Director
Mahsa Ebrahim is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. She teaches undergraduate courses in Thermal-Fluid Science. Dr. Ebrahim received her B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from K.N.Toosi University of Technology in 2009. She earned her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University in 2017. Dr. Ebrahim performs experimental, numerical research in Thermo-Fluid field and her work has centered on spray cooling, droplet impingement, multi-phase flows, interfacial flows and phase interactions. She has collaborated with the University of Leeds in developing lattice Boltzmann model for small scale droplet impingement simulations. She has been able to develop analytical models as well as correlations for droplet impingement based on her comprehensive experimental and numerical data and physical comprehension. Her latest publication in the Journal of Physics of Fluids was identified as a newsworthy article for the journal highlights.
Research Assistants
Current Research Assistants
Samuel Bauman– Sam joined the lab in Summer 2021 and is a senior in Mechanical Engineering. He currently works with heated surfaces.
Daniel Giles– Dan started in the lab starting Fall 2020. He developed MATLAB applications to manually track droplet diameters and velocities.
Benjamin Golan– Ben worked in the lab Fall 2020 and is currently a senior in Mechanical Engineering. He is focusing on piezoelectric data and research.
Katherine Hummer– Kat joined the research group in Spring 2021 and is a junior in Mechanical Engineering. She works on tracking processed micro-droplets.
Landon McArthur– Landon joined the lab in Summer 2021 and is a senior in Mechanical Engineering. He currently works with heated surfaces.
Kennedy Necoechea– Kennedy joined the research group in Spring 2021 and is a sophomore in Mechanical Engineering. She works on tracking processed micro-droplets.
Patricio Osegueda– Patricio joined the research group in Fall 2020. He is a junior in Mechanical Engineering and focuses on development of a resistance temperature device.
Ashley Salisbury– Ashley has been in the lab since Spring 2020. She is a junior in Mechanical Engineering and focuses on generating micro droplets.
Graduated Research Assistants
Joshua Amurao– Josh worked in our research group during the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. His work focused on de-noising experimental data.
Ivan Del Castillo– Ivan started in the lab Spring 2020 and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He focused on piezoelectric data and research.
Buddha Elkenani– Buddha joined the lab in Fall 2018. He graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Buddha has written programs to automatically post process numerous experimental data files and to image process the high-speed video files. He has also worked on the measurement of the cooling efficiency of an air cooled prototype Brachytherapy Needle.
Nash Franca– Nash worked in the lab from Fall 2019 until he graduated in Spring 2021 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He built a stabilization table and an adjustable camera mount.
Harrison Lancaster– Harry worked in the lab from Fall 2019 until he graduated in Spring 2021. He worked on heat transfer with partial differential equations.
Andrew Narag– Andrew worked in the lab during the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters. He graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He worked on the prototype design of a force convective cooled Brachytherapy Needle.
Nicholas Ramos– Nick joined the lab in summer 2019. He graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and worked on the design of a micrometer size piezoelectric droplet generator.
Theresa Siri– Theresa worked in our research group during the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters. She graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Her work focused on de-noising experimental data.
Spencer Trumpp– Spencer worked in the lab starting Spring 2020 and graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He focused on piezoelectric data and research.
