Education

Dr. Omid Gohardani

Vice President, CFO, Director of Research, and Co-Founder

Ph.D.
M.Phil.
M.Sc.

M.Sc.

B.Sc.

Aerospace Engineering, Cranfield University, U.K.

Aerospace Engineering, Cranfield University, U.K.

Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona, U.S.A.
Aeronautical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and Univeristy of Florida, U.S.A.
Vehicle Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

• Aeronautical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering: A Learner Centered Teaching Perspective in Higher Education
  2014-September/October, Journal of College Science Teaching
  Authors: Omid Gohardani, Amir S. Gohardani, Erin Dokter, Kyla Macario
  
  
• Potential and prospective implementation of carbon nanotubes on next generation aircraft and space vehicles: A review of current and expected applications in aerospace sciences
  2014 - Progress in Aerospace Sciences Journal/Elsevier Ltd. [27 pages]
  Authors: Omid Gohardani, Maialen Chapartegui Elola, Cristina Elizetxea
  This article provides the very first consolidated review of the imminent prospects of utilizing carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles in aerospace sciences, based on their recent implementations and predicted future applications.
  
  
• Erosion testing aspects in aeronautical engineering
  2014 - Eleventh Annual AIAA Southern California Aerospace Systems & Technology (ASAT) Conference, 3 May 2014, Santa Ana, California, U.S.A./American Instutite of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  Author: Omid Gohardani
  
  
• Ice adhesion to pristine and eroded polymer matrix composites reinforced with carbon nanotubes for potential usage on future aircraft
  2013 - Cold Regions Science and Technology Journal/Elsevier Ltd. [9 pages]
  Authors: Omid Gohardani, David W. Hammond
  
  
• Dynamic and static wettability of advanced materials used in aeronautical applications
  2013 - International Journal of Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements/WIT Press [24 pages]
  Authors: Omid Gohardani, David W. Hammond
  
  
• Attracting Tomorrow’s Engineers
  2013 - ASK Magazine: The NASA Source for Project Management and Engineering Excellence/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  Authors: Amir S. Gohardani, Omid Gohardani
  
  
• The exploration of icephobic materials and their future prospects in aircraft icing applications
  2012 - Journal of Aeronautics & Aerospace Engineering/OMICS Publishing Group
  Author: Omid Gohardani
  
  
• Rain erosion characteristics of carbon nanotube reinforced composites for potential usage as external surface materials on future aircraft
  2012 - Nanotechnology Virtual Conference, MaterialsToday, Elsevier Ltd. [Poster presentation]
  Author: Omid Gohardani
  
  
• Multiple liquid impacts on polymeric matrix composites reinforced with carbon nanotubes
  2012 - Wear Journal/Elsevier Ltd. [12 pages]
  Authors: Omid Gohardani, David M. Williamsson, David W. Hammond
  
  
• Microhardness testing and microscopy on aerospace materials 2012 - The Frontiers of Microscopy Virtual Conference, MaterialsToday, Elsevier Ltd. [Poster presentation]
  Author: Omid Gohardani
  
  
• Droplet interaction and dynamic wettability of advanced materials used in aeronautics
  2012 - Book Chapter in: “Advances in Fluid Mechanics IX”/WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences; ISBN: 978-1-84564-600-4 [12 pages]
  Authors: Omid Gohardani, David W. Hammond
  
  
• Ceramic engine considerations for future aerospace propulsion
  2012 - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology Journal/Emerald [12 pages]
  Authors: Amir S. Gohardani, Omid Gohardani
  
  
• Impact of erosion testing aspects on current and future flight conditions
  2011 - Progress in Aerospace Sciences Journal/Elsevier Ltd.
  [24 pages]
  Author: Omid Gohardani
  
  
• Experimental investigation of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability using a paramagnetic liquid combination
  2008 - Proceedings of 11th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing (IWPCTM), Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2008 [6 pages]
  Authors: Omid Gohardani, Jeffrey W. Jacobs
  
  
• Experimental study of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability utilizing a paramagnetic liquid combination
  2007 - Bulletin of the American Physical Society/60th Annual Meeting of the Divison of Fluid Dynamics, Volume 52, Number 12
  Authors: Omid Gohardani, Rebecca Oemke, Jeffrey W. Jacobs
  
  
• PLIF flow visualization of magnetically stabilized Rayleigh-Taylor instability
  2006 - Bulletin of the American Physical Society/59th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics
  Authors: Omid Gohardani, Rebecca Oemke, Jeffrey W. Jacobs
  
  

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Publications

Awards

• Profiled in Marquis “Who’s Who in the World,” 2012
  
  
• BLANCEFLOR Boncompagni-Ludovisi, née Bildt's Prestigious Doctoral Stipend for International Aerospace Research, 2010-2012
  
  
• European Union Doctoral Stipend, U.K., 2009-2012
  
  
• Galostiftelsen Stipend for Advanced Studies and International Achievements, 2008
  
  
• Tucson Mayor’s Award, Arizona, U.S.A., 2008
  
  
• Inducted United States Wakonse Teaching Fellow, 2008

• Full research funding from Los Alamos National Laboratory
  and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of Arizona 2006-2008
  
  
• University of Arizona Outstanding Graduate. Research Assistant Award for Engineering, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, U.S.A., 2007-2008
  
  
• Galostiftelsen Scholarships, 1995-2002