Hooman Enayati

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Assistant Teaching Professor, Mechanical Engineering
[email protected]
610-396-6024
Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building, 233

Dr. Hooman Enayati serves as an assistant teaching professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State Berks. Prior to his current role at Penn State, he held positions as an adjunct and visiting assistant professor at the University of Akron, Manhattan University, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), and Lafayette College, where he taught several undergraduate courses and labs.

Dr. Enayati also brings industry experience from his roles as a CFD engineer and R&D engineer in various companies. In his most recent industry role, he worked within a team to collaborate with municipal agencies such as the DEP, DDC, and DOT in New York City.

Dr. Enayati has extensive experience applying CFD methods to a range of engineering applications. During his Ph.D. and postdoctoral research, he focused on (atmospheric and high-pressure) crystal growth reactors.

Dr. Enayati's research interests include:

  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Heat transfer
  • Fluid mechanics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Material synthesis and crystal growth
  1. Hooman Enayati, A. J. Chandy, and M. J. Braun. Numerical simulations of natural convection in a laterally-heated cylindrical reactor. In American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers, NYC, 2015, DOI: 10.1615/TFESC1.cmd.012704
  2. Hooman Enayati, A. J. Chandy, and M. J. Braun. Numerical simulations of transitional and turbulent natural convection in laterally-heated cylindrical enclosures for crystal growth. Heat Transfer Applications; part A, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1080/10407782.2016.1230378
  3. Hooman Enayati, Abhilash J Chandy, and Minel J Braun. Numerical simulations of turbulent natural convection in laterally-heated cylindrical enclosures with baffles for crystal growth. ASME, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, pages V008T10A052–V008T10A052, 2016https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2016-66106
  4. Hooman Enayati, Minel J Braun, and Abhilash J Chandy. Numerical simulations of porous medium with different permeabilities and positions in a laterally-heated cylindrical enclosure for crystal growth. Journal of Crystal Growth, 483:65–80, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2017.11.019
  5. Hooman Enayati, Abhilash J Chandy, and Minel J Braun. Large eddy simulation (LES) calculations of natural convection in cylindrical enclosures with rack and seeds for crystal growth applications. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 123:42– 57, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2017.08.025
  6. Hooman Enayati, Abhilash J Chandy, and Minel J Braun. Three-dimensional large eddy simulations of natural convection in laterally heated cylindrical enclosures with racks and seeds for crystal growth. American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers, Las Vegas, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2017.08.025
  7. Hooman Enayati, Abhilash J Chandy, Minel J Braun, and Nicholas Horning. 3D large eddy simulation (LES) calculations and experiments of natural convection in a laterally-heated cylindrical enclosure for crystal growth. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 116:1–21, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2017.01.025
  8. Hooman Enayati, Effect of reactor size in a laterally-heated cylindrical reactor, international journal of heat and technology, July 2020, International Journal of Heat and Technology, https://www.iieta.org/journals/ijht/paper/10.18280/ijht.380201
  9. Hooman Enayati, and Minel J Braun ,2D/3D RANS and LES Calculations of Natural Convection in a Laterally-Heated Cylindrical Enclosure Using Boussinesq and Temperature-Dependent Formulations, Dec. 2021, International Journal of Heat and Technology, https://www.iieta.org/journals/ijht/paper/10.18280/ijht.390637
  10. Hooman Enayati, S Pimputkar, Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis of a High-Pressure Spatial Chemical Vapor Deposition (HPS-CVD) Reactor for Flow Stability, 2024, https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/14/2/105
  11. Hooman Enayati, S Pimputkar, Numerical Analysis of a High-Pressure Spatial Chemical Vapor Deposition (HPS-CVD) Reactor for Flow Stability at High Pressures, 2024, https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/14/4/377
  12. Hooman Enayati, B Helenbrook, Shoaling Internal Solitary Waves and the Formation of Boluses, 2024, https://www.scirp.org/reference/referencespapers?referenceid=3725425&bt…
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania
  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron, Ohio
  • M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University, New York
  • B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering