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Ehsan Roohi, born in Mashhad, Iran, in July 1982, holds the position of Visiting Associate Professor at Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University. He earned his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Sharif University of Technology, a leading Iranian engineering institution, in 2010, with a sabbatical visit to the University of Strathclyde, UK. Previously, he served as a University Professor at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and Xi’an Jiaotong University, and worked as a researcher at University of Maryland and a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University.
Roohi specializes in direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) techniques and has contributed extensively to the field through his research on new collision models in DSMC, and new micro-scales pumps working with heat dissipations. His work has been published in esteemed journals such as Physics Reports, Journal of Computational Physics, Physics of Fluids, and Journal of Fluid Mechanics. His publication record includes 130 papers indexed in Scopus, with an H-index of 37 (Scopus), 36 (WoS), and 41 (Google Scholar), and an I-10 index of 97 (Google Scholar). His research has garnered over 3803 citations in Scopus.
Additionally, Roohi is actively engaged in the scholarly community, having conducted more than 550 certified reviewer activities for papers indexed in the Web of Science. He serves as an associate editor for two journals: Journal of Fluid Engineering (ASME) and International Journal of Modern Physics C (World Scientific). He has also served as a guest editor for special issues in prestigious journals such as Fluids and Physics of Fluids.
Roohi's research endeavors have received support from renowned institutions, including the Iran National Science Foundation and China Ministry of Science and Technology. Demonstrating his commitment to nurturing future researchers, Roohi has supervised over 40 MSc students in Iran and China, as well as 5 PhD students.
In addition to his research contributions, Roohi has extensive teaching experience since 2010, delivering courses in fluid dynamics, gas dynamics, and renewable energies at both undergraduate and graduate levels in Iran, China and USA. He also published three textbooks on Gas Dynamics, Rarefied Gas Dynamics and Fluid Mechanics at Micro and Nano Scales.