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Nooshin Karami

Professeure, Faculté de génie
FAC. GÉNIE Mécanique

Présentation

Sujet de recherche

Fluid Mechanics, Energy Conservation, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics

Disciplines de recherche

Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Mots-clés

Two-Phase Self-Oscillatory Flows, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Sysyems (MEMS), Thermal Management, Thin Film Phase Change, Micro Jet Pump, Pulsating Heat Pipes, Capillary Microfluidics, Energy Harvesters

Intérêts de recherche

Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), Thermal management, Microfluidic circuits,Energy harvesters

Recherche clinique

Langues parlées et écrites

Anglais, Français, Kurdish, Persian

Diplômes

(2025). Capillary microfluidic circuits for point-of-care diagnostics (Post-doctorate, ). McGill University.

(2023). Enhancing the Performance of a Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine (SOFHE) through Thermodynamic Cycle and Phase Change Characterization (Doctorate, Doctor of philosophy). Université de Sherbrooke.

(2014). Efficiency enhancement of a photovoltaic cell using a cooling system with microchannels and nanofluid (Master's Thesis, Masters of Science).

(2011). (Bachelor's, Bachelor of Science). Iran University of Science & Technology.

Expérience académique

Assistant Professor. (2025-). Université de Sherbrooke. Canada.

Prix et distinctions

  • (2025) bourses postdoctorales Claire-Deschênes. Université de Sherbrooke. (Prize / Award).
  • (2022) Bourse Excellence au féminin "Jeannine et Clement Racicot". Université de Sherbrooke. (Prize / Award).
  • (2022) Best presenter award, International Workshop on Thermal Investigation of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC), Dublin, Ireland, 2022. University of Dublin - Trinity College. (Distinction).
  • (2019) Bourse de recherche "Eureka". Université de Sherbrooke. (Prize / Award).

Financement

  • Grant. (Awarded). Co-applicant. Multi Chip Heterogeneous Integration for High Performance Computing, Research Chair. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Alliance Grants - Mitacs Accelerate. 5 430 000 $. (2025-2030)
  • Grant. (Awarded). Principal Investigator. start-up fund. University of Sherbrooke. 70 000 $. (2025-2028)
  • Grant. (Awarded). Co-investigator. A self-oscillating microfluidic device for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease. Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT). Team Research Program. 150 000 $. (2025-2028)

Publications

Articles de revue

  • Nooshin Karami, A. Tessier-Poirier, E. Léveillé, A. Amnache, L.G. Fréchette,. (2023). Capillary Enhanced Phase Change in a Microfabricated Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine (SOFHE). Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 33 105011. (Published).
  • Nooshin Karami, A. Tessier-Poirier, E. Léveillé, L.G. Fréchette,. (2023). Importance of phase change timing in a self-sustained oscillatory flow. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 213 124327. DOI. (Published).
  • Nooshin Karami, A. Tessier-Poirier, A. Nikkhah, E. Léveillé, T. Monin, F. Formosa, L.G. Fréchette,. (2022). Experimental Characterization of the Thermodynamic Cycle of Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine (SOFHE) for Thermal Energy Harvesting. Energy Conversion and Management 258 115548. (Published).
  • Nikkhah A., Karami N., Tessier-Poirier A., Abouali O., Frechette L. G.,. (2022). Numerical Modelling Of Liquid Film Deposition from Moving Meniscus in a Capillary Tube. Journal of Fluid Flow 9 (Published).
  • N Abdollahi, M Rahimi, N Karami, M Abdollahi. (2019). Heat Transfer Enhancement in a Hybrid PV Cell-Cooling Tower. Heat and Mass Transfer (Published).

Articles de conférence

  • Arthur Labalte, Amrid Amnache, Alihosein Nihkkah, Nooshin Karami, Luc Fréchette. (2025). Thermal performance of liquid cooled and air cooled thermal ground plane-based battery thermal management systems for a high-power density Lithium-ion battery. IEEE, (Published).
  • Nooshin Karami; Étienne Léveillé; Amrid. Amnache; Luc G. Fréchette. (2023). A Heat-Driven Micro Jet Pump Using a Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine (SOFHE): First Demonstration. 2023 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy, DOI. (Published).
  • Nooshin Karami, Albert Tessier-Poirier, Alihossein Nikkhah, Étienne Leveille, Amrid Amnache, Luc G. Frechette,. (2022). Microfabricated Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine (SOFHE) With Enhanced Phase Change Through Corner Capillaries. IEEE, DOI. (Published).
  • Nooshin Karami, A. Tessier-Poirier, A. Nikkhah, E. Léveillé, L.G. Fréchette. (2022). Time-Resolved Measurement of Enhanced Phase Change by a Fiber in an Oscillating Two-Phase Plug Flow. IEEE, 1-5. (Published).
  • Alihosein Nikkhah, Albert Tessier-Poirier, Nooshin Karami, Omid Abouali, Luc Frechette. (2019). Investigation of the Liquid Plug Friction Force in the Self-Oscillating Fluidic Heat Engine (SOFHE). IEEE, 1-7. (Published).

Propriétés intellectuelles

Patents

  • E. Léveillé, N. Karami, A. Amnache, L.G. Fréchette,. Heat-driven micro jet pumping apparatus. 63/703,619. United States of America. (Pending).

Autres contributions

Gestion d'évènements

  • Lab coordinator, Lab Teacher. (2025) 15th hands-on workshop in 3D printing and microfluidics for Bioengineering, Juncker’s Lab, McGill. (Workshop).
  • Guest lecturer. (2024) Introduction to Micro and Nano-Bioengineering (BMDE 508), McGill University, fall 2024, 2025. (Course).
  • Panelist. (2024) IEEE Women in Engineering NEWCAS 2024, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. (Conference).
  • Chair of Nanotechnology Symposium. (2023) Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering 2023 (CSME) conference, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. (Conference).

Présentations

  • (2025). Multi-Chip Heterogeneous Integration for High-Performance Computing: Cooling with Silicon Vapor Chambers and Microchannel Heat Sinks. Deepdive meeting with industrial partner IBM. Bromont, Canada
  • (2025). Use Heat to Remove Heat: a Heat-Driven Micro Jet Pump. 8th Biological and Biomedical Engineering Symposium. Montreal, Canada
  • (2024). Application of Heat Pipes and Pulsating Heat Pipes in Battery Thermal Management Systems. Pilotage meeting with industrial partners (BRP and CTA). Sherbrooke, Canada
  • (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
  • (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), UAE, 2023. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • (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, 28-31 May, 2023. Sherbrooke, Canada
  • (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), USA, 2022. Salt Lake City, United States of America
  • (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, 2022. Dublin, Ireland
  • (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, 2019. Daejeon, Korea, South