Overview

Education

  • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University, United States, 2018 – Present
  • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2017
  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran, 2013

Research

Mr. Borumand's research concerns experimental and numerical investigation of two-phase flow heat transfer for high heat flux applications including metal additive manufacturing and computational fluid dynamics. He is primarily focused on manufacturing and modelling of novel heterogeneous wick strucrues (porous media) with enhanced thermo-physical properties including smart process mapping of powder bed fusion metallic 3D printed wicks, pore-scale modeling of enhanced capillary flow in non-uniform wicks using lattice Boltzmann method, and mathematical modeling of critical heat flux in flow and pool boiling.

 

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Areas of Research Interest

Multi-scale modeling of multi-phase transport phenomena; Optimal porous material design; Additive manufacturing; CFD; LBM; Statistical analysis; Critical heat flux; Phase change heat transfer; Microstructure characterization; Energy conversion and management; Pore-scale modeling; Thermal management of electornics; Heat pipes; 

Areas of Teaching Interest

Heat transfer, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, numerical methods, mechanical enginerring lab 

Publications

1. M. Borumand, Taehun Lee, and G. Hwang, "Enhanced Wickability through Non-Uniform Pore Size Wick using Lattice Boltzmann Method", Computers and Fluids, submitted, 08/2021.

2. M. Egbo, M. Borumand, Y. Nasersharifi, and G. Hwang, “Surface Orientation Effects on Pool-boiling with Plain and Enhanced Surfaces: A Review”, Applied Thermal Engineering, submitted, 08/2021.

3. M. Borumand, S. Esfandiarpour Borujeni, M. Ausherman, G. Madiraddy, S. Nannapaneni, M. Sealy, G. Hwang, "Process Mapping of Additively-Manufactured Metallic Wicks using Surrogate Modelling", (IMECE2021-71241), ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Virtual Conference, 11/2021 (Full-paper Accepted).

4. M. Borumand and G. Hwang,"Enhanced Pool Boiling Critical Heat Flux on Tilted Heating Surfaces using Columnar-Post Wicks", (IMECE2021-70054) ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Virtual Conference, 11/2021 (Full-paper Accepted).

5. M. Borumand, Taehun Lee and G. Hwang, "Enhanced wickability of thin non-uniform sintered particle wicks using lattice Boltzmann method", (IMECE2020-24311) The ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Virtual Conference, 11/2020.

6. M. Borumand and G. Hwang, "High heat flux two-phase thermal control system using non-uniform capillary evaporator" (ICES2019-176) The 49th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 07/2019, Boston, MA, USA.

Working Papers

1. M. Borumand, T. Lee, G. Hwang, "Enhanced Wickability of Non-uniform Wicks using Lattice Boltzmann Method: Layer Thickness and Wettability", Transport in Porous Media (in preparation)

2. M. Borumand, S. Mehdi, M. Sealy, G. Hwang, "Enhanced Wickability of Non-uniform Pore 3D-Printed Lattice Structure Metallic Wicks", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (in preparation)

3. M. Borumand, S. Esfandiarpour Borujeni, M. Ausherman, G. Madiraddy, S. Nannapaneni, M. Sealy, G. Hwang, "Smart Process Mapping of Power Bed Fusion 3D Printed Metallic Wicks using Surrogate-Based Models", Additive Manufacturing (in preparation)

4. M. Borumand, S. Esfandiarpour Borujeni, S. Nannapaneni, M. Sealy, G. Hwang, "Optimal Permeability and Effective Pore Radius of Sintered Metallic 3D Printed Wicks using Surrogate-Based Models", Additive Manufacturing (in preparation)