Neda Yaghoobian
Biography
Dr. Yaghoobian received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego (2013). During her Ph.D., she also served as a visiting Research Assistant in the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources at the University of California, Davis. Subsequently, she served as a postdoctoral fellow in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2014, and Postdoctoral Scholar and Research Engineer in Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University until joining Florida State University in 2016. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and an Associate of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute at Florida State University. Dr. Yaghoobian is an NSF CAREER awardee and her research interests include land-atmosphere interaction, fire dynamics, environmental fluid dynamics and turbulence, urban microclimatology and building energy efficiency, and computational fluid dynamics.
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Florida State University
Office: AME 219
Phone: (850) 645-0142
Email: nyaghoobian@fsu.edu;
nyaghoobian@eng.famu.fsu.edu
Current Members
Postdocs
Dr. Bikash Mahato
Dr. Bikash Mahato has joined our group as a postdoctoral scholar in November 2021. He obtained his Master’s and Ph.D. degree from the School of Mechanical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar in 2015 and 2020, respectively. Prior to joining our group Dr. Mahato has worked as a Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and in the School of Basic Sciences (Mathematics) at Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar. His research interests include computational aero-acoustics (CAA), direct numerical simulations (DNS), higher-order compact scheme, and computational fluid dynamics.
Graduate Students
Saurabh Saxena
Ph.D. Candidate
Saurabh graduated with a Master’s (M.S.) degree in Coastal & Oceanographic Engineering from University of Florida and a Bachelor’s (B.Tech) degree in Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Florida State University with a focus on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), turbulence and energy efficiency.
Iago Dal-Ri dos Santos
Ph.D. Candidate
Iago is a Brazilian graduate student with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS). He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Florida State University (FSU), with focus on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and fire propagation in complex environments. Iago`s main interests involve heat transfer in turbulent flows and compressibility effects on high speed flows.
Ritambhara Dubey
Ph.D. Student
Ritambhara joined Florida State University as a Ph.D. student in 2020. She received her M.S. in Thermal and Fluids from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from Government Engineering College Raipur. Before joining FSU, she has worked in Tata Motors as a Climate Control Engineer and in Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi as a project assistant. Other than academics she enjoys hiking and traveling.
Julia Oliveto
Ph.D. Candidate
Julia is pursuing a Ph.D. in Computational Science with a focus in wildfire dynamics at Florida State University. She is also a graduate research assistant in Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Earth and Environmental Science division working on a parameterization of sub-grid effects of topography and vegetation on fire for Earth System Models. Julia holds B.S. degrees in Chemistry and Mathematics, and an M.S. in Mathematics. Her long-term interests include analyzing observational data and finding new creative ways to visualize results.
Undergrad Students
Jonathan Boylan
Jonathan is a fourth-year student at Florida State University pursing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science. His interests include computer programming, dynamic systems, and propulsion. Outside of school he likes to dive and play beach volleyball.
Anthony Vicary
Former Members
Graduate Students
Tadeu Mendonca Fagundes
Ph.D.
Tadeu is a Brazilian Mechanical Engineer M.S. His main research topics are constructal design, optimization, heat transfer and nature-inspired structures.
Tahere Ebrahimzade Babaki
Master's Student
Tahere joined the group in 2018. She received her Bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Bahonar University in Kerman, Iran. Her research is about particle dispersion in complex terrains.
Undergraduate Students
Kristi McPherson
Undergraduate Student
Kiristi is originally from Jacksonville, FL. She is a senior in Chemical Engineering and is planning to start a Ph.D. program in the coming fall. She is excited about applying interdisciplinary engineering knowledge to solve environmental problems.
Oscar Jaramillo Perez
Undergraduate Student
Oscar joined the group as an NSF-REU student. He currently studies Engineering Physics at New Mexico State University. After having been introduced to philosophy, physics and mathematics in high school, he started to think about how things behave and even more; the why. His goal is to understand a little bit more the universe and with that understanding increase the efficiency of aerial transportation. Outside of academics, Oscar swims, plays the guitar or simply talks to new people.
High School Students