Mahmood Mousavi

Title
Assistant Professor
Email
Department
School of Engineering
College
College of Aviation

Areas of Expertise

Combustion; Compressible Flow; SciML, Multiphase Flow

Dr. Mahmood Mousavi received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from Shiraz University. His research focuses on combustion, compressible flow, SciML, and multiphase flow dynamics under extreme conditions. Following his doctoral studies, he served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Seoul National University and the University of Texas at Austin and then he served as an Assistant Teaching Professor at Bowling Green State University for one year. He joined Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Mousavi has published more than 40 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals and has reviewed more than 300 papers for ISI indexed journals.

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering: Aerodynamics, Shiraz University
  • M. - Master in Aerospace Engineering: Propulsion, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
  1. Mousavi, M., Faroughi, S.A. (2025). Spreading and Rebound of Viscoelastic Droplets on Surfaces with Hybrid Wettability. Physics of Fluids, 37, 013124.
  2. Mousavi, M., Lee, B.J., Kim, J., Sotoudeh, F., Chun, B., Jun, D., Karimi, N., Abolfazli Esfahani, J. (2024). On the effects of adding syngas to an ammonia-MILD combustion regime—A computational study of the reaction zone structure. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 52, 226-240.  
  3. Lee, J., Jun, D., Chun, B., Mousavi, M., Lee, B.J., Faroughi, S.A. (2024). Large Eddy simulation of the effects of radiative heat loss on combustion instability prediction. Acta Astronautica, 217, 312-322.
  4. Mousavi, M., Lee, J., Lee, B.J., Jarrahbashi, D., Karimi, N., Faroughi, S.A. (2024). Bubble generation mechanisms in microchannel under microgravity and heterogeneous wettability. Physics of Fluids, 36, 023351.
  5. Mousavi, M., Sotoudeh, F., Chun, B., Lee, B.J., Karimi, N., Faroughi, S.A. (2024). The potential for anti-icing wing and aircraft applications of mixed-wettability surfaces - A comprehensive review. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 217, 104042. 
  6. Sotoudeh, F., Mousavi, M., Karimi, N., Lee, B.J., Abolfazli-Esfahani, J., Manshadi, M.K.D. (2023). Natural and synthetic superhydrophobic surfaces: A review of the fundamentals, structures, and applications. Alexandria Engineering Journal, 68, 587-609. 7
  7. Mousavi, M., Jarrahbashi, D., Lee, B.J., Karimi, N., Faroughi, S.A. (2023). Impact of hybrid surfaces on the droplet breakup dynamics in microgravity slug flow: A dynamic contact angle analysis. Physics of Fluids, 35, 072003. 
  8. Lee, J., Mousavi, M., Lee, B.J., Faroughi, S.A. (2023). Quantitative comparison of dam break and bubble flows based on CF-VOF and IR-VOF schemes. International Journal of Modern Physics C, 35, 2450062. 
  9. Chun, B., Mousavi, M., Lee, J., Lee, B.J., Faroughi, S.A. (2023). On the effects of fractal geometry on reacting and nonreacting flows in a low-swirl burner: A numerical study with large-eddy simulation. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 49, 103385. 
  10. Mousavi, M., Roohi, E. (2023). On the effects of hybrid surface wettability on the structure of cavitating flow using implicit large eddy simulation. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 148, 104828. 
  11. Mousavi, M., Lee, B.J. (2022). Investigation of bubble structure in a microchannel under microgravity conditions: Effects of discontinuous wettability with dynamic contact angle. Acta Astronautica, 201, 394-400. 
  12. Mousavi, M., Sotoudeh, F., Lee, B.J., Paydari, M.-R., Karimi, N. (2022). Effect of hybrid wall contact angles on slug flow behavior in a T-junction microchannel: A numerical study. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 650, 129677. 
  13. Mousavi, M., Sotoudeh, F., Jun, D., Lee, B.J., Esfahani, J.A., Karimi, N. (2022). On the effects of NH3 addition to a reacting mixture of H2/CH4 under MILD combustion regime: Numerical modeling with a modified EDC combustion model. Fuel, 326, 125096. 

Assistant Teaching Professor:Bowling Green State University, OH

Postdoctoral Fellow: University of Texas at Austin

Research Collaborator: Texas A&M University

Postdoctoral Fellow: Seoul National University, South Korea

Physics of Fluids Featured Articles and Editor's Pick: Two publications selected as Featured Articles and Editor's Pick in Physics of Fluids journal

Best Postdoctoral Researcher (2021-2022): APL, Seoul National University
Ranked 1st in Ph.D. program (2020): Aerospace Engineering Department, Shiraz University
Top-ranked Master's student (2013): Engineering Department, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad