Faculty Directory

Shooshtari, Amir

Shooshtari, Amir

Research Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Center for Environmental Energy Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
3138 Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building
Website(s):

BACKGROUND

Dr. Amir Shooshtari is a Research Professor with extensive experience in thermal management and system design spanning over 25 years. Since earning his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 2004, he has been a member of the research faculty at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Shooshtari has conducted research in various areas, including additive manufacturing, design optimization, computational fluid dynamics, thermal management of electronics, and process intensification. He has authored or co-authored over 80 publications in international journals and conferences, which have received over 1800 citations according to Google Scholar. Dr. Shooshtari is also a member of ASHRA ASME and has contributed to several projects funded by government agencies or industrial companies as the principal investigator or co-investigator. He is the recipient of the ASHRAE Grant-in-aid Fellowship (2003–2004) and the ASHRAE National Capital Chapter Scholarship Award (2003).

 

  • Heat transfer enhancement
  • Energy conversion
  • Flow/thermal/structural modeling and optimization design 
  • System and component-level thermal management
  • Electronics cooling
  • Energy audit and HVAC systems design
  • Waste heat recovery and alternative energy systems
  • Heat and mass exchangers design and optimization
  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Phase change materials

$1.5M in NSF funding secured to improve solar energy conversion systems

The four-year interdisciplinary project could lead to major breakthroughs in control, modeling, sensing, design, and reliability of power electronic interfaces.

Kailkhura and Vathsavai Win Best Consortium Student Presentation Award, Spring 2019

Research sponsors voted theirs best out of 15 presentations.

University of Maryland No. 1 in ARPA-E Awards

UMD has most active ARPA-E awards among all U.S. universities.

UMD Teams Awarded Over $5 Million to Improve Power Plant Cooling Technologies

The U.S. Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) funds two UMD teams to improve power plant cooling efficiency.