Mr Mohammad Foruzan Nia
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering and Information Technology
Mechanical Engineer and final-stage PhD candidate at Adelaide University with over nine years of industry experience in the copper and steel sectors. Graduated ranked 1st in Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc., GPA 18.34/20). Research spans solar thermal systems (solar air heater efficiency; radiative gas participation in solar energy absorption), radiation heat transfer, heat exchanger design, and AI-driven energy control, producing nine publications in SJR Q1 journals and securing a full PhD scholarship. Proficient in ANSYS Fluent, Fortran, SolidWorks (CAD and engineering drawings), and Python; developed coupled ANSYS-Python workflows for automated geometric optimisation of CFD models. Deep hands-on expertise in installation, commissioning, experimental rig design, instrumentation, and troubleshooting of mechanical and thermal systems.
| Year | Citation |
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| 2026 | Nia, M. F., Hu, E., & Ghayesh, M. H. (2026). A Novel Control Mechanism for ON/OFF Air‐Conditioning Systems to Enhance Temperature Regulation and Reduce Energy Consumption in the Target Zone. Indoor Air, 2026(1), 33 pages. |
| 2025 | Nia, M. F., Hu, E., & Ghayesh, M. H. (2025). Achieving desirable control for non-inverter HVAC systems by dynamic set-temperature approach. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 67, 104135. Scopus1 WoS2 |
| 2024 | Nia, M. F., Hu, E., & Ghayesh, M. H. (2024). Direct and inverse simulations of hydrodynamic and thermal characteristics in a room with random boundary conditions by feedforward neural network modelling. Energy and Built Environment, 7(1), 163-176. Scopus2 WoS2 |
| 2023 | Foruzan Nia, M., Farzad, H., Babak Ansari, A., Ghodrat, M., Abdolreza Gandjalikhan Nassab, S., & Behnia, M. (2023). Performance improvement of a tubular heat exchanger by tube arrangement optimization using simulated annealing algorithm and blocked-off method. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 40, 18 pages. Scopus10 WoS10 |
| 2022 | Gandjalikhan Nassab, S. A., Sheikhnejad, Y., & Foruzan Nia, M. (2022). Novel design of natural solar air heat for higher thermal performance utilizing porous vortex generator. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 33, 11 pages. Scopus20 WoS19 |
| 2021 | Nia, M. F., Nassab, S. A. G., & Ansari, A. B. (2021). Numerical simulation of air heating by the recovered waste heat from the radiating exhaust gas flows in a plate heat exchanger. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 161, 13 pages. Scopus11 WoS11 |
| 2021 | Foruzan Nia, M., Gandjalikhan Nassab, S. A., Ghodrat, M., & Behnia, M. (2021). Numerical simulation of the transient turbulent natural convection in an inclined rectangular shaped solar air heater. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 26, 10 pages. Scopus8 WoS11 |
| 2020 | Nia, M. F., & Nassab, S. A. G. (2020). Transient numerical simulation of annealing process in a conjugate combined radiation conduction heat transfer. Journal of Central South University, 27(9), 2662-2672. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| 2020 | Nia, M. F., Nassab, S. A. G., & Ansari, A. B. (2020). Numerical simulation of flow and thermal behavior of radiating gas flow in plane solar heaters. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 12(3), 8 pages. Scopus21 WoS15 |
| 2020 | Foruzan Nia, M., Ansari, A. B., & Gandjalikhan Nassab, S. A. (2020). Transient combined volumetric radiation and free convection in a chamber with a hollow heat-generating solid body. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 119, 14 pages. Scopus11 WoS11 |
| 2019 | Foruzan Nia, M., & Gandjalikhan Nassab, S. A. (2019). Thermohydrodynamic characteristics of combined double-diffusive radiation convection heat transfer in a cavity. Comptes Rendus Mécanique, 347(5), 406-422. Scopus8 WoS7 |
| 2019 | Foruzan Nia, M., Gandjalikhan Nassab, S. A., & Ansari, A. B. (2019). Transient numerical simulation of multiple pane windows filling with radiating gas. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 108, 13 pages. Scopus18 WoS17 |
| 2018 | Nia, M. F., Nassab, S. A. G., & Ansari, A. B. (2018). Transient combined natural convection and radiation in a double space cavity with conducting walls. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 128, 94-104. Scopus32 WoS29 |
| 2017 | Nia, M. F., & Nassab, S. A. G. (2017). Conjugate Heat Transfer Study of Combined Radiation and Forced Convection Turbulent Separated Flow. International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, 18(1), 29-39. Scopus14 WoS12 |
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