Zahra Noori O’Conner Successfully Defends PhD Dissertation
By Victoria Birk Hill February 20, 2023
We are pleased to announce that MHT researcher, Zahra Noori O’Connor of WPI, recently, and successfully, defended her PhD dissertation. Many industrial and university members joined for her presentation. The title of her thesis is “Fundamental Understanding of Removal of Water from a Moist Porous Medium in the Absence and Presence of Ultrasound Mechanism”. Her […]
Elif Assar Successfully Defends Dissertation
By Victoria Birk Hill December 9, 2022
We are so pleased to announce that MHT researcher, Elif Asar of WPI, successfully defended her dissertation on December 2, 2022 and graduated from WPI in December 2022. Her dissertation is titled “Fundamental and Applied Studies in Modular and System Level Novel Drying Technologies”. Dr. Jamal Yagoobi was her advisor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. We […]
Nathaniel O’Connor Received 3rd Place at ASGSR Competition
By Victoria Birk Hill November 21, 2022
Ph.D. students Nathaniel O’Connor and Alexander Castaneda attended the 2022 annual conference for the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR) in Houston, Texas. Nathaniel participated in the graduate student poster competition and received the 3rd place award out of 72 poster presentations. His poster, entitled “Understanding the Effects of Temperature on ElectroHydroDynamic (EHD) Pumping […]
Elif Asar and Zahra Noori Earn Honorable Mentions
By Victoria Birk Hill October 25, 2022
At the Poster Competition at the CARD Fall semi-annual IAB meeting on October 21, 2022, MHT researchers Elif Asar and Zahra Noori earned honorable mentions for their respective DOE projects. They actually tied for the recognition. They presented their research to WPI and UIUC faculty, CARD IAB members, and invited guests. We want to thank […]
Nathaniel O’Conner Receives ISEHD2022 Award
By Victoria Birk Hill September 9, 2022
Nathaniel O’Connor, a Ph.D. Candidate in the Multiscale Heat Transfer Laboratory at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, attended the International Symposium on ElectroHydroDynamics (ISEHD2022) in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. He presented recent work on fundamentally understanding the effect of temperature on electrohydrodynamic conduction phenomenon in preparation for the EHD liquid film flow boiling experiment on the ISS. Such […]
Researchers Tour Sappi Pulp and Paper Mill
By Victoria Birk Hill June 20, 2022
On June 16th, a CARD team led by Dr. Yuxiang (Shawn) Liu, visited the integrated pulp and paper mill of Sappi located in Maine. Having the opportunity to see the plant in operation will greatly assist the researchers with future industrial drying projects. Sappi Limited, originally incorporated as South African Pulp and Paper Industries Limited […]
Mengqiao Yang Graduates with PhD
By Victoria Birk Hill May 31, 2022
We are pleased to share that Mengqiao Yang graduated with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) earlier this month. Mengqiao has been actively working with Professor Jamal Yagoobi in the MHT Lab on energy-efficient drying innovation and research for the Center for Advanced Research in Drying. Now he is Dr. MQ!!! […]
MHT Student Wins 1st Place at WPI Competition
By Victoria Birk Hill April 18, 2022
We are pleased to announce that PhD candidate, Zahra Noori O’Connor, who works in our labs, won first place at Graduate Research Innovation Exchange (GRIE) for the third time. GRIE is an annual event that gives WPI graduate students the chance to present their research to colleagues and professors from the WPI community and beyond, […]
MHT Researcher M. Yang Successfully Defends Dissertation
By Victoria Birk Hill March 29, 2022
Professor Jamal Yagoobi’s PhD student, Mengqiao Yang, successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “Drying of Moist Porous Media with Electrohydrodynamics and Development of Novel Atomizer for Spray Drying” on March 25, 2022. We are thrilled to announce that Mengqiao will join PPG Industries in Pittsburgh as a Process Modeling Engineer this summer. What am amazing […]
Jamal Yagoobi Presents at National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine
By Victoria Birk Hill March 4, 2022
We are pleased to share that Professor Jamal Yagoobi recently presented at the prestigious National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which is a private, nonprofit institution that provides expert advice on pressing challenges facing the nation, and the world. The title of his presentation was “Food Safety Technologies for Resilient Supply Chain.” Prof. Yagoobi […]