Mitra Dadvar
Tel: 0098 21 8724351
Fax: 0098 21 6405847
E-mail: dadvar@aut.ac.ir
Hafez Ave. AmirKabir University of Technology, Chemical Engineering department
Tehran, IRAN
Education
1993- 2000 AmirKabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
( & University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA )
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
Dissertation: Application of Pore Network Simulation in Modeling of
Immobilized Glucose Isomerase Enzyme Reactions
1984- 1987 AmirKabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
M.S. Chemical Engineering
M.S. Thesis: Comparing the accuracy of equations of state through Joule
Thomson factor
1975-1982 Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
B.S. in Chemical Engineering emphasis in Refinary Engineering (17.49/20)
B.S. Project: A Study of Compost Manufacturing in Iran
Experience
1982-1984 Research Institute of Petroleum Industry
Process Engineer
* Working in Process Engineering department
* Designing air fan exchanger and shell and tube exchanger for Tehran oil Refinary
* Study and puting gas sweetening pilot plant in operation
1984- 1989 AmirKabir University of Technology
Laboratory Teaching Assistant
* Teaching Assistant in Unit Operation Laboratory and heat Transfer Laboratory in Chemical Engineering department
* Puting new apparatus for the above labratories in operation
1989-2000 AmirKabir University of Technology
Faculty Member of Chemical Engineerig Department
* Laboratory director of Unit Operation and Heat Transfer
2000- now AmirKabir University of Technology
Assistant Prophessor
Courses offered
* Fluid Mechanics for B.S. students
* Fluid Flow in Porous Media for M.S. students
* Applied Numerical Mathematics for M.S. students
* Laboratory director of Unit Operation and Heat Transfer
* Designing pilot plants ( evaporators, driers, distilation towers and colling towers)
* Material and Energy Balance for B.S. students
Researchs
* Modeling and Simulation of Catalytic Reactors
* Network Modeling and Simulation in Fluid Flow and Reaction in Porous Media
* Analysing porosity log oil reservoir data, measured along vertical wells in order to find its charaterization
* Modeling and simulation of fluid flow and evaluating permeability in fractured porous Media
* Biofilter modeling and simulation
Computer Experience
* Language: Fortran, Basic, HTML
* Environment: Windows, MS-DOS
* Software: MatLab, Hysis, Latex, Excel, Power point, Word
Developed Softwares
* Computer Simulator for computing reaction conversion in a porous catalyst
* Computer simulator for modeling reaction conversion in a catalytic reactor
* Computer simulator for computing permeability in fractured porous media as a dual porosity system
* Computer simulator for calculating effective diffusivity in heterogenous catalysts
Publications
1. Dadvar M., Jani F., "Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Biofilter Benzene Treating with Voronoi Network", Farayandno, 9, 35-47(2007)
2. Dadvar M., Beiki H., Halaj R., "Simulation of reactor and process of Dimethyl Ether Production from Methanol, Using Hysys Software" , Iranian Chemical Engineering Journal, 6, 51-59 (2007)
3. Dadvar M., Sahimi M., "The Effective Diffusivities in porous media with and without Nonlinear Reactions”, Chemical Engineering Science , 62,1466-1476(2007)
4. Dadvar M., Sahimi M., “Pore network model of Deactivation of Glucose Isomerase in Packed-bed Reactors III : Multiscale Modeling’’, Chemical Engineering Science, 58, 4935-4971(2003)
5. Dadvar M., Sahimi M., “Pore network model of Deactivation of Glucose Isomerase in Packed-bed Reactors II : Three-Dimensional Simulations at the particle level” , Chemical Engineering Science, 57, 939-951(2002)
6. Dadvar M., Sohrabi M. ,Sahimi M., “Pore network model of Deactivation of Glucose Isomerase in Packed-bed Reactors I : Two-Dimensional Simulations at the Particle Level “, Chemical Engineering Science, 56, 2803-2819 (2001)
Conference Papers
1. Dadvar M.,Nasernejad B., Dabir B. Ataee R., “Mathematical Modeling of Microbial Enahanced Oil Recovery” , 10th National Iranian Chem.Eng.Congress, Simulation Process Control and Process Design, Zahedan (Nov 15-17, 2005)
2. Dadvar M., Sahimi M., “ Pore Network Simulation of Gaseous Diffusion and Reaction in Bimodal Catalysts”, the 5th Student Conference of Chemical Engineering and 3rd National Student Conference of Petroleum Engineering, Tehran (Mar 8-10, 2005)
3. Dadvar M., Sahimi M., “ Are the Effective Diffusivities of Microporous Materials with and without Nonlinear Reactions the same?”, paper 228g, AICHE Annual meeting, Diffusion in Microporous Materials II, San Fransisco, CA (Nov 16-21, 2003)
4. Dadvar M., Sahimi M., “ Transport in Heterogeneous Media with Multiple Families of Transport Paths ”, paper 69f, ACHE Annual Meeting, Transport and Reaction in Heterogenous and Porous Media, Indianapolis, IN (Nov 3-8, 2002)
5. Dadvar M., Sohrabi M., Sahimi M. , “Reaction Modeling and Simulation in Heterogeneous Media” , 7th National Iranian Chem.Eng.Congress, Simulation Process Control and Process Design,Tehran(Oct 28-31,2002)
6. Dadvar M., Sahimi M. , “A Multi-scale Approach to Deactivation of Immobilized Glucose Isomerase in Packed-bed Reactors”, paper 344e, AICHE Annual meeting, Multi Scale Approaches to Reaction Engineering, Reno, NV (Nov 4-9, 2001)