2006-2010: Experimental and numerical study on aerodynamic behavior of wind catchers with different configurations.

2008-2009: Production of Ferrofluid containing magnetic nano-particles of Ferrite Oxide and experimental study on its hydrodynamic performance.

2006-2008: Experimental and numerical analysis of hydrodynamic journal bearings lubricated with Newtonian and non-Newtonian Ferrofluid.

2006-2007: Mathematical modeling of transport phenomena in continuous casting.

2005-2006: Mathematical modeling of thermal performance of turbo-compressor of a typical gas station.

Publication:

• Montazeri H., Azizian R. Experimental study on natural ventilation performance of one-sided wind catcher. Building and Environment 43 (2008) 2193–2202.

• Montazeri H., Numerical analysis of hydrodynamic journal bearings lubricated with ferrofliud. Proc. IMechE, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology 222 (2008) 51-60.

• Montazeri H., Azizian R. Experimental study on natural ventilation performance of two-sided wind catcher. Proc. IMechE, Part A, Journal of Power and Energy 223 (2009) 387-400.

• Montazeri H., Montazeri F., Azizian R., Mostafavi S., Two-sided wind catcher performance evaluation using experimental, numerical and analytical modeling, Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 1424–1435.

• Montazeri H., Experimental and numerical study on natural ventilation performance of various multi-opening wind catchers, Building and Environment 46 (2011) 370–378.

• Tashakori J., Montazeri H. and Azizian R. Experimental and numerical analysis of hydrodynamic journal bearings lubricated with magnetite-based ferrofliud, Proceedings of the 7^th National Conference of Chemistry, Shiraz, Iran, Oct. 2009.

• Montazeri H., Golneshan A. A., Gandjalikhan Nassab S. A., Two-Dimensional hydrodynamic analysis of turbulent flow in journal bearings, Proceedings of the 10^th Fluid Dynamics Conference, Yazd, Iran, Nov. 2006.

• Montazeri H., Dehghan A. A., Numerical investigation of induced air inside a typical building through a wind catcher as a passive cooling component, Proceedings of the 10^th Fluid Dynamics Conference, Yazd, Iran, Nov. 2006.

• Dehghan A. A., Montazeri H., Azizian R. Experimental measurement of pressure coefficients around various opening of typical wind catchers, Proceedings of the 10^th Fluid Dynamics Conference, Yazd, Iran, Nov. 2006.

• Montazeri H., Applied Thermodynamics, A multimedia compact disk, Yazd University, 2007.

• Montazeri H., Heat Pump and Refrigeration Cycles, A multimedia compact disk, Yazd University, 2006.

Invited Presentation:

• Urban Climate and Energy Demand in Buildings, Invited Presentation, Building Physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, July 2009.


Reviewer Activity:

• Elsevier: Building and Environment

• Elsevier: Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics

• International Journal of Modeling and Simulation

• Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction Technology

• International Journal of Sustainable Energy

• Building Simulation: An International Journal

Research Interests:

• Renewable Energy

• Passive Air Conditioning

• Experimental Study of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer

• Computational Fluid Dynamics

• Experimental and Numerical Study on FerroFluid Flow

Academic Work Experience:

2010-2011: Teaching assistant, Department of the Built Environment, TU/e, State of the art in building performance simulation, M.Sc. in Physics of the Built Environment                  

2006-2010: Researcher of wind tunnel Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yazd University