Curriculum vitae
Name & Affiliation
Professor Emeritus Daniel N. Riahi
Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2005-present)
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Also at School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (2021-present)
Brownsville, Texas 78520
Degrees Held
Ph.D., Florida State University, Mathematics (Fluid Mechanics), 1974
M.Sc., Florida State University, Mathematics, 1970
B.Sc., Tehran University, Mathematics, 1966
Positions Held
2021-present, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2015-2019, Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences
2006-August 2015, Professor, University of Texas-Pan American, Mathematics
2005-present, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Science & Engineering
1995-2005, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
1985-1995, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
1982-1985, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics
1980-1982, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
1978-1980, Senior Research Faculty, University of California, Los Angeles, Earth & Space Sciences, Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics
1977-1978, Teaching Faculty, Withrop University, Mathematics
1974-1977, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Florida State University, Oceanography & Institute of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Memberships
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Associate Fellow); American Physical Society; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society; Society of Engineering Science (Fellow); American Associations for the Advancement of Science; American Academy of Mechanics; Wessex Institute of Technology of Great Britain (Fellow); Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics; The World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society
Selected Funding Received
UTPA-FRC: Two-phase blood flow in catheterized artery, 2011-2012
UTPA-URI: Flow of chyme & diagnosis of infected disease, 2010-…
UIUC-RB: Rotating flow during crystallization, 2002-2003
NCSA: Flow computation over wavy wall, 1997-1998
UIUC-RB: Solidification in high gravity, 1994-1996
NASA-LRC: Asymptotic models for swept wing flow, 1993-…
NASA-LRC: RNG for stratified turbulence, 1993-…
NCSA: Computational compressible B. L., 1992-1993
NCSA: Free shear flow transition, 1990-1991
McGraw-Hill Co.: Laboratory Notes in Fluid Mech., 1990-1994
CTR: Low order modeling in mixing layers, 1990-…
NASA-LRC: Wave packets in rotating disk flows, 1989-1990
NSF: Melt motion in float zone process, 1986-1989
UIUC-RB: Flow during liquid freezing, 1986-1987
UIUC-RB: Shear flow instabilities, 1984-1985
NSF: Flow in MHD electrical power generation, 1983-…
Major Honors and Awards
2023 Keynote Lecture at The Smart Materials Conference, Barcelona, Spain. July 22-24, 2023
2022 Invited Plenary Speaker for 7th International Conference on Math & Computers in Science & Industry, Attica, Greece, August 22-24, 2022
2022 Keynote Lecture at The World Congress on Smart Materials, Spain, 2022
Designated as Honorary Rank of Professor Emeritus, UTRGV (2021-present)
2021 AIAA Appreciation Letter to Advance Aerospace
2021 Keynote Lecture at the 6th World Congress on Smart Materials, Barcelona, Spain, March 10-12, 2021
2020 FSU Emeritus Alumni Society (2020-present)
2020 Plenary Lecture at the 11th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Heat and Mass Transfer, Lisbon, Portugal, April 11-13, 2020
2020 Who’s Who in Engineering Higher Education
2019 Marquis Who’s Who 73rd Edition
2019 Recognized & Included in 2018 UTRGV Faculty Who Had Major Faculty Achievements, May 2019.
2018 Keynote Speaker at the 6th International Conference & Exhibition on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, November 7-8, 2018
SES Fellow Recognition Certificate as Distinguished in Engineering Science, October 2018
2017 Fellow, Society of Engineering Science (SES) (2017-present)
2017 Delivered Plenary Lecture at the 5th International Conference on Medical Physiology, Heraklion, Greece, July 14-17, 2017
2015 Keynote Speaker at the 52nd Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Science, October 26-28, 2015, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, USA
2015, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Letter of Appreciation for Significant Impact
2015, Mentorship to Students Recognition Certificate, Interim Dean of College of Science & Math, University of Texas-Pan American, March 2015
2013, Delivered Plenary Lecture, The 14th International Conference on Mathematics & Computers in Biology and Chemistry, Baltimore, MD, USA, September 17-19, 2013
2013, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Letter of Appreciation for Achievements
2013, AIAA Certificate for Sustained Contributions to the Advancement of the Arts, Science and Technology of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2012, Delivered Plenary Lecture, The 10th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics, Istanbul, Turkey, August 21-23, 2012
2011, Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) (2011-present)
2011, Served as Honorary General Chair, The World Congress on Engineering and Technology (composed of fifteen International Conferences), Shanghai, China, October 28-30, 2011
2011, Delivered Plenary Lecture, The 9th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics, Florence, italy, August 21-23, 2011
2011, Letter of Appreciation, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2009, Delivered Plenary Lectures, The International Conference on Computational and Information Sciences & The 15th American Conference on Applied Mathematics, Houston, Texas, April 30-May 2, 2009
2008, Delivered Plenary Lecture, The Sixth International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics, Rhodes Island, Greece, Auggust 20-22, 2008
2008, Delivered Plenary Lecture, The Fifth International Conference on Fluid Mechanics, acapulco, Mexico, January 25-27, 2008
2006, Service Recognition Certificate, UIUC, University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2005, Designated as Honorary Rank of Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-Present.
2005, Recognition Award, UIUC, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2005, Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas-Pan American, November 2005
2005, Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker, College of Science, Mathematics and Technology, University of Texas at Brownsville, March 2005
2005, Honorific Title Award, UIUC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2004, Fellow, Wessex Institute of Technology of Great Britain, England
2004, Included in the UIUC-List of Teachers Rank as Excellent by their students
2000-2021, Editor or Editorial Board Member of over 26 Technical Research Journals and Book Series
1997, Author of Chapters in the book Won the Best Basic Science Book Award, International Academy of Aeronautics
1994, Research Award, UIUC-College of Engineering, University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1987, Outstanding Recognition Certificate, UIUC Continuing Education, University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1986, Visiting Scholar, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
1975-2021, Author or Co-Author of over 400 Research publications mostly published in rigorously refereed journals