Engineering to solve real world problems - Reza Enayatollahi

Dr Reza EnayatollahiDr Reza Enayatollahi has a background in both mechanical and chemical engineering and has wide-ranging research interests, including:

  • Renewable Energy technologies
  • Heat recovery and thermal energy storage
  • Biomedical engineering
  • Fundamentals of Thermofluids

Reza enjoys practical projects and research which can be applied to real world problems and enjoys the way this sparks students’ curiosity. He has successfully applied for funds to support students’ summer scholarships to work as research assistants on his projects during study breaks. He finds that bringing updates of his research back to the classroom strengthens students’ understanding of the link between the theory of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, and what engineers can do.

Recent journal articles:

Enayatollahi, R., & Farid, M.M. (2023). An integrated cooling mechanism for photovoltaic systems. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications.

Enayatollahi, R., Anderson, T., & Nates, R. (2024). A parametric analysis of a solar humidification/dehumidification desalination system using a bio-inspired cascade humidifier. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 55 (4), 1051–1072. 

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Dr Reza Enayatollahi