at Concordia University focused on CFD, heat transfer, and thermal energy storage. Work spans multiphase flow, non-Newtonian fluids, and HPC-backed simulation for thermal systems and energy cycles.

Montreal, Canada

Focus areas

Technical scope

Fluid mechanics

Multiphase flow, non-Newtonian fluids, and transient regimes.

Thermal systems

Heat transfer, thermal energy storage, and energy cycle integration.

Computation

CFD solver development, automation, and HPC workflows.

Academic background

Degrees and research themes

Concordia University (2023 - Present) PhD Mechanical Engineering • Thesis: Numerical Simulation of Oil and Gas Wells Plug and Abandonment.

PhD

Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology (2016 - 2019) MSc Mechanical Engineering, Energy Conversion • Thesis: Nanofluid Subcooled Flow Boiling in a Channel with a Hot Spot.

MSc

Shahrood University of Technology (2012 - 2016) BSc Mechanical Engineering • Final project: Photovoltaic thermal and solar water heater hybrid system.

BSc

Industry work

Selected roles

Rotating Equipment Expert — Hirbodan Consulting (2021 - 2022) Pump selection for petrochemical plants, gas turbine and combined-cycle design, thermal/mechanical evaluations.

Industry

Transformer Design Engineer — Arya Transfo (2020) Designed distribution and dry-type transformers, CAD models, and thermal simulations in ANSYS Fluent.

Industry

Research collaborations

Labs and institutions

Concordia University (2023 - Present) Thermal energy storage and green fuels • Supervisor: Dr. Ida Karimfazli

Canada

University of Salford and Leeds (2020 - 2022) Sustainable energy and green fuels • Supervisor: Dr. M. Babaei

Iran University of Science and Technology (2017 - 2022) Numerical modeling of nanofluid heat transfer in ICE

Iran

KNTU (2016 - 2019) Nanofluid subcooled flow boiling with hot spot modeling

Iran

Shahrood University (2015 - 2016) Heat transfer in curved tubes and PVT systems

Iran

Concordia University
PhD Mechanical Engineering

Publications
Renewable Energy, Applied Sciences, JCSU

Tools
OpenFOAM, ANSYS Fluent, COMSOL

Methods and tools

Technical toolkit

Research interests

Thermal energy storage, thermodynamic cycle analysis (Rankine, ORC, refrigeration), multiphase flow, non-Newtonian fluids, and thermal management.

Software and programming

MATLAB, C++, Fortran, C, Visual Basic, Python, OpenFOAM, ANSYS Fluent, COMSOL, ICEM, Siemens NX, SolidWorks, CATIA, AutoCAD, LaTeX, LabVIEW, EES.

Teaching and honors

Academic contributions

Teaching

Fluid Mechanics I/II, Heat Transfer I, and lab demonstrator roles at Concordia University. Thermodynamics I at KNTU and Transport Phenomena at Shahrood University.

Honors

Top Research Student (2017); Top 10% in Mechanical Engineering cohort (2012); 1st place WRO2016 (Tehran, Shahrood); Top 10 at WRO2016 New Delhi.