Department of Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

Mohammad Saeedi

Assistant Professor

Mohammad Saeedi
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Email: mohammad.saeedi@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-6072
Fax: 902-494-6711
Mailing Address: 
1360 Barrington St, PO BOX 15000
Sexton Campus; Room C-304
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
 

 

Education:

  • BSc, Aerospace Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
  • MSc, Aerospace Engineering (Aerodynamics), Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Related information:

·   Dr. Saeedi’s Linkedin Profile

Research Topics:

  • Renewable energy and wind turbine optimization
  • Modal analysis of turbulent flows
  • Aerodynamic optimization and fuel saving
  • Near-wall dynamics and wake analysis in bluff-body flows
  • Subgrid-scale modeling for large-eddy simulation
  • Inlet conditions for direct numerical simulation and large-eddy simulation

Research Interests:

Dr Mohammad’s research mainly focuses on high-fidelity, time-dependent and accurate numerical simulation of complex heat and fluid flows (computational fluid dynamics) towards detailed identification of turbulent phenomena and fine flow structures. For this purpose, efficient and novel approaches in discretization, boundary condition prescription, numerical solution and post processing are employed. The outcome, will be in-depth understating of the physics of the fluid flow (fundamental physics) as well as optimized engineering designs which employ heat and fluid flow in their operating cycles (Applied physics).

Selected Publications:

  • Asgari, E., Saeedi, M., & Etemadi, M. (2022). Large-eddy simulation of a developing turbulent boundary layer over a wall-mounted hemisphere under the influence of a surrounding ditch: Flow characteristics and aerodynamic forces. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 227, 105047.
  • Saeedi, M., & Wang, B. C. (2017). Large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow and structures within and above an idealized building array. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 17, 1127-1152.
  • Saeedi, M., & Wang, B. C. (2016). Large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow around a finite-height wall-mounted square cylinder within a thin boundary layer. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 97, 513-538.
  • Saeedi, M., & Wang, B. C. (2015). Large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow and dispersion over a matrix of wall-mounted cubes. Physics of Fluids, 27(11), 115104.

Selected awards and honours:  

  • Eye’s high Scholarship, University of Calgary, 2015
  • Manitoba Graduate Scholarship (MGS), Provincial Government of Manitoba, 2013
  • Special award of Faculty of Graduate Studites, University of Manitoba, 2012