Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Omid Amili, Ph.D.

Biography 

Omid Amili received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Tehran Polytechnic in 2003. After completing his master's degree and gaining two years of industry experience, he obtained his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, specializing in wall-bounded turbulence, from Monash University, Melbourne, in late 2012. He continued his research as a post-doctoral researcher in the Laboratory for Turbulence Research in Aerospace and Combustion (LTRAC) for two years, focusing on supersonic jet flows. In late 2015, Dr. Amili joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, as a research associate, working on unladen and particle-laden turbulence as well as biofluid flows. In December 2019, he joined the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at The University of Toledo as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Throughout his career, Dr. Amili has focused on developing hardware and software for flow diagnostics in complex settings. His research interests lie primarily in experimental fluid dynamics, with a particular emphasis on turbulence in single- and multi-phase flows, as well as particle-fluid dynamics in biofluid systems.

Research Interests

• Experimental fluid mechanics
• Turbulence
• Particle-laden flows
• Jets
• Biofluids

Publications 

Google Scholar Profile 

Teaching

• Fluid Mechanics
• Fluids Laboratory
• Thermodynamics I & II
• Intermediate Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
• Advanced Fluid Mechanics

Scientific & Professional Societies:

• American Physical Society (APS), 2010−present.
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013−present.
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2015−present.
• American Heart Association (AHA), 2017−present.

Academic and Community Service:

• Ad hoc reviewer for the National Science Foundation (NSF), Dutch Research Council, and Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
• Regular reviewer for various journals in thermal-fluids sciences
• Secretary, ASME Northwest Ohio section since summer 2021
• Mentor and faculty advisor, ASME student section since fall 2021

Industry Experience:

• Hydro-mechanical equipment
• Electro-mechanical devices
• Energy consumption optimization