University of Kashan

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Chem. Eng.), 1999, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran.(Dissertation: Equilibrium Behavior of the System N-methylpyrrolidone and Lube-Oil Cut- Theoretical and Experimental Studies)

M.Sc. (Chem. Eng.), 1993, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. (Thesis: Hydrodynamic Behavior of Mixer-Settlers)

B.Sc. (Chem. Eng.), 1989, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. (Thesis: Computer Design of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

Deputy Director, Institute for NanoScience & Nanotechnology, University of

Kashan, Kashan, Iran, April 2005-Present.

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Kashan,

Kashan, Iran, September 2004-Present.

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Kashan,

Kashan, Iran, September 1999-2004.

Visiting Scholar, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, April 2004

December 2004.

Deputy Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kashan, Kasha, Iran, February

2003-April 2004.

Head, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran, March

2001-April 2003.

PRPFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

Graduate Course Taught:

i. Instrumentation & Control in Chemical Industries

ii. Statistical Thermodynamics

iii.Thermodynamics of Small Systems

iv. Compuational Methods

Undergraduate Courses Taught:

i. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 1

ii. Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 2

iii. Heat Transfer 1

iv. Heat Transfer 2

v. Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering 1

vi.Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering 2

vii. Ordinary Differential Equations

viii. Applied Mathematics in Chemical Engineering

Supervisor / Advisor to numerous undergraduate projects and MSc theses in Chemical

Engineering and Applied Chemistry.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES:

Areas of Research Interests:

i. Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria

ii. Statistical Thermodynamics & Non-Extensive Statistical Thermodynamics

iii. Thermodynamics of Small Systems (Nanothermodynamics)

iv. Continuous Thermodynamics

v. Solvent Extraction Processes

vi. Characterization of Petroleum Fluids

vii. Thermal Properties of Fullerenes

viii. Thermodynamic Properties of Diamondoids

Research Projects Completed:

i. Extraction of Propionic Acid from Dilute Solutions

ii. Mathematical Modelling of the Liquid-Liquid Dispersions Using Population

Balance Model

iii. Characterization of Petroleum Fractions

iv. Reclamation of Used Engine Motor Oils

v. Calculation of Heat Capacities of Buckminsterfullerene

PUBLICATIONS:

Book Chapter Contribution:

Book Chapter entitled: Thermodynamic Properties of Diamondoids, in G. A.

Mansoori, T. F. George, G. P. Zhang and L. Assoufid (Editors), Molecular Building

Blocks for Nanotechnology: From Diamondoids to Nanoscale Materials and

Applications (Springer, New York), Topics in Applied Physics, in press.

Journal Papers:

1. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Modarress, H., and G. A. Mansoori, Solvent Extraction

of Aromatic Components from Lube-Oil Cut by N-methylpyrrolidone, Chemical

Engineering and Technology, 22, 10, 1999, pp. 847-853.

2. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Modarress, H., and G. A. Mansoori, Thermodynamic

Modeling and Experimental Studies of Dearomatization Process from a Complex

Petroleum Fraction, Separation Science and Technology, 35, 5, pp. 743-754,

2000.

3. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Shariaty-Niassar, M., and H. Keumarsi-Farmad,

Hydrodynamic Behavior of Liquid-Liquid Dispersions Using Drop Population

Balance Model, Int. J. Sci. Tech. Kashan Univ., vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 73-91, 2000.

4. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Modarress, H., and G. A. Mansoori, Continuous

Thermodynamics of Petroleum Fluid Fractions, Chemical Engineering and

Processing, 40, 5, pp. 431-435, 2001.

5. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Modarress, H., and G. A. Mansoori, Modification of

the van Laar Activity Coefficient Model, Iranian Journal of Science and

Technology, vol. 25, No. B2, pp. 281-292, 2001.

6. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Modarress, H., and G. A. Mansoori, Calculation of the

Size and Energy Parameters of N-methylpyrrolidone, Scientia Iranica, vol. 9, No.

1, Winter 2002.

7. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., and H. Modarress, A New Characterization Factor For

Hydrocarbons and Petroleum Fractions, Oil & Gas Science and Technology-Rev.

IFP, vol. 57 (2002), No. 2, pp. 149-154.

8. Taghikhani, V., Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Khoshkbarchi, M. Kh., and M.

Shariaty-Niassar, Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium of Water+Propionic Acid+ Methyl

Butyl Ketone and of Water+ Propionic Acid+ Methyl Isopropyl Ketone, Chemical

& Engineering Data, vol. 46, 5, pp. 1107-1109, 2001.

9. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Taghikhani, V., and S. Karamad, Comparison of

Different Activity Coefficient Models by Using PRO/II Program, Intern. Math.

Journal, vol. 2, No. 11, 2002, 1067-1079.

10. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., and G. A. Mansoori, An Application of Non-Extensive

Statistical Mechanics to Nanosystems, Journal of Computational and

Theoretical Nanoscience, vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 233-235, 2004.

11. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Mohsen-Nia, M., Taghikhani, V., Behpoor, M., and M.

Aghahosseini, Salting out Effect of NaCl and KCl on the Ternary Systems…, The

Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, vol. 36, Issue 4, pp. 341-348 ( 2004).

12. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Euler’s Homogenous Functions can Describe Non-

Extensive Thermodynamic Systems, Int. J. Pure & Appl. Math. Sci., vol. 1

(2004), pp. 6-8.

13. Mansoori, G. A., G. R. Vakili-Nezhaad, A. R. Ashrafi, Some Mathematical

Problems Applicable in Nanothermodynamics, Int. J. Pure & Appl. Math. Sci.,

vol. 2, No. 1 (2005), pp.58-61.

14. A. Bayat, S. F. Aghamiri, A. Moheb, and G. R. Vakili-Nezhaad, Oil Spill

Cleanup from Sea Water by Sorbent Materials, Chemical Engineering &

Technology, 28, 12, 2005, pp. 1-4.

15. G. R. Vakili-Nezhaad and A. R. Ashrafi, Application of a Mathematical

Problem to the Symmetry of Fullerene C60, Journal of Physics, 29 (2006), pp. 14

17.

16. A. R. Ashrafi and G. R. Vakili-Nezhaad, Computing the PI Index of Some

Chemical Graphs Related to Nanostructures, Journal of Physics, 29 (2006), pp.

181-184.

17. G. R. Vakili-Nezhaad and G. A. Mansoori, Thermodynamic Interpretation of

the Fragmentation Phenomenon in Nanopores, Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol.

18, No. 3 (2006), pp. 2398-2400.

Conference Proceedings:

18. G. R. Vakili-Nezhaad and A. R. Ashrafi, On Symmetry Property and

Topological Index of Fullerenes, International Conference on Nano Science and

Technology, 16-18 March 2006, New Delhi, India.

19. A. R. Ashrafi and G. R. Vakili-Nezhaad, On Detour Index of Nanotubes, ,

International Conference on Nano Science and Technology, 16-18 March 2006,

New Delhi, India.

20. M. Hamedanian, G. R. Vakili-Nezhaad, and M. Ghomashi, Calculation of

Debye and Einstein Temperature for Fullerene C60, 7th Iranian Physical

Chemistry Seminar, 8-10 March 2005, Isfahan University of Technology,

Isfahan, Iran.

21. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., and D.-Y. Peng, Investigation of the Role of

Coordination Number in Lennard-Jones and Devonshire Theory, 54th Canadian

Chemical Engineering Conference, October 2004, Calgary, Canada.

22. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., and M. Hamedanian, Heat Capacities of Buckminster

Fullerene, Second Conference of the Asian Consortium for Computational

Materials Science (ACCMS-2), July 14-16, 2004, Novosibirsk, Russia.

23. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Mohsen-Nia, M., Taghikhani, V., and M.

Aghahossieni, Salting-Out Effect on the Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium of Two

Ternary Systems, Fifteenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, 2003,

Boulder, USA.

24. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., and G. A. Mansoori, Degeneracy and Distributions in

Small Assembly of Molecules, 10th Foresight Conference on Molecular

Nanotechnology, 11-13 Oct., 2002, Maryland, USA.

25. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Taghikhani, V., and S. Karamad, Correlation of

Experimental Data of the Systems Containing Propionic Acid with the Various

Activity Coefficient Models Using PRO/II Software, The 17th Dubrovnik

International Course & Conference MATH/CHEM/COMP 2002, Dubrovnik,

Croatia, June 24-29, 2002.

26. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Shariaty-Niassar, M., and H. Keumarsi-Farmad,

Mathematical Modeling of the Liquid-Liquid Dispersions and Numerical Solution

of the Drop Population Balance Model, 6th World Multiconference on Systemics,

Cybernetics and Informatics, July 14-18, 2002, Orlando, USA.

27. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., and M. Shariaty-Niassar, Numerical Solution of the

Drop Population Balance Model, AAA63-Workshop on General Algebra

combined with CYA17-Conference of Young Algebraists, Feb. 22-24, 2002,

University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

28. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., and H. Modarress, Modeling and Experimental Studies

of the Extraction of Aromatic Compounds from Lube Oil Cut by the Solvent

NMP, 49th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 1999,

Saskatoon, Canada.

29. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., and V. Taghikhani, Application of Continuous

Thermodynamics to the Vapor Pressure Calculation of Petroleum Fluids, 50th

Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 2000, Mc-Gill

University, Montreal, Canada.

30. Taghikhani, V., Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., and S. Karamad, Comparison of

Different Solvents for the Extraction of Propionic Acid from Dilute Aqueous

Solutions, 51st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 2001,

Halifax, Canada.

31. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Modarress, H., and G. A. Mansoori, Modification of

the van Laar Activity Coefficient Model, 31st Autumn Meeting of the Society of

Chemical Engineers of Japan, Osaka, Japan, September 1998.

32. Shariaty-Niassar, M.,and G. R. Vakili-Nezhaad, Hydrodynamic Behavior of

Droplets in Mixer-Settlers, 31st Autumn Meeting of the Society of Chemical

Engineers of Japan, Osaka, Japan, September 1998.

33. Shariaty-Niassar, M., and G. R. Vakili-Nezhaad, Mathematical Modeling of the

Coalescence of Droplets in Liquid-Liquid Dispersions, 3rd International

Symposium on Mixing in Industrial Processes, September 19-22, 1999, Osaka,

Japan.

34. Taghikhani, V., Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Khoshkbarchi, M. Kh., and M.

Shariaty-Niassar, Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium of Water+Propionic Acid+ Methyl

Butyl Ketone and of Water+ Propionic Acid+ Methyl Isopropyl Ketone,

Fourteenth Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, June 25-30, 2000,

Boulder, Colorado, USA.

35. Shariaty-Niassar, M., Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., and H. Keumarsi-Farmad,

Application of Numerical Analysis to Investigation of Droplet Breakage,

International Congress of Ghyath-al-din-Jamshid Al-Kashi, Autumn 2000,

University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran.

36. Keumarsi-Farmad, H., Shariaty-Niassar, M., and G. R. Vakili-Nezhaad,

Simulation of Droplet Breakage Probability Function in the Extraction Columns,

Sixth National Iranian Chemical Engineering Congress, May 2001, Isfahan

University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.

37. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Shariaty-Niassar, M., and B. Givi, Phenyl Ethyl

Alcohol as the Rose Flower Essence, The 8th International Seminar on Hygienic

& Cosmetics Industries, October, 2002, Tehran, Iran.

38. Shariaty-Niassar, M., Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., and B. Givi, A Review of the

Methods of Essence Extraction, The 7th International Seminar on Hygienic &

Cosmetics Industries, October 16-18, 2001, Tehran, Iran.

39. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Modarress, H., and G. A. Mansoori, Calculation of the

Size and Energy Parameters of N-methylpyrrolidone, Fourth National Iranian

Chemical Engineering Congress, Sharif University of Technology, March 1999,

Tehran, Iran.

40. Vakili-Nezhaad, G. R., Modarress, H., and G. A. Mansoori, Characterization of

Hydrocarbons and Petroleum Fractio