Nooshin Karami

Prix et distinctions

• (2023) Bourses postdoctorales Claire-Deschênes. Université de Sherbrooke.
• (2022) Bourse Excellence au féminin "Jeannine et Clement Racicot". Université de Sherbrooke.
• (2022) Best presenter award, International Workshop on Thermal Investigation of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC). Trinity College Dublin.
• (2019) Bourse de recherche "Eureka". Université de Sherbrooke.

Financement

• Subvention. A heat-driven micro jet pump. Université de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, Canada). 70 000 $. (2025-2028).
• Subvention. Multi Chip Heterogeneous Integration for High Performance Computing. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, Canada). 5 430 000 $. (2025-2030).
• Subvention. A self-oscillating microfluidic device for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease. Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies (Québec, Canada). 150 000 $. (2025-2028).

Publications

Articles

• Karami, N., Tessier-Poirier, A., Leveille, I., Amnache, A., Frechette, L.G. (2023). Capillary enhanced phase change in a microfabricated self-oscillating fluidic heat engine (SOFHE). Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. DOI
• Karami, N., Tessier-Poirier, A., Léveillé, E., Fréchette, L.G. (2023). Importance of phase change timing in a self-sustained oscillatory flow. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. DOI
• Karami, N., Tessier-Poirier, A., Nikkhah, A., Léveillé, E., Monin, T., Formosa, F., Fréchette, L.G. (2022). Experimental characterization of the thermodynamic cycle of a self-oscillating fluidic heat engine (SOFHE) for thermal energy harvesting. Energy Conversion and Management. DOI
• Nikkhah, A., Karami, N., Tessier-Poirier, A., Abouali, O., Fréchette, L.G. (2022). Numerical Modelling Of Liquid Film Deposition from Moving Meniscus in a Capillary Tube. Journal of Fluid Flow Heat and Mass Transfer. DOI
• Abdollahi, N., Rahimi, M., Karami, N., Abdollahi, M. (2019). Heat transfer enhancement in a hybrid PV cell-cooling tower. Heat and Mass Transfer Waerme Und Stoffuebertragung. DOI
• Rahimi, M., Asadi, M., Karami, N., Karimi, E. (2015). A comparative study on using single and multi header microchannels in a hybrid PV cell cooling. Energy Conversion and Management. DOI
• Karami, N., Rahimi, M. (2014). Heat transfer enhancement in a PV cell using Boehmite nanofluid. Energy Conversion and Management. DOI
• Karami, N., Rahimi, M. (2014). Heat transfer enhancement in a hybrid microchannel-photovoltaic cell using Boehmite nanofluid. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. DOI

Articles de conférence

• Karami, N., Leveille, E., Amnache, A., Frechette, L.G. (2023). A Heat-Driven Micro Jet Pump Using a Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine (SOFHE): First Demonstration. Powermems 2023 2023 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications. DOI
• Nooshin Karami, Albert Tessier-Poirier, Étienne Léveillé, Luc Fréchette. (2023). Effect of evaporator length on the performance of a self-oscillating fluidic heat engine (SOFHE). Progress in Canadian Mechanical Engineering. Volume 6. DOI
• Nikkhah, A., Karami, N., Tessier-Poirier, A., Abouali, O., Fréchette, L.G. (2022). CFD Modelling Of Film Deposition from a Receding Meniscus in a Capillary Tube Using the Approach of Overset Grid Technique. International Conference on Fluid Flow Heat and Mass Transfer. DOI
• Karami, N., Tessier-Poirier, A., Nikkhah, A., Leveille, E., Amnache, A., Frechette, L.G. (2022). Microfabricated Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine (SOFHE) With Enhanced Phase Change Through Corner Capillaries. 2022 21st International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications Powermems 2022. DOI
• Karami, N., Tessier-Poirier, A., Nikkhah, A., Leveille, E., Frechette, L.G. (2022). Time-Resolved Measurement of Enhanced Phase Change by a Fiber in an Oscillating Two-Phase Plug Flow. Therminic 2022 28th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of Ics and Systems Proceedings. DOI
• A. Nikkhah, A. Tessier-Poirier, Nooshin Karami, Omid Abouali, L.G. Frechette. (2019). Investigation of the Liquid Plug Friction Force in the Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine (SOFHE). 2019 19th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS). DOI

Rapports

• Nooshin Karami. (2025). Multi-Chip Heterogeneous Integration for High-Performance Computing: Cooling with Silicon Vapor Chambers and Microchannel Heat Sinks. IBM Bromont, Quebec, Canada.
• Nooshin Karami. (2024). Application of Heat Pipes and Pulsating Heat Pipes in Battery Thermal Management Systems. CTA and BRP, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Propriétés intellectuelles

Brevets

• Nooshin Karami, E. Léveillé, A. Amnache, L.G. Fréchette. Heat-driven micro jet pumping apparatus. 63/703,619. États-Unis.

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés ou supervisés à l'UdeS

• GMC922 - Intégration en thermodynamique, mécanique des fluides et transfert de chaleur. (2026). (6CR).

Présentations

• Nooshin Karami. (2023). Heat-Driven Micro Jet Pump Using a Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine (SOFHE): First Demonstration. IEEE Proceeding 22nd International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Émirats Arabes Unis.
• Nooshin Karami. (2023). The Effect of the Vapor Bubble Length on the Performance of a Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine (SOFHE). Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME), Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Canada.
• Nooshin Karami. (2022). Microfabricated Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine with Enhanced Phase Change Through Corner Capillary. IEEE Proceeding 21st International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS), Salt Lake City, United States of America. États-Unis.
• Nooshin Karami. (2022). Time-Resolved Measurement of Enhanced Phase Change by a Fiber in an Oscillating Two-Phase Plug Flow. IEEE Proceeding 28th International Workshop on Thermal Investigation of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC), Dublin, Ireland. Irlande.
• Nooshin Karami. (2019). Thermodynamic Cycle of Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine (SOFHE) for Thermal Energy Harvesting. Conference paper at International Symposium on Oscillating/Pulsating Heat Pipes (ISOPHP), Daejeon, Korea. Corée, République de.

Affiches pour une conférence

• Nooshin Karami. (2025). Use Heat to Remove Heat: a Heat-Driven Micro Jet Pump. 8th Biological and Biomedical Engineering Symposium. Montreal, Canada. Canada.
• Nooshin Karami. (2024). Effect of Nozzle Radius on The Performance of a Heat-Driven Micro Jet Pump Using a Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine (SOFHE). The 28th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS) 2024. Montreal, Canada. Canada.

Activités professionnelles

• Poste d'invité. McGill University. Biomedical engineering. Adjunct professor. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (2025-2026).
• Université de Sherbrooke. Panelist at IEEE Women in Engineering NEWCAS 2024. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. (2024-).
• Poste d'invité. Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME). Chair of Nanotechnology Symposium. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. (2023).

Divers

• Nooshin Karami. 15th hands-on workshop in 3D printing and microfluidics for Bioengineering, Juncker’s Lab, McGill.