Hooman Tafreshi
Professor
- Phone: (919) 515-6151
- Email: hvtafres@ncsu.edu
- Office: Engineering Building III (EB3) 3148
- Website: https://mae.ncsu.edu/pmmf/
Dr. Hooman Tafreshi is a faculty member in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at NC State University. He also serves as the Associate Director for Research at the Nonwovens Institute. Prior to joining NC State University, Dr. Tafreshi was with the Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2007 to 2020, where he worked as assistant, associate, and Qimonda full professor. Dr. Tafreshi’s research is in the field of thermo-fluids sciences at its interface with material science. His particular research focus is on multiphase fluids and particle/droplet transport through fibrous materials with applications in filtration and separation sciences. This also includes interfacial phenomena and droplet–surface interactions for self-cleaning and drag reduction applications. Dr. Tafreshi is an active member of the American Filtration and Separation (AFS) Society and also serves on the editorial board of Separation and Purification Technology journal. More detailed information about Dr. Tafreshi’s past and current research activities can be found on his Porous Media and Multiphase Flow (PMMF) Laboratory The PMMF Laboratory conducts computational and experimental research in the field of multiphase fluid mechanics and heat transfer. To date, the PMMF lab has published more than 160 peer-reviewed journal articles (use this link to Google Scholar).
Publications
- 3D Simulation of Water Desalination via Fibrous Distillation Membranes
- Gildeh, M. J., Bhatta, N., McLeskey, J. T., Tafreshi, H. V., & Liu, J. (2026, January 29), Langmuir. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c05777
- Computationally efficient simulation of electret filters via Eulerian formulations
- Atri, S., Kumar, A., Gildeh, M. J., Tafreshi, H. V., & Pourdeyhimi, B. (2026, March 7), Journal of Aerosol Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2026.106771
- A computational model to study blood penetration in surgical masks
- Kumar, A., Dasdemir, M., Tafreshi, H. V., & Pourdeyhimi, B. (2025, August 5), International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2025.105388
- Corrigendum to “Novel microscale-macroscale approach to predict permeability of bimodal fibrous media comprised of soft fibers” [Chem. Eng. Sci. 313 (2025) 121724]
- Atri, S., Kumar, A., Fotovati, S., Tafreshi, H. V., & Pourdeyhimi, B. (2025, July 18), Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2025.122208
- Microscale simulation of water desalination in Direct Contact Membrane Distillation
- Gildeh, M. J., Bhatta, N., Tafreshi, H. V., & Liu, J. (2025, September 5), International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2025.127751
- Novel microscale-macroscale approach to predict permeability of bimodal fibrous media comprised of soft fibers
- Atri, S., Kumar, A., Fotovati, S., Tafreshi, H. V., & Pourdeyhimi, B. (2025, April 25), Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2025.121724
- Python implementation of pore morphology method enhanced with convolutional neural network for cost-effective simulation of fluid saturation in porous media
- Rahman, S. M., Bhatta, N., Tafreshi, H. V., & Pourdeyhimi, B. (2025, November 1), Chemical Engineering Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2025.122822
- Accuracy of the Pore Morphology Method in Modeling Fluid Saturation in 3D Fibrous Domains
- Bhatta, N., Gautam, S., Farhan, N. M., Tafreshi, H. V., & Pourdeyhimi, B. (2024, October 8), Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 10. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c02939
- CFD-DEM simulation of air-assisted electrospinning
- Rahman, S. M., Rahman, S., Tafreshi, H. V., & Pourdeyhimi, B. (2024, December 12), Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.158370
- Effects of droplet deposition on aerosol capture efficiency of bipolarly charged fibers
- Kumar, A., Gautam, S., Bhatta, N., Tafreshi, H. V., & Pourdeyhimi, B. (2024, November 28), Soft Matter, Vol. 11. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sm01105h
