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Selected Peer Reviewed Publications:

·       Corvera, C. and Mahjoob, S., "Thermal Analysis of Jet-in-Crossflow Technique for Hotspot Treatment in Electronics Cooling", ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 146, No. 4, 2024.

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064458

·       Corvera, C. and Mahjoob, S., “Thermal-Fluid Study of Jet-in-Crossflow Cooling in Comparison with Pure Jet Impingement and Pure Crossflow Cooling Methods Applicable in Hotspot Treatment", 2023 IEEE Itherm Conference, The Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, Presented and Published in the conference proceedings, Full Length Peer reviewed paper, June 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ITherm55368.2023.10177611

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10177611

      Corvera, C. and Mahjoob, S., “Analysis of Jet and Cross Flow Interaction with Application in Hotspot Electronics Cooling", 2022 IEEE Itherm Conference, The Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, Full Length Peer reviewed paper, June 2022.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9899675

      Mahjoob, S. and Kashkuli, S., “Thermal Transport Analysis of Injected Flow through Combined Rib and Metal Foam in Converging Channels with Application in Electronics Hotspot Removal”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 177, Oct. 2021.

https://DOI.ORG/10.1016/J.IJHEATMASSTRANSFER.2021.121223

    Garcia, A. and Mahjoob, S., “Numerical Study of Thermal Transport in Channel Flows Employing Jet Impingement Cooling Enhanced with Flow Turbulators”, 2021 IEEE Itherm Conference, The Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, Virtual Conference, Full Length Peer reviewed paper, June 2021.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9503280

    Kashkuli, S. and Mahjoob, S., “Numerical Investigation of Thermal Transport in Foam Filled Heat Exchangers Employing Circular and Non-Circular Jet Impingement Cross Sections”, IEEE 2020 ITherm Conference, The Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, Virtual Conference, Full Length Peer reviewed paper, July 2020. Online Access via IEEE Xplore Digital Library:

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9190493

    Huynh D. and Mahjoob, S., “Numerical Analysis of Structured Ribbed Channels for Electronic Cooling Applications”, IEEE 2020 ITherm Conference, The Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, Virtual Conference, Full Length Peer reviewed paper, July 2020. Online Access via IEEE Xplore Digital Library: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9190181

      Zing, C. and Mahjoob, S., “Thermal Analysis of Multi Jet Impingement through Porous Media to Design a Confined Heat Management System”, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol.141, No. 8, 2019.

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044008

    Zing, C., Mahjoob, S. and Vafai, K., “Analysis of porous filled heat exchangers for electronic cooling,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 133, pp. 268-276, April 2019.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.12.067

    Zing, C. and Mahjoob, S., “Investigation of Heat Transfer Through Multi Jet Heat Exchangers Utilizing Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium Model”, Presented and published in the proceedings of IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech), Nov. 2018.

https://doi.org/10.1109/SusTech.2018.8671333

      Zing, C. and Mahjoob, S., “Numerical Investigation of Thermal Transport in Confined Single and Multiple Jet Impingements Through Porous Filled Non-Uniform Cross Section Channels”, Presented and Published in the Proceedings of IEEE Itherm Conference, The Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, May 2018.

https://doi.org/10.1109/itherm.2018.8419595

      Zing, C. and Mahjoob, S., “Numerical Analysis of Thermal Transport in Nano Fluidic Porous Filled Heat Exchangers for Electronics Cooling”, ASME 2017 Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 2017.

https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2017-4966

      Hardt, S., Herbert, S., Kunkelmann, C., Mahjoob, S., and Stephan, P. “Unidirectional bubble growth in microchannels with asymmetric surface features,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.55, pp. 7056-7062, 2012.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.07.018

    Mahjoob, S. and Vafai, K., "Analysis of Heat Transfer in Consecutive Variable Cross-Sectional Domains: Applications in Biological Media and Thermal Management," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 133, pp.011006-1 - 011006-9, 2011.

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4002303

    Mahjoob, S. and Vafai, K., "Analysis of Bioheat Transport through a Dual Layer Biological Media," ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 132, pp.031101 - 031101-14, 2010.

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4000060

    Mahjoob, S. and Vafai, K., “Analytical Characterization of Heat Transport through Biological Media Incorporating Hyperthermia Treatment,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.52, 2009.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.07.038

    Mahjoob, S. and Vafai, K., “Analytical Characterization and Production of an Isothermal Surface for Biological and Electronic Applications,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol.131, pp. 052604 (1-12), 2009.

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2995690

    Mahjoob, S. and Vafai, K., “A Synthesis of Fluid and Thermal Transport Models for Metal Foam Heat Exchangers,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.51, pp. 3701-3711, 2008.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.12.012

    Mahjoob, S. and Vafai, K., “Rapid Microfluidic Thermal Cycler for Polymerase Chain Reaction Nucleic Acid Amplification,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.51, pp. 2109-2122, 2008.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.11.014

      Mahjoob, S.,  Taeibi_Rahni,  M.  “Parameters Affecting Turbulent  Film  Cooling- RANS Computational Simulation,” AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol.20, No.1, 2006.

       Mahjoob, S., Mani, M., Taeibi_Rahni, M., “Aerodynamic Analysis of Circular and Non-Circular Bodies Using Computational and Semi-Empirical Methods,” AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 41, No. 2, March-April 2004.

 

Recent Awards, Grants, and Achievements :

      2024 Spring SoCalGas STEM-NET Student Research Fellowship Award – Mentoring my Undergraduate Student, Spring 2024.

      Sabbatical Leave, Fall 2023.

      Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Awards, The Engineer’s Council, the 68th Annual Honors and Awards Banquet, CA, 2023.

      Two 1st Place Awards for undergraduate students under my supervision in CSUNPosium 2023.

      2022-23 Edison STEM-NET Student Research Fellowship- Mentoring my Undergraduate Student, Spring 2023.

      Research and Graduate Studies (RGS) Summer Grant Awardee, CSU Northridge, Summer-Fall 2022.

      One 1st Place Award for graduate student and three 1st Place Awards for undergraduate students under my supervision, CSUNPosium 2022.

      2021-22 RSCA (Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity) Award, CSUN Research and Sponsored Programs, Fall 2021.

      CSU-LSAMP STEM Faculty Research Fellow, Summer 2021.

      Research Fellow of College of Engineering and Computer Science, Funded by the Provost office, College of Engineering and Computer Science, and the library, California State University Northridge (CSUN), 2020-21.

      CSUNPosium 2021 Four Awards for undergraduate and graduate students under my supervision.

      Research and Graduate Studies (RGS) Summer Grant Awardee, CSU Northridge, Summer-Fall 2019

      TUC-FLC Grant Awardee (2019-2020), The University Corporation (TUC) Learning Centered Teaching Grant, 2019-2020.

      Transforming STEM Teaching: A Faculty Learning Community (FLC) Grant Awardee, CSUN Faculty Development, 2018-2019

      Probationary Faculty Support Grant Recipient, CSUN Faculty Development, Fall 2018

      Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Awards, The Engineer’s Council, the 62nd Annual Honors and Awards Banquet, CA, 2017

      CR Johnson Trust Fund, Department of Mechanical Eng., CSU Northridge, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

      Start Up Fund and Office Fund, College of Engineering and Computer Science, CSU Northridge, 2015

      Post-doctorate Researcher, Nano and Micro-Fluidics Institute (Center of Smart Interface) and Institute of Technical Thermodynamics (Mechanical Engineering Department), Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany, 2010-11

      ResMed Second Place Poster Award, 9th Annual UC System-wide Bioengineering Symposium, CA, 2008

      Top Poster Presenter, 4th Annual Research Conference, Graduate Student Association, Graduate Division, University of California-Riverside, 2008

      Outstanding Teacher Assistant, Graduate Division and Mechanical Engineering Department, University of California, Riverside, Academic Year of 2006-2007

      Graduate Division Fellowship Award, University of California, Riverside, 2006

 

 

Graduate Students

      Dalton Caldwell (Current Student)

      Elifalet Garcia (Current Student)

      Arturo Garcia (Current Student)

      Christian Corvera

      Sina Kashkuli

      Alan Chuang

      Carlos Zing