Mohammad Rahiminejad
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Biography
Mohammad Rahiminejad is a last-year Ph.D. student in the doctoral program of Mechanics at EPFL. His main research centers on building physics and examines how the thermo-hydrodynamic behavior of airflow in a ventilated cavity behind traditional and modern (BIPV) external claddings impacts the thermal performance of the entire building envelope. To tackle this topic, he takes a multidisciplinary approach that encompasses numerical analyses, CFD simulations, and experimental measurements. Before joining EPFL, he worked as a project manager assistant in Shiraz, Iran, on quite a few industrial projects including the design of the ventilation systems of the Tehran-Shomal Freeway, design of the air conditioning systems of the Shiraz subway, and the design of the air exhaust and jet fan systems of the Shiraz longest underpass. He holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Sharif University of Technology, Iran, where he investigated water purification through monolayer graphene membranes using Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation. In his bachelor's degree from Shiraz University, he successfully achieved publishing a journal paper in the field of biomechanics that, for the first time, addressed the distribution of the pressure and velocity fields in the human upper airway during sneezing.Publications
Selected publications
Mohammad Rahiminejad, Alexandre Louis Marie Pâris, Hua Ge, Dolaana Khovalyg Energy & Buildings, 2022, 256 (111751) |
Performance of lightweight and heavyweight building walls with naturally ventilated passive and active facades |
Mohammad Rahiminejad, Dolaana Khovalyg Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 2021, 27:6, 788-805 |
Thermal resistance of ventilated air-spaces behind external claddings; definitions and challenges (ASHRAE 1759-RP) |
Mohammad Rahiminejad, Dolaana Khovalyg Building and Environment, 2021, 190 (107538) |
Review on ventilation rates in the ventilated air-spaces behind common wall assemblies with external cladding |
Mohammad Rahiminejad, Cécile Berquand, Dolaana Khovalyg CISBAT, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2021, 2042 |
Transient thermal response of opaque building envelope elements: EPFL campus case study |
Romain Schindelholz, Mohammad Rahiminejad, Arnab Chatterjee, Dolaana Khovalyg CISBAT, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2021, 2042 |
Assessment of thermal and electrical performance of BIPV façades using simplified simulations |
Mohammad Rahiminejad, Dolaana Khovalyg 8th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC), Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2021, 2069 |
In-situ measurements of the U-value of a ventilated wall assembly |
Mohammad Rahiminejad, Dolaana Khovalyg 8th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC), Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2021, 2069 |
Thermal resistance of the ventilated air-spaces behind external claddings; theoretical definition and a parametric study |
Mohammad Rahiminejad, Alexandre Paris, Dolaana Khovalyg ASHRAE Winter Conference, 2021, 127 |
Dynamic Thermal Performance of the BIPV Facades |
Mohammad Rahiminejad, Dolaana Khovalyg ASHRAE Winter Conference, 2021, 127 |
Impact of the Ventilated Cavity on the Thermal Performance of Traditional Wall Structures |
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Architecture
Courses
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