Mehrdad Poursadegh

Professional experience:

• Grauduate Energy Analyst, Nebraska Industrial Assessment Center (NIAC), June 2024 - now.
• Research Assistant, University of Nebraska - Linoln (UNL), June 2023 - May 2024.
• Teaching Assistant, University of Nebraska - Linoln (UNL), January 2022 - June 2023.
• Energy Analyst, Nebraska Industrial Assessment Center (NIAC), Summer 2022.
• Project Manager and co-PI, Mashhad Municipality, March 2020 - March 2021.
• Co-PI, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM), September 2017 - July 2018
• Junior Mechanical Engineer, Betonsaz Mashhad (general counstruction contractor company), Summer 2017

Academic Career:

• PhD, Architectural Engineering, University of Nebraska - Linoln (UNL). (In progress)
• M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashad (FUM). Thesis: Taguchi optimization of heat exchanger tube equipped with sinusoidal inserts with alternating axis.
• B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashad (FUM).

Areas of Research and Professional Interest:

• Energy efficiency and energy auditting in commercial and industrial facilities
• Fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) of HVAC systems
• Heat exchanger performance enhancement
• Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
• Renewable energy systems

Publication:

Ebrahimifakhar, A., Poursadegh, M., Hu, Y., Yuill, D. P., & Luo, Y. (2023). A systematic review and meta-analysis of field studies of portable air cleaners: Performance, user behavior, and by-product emissions. Science of The Total Environment, 168786. Link

Juaifer, H.J.A., Ayani, M.B. & Poursadegh, M. 2020. Melting process of paraffin wax inside plate heat exchanger: experimental and numerical study, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 140, 905–916. Link