Mehdi Mortazavi

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Mehdi Mortazavi is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Western New England University (WNE). He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech University in 2014. His area of research is in energy-thermo-fluids systems with a focus on proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. He teaches courses such as Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Multiphase Flow, and Design of Heat Exchangers. Prior to joining the faculty at WNE, Dr. Mortazavi worked in HVAC industry (2014-2016) in the state of NY. In this position, he designed HVAC systems for residential, commercial, healthcare, and educational facilities. Dr. Mortazavi is an experimentalist in fluid mechanics and thermal sciences and has trained multiple undergraduate and graduate students in his research lab. You can learn more about his research activities by visiting.