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D-Index
77
Citations
23469
World Ranking
253
National Ranking
123

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2015 - Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society (APS)
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to fluid flow diagnostics and imagery, and engineering of bioinspired devices and phenomena.
  • 2012 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his innovative experimental techniques, such as digital particleimage velocimetry and soap film tunnel, and for his fundamental contributions to the study of vorticity dynamics in wakes, freesurface and cardiac flows
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Morteza Gharib is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research focuses on engineering, with a broad range of publications in aerospace engineering, computational mechanics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, biomedical engineering, and control and systems engineering.

The scientist's work covers key topics including fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, robotic locomotion and control, cardiovascular health and disease prevention, robotic path planning algorithms, fluid dynamics and vibration analysis, aerodynamics and fluid dynamics research, and model reduction and neural networks.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot (M4) with appendage repurposing for locomotion plasticity enhancement, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Selective ablation of cancer cells with low intensity pulsed ultrasound, 2020, Applied Physics Letters
  • Novel geometries of serrated helical strakes to suppress vortex-induced vibrations and reduce drag, 2022, Applied Ocean Research
  • Low-density multi-fan wind tunnel design and testing for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, 2021, Experiments in Fluids
  • Intrinsic Frequencies of Carotid Pressure Waveforms Predict Heart Failure Events, 2021, Hypertension

Frequent co-authors collaborating on research projects include Eric Sihite, Alireza Ramezani, Adarsh Salagame, Marcel Veismann, and Reza Nemovi.

Morteza Gharib's scholarly work appears primarily in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Circulation, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Scientific Reports, and Physical Review Fluids.

Recognition for this scientist's contributions includes multiple fellowships and awards:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2015) for contributions to fluid flow diagnostics and bioinspired devices and phenomena
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2015)
  • Fluid Dynamics Prize from the American Physical Society (2015)
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2012)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2006)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2005)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (1998) with citation highlighting innovative experimental techniques including digital particle image velocimetry and soap film tunnel, and fundamental contributions to vorticity dynamics in wakes, freesurface, and cardiac flows
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1996)

Best Publications

  • Digital Particle Image Velocimetry

    C. E. Willert;Morteza Gharib

  • A universal time scale for vortex ring formation

    Morteza Gharib;Edmond Rambod;Karim Shariff

  • Intracardiac fluid forces are an essential epigenetic factor for embryonic cardiogenesis

    Jay R. Hove;Reinhard W. Köster;Reinhard W. Köster;Arian S. Forouhar;Gabriel Acevedo-Bolton

  • The effect of a discrete window offset on the accuracy of cross-correlation analysis of digital PIV recordings

    J. Westerweel;D. Dabiri;M. Gharib

  • The role of streamwise vorticity in the near-field entrainment of round jets

    Dorian Liepmann;Morteza Gharib

  • On errors of digital particle image velocimetry

    H Huang;D Dabiri;M Gharib

  • The effect of flow oscillations on cavity drag

    M. Gharib;A. Roshko

  • Three-dimensional particle imaging with a single camera

    C. E. Willert;M. Gharib

  • Experimental studies on the shape and path of small air bubbles rising in clean water

    Mingming Wu;Morteza Gharib

  • The significance of vortex ring formation to the impulse and thrust of a starting jet

    Paul S. Krueger;M. Gharib

  • Flow patterns generated by oblate medusan jellyfish: field measurements and laboratory analyses.

    John O. Dabiri;Sean P. Colin;John H. Costello;Morteza Gharib

  • Defocusing digital particle image velocimetry and the three-dimensional characterization of two-phase flows

    Francisco Pereira;Morteza Gharib

  • Circulation and formation number of laminar vortex rings

    Moshe Rosenfeld;Edmond Rambod;Morteza Gharib

  • Defocusing digital particle image velocimetry: a 3-component 3-dimensional DPIV measurement technique. Application to bubbly flows

    F. Pereira;M. Gharib;D. Dabiri;D. Modarress

  • Flapping dynamics of an inverted flag

    Daegyoum Kim;Julia Cossé;Cecilia Huertas Cerdeira;Morteza Gharib

  • Echocardiographic particle image velocimetry: a novel technique for quantification of left ventricular blood vorticity pattern.

    Arash Kheradvar;Helene Houle;Gianni Pedrizzetti;Giovanni Tonti

  • Two-frame 3D particle tracking

    Francisco Pereira;Heinrich Stüer;Emilio C. Graff;Morteza Gharib

  • Fluid entrainment by isolated vortex rings

    John O. Dabiri;Morteza Gharib

  • Vortex shedding as a mechanism for free emboli formation in mechanical heart valves.

    Danny Bluestein;Edmond Rambod;Morteza Gharib

  • An experimental study of the parallel and oblique vortex shedding from circular cylinders

    M. Hammache;M. Gharib

  • A model for universal time scale of vortex ring formation

    Kamran Mohseni;Morteza Gharib

  • Influence of microcalcifications on vulnerable plaque mechanics using FSI modeling.

    Danny Bluestein;Yared Alemu;Idit Avrahami;Idit Avrahami;Morteza Gharib

  • A liquid film (soap film) tunnel to study two-dimensional laminar and turbulent shear flows

    M. Gharib;P. Derango

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott E. Fraser
Scott E. Fraser University of Southern California
John O. Dabiri
John O. Dabiri California Institute of Technology
John E. Sader
John E. Sader California Institute of Technology
Gerald D. Buckberg
Gerald D. Buckberg University of California, Los Angeles
Paul W. Webb
Paul W. Webb University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Anatol Roshko
Anatol Roshko California Institute of Technology
Michael Ortiz
Michael Ortiz California Institute of Technology
Daniel Weihs
Daniel Weihs Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Dorian Liepmann
Dorian Liepmann University of California, Berkeley
Xin Zhang
Xin Zhang Pennsylvania State University

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