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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
36
Citations
6168
World Ranking
2490
National Ranking
889

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Masahiro Kawaji is affiliated with the City College of New York in the United States. Their research spans several areas within engineering and materials science, with a notable focus on epidemiological studies related to COVID-19, drilling and well engineering, and nuclear reactor physics and engineering.

The main fields of study in Kawaji's work include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these fields, their subfields of specialization cover:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Modeling and Simulation

Key topics addressed in their research portfolio are:

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies

Kawaji's publication record includes contributions in a variety of frequent research venues such as:

  • SPE Journal
  • Nuclear Engineering and Design
  • Applied Soft Computing
  • Alexandria Engineering Journal
  • Chaos Solitons & Fractals

Recent scholarly papers by Kawaji include:

  • Forecasting the dynamics of cumulative COVID-19 cases (confirmed, recovered and deaths) for top-16 countries using statistical machine learning models: Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) and Seasonal Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA), 2021, Applied Soft Computing
  • Comparative analysis of Gated Recurrent Units (GRU), long Short-Term memory (LSTM) cells, autoregressive Integrated moving average (ARIMA), seasonal autoregressive Integrated moving average (SARIMA) for forecasting COVID-19 trends, 2022, Alexandria Engineering Journal
  • Forecasting of COVID-19 using deep layer Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) with Gated Recurrent Units (GRUs) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) cells, 2021, Chaos Solitons & Fractals
  • Thermal performance and flow characteristics in additive manufactured polycarbonate pulsating heat pipes with Novec 7000, 2021, Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Laboratory Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Sag in Oil-Based Drilling Fluids, 2020, SPE Journal

Frequent co-authors in Kawaji's collaborative research efforts include:

  • Dinesh V. Kalaga
  • K.E. ArunKumar
  • Ch. Mohan Sai Kumar
  • Timothy M. Brenza
  • Titus Ntow Ofei

The scientist has been recognized with professional accolades including:

  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2006)
  • Member of The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Best Publications

  • Investigation of two-phase flow pattern, void fraction and pressure drop in a microchannel

    A. Kawahara;A. Kawahara;P.M.-Y. Chung;M. Kawaji

  • The effect of channel diameter on adiabatic two-phase flow characteristics in microchannels ☆

    P.M.-Y. Chung;M. Kawaji

  • Adiabatic two-phase flow in narrow channels between two flat plates

    Muhammad I. Ali;Michio Sadatomi;Masahiro Kawaji

  • Instantaneous hydrodynamics of a laminar wavy liquid film

    K Moran;J Inumaru;M Kawaji

  • Numerical modeling and experimental investigation of gas―liquid slug formation in a microchannel T-junction

    Rafael M. Santos;Masahiro Kawaji

  • Ice slurry generation involving moving parts

    E. Stamatiou;J.W. Meewisse;M. Kawaji

  • Viscous oil–water flows in a microchannel initially saturated with oil: Flow patterns and pressure drop characteristics

    Hooman Foroughi;Masahiro Kawaji

  • Two-Phase Flow Through Square and Circular Microchannels—Effects of Channel Geometry

    Peter M.-Y. Chung;Masahiro Kawaji;Akimaro Kawahara;Yuichi Shibata

  • Pitch‐to‐diameter effect on two‐phase flow across an in‐line tube bundle

    Ramin Dowlati;Masahiro Kawaji;Albert M. C. Chan

  • Effects of gravity on the performance of pulsating heat pipes

    Junjie Gu;Masahiro Kawaji;Ryosuke Futamata

  • Investigation of two-phase flow regimes in tube bundles under cross-flow conditions

    G.R Noghrehkar;M Kawaji;A.M.C Chan

  • Handbook on Ice Slurries: Fundamentals and Engineering.

    Iif-Iir;M Kauffeld;M Kawaji;P W Egolf

  • Investigation of flow structures in vertical slug flow

    M. Kawaji;J.M. DeJesus;G. Tudose

  • An experimental study of freely falling films in a vertical tube

    G. Karimi;M. Kawaji

  • Effects of Channel Diameter and Liquid Properties on Void Fraction in Adiabatic Two-Phase Flow Through Microchannels

    Akimaro Kawahara;Michio Sadatomi;Kazuya Okayama;Masahiro Kawaji

  • Formation of tetradecane nanoemulsion by low-energy emulsification methods

    P. Schalbart;M. Kawaji;M. Kawaji;K. Fumoto

  • Hydrodynamics of Two-Phase Flow Across Horizontal In-line and Staggered Rod Bundles

    R. Dowlati;A. M. C. Chan;M. Kawaji

  • Thermodynamics and heat transfer of ice slurries

    Peter W. Egolf;Andrej Kitanovski;Derrick Ata-Caesar;Evangelos Stamatiou

  • Two-Phase Crossflow and Boiling Heat Transfer in Horizontal Tube Bundles

    R. Dowlati;M. Kawaji;A. M. C. Chan

  • Study on the bubble motion control by ultrasonic wave

    Yutaka Abe;Masahiro Kawaji;Tadashi Watanabe

  • Flow characteristics and circulatory motion in wavy falling films with and without counter-current gas flow

    G Karimi;M Kawaji

Frequent Co-Authors

Omar Matar
Omar Matar Imperial College London
Erling Halfdan Stenby
Erling Halfdan Stenby Technical University of Denmark
Sanjoy Banerjee
Sanjoy Banerjee City College of New York
Panagiota Angeli
Panagiota Angeli University College London

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