Rate My Professor Nima Nadim

Dr. Nima Nadim is a Senior Lecturer in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer in the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Curtin University in 2012 and has been an academic staff member at the institution since then. In addition to his lecturing duties, he serves as Director of Graduate Research for the school, overseeing postgraduate research initiatives and student supervision.

Nadim's research focuses on thermo-fluid dynamics, including single and multiphase heat transfer and fluid flow, employing both numerical methodologies such as computational fluid dynamics and experimental investigations in single and two-phase flow heat transfer. His studies address convective boiling, secondary flow vortex structures in curved ducts, turbulent thermal behavior in helical pipes, particulate flows, and thermal energy storage reactors. Key publications include "Secondary flow vortex structures and forced convection in curved duct flows" (Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, 2014, with T. T. Chandratilleke); "An investigation of particulate flow behaviour and sedimentation in curved channel using Euler-Euler approach" (with T. T. Chandratilleke); "Numerical investigation of turbulent flow and thermal behaviour in helical pipes" (with Joneydi Shariatzadeh and T. T. Chandratilleke); "Fluid and thermal characteristics of flow through rectangular and elliptical curved ducts under different gravity conditions" (with T. Chandratilleke and Ramesh Narayanaswamy); and "Kinetic investigation and numerical modelling of CaCO3/Al2O3 reactor for high-temperature thermal energy storage application" (with Arun Mathew and others). Nadim chaired the 13th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and contributed to its proceedings, Advances in Heat and Mass Transfer. He is a Chief Investigator on the Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP210103206, collaborating with Dr. Julien Cisonni, Dr. Christopher Davies, and Professor Viswanathan Shankar. He also utilizes Pawsey Supercomputing allocations for simulations of isolated bubble growth.