Experience

Australian University

• Kuwait
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Associate Professor

  • Aug 2014 - Present

• Associate Professor

  • Aug 2014 - Present

  Dr. Ahmad Sedaghat is currently an associate professor at Australian College of Kuwait (ACK), an adjunct professor of the Central Queensland University (CQU) Australia, and a fellow member of Engineers Australia. He is the principal investigator (PI) or Co-PI of several ACK and the jointly ACK-CQU international research projects in energy saving for buildings, nanofluid system for smart biomedical devices and water treatment networks, aeroelastic energy harvesting, wheelchair fall, and is engaged with development of a patented automated viscometer. He has more than 25 years of international academic and research experiences including Postdoctoral positions in High Performance Computing (MMARINE European project at K.U. Leuven in Belgium, 1997), and three EPSRC Postdoctoral positions: in CFD & Computational Non-linear Aeroelasticity (Manchester Univ. & BAE Systems, 1998), Combustion Instabilities (Leeds Univ., 2001), and Innovative Wind Turbines (UCLan, 2008).His past research include experimental heat transfer of nanofluids, irradiative properties of nanolayers, hermetic gas heater, wind tunnel development & testing, innovative wind turbine concepts, wind turbine optimization, hybrid renewable energy systems for hydrogen production, solar systems for water distillation systems, nanofluid for friction reduction of drilling fluids, and development and application of project based learning (PBL) teaching for engineering students. Dr Sedaghat published more than 272 refereed articles with over 1000 citation in various peer reviewed international journals or conferences. He is the associate editor of Natural Resources Conservation and Research journal and in the Editorial board of JEPS, IJEPE, AJEE, & IJSGE, former co-editor and head of publishing office of JAFM and reviewer of several Elsevier journals such as RSER, Applied Energy, ECM, Energy, and International Hydrogen Energy. Show less



Isfahan University of Technology

• Iran
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • May 2003 - Jan 2014

  Taught Units: Fluid Mechanics I & II, Thermodynamics I & II, Heat Transfer, Turbomachinery, Hydro-Aerodynamics, Advanced Hydro-Aerodynamics, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Hydrodynamics, Fuel & Combustion, Energy Conversion & Hydrodynamics Stability. Research Projects:  Wind and wave renewable energy evaluation in Iran, wind turbine design, testing & construction for Isfahan Power.  Aerodynamics & Aeroelasticity of Shahed Helicopters,  Development & Reconstruction of IUT Wind Tunnels (IUT),  Simulation & optimization of Argon injection into liquid Steel of Folad Mobarake Industries. Show less



School of Computing, Eng. & Physical Sciences, Univ. of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

• Preston, United Kingdom

• Research Associate & Lecturer

  • Oct 2008 - Sep 2009

   Assisted a group of int. researchers in developing some laboratories for testing wind turbines including open jet aerodynamic testing, dynamometer & structural (fatigue) testing.  Assisted the students in making a small innovated DIY wind turbine, making the wind turbine blades from composite materials, & some laboratory tests for measuring performance of a small commercial 500 Watt wind turbine.  Supervised 15 Int. students during the sabbatical in fields of CFD & Wind Energy.  Assisted a group of int. researchers in developing some laboratories for testing wind turbines including open jet aerodynamic testing, dynamometer & structural (fatigue) testing.  Assisted the students in making a small innovated DIY wind turbine, making the wind turbine blades from composite materials, & some laboratory tests for measuring performance of a small commercial 500 Watt wind turbine.  Supervised 15 Int. students during the sabbatical in fields of CFD & Wind Energy.



University of Leeds

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Oct 2001 - Sep 2003

  Developed CFD & Maple codes for computing turbulent premixed flame stretch rate PDFs & modelling turbulent burning instabilities.  Produced correlation for flame curvature rates experimental data.  Collaborated with CFD group of Daresbury laboratories & DNS group of Cambridge Univ. as a research visitor & presenter in COCCEFA meetings. Developed CFD & Maple codes for computing turbulent premixed flame stretch rate PDFs & modelling turbulent burning instabilities.  Produced correlation for flame curvature rates experimental data.  Collaborated with CFD group of Daresbury laboratories & DNS group of Cambridge Univ. as a research visitor & presenter in COCCEFA meetings.



The University of Manchester

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Post-doctoral Research Fellow

  • Oct 1998 - Oct 2001

  Developed Matlab & Mathematica codes for solving Flutter & Limit Cycle Oscillation (LCO) in aeroelastic systems with non-linear aerodynamics. Collaborated with unsteady CFD group at Glasgow Univ. Presented our group at meetings with BAE systems, & DARP. Utilised chaos-bifurcation theories including normal form theory for developing mathematical models. Developed Matlab & Mathematica codes for solving Flutter & Limit Cycle Oscillation (LCO) in aeroelastic systems with non-linear aerodynamics. Collaborated with unsteady CFD group at Glasgow Univ. Presented our group at meetings with BAE systems, & DARP. Utilised chaos-bifurcation theories including normal form theory for developing mathematical models.



Catholic University of Leuven

• Leuven, Belgium

• Post-doctoral Free Researcher

  • Oct 1997 - Sep 1998

  Developed a Finite-Element CFD code based on sparse iterative linear solvers for turbulent sediment flows.  Being a part of the research team in European project: Application of High Performance Computing Techniques for the Modelling of Marine Ecosystems (MMARIE).  Collaborated with Leuven Hydraulic laboratory & computational team at Computer Science Dept. Developed a Finite-Element CFD code based on sparse iterative linear solvers for turbulent sediment flows.  Being a part of the research team in European project: Application of High Performance Computing Techniques for the Modelling of Marine Ecosystems (MMARIE).  Collaborated with Leuven Hydraulic laboratory & computational team at Computer Science Dept.