• Complex Fluids and Multiphase Flows
• Optical Diagnostics in Fluid Flows
• Heat Transfer and Reacting Flows

Contribution in Book Chapter

A. Khalili, B. Liu, K. Javadi, M. R. Morad, M. Matyka, K. Kindler, R. Stocker and Z. Koza 'Application of porous media theories in marine biological modeling' In: Porous Media: Applications in Biological Systems and Biotechnology Ed. K. Vafai, Taylor & Francis, 2011.

Journal Papers

1. A. Roskosch, M. R. Morad, A. Khalili  and J. Lewandowski  'Bioirrigation by Chironomus Plumosus: Advective Fow Investigated by Particle Image Velocimetry' J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc., Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 789-802, 2010.
2. M. R. Morad,  A. Khalili,  A. Roskosch  and J. Lewandowski 'Quantification of Pumping Rate of Chironomus Plumosus Larvae in Natural Burrows' Aquatic Ecology, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 143-153, 2010.
3. M. R. Morad and A. Khalili 'Transition Layer Thickness in a Fluid-Porous Medium of Multi-Sized Spherical Beads'  Experiments in Fluids, Vol.  46, No. 2, pp. 323-330, 2009.
4. K. Ghorbanian, M. R. Soltani, M. Ashjaee and M. R. Morad 'Liquid-Liquid Coaxial Swirl Injector Performance Prediction Using General Regression Neural Network' Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, Vol. 25, pp. 453-464, 2008.
5. M. R. Soltani,  K. Ghorbanian,  M. Ashjaee and M. R. Morad 'PDA and Neural Network Investigation of Swirl Sprays Interaction Phenomenon' Particle and Particle Systems Characterization, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 192-206, 2005.
6. M. R. Soltani, K. Ghorbanian, M. Ashjaee and M. R. Morad 'Spray Characteristics of a Liquid-Liquid Coaxial Swirl Atomizer at Different Mass Flux Ratios' Aerospace Science and Technology, pp.592-604, 2005.
7. K. Ghorbanian, M. R. Soltani, M. R. Morad and M. Ashjaee 'Velocity Reconstruction in the Mixing Field of Swirl Sprays Using General Regression Neural Network' Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 127, pp. 14-23, 2005.

Conference Papers

1. M. Matyka, A. Khalili  and M. R. Morad 'Porosity Variations at the Sediment-Water Interface'  4th International Conference on Porous Media and its Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry, Potsdam, Germany. (2012)
2. M. R. Morad and A. Khalili 'Solute Transport into a Saturated Granular Medium by the Effect of Gas Rising'.  European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria. (2010)
3. M. R. Morad and A. Khalili 'On the Continuity of Neumann Condition at Fluid-Porous Interfaces' 7th EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference EFMC7, Manchester, England. (2008).
4. K. Ghorbanian, M. R. Soltani, M. Ashjaee and M. R. Morad 'Spray Characteristics of Liquid-Liquid Coaxial Swirl Atomizer at Different Mass Flux Ratios'.  24th ICAS Congress, Yokohama, Japan. (2004)
5. M. R. Soltani, K. Ghorbanian, M. Ashjaee and M. R. Morad 'Experimental Study of the Spray of a Liquid-Liquid Coaxial Swirl Injector for Different Injection Pressures'. 9th International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, ICLASS 2003, Sorrento, Italy. (2003)
6. M. R. Soltani, K. Ghorbanian,  M. Ashjaee and M. R. Morad 'Neural Network Analysis of Single Swirl Spray Pattern at Various Pressure Drops' AIAA 39th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, Alabama, USA. (2003)
7. M. R. Morad, M. R. Soltani, M. Ashjaee and K. Ghorbanian 'Role of Injection Pressure on the Swirl Spray Formation'  10th Conference of Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers, Mashhad, Iran. (2003)
8. M. R. Morad, M. R. Soltani, M. Ashjaee and K. Ghorbanian 'Experimental Study and a Lagrangian Modeling of Droplet Velocity for the Spray of A Swirl Atomizer'  4th Iranian Aerospace Society Conference, Tehran, Iran. (2003)
9. K. Ghorbanian, M. Ashjaee, M. R. Soltani, M. H. Mesbahi and M. R. Morad 'PDA Droplet Size and Velocity Measurement of a Swirl Atomized Spray' 9th Asian Congress on Fluid Mechanics, Isfahan, Iran. (2002)
10. M. Ashjaee, K. Ghorbanian, M. R. Soltani, M. H. Mesbahi and M. R. Morad 'PDA Measurements of Droplet Size and Velocity In Mixing Region of Two Sprays' 9th Conference of Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers, Tehran, Iran. (2002)
11. K. Mazaheri, A. Ghafourian and M. R. Morad 'Higher Order Internal Compressible Flow Simulation on Unstructured Grids' 7th Conference of Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers, Zahedan, Iran. (1999).
12. K. Mazaheri, A. Ghafourian and M. R. Morad 'Higher Order Finite Volume Solution of Euler Equations on Unstructured Grids' Seventh Conference of the CFD Society of Canada (CFD 99), Dalhousie University. (1999)

• Distinguished among undergraduate and graduate students, 1996-1998.
• Honored with the best Ph.D. Dissertation by the Iranian Combustion Institute, 2006.

• Undergraduate:
  • Thermodynamics I
  • Aerodynamics II
  • Combustion
• Graduate:
  • Multiphase Flows
  • Radiative Heat Transfer

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