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Behrouz Abedian
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program
Education
Ph.D., M.S. (Mechanical Engineering), Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 1977, 1980
B.S. (Mechanical Engineering), Tehran Institute of
Technology, 1975
Research Interests
Dr. Abedian's research is in area of fluid mechanics and its
applications in fluidic systems. He has expertise in
electrohydrodynamcis, transport phenomenon and energy
systems. His most recent effort has resulted in the
development of a new generation of digital microfluidic
devices. He has worked on flow electrification of dielectric
liquids, electrowetting phenomenon, properties of silk
fibroin solutions, magnetohydynamic flow in levitated
droplets, and dental materials.
Professional Positions
2009- Director of Graduate Program, Mechanical
Engineering, Tufts University
1998-00 Visiting Scientist, Panametrics, Corp.
Waltham MA
1988-93 Chair, Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University
1984-85 Visiting Assistant Professor, Division of
Applied Sciences, Harvard University
1981-82 Visiting Assistant Professor, Mechanical
Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1980- Assistant (80-86,) Associate (86- ), Mechanical
Engineering, Tufts University
1979-80 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Mechanical
Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1976-79 Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1975-76 Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Selected Honors and Awards
Scholarship
1975- Best Undergraduate Research Award, Tehran
Institute of Technology
1984-Fellow, Mellon Foundation
1985- Research Fellow, Division of Applied Sciences,
Harvard University
Teaching
2007- Teaching Award of Excellence 07, ASME Tufts
Student Chapter, April 2007.
2000- Student Adviser, 2nd prize in the ASME Young
Fluid Mechanics national competition
2000- Student Adviser, 1st place in ASME Old-Guard competition
1997- Student Adviser, 1st place in ASME Old-Guard competition
1991- Student Adviser, 1st place in ASME Old-Guard competition
1983- Student Adviser, 1st place in ASME Old-Guard competition
Patents and Inventions
- Self-Cleaning Rotating Mirror, US Patent US6338560,
Jan. 2002
- Method of Shaping an Adhesive Material- US Patent
US6224379, June 2001
- Galileo Vacuum System for Removing Ablated
Particles, US Patent US6097417, Aug. 2000
- Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters for Veterinary
Applications, Mass. Bio Tech. Research Institute, Nov.
1998
Selected Publications
'Low-voltage electrowetting
on a lipid bilayer formed on hafnium oxide,' with I. F. Guha
and J. Kedzeirski, Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 24105-8, 2011
'On the effective viscosity of suspensions,' with M. Kachanov,
IJES 48, 962-965, 2010
"A new generation of digital microfluidic
devices," with Shaun Berry, Jakub Kedzierski,
MEMS, 18, 845-851, 2009.
"Temperature effects on the electrical
conductivity of dielectric liquids," With K.S. Baker,
IEEE Dielectrics Electrical Insulations,
15, 888-893, 2008.
An effective method to spread
flowable composites in resin-based restorations, with P. Millstein,
J. Operative Dentistry, 30,
151-154, 2006
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