About Me

Hey! I’m Soheil Kavian.
Mechanical Engineer with a Ph.D. and over seven years of experience in heat transfer modeling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics. My doctoral research focused on designing supercooling systems for cryopreservation, investigating vitrification and supercooling of solutions at cryogenic temperatures, and optimizing heat transfer processes. I developed the TRNSYS MO software, enabling the optimization of complex energy systems, including solar energy, geothermal systems, and heat pumps. Building on a strong foundation from my Master’s studies in energy-efficient, sustainable, and HVAC systems design, I have expanded my expertise to address challenges in various thermodynamic applications. Furthermore, during my Ph.D. research, I gained valuable experience with machine learning techniques, including artificial neural networks (ANN) and semantic segmentation for image processing.

My expertise
Mechanical Engineering

Energy and Thermal Processing

Machine Learning

programming

Licenses
Resume
Experience
2023 - Present
Research assistant
Public Thermodynamic Lab

J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

2024 - 2024
Thermal/Mechanical Engineer
Impedyme Inc., Arlington, VA, USA

Design, CFD simulation, and optimization of heat transfer and geometric configurations for heat exchangers

2024 - 2024
Software Developer
TRNSYS MO Software

Initiated and developed TRNSYS Multi-Objective Optimization (TRNSYS MO) software as an independent project

2023 - 2023
Energy Auditor
Houston, TX, USA

Texas Injection Molding

2019 - 2021
Research Assistant
Sharif Energy Research Institute

Performance analysis and transient simulation of a vapor compression cooling system integrated with phase change material storage

2018 - 2019
Research Assistant
Sharif University of Technology

Design, simulation, and Techno-economic analysis of a hybrid solar, geothermal district heating system for a village

2016 - 2018
Mechanical & HVAC Designer
Tehran, Iran

Annual heating and cooling load analysis, Designed air handling unit ducts, pipes, channels, chillers, hot water boilers, and mechanical rooms

Education
2022 - 2025
Texas A&M University, College Station
TX, USA

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering

2016 - 2019
Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University
Tehran, Iran

M.Sc. Degree in mechanical engineering-Energy Conversion

Activity
Publication
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    Jafari Mosleh, P. Behnam, M. Abbasi, O. Mohammadi, S. Kavian, P. Ahmadi, and M. A. Rosen, “A comprehensive comparative investigation on solar heating and cooling technologies from a thermo-economic viewpoint – A dynamic simulation ” Energy Science & Engineering, 2020. (Accepted)

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    H. Zolfagharnasab, C. Aghanajafi, S. Kavian, N. Heydarian, and M. H. Ahmadi, “Novel Analysis of Second Law and Irreversibility for a Solar Power Plant Using Heliostat Field and Molten Salt,” Energy Science & Engineering, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.802

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    Kavian, C. Aghanajafi, H. Jafari Mosleh, A. Nazari, and A. Nazari, “Exergy, economic and environmental evaluation of an optimized hybrid photovoltaic-geothermal heat pump system,” Applied Energy, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115469

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    Kavian, A. Hakkaki-Fard, and H. Jafari Mosleh, “Energy Performance and Economic Feasibility of Hot Spring-Based District Heating System – A Case Study,” Energy, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118629

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    Sabzpoushan, H. Jafari Mosleh, S. Kavian, M. Saffari Pour, O. Mohammadi, C. Aghanajafi, and M. H. Ahmadi, “Nonisothermal two‐phase modeling of the effect of linear nonuniform catalyst layer on polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell performance,” Energy Science & Engineering, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.765

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    Nazari, Kavian, and A. Nazari, “Lithium-Ion Batteries’ Energy Efficiency Prediction Using Physics-Based and State-of-the-Art Artificial Neural Network-Based Models,” Journal of Energy Resources Technology, vol. 142, no. 10, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4047313

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    Kavian, C. Aghanajafi, and N. Dizadji, “Transient simulation and multi-objective optimization of a VSD ground source heat pump in various usage,” Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 197, p. 111847, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.111847

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    Kavian, M. Saffari Pour, and A. Hakkaki-Fard, “Optimized design of the district heating system by considering the techno-economic aspects and future weather projection,” Energies, vol. 12, no. 9, p. 1733, 2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/en12091733

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    Kavian, C. Aghanajafi, and N. Dizadji, “Techno-economic analysis of different refrigerants during transient state operation in a ground source heat pump ” presented at the 3rd Conference Development Energy Infrastructure With the approach of developing water, oil, gas, electricity and nanotechnology engineering technology, Iranian Energy Institute, Tehran, 2019. https://www.en.civilica.com/Paper-IRCIVILC03-IRCIVILC03_014.html

  • Kavian, S. and Powell-Palm, M.J., 2024. Limits of pressure-based ice detection during isochoric vitrification. Cryobiology, 115, p.104905. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2024.104905

  • Kavian, S., Sellers, R., Berrospe-Rodriguez, C., Alvarez, C., Velasco, F.D., Smith, H.B., Aguilar, G. and Powell-Palm, M.J., 2024. An isochoric optical platform for interrogation of aqueous glass formation processes. RSC advances, 14(47), pp.34594-34605. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4RA03530E

My Skills
Simulation & Analysis
  • ANSYS Fluent
  • COMSOL Multiphysics
  • TRNSYS
  • Solid Works
  • onshape
  • AutoCAD
  • EnergyPlus
  • HAP
  • FEFLOW
  • Tecplot
Coding
  • Matlab
  • Python
  • Fortran
  • C++
  • EES
  • HTML, CSS, PHP
  • MQL5
  • MQL4
Language
  • English
  • Persian
Knowledge
  •    Mechanical Design (Autocad, Solid Works, onshape)
  •    OriginPro
  •    SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Developer
  •    Technical knowledge of Installing, configuring and administering network technologies (Linux and Windows Server)
  •    Web design (Wordpress)
  •    Adobe Photoshop
Recent Works
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