Majid Bahrami - University of Waterloo

Majid Bahrami, Post Doctoral Fellow
Education History
B.Sc. Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1992
M.A.Sc. Amir Kabir University of Tech., Tehran, Iran, 1995
Ph.D. University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2004
Research Interests
• Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microchannels
• Contact Mechanics of Rough Non-Conforming Bodies
• Analytical/Experimental TCR of Rough Joints in Vacuum/Gaseous Environments
• Polymer-Metal Joint and Thermal Interface Materials
• Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Microchannels
• Packed beds and compact heat exchangers
Awards
• Best Graduate Student Paper Award of CMAP-SMTA Student Chapter, 2004.
• University of Waterloo Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, Spring 2004.
• University of Waterloo Research Assistantship, Sep. 2000- Present.
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (OGSST) 2003.
• University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship, total of 6 times.
• University of Waterloo Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, Spring 2003.
• Recipient of the Sandford Fleming Foundation TA Award, Waterloo Fall 2003.
Publications
1. Bahrami, M., Yovanovich, M.M. and Culham, J.R., “ Thermal Contact Resistance: Effect of Elastic
Deformation,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 48, 2005, pp. 3284 - 3293.
2. Bahrami, M. Culham, J.R. and Yovanovich, M.M., “ A Scale Analysis Approach to Thermal Contact
Resistance,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 126, No. 6, 2005, pp. 896 - 905.
3. Bahrami, M., Yovanovich, M.M. and Culham, J.R., “ Convective Heat Transfer for Fully-developed, Laminar
Flow in Rough Microtubes,” Paper No. IMECE2005-79902, ASME IMECE, Orlando, Florida, November 5 -
11, 2005.
4. Karayacoubian, P., Bahrami, M. and Culham, J.R., “ Asymptotic Solutions of Effective Thermal Conductivity of
Particle-Laden Polymers,” Paper No. IMECE2005-82734, ASME IMECE, Orlando, Florida, November 5 - 11,
2005.
5. Yovanovich, M.M., Bahrami, M. and Culham, J.R., “ Gaussian Roughness in Thermal Conductance, Microtubes
and Microfins,” Paper HT2005-72858, Proceedings of HT2005, 2005 Heat Transfer Conference, A Symposium in
Honor of Bora Mikic, San Francisco, CA, July 17 - 22, 2005.
6. Bahrami, M., Yovanovich, M.M. and Culham, J.R., “ Pressure Drop of Fully-Developed, Laminar Flow in
Rough Microtubes,” Paper No. ICMM2005-75108, Proceedings ICMM 2005, 3rd International Conference on
Microchannels and Minichannels, June 13 - 15, 2005.
7. Ferguson, A.D., Bahrami, M. and Culham, J.R., “ Review of Experimental Procedure for Determining Liquid
Flow in Microchannels,” paper No. ICMM2005-75126, Proceedings ICMM 2005, 3rd International Conference
on Microchannels and Minichannels, June 13 - 15, 2005.
8. Bahrami, M., Yovanovich, M.M. and Culham, J.R., “ Pressure Drop of Fully-Developed, Laminar Flow in
Microchannels of Arbitrary Cross Section,” paper No. ICMM2005-75109, Proceedings ICMM 2005, 3rd
International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels, June 13 - 15, 2005.
9. M. Bahrami, J. R. Culham, M. M. Yovanovich, and G. E. Schneider, “ Thermal Contact Resistance of Nonconforming
Rough Surfaces Part 1: Contact Mechanics Model,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer,
Vol. 18, No. 2, 2004, pp. 209 - 217.

10. Bahrami, M., Culham, J.R., Yovanovich, M.M. and Schneider, G.E. “ Thermal Contact Resistance of
Non-conforming Rough Surfaces Part 2: Thermal Model,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer,
Vol. 18, No. 2, 2004, pp. 218 - 227.
11. Bahrami, M., Yovanovich, M.M. and Culham, J.R., “ Thermal Joint Resistance of Conforming Rough
Surfaces with Gas-filled Gaps,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, AIAA, Vol. 18, No. 3, 2004,
pp. 318 - 325.
12. Bahrami, M., Yovanovich, M.M. and Culham, J.R. “ Thermal Joint Resistance of Non-conforming
Rough Surfaces with Gas-filled Gaps,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, AIAA, Vol. 18, No. 3,
2004, pp. 326 - 332.
Contact Info
E-mail: majid@mhtlab.uwaterloo.ca
Webpage: http://mhtlab.uwaterloo.ca/~majid
888 – 4567 X 6181