Dr. Rezvan Alamian
Lab Director Mechatronics and Electrical Drives
Building 11, Room 311
Phone: +49 (0) 631 205 2081
Fax: +49 (0) 631 205 2004
Current Projects
- CFD-driven design improvements for enhanced rotor cooling in automotive applications
- Batteries with functionally and thermally integrated power electronics
Previous Experiences
- Analysis of soot filter regeneration by combined numerical and experimental investigations, CORIA Lab./CNRS, Rouen, France
- Investigating the effects of a fixed tube close the free surface with basin tests, SPH-Flow software and the potential flow model NEMOH, Nantes, France
- Conceptual design, numerical simulation, fabrication, and experimental test of renewable energy technologies, Babol, Iran
- Automation of gas regulator test bench, Design and fabrication of test bench for gas ball valve, Tehran, Iran
- Launching and renovation the butter filling and packing device, Modification of the sealing system of milk filling and packing device, Amol, Iran
Research Interests
- Thermal Management of Battery Systems
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Heat Transfer Mechanisms
- Sustainable and Renewable Energy Technologies
- Wave Hydrodynamics and Marine Energy
Executive Responsibilities
- Lab Director, Division of Mechatronics and Electrical Drives (MEAS), RPTU Kaiserslautern, 2024-now
- Associate Head of Sea-Based Energy Research Group, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology. 2015-2020
- Scientific Committee Manager, 2nd National Conference on Internal Combustion Engines, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, 2019.
- Executive Committee Chair, Third Iranian Conference on Heat and Mass Transfer, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, 2018.
Teaching Activities
- Fluid Mechanics II, Insa Rouen, Rouen, France, 2022
- Advanced Numerical Computing by Python, University of Rouen Normandy, Rouen, France, 2021
- Fluid Mechanics I, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran, 2017
- Thermodynamics I, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran, 2014
- Thermodynamics I, Payam Noor University of Babol, Babol, Iran, 2014
- Fluid Mechanics I, Payam Noor University of Babol, Babol, Iran, 2014
- Fuels and Combustion, Payam Noor University of Babol, Babol, Iran, 2013
Selected Journal Publications
- Modeling soot filter regeneration process through surface-reactive flow in porous media using iterative Lattice Boltzmann method, Energy (Elsevier), 2024
- Enhancing efficiency and measuring sloshing in oscillating water column (OWC) systems: An experimental investigation of novel inlet geometry optimization and innovative measurement method, Energy (Elsevier), 2023
- Study of horizontal axis tidal turbine performance and investigation on the optimum fixed pitch angle using CFD: A case study of Iran, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow (Emerald), 2020
- Multi-objective optimization of a pitch point absorber wave energy converter, Water (MDPI), 2019
- Evaluation of technologies for harvesting wave energy in Caspian Sea, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier), 2014
Selected Conference Publications
- Surface-reactive flow in porous media using iterative Lattice Boltzmann method for modelling the regeneration process in soot filters, In 11th European Combustion Meeting (ECM 2023), Rouen, France, April 26-28, 2023.
- Flow simulations in complex porous media using Lattice Boltzmann method. In 19th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2021). Rhodes, Greece, September 20-26, 2021
- Hydrodynamic analysis of spar floating wind turbine considering Caspian Sea wave conditions. In International Congress of Sciences and Innovative Technologies (ICESIT 2018). Babol, Iran, September 5-6, 2018.
- Wave simulation in a numerical wave tank, using BEM. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2014 (ICNAAM 2014). Rhodes, Greece, September 22-28, 2014
- Transient flow simulation in natural gas pipelines using the state space model. In ASME 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA 2010). Istanbul, Turkey, July 12-14, 2010.
Skills and Expertise
C++, Python, MATLAB
ANSYS-Fluent, ANSYS-Mechanical, Solid Works, Catia, AutoCad
Personal Interests/Hobbies
Ping-Pong, Chess, Swimming