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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
USA
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
90
Citations
39143
World Ranking
109
National Ranking
56

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2006 - Heat Transfer Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Kambiz Vafai is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research centers on various aspects of engineering, particularly within mechanical engineering and its related subfields.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Engineering

Within these fields, their subfields of study encompass:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Key topics investigated in their research are:

  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
  • Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
  • Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
  • Phase Change Materials Research
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems

Kambiz Vafai has published numerous papers, with notable recent works including:

  • "Thermal performance analysis of phase change materials (PCMs) embedded in gradient porous metal foams" (2020), published in Applied Thermal Engineering
  • "Phase-change materials for thermal management of electronic devices" (2022), published in Applied Thermal Engineering
  • "Heat transfer and fluid flow analysis of microchannel heat sinks with periodic vertical porous ribs" (2022), published in Applied Thermal Engineering
  • "Application of porous metal foam heat exchangers and the implications of particulate fouling for energy-intensive industries" (2020), published in Chemical Engineering Science
  • "Thermal, thermodynamic and exergoeconomic investigation of a parabolic trough collector utilizing nanofluids" (2022), published in Applied Thermal Engineering

Frequently collaborated co-authors include:

  • Khalil Khanafer
  • Yindong Song
  • William Worek
  • M Ally
  • Adrian Bejan

Their publications often appear in the following venues:

  • Numerical Heat Transfer Part A Applications
  • Heat Transfer
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Kambiz Vafai has received several awards, including:

  • Heat Transfer Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2006)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2002)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1992)

Best Publications

  • BUOYANCY-DRIVEN HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL ENCLOSURE UTILIZING NANOFLUIDS

    Khalil Khanafer;Khalil Khanafer;Kambiz Vafai;Marilyn Lightstone

  • Handbook of porous media

    Kambiz Vafai

  • Boundary and inertia effects on flow and heat transfer in porous media

    K. Vafai;C.L. Tien

  • A critical synthesis of thermophysical characteristics of nanofluids

    Khalil Khanafer;Kambiz Vafai

  • The role of porous media in modeling flow and heat transfer in biological tissues

    A.-R.A. Khaled;K. Vafai

  • Analysis of dispersion effects and non-thermal equilibrium, non-Darcian, variable porosity incompressible flow through porous media

    A. Amiri;K. Vafai

  • Convective flow and heat transfer in variable-porosity media

    Kambiz Vafai

  • Analysis of fluid flow and heat transfer interfacial conditions between a porous medium and a fluid layer

    B. Alazmi;K. Vafai

  • Analysis of two-layered micro-channel heat sink concept in electronic cooling

    Kambiz Vafai;Lu Zhu

  • A synthesis of fluid and thermal transport models for metal foam heat exchangers

    Shadi Mahjoob;Kambiz Vafai

  • Analysis of flow and heat transfer at the interface region of a porous medium

    K. Vafai;R. Thiyagaraja

  • Analytical characterization and conceptual assessment of solid and fluid temperature differentials in porous media

    Dae-Young Lee;Kambiz Vafai

  • Constant wall heat flux boundary conditions in porous media under local thermal non-equilibrium conditions

    Bader Alazmi;Kambiz Vafai

  • Boundary and inertia effects on convective mass transfer in porous media

    K. Vafai;C.L. Tien

  • Analysis of Variants Within the Porous Media Transport Models

    B. Alazmi;K. Vafai

  • Analysis of Energy and Momentum Transport for Fluid Flow Through a Porous Bed

    Kambiz Vafai;Mehmet Sozen

  • Forced Convection in a Channel Filled With a Porous Medium: An Exact Solution

    K. Vafai;SungJin Kim

  • Fluid mechanics of the interface region between a porous medium and a fluid layer—an exact solution

    K. Vafai;S.J. Kim

  • On departure from local thermal equilibrium in porous media due to a rapidly changing heat source: The Sparrow number

    W.J. Minkowycz;A. Haji-Sheikh;K. Vafai

  • A review on the applications of nanofluids in solar energy field

    Khalil Khanafer;Kambiz Vafai

Frequent Co-Authors

Khalil Khanafer
Khalil Khanafer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rahmat Ellahi
Rahmat Ellahi International Islamic University, Islamabad
Oronzio Manca
Oronzio Manca University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Sung Jin Kim
Sung Jin Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Huijin Xu
Huijin Xu Shanghai Maritime University
Nicola Bianco
Nicola Bianco University of Naples Federico II
Sergio Nardini
Sergio Nardini University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Mohammad Reza Salimpour
Mohammad Reza Salimpour Isfahan University of Technology
Moran Wang
Moran Wang Tsinghua University
Cengiz S. Ozkan
Cengiz S. Ozkan University of California, Riverside

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