Iman Borazjani

Associate Professor - Mechanical Engineering

Contact Information

Phone: (979) 458-5787

Fax: (979) 458-3081

E-mail: iman@tamu.edu

Departmental Page

Education

  • Ph.D., 2008, Mechanical engineering, University of Minnesota
  • M.S., 2005, Mechanical engineering, Georgia Institute of Technolog
  • B.S., 2002, Mechanical engineering, Sharif University of Technology

Research Interests

Dr. Borazjani's research interests are in developing advanced computational tools for biofluids and fluid-structure interaction problems, which we employ to advance knowledge and gain insights into the physics of important biological/engineering flows.

Experience

  • Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
  • Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, University at Buffalo SUNY
  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, University at Buffalo SUNY

Publications

  • Asgharzadeh1, Asadi2, H., H., Meng, H., and Borazjani, I. (2019). A Non-dimensional Parameter for Classification of the Flow in Intracranial Aneurysms II: Patient-Specific Geometries. Physics of Fluids 31, 031905
  • Asgharzadeh1, H., and Borazjani, I. (2019). A Non-dimensional Parameter for Classification of the Flow in Intracranial Aneurysms I: Simplified Geometries. Physics of Fluids 31, 031904
  • Hedayat2, M., and Borazjani, I. (2019). Comparison of platelet activation through hinge vs bulk flow in bileaflet mechanical heart valves. 83, 280-290
  • Asadi, H., Asgharzadeh1, H., and Broazjani, I. (2018). On the scaling of propagation of periodically generated vortex rings. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 853, 150-170
  • Daghooghi, M. and Borazjani, I. (2018). The effects of irregular shape on the particle stress of dilute suspensions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 839, 663-592
  • Hedayat, M., Asgharzadeh2, H., and Broazjani, I. (2017). Platelet activation of mechanical versus bioprosthetic heart valves during systole. Journal of Biomechanics, 56, 111-116
  • "Daghooghi, M. and Borazjani, I. (2017). The effect of undulations on the particle stress in dilute suspensions of rod-like particles. European Journal of Computational Mechanics, 26(1), 66-71
  • Asgharzadeh, H., and Broazjani, I. (2017). A Newton-Krylov method with an approximate analytical Jacobian for implicit solution of Navier-Stokes equations on staggered overset-curvilinear grids with immersed boundaries. Journal of Computational Physics, 331 (15), 227–256
  • Asgharzadeh, H., and Broazjani, I. (2016). Effects of Reynolds and Womersley numbers on the hemodynamics of intracranial aneurysms. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 2016, 7412926
  • Daghooghi, M. and Borazjani, I. (2016). Self-Propelled Swimming Simulations of Bio-inspired Smart Structures. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 11 (5), 056001
  • Bottom, R.G., Borazjani, I., Belevins, E., and Lauder, G.V. (2016). Hydrodynamics of swimming in stingrays: Numerical simulations and the role of the leading edge vortex. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 788, 407-443