Zahra Noori O’Connor Successfully Defends PhD Dissertation
By Victoria Birk Hill February 16, 2023
We are pleased to announce that Zahra Noori O’Connor recently, and successfully, defended her PhD dissertation. Many industrial and university members joined for her presentation. The title of her thesis is “Fundamental Understanding of Removal of Water from a Moist Porous Medium in the Absence and Presence of Ultrasound Mechanism”. She is a graduate of […]
Fidele Abedi Successfully Defends Dissertation
By Victoria Birk Hill February 8, 2023
We are so pleased to announce that Fidele Abedi successfully defended his dissertation on January 26, 2023. The title of his thesis is “Multiscale Modeling of Transport Mechanisms, Strain, and Stress in Food Products Subjected to Drying.” His advisor at the University of Illinois was Dr. Pawan Takhar. Congratulations, Dr. Abedi!
Drying of Porous Medium with Excess Water
By Victoria Birk Hill December 13, 2022
In a recently published article in the ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, researcher Elif Asar and Prof. Jamal Yagoobi discuss the new drying model that was developed to numerically study porous media with excess water and extend previous drying models’ capabilities. The name of the article is “Drying of a Fully Saturated Porous […]
Ultrasonic Drying Applied to Paper Drying
By Victoria Birk Hill December 12, 2022
We are pleased to share our latest publication in Drying Technology. It’s called “Experimental Study of Paper Drying with Direct-Contact Ultrasound Mechanism”. The authors are Zahra Noori O’Connor, Dr. Jamal Yagoobi, and Dr. Burt Tilley. For the first time, ultrasonic drying is applied to paper drying and it provides basic understanding of this application. The […]
Elif Asar Successfully Defends Dissertation
By Victoria Birk Hill December 9, 2022
We are so pleased to announce that Elif Asar successfully defended her dissertation on December 2, 2022 and graduated from WPI in December 2022. Her dissertation is titled “Fundamental and Applied Studies in Modular and System Level Novel Drying Technologies”. Dr. Jamal Yagoobi was her advisor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Congratulations, Dr. Asar!”
Slot Jet Reattachment Nozzle Flow Characteristics
By Victoria Birk Hill December 6, 2022
We wanted to share that CARD researcher, Elif Asar, with contributions from Mengqiao Yang and Jamal Yagoobi recently published an article in Drying Technology called “Impact of Reattachment Surface Characteristics on the Flow Field Generated by Slot Jet Reattachment Nozzle – A Numerical Study.” The research studies the slot jet reattachment (SJR) nozzle’s flow characteristics […]
Amir Malvandi Successfully Defends Dissertation
By Victoria Birk Hill November 20, 2022
We are so pleased to share that CARD researcher, Amir Malvandi of the University of Illinois, successfully defended his dissertation – “An AI-enabled Smart Ultrasonic Contact Drying System for Nonthermal Drying of Biopolymeric Materials: Experimental and Theoretical Studies” on November 14, 2022. His advisor was Dr. Hao Feng of the University of Illinois. This […]
Poster Competition Winners – October 2022
By Victoria Birk Hill November 16, 2022
The Poster Competition at the CARD Fall semi-annual IAB meeting took place in Sagamore Labs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Thursday, October 21, 2022. Ten students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) presented their research to WPI and UIUC faculty, CARD IAB members, and invited guests. Thanks to Professor Yuxiang […]
Research Presented to Clean Energy Center
By Victoria Birk Hill November 11, 2022
On November 9, 2022, seven students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) provided eight research presentations to Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MASS CEC). This research is sponsored by the Center for Advanced Research in Drying (CARD) and MASS CEC, a member of CARD since 2016. MASS CEC eagerly sponsors the day for WPI’s students. The […]
Winners of IDS 2022 Oral Presentations & Posters
By Victoria Birk Hill July 6, 2022
At the recent International Drying Symposium (IDS 2022) held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Mass. and co-hosted by CARD and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the following students were recognized for their outstanding contributions in drying research and innovation: Nora Ruprecht received the Best Student Oral Presentation award Jacob Bouchard received the Honorable Mention […]