Behrooz Afra

Dedicated and skilled Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate with a strong background in mechanical and systems engineering. Expert in HVAC systems, rapid prototyping, and computer-aided design, with a proven track record in research and development. Seeking to apply my expertise in modeling HVAC systems for buildings, leveraging my strong analytical skills and technical proficiency.

• Electronics: Learn to Solder (2023, Johannes J.)
• Laser II: Trotec (2023, Jack W.)
• Basic CNC Wood Router (2023, Nick B.)
• Woodworking Tools 1: Intro to Saws

• B Afra, A Amiri Delouei, A Tarokh, "Flow-Induced Locomotion of a Flexible Filament in the Wake of a Cylinder in Non-Newtonian Flows", International Journal of Mechanical Sciences- indexed by Scopus-Q1 (Elsevier), Published, 2022.
• Afra, B., Karimnejad, S., Delouei, A. A., & Tarokh, A. Flow control of two tandem cylinders by a highly flexible filament: Lattice spring IB-LBM. Ocean Engineering, 250, 111025. Published, 2022
• Gholami, A., Afra, B, & Tarokh,. A. Numerical investigation of hydrodynamic forces acting on a flexible pitching filament. the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2022,. Published.
• Afra, B., and A. Tarokh. "Flow Control in Low-Reynolds Flow Using Flexible Gurney Flap." Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2021, June 27-30, 2021, Charlottetown, PE, Canada
• B. Afra, A. A. Delouei, M. Mostafavi, and A. Tarokh, "Fluid-structure interaction for the flexible filament's propulsion hanging in the free stream," Journal of Molecular Liquids, - indexed by Scopus-Q1 (Elsevier), Published, 2020
• B. Afra, M. Nazari, M.H. Kayhani, G. Ahmadi, "Direct Numerical Simulation of Freely Falling Particles by Hybrid Immersed Boundary - Lattice Boltzmann- Discrete Element Method Particulate Science and Technology - indexed by Scopus-Q2-(Taylor and Francis), Published, 2019
• B. Afra, M.H. Kayhani, M. Nazari, A. Amiri Delouei, G. Ahmadi, "An Immersed Boundary-Lattice Boltzmann Method with a Robust Lattice Spring Model for Solving Flow-Structure-Interaction Problems", Applied Mathematical Modeling- indexed by Scopus-Q1 (Elsevier), Published, 2017
• B. Afra, M. Nazari, M.H. Kayhani, "Simulation of two particles settling in vertical channel: Incorporation of Immersed Boundary-Lattice Boltzmann and Discrete Element Method", Amir Kabir Journal of Mechanics, Published, 2017.
• B. Afra, M. Nazari, M.H. Kayhani, "Proposing an immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann-lattice spring algorithm to investigate behavior of 2-D deformable plate in fluid flow", Amir Kabir Journal of Mechanics, Published, 2016.
• B. Afra, M. Nazari, M.H. Kayhani, "Comparison of nearby-interaction of two rigid/deformable circular particles in shear flow", ISC Tabriz Journal of Mechanics, Published, 2017.
• B. Afra, M. Nazari, A. Amiri Delouei, M.H. Kayhani, "Immersed boundary-split-forcing lattice Boltzmann method for simulation of two circular cylinders in shear flow", 3rd nation conference and 1st international conference on applied research in electrical, mechanical and mechatronic,2015.