Hameed Metghalchi
Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Contact
- metghalchi@coe.northeastern.edu
- 334 SN
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Office
- 319 SN
- 617.373.2973
Lab
- 011 FR
Research Focus
Thermodynamics, combustion, chemical kinetics, renewable energy, exergy analysis
Education
- PhD (1980), Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- MS (1977), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- BS (1975), Oklahoma University
Honors & Awards
- Honorary Member of ASME
- Honorary Fellow of the International Society for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
- 2019 ASME George Westinghouse Gold Medal
- 2014 ASME Edward F. Obert award
- Editor-in-Chief, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Open Journal of Engineering, 2022-present
- Editor-in-Chief, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 2013-2022
- Fellow of ASME
- 2011 ASME Harry Potter Award
- 2011 ASME Dedicated Service Award
- Member of Board of Editors of International Journal of Thermodynamics
Teaching Interests
- Undergraduate and graduate thermodynamics
- Combustion Fundamentals
Professional Affiliations
- American Society Engineering Educators
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fellow
- Combustion Institute
- Society of Automotive Engineers
Research Overview
Thermodynamics, combustion, chemical kinetics, renewable energy, exergy analysis
Thermodynamics and Combustion Laboratory
The research concentrates on thermodynamics and combustion. The thermodynamic research involves equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics dealing with fundamental relations and determination of Onsager’s coefficients for reacting gas mixtures.
The laboratory conducts both experimental and theoretical combustion research. The experimental work covers fundamental research in flame speed measurement and autoignition using constant volume vessel with high speed photograph. The theoretical kinetic studies is the implementation of Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium in complex chemical reacting system.
Selected Research Projects
- A Study on Burning Iron Particles as Carbon-Free Circular Fuels with co-Generation of Value-Added Nanomaterials
- – co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Combustion of GTL Fuel
- – Principal Investigator, Qatar Foundation
- LSAMP Research Project
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Wang, Ziyu, Lu, Zhenyu, Yelishala, Sai C., Metghalchi, Hameed, Levendis, Yiannis A. (2021). Flame characteristics of propane-air-carbon dioxide blends at elevated temperatures and pressures. Energy, 228,120624. 10.1016/J.ENERGY.2021.120624
- Bai, Ziwei, Wang, Ziyu, Yu, Guangying, Yang, Yongping, Metghalchi, Hameed (2019). Experimental Study of Laminar Burning Speed for Premixed Biomass/Air Flame. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 141(2). 10.1115/1.4041412
- S. Yelishala, Z. Wang, H. Metghalchi, Y. Levendis, K. Kannaiyan, R. Sadr, Effect of Carbon Dioxide on the Laminar Burning Speed of Propane-Air Mixtures, ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 141, 2019, 082205-1
- Z. Bai, Z. Wang, G. Yu, Y. Yang, H. Metghalchi Experimental Study of Laminar Burning Speed for Premixed Biomass/Air Flame, ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 141, 2019, 022206-1
- Z. Wang, Z. Bai, G. Yu, S. Yelishala, H. Metghalchi, The Critical Pressure at the Onset of Flame Instability of Syngas/Air/Diluent Outwardly Expanding Flame at Different Initial Temperatures and Pressures, ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 141, 2019, 082207-1
- G. Yu, Y. Zhang, Z. Wang, Z. Bai, H. Metghalchi The Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Combustion Modeling of n-butane/Oxygen/Diluent Mixtures, Fuel, 239, 2019, 786-793
Oct 04, 2023
Using Iron Powder as a Renewable Energy Source
MIE Professors Yiannis Levendis, Hameed Metghalchi, and Associate Professor Randall Erb are developing a new process to burn iron powder to produce carbon-free renewable energy.
Jul 24, 2023
Burning Iron Particles to Generate Clean Energy
MIE Professors Yiannis Levendis, Hameed Metghalchi, and Associate Professor Randall Erb were awarded a $600K NSF grant for “A Study on Burning Iron Particles as Carbon-Free Circular Fuels with co-Generation of Value-Added Nanomaterials.”
Jun 01, 2023
Advancing Concentrated Solar Power Education
MIE Professors Hameed Metghalchi (PI), Yiannis Levendis, and Emeritus Associate Professor Gregory Kowalski were awarded a $265K grant to create “An Educational Program on Concentrated Solar Power and Heliostats for Power Generation and Industrial Processes” from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)’s Heliostat Consortium. This educational program will be developed […]
May 16, 2022
Smyser Gives “Last Lecture” to Graduates
MIE Teaching Professor Bridget Smyser spoke to the graduating class during the “Last Lecture” series on the importance of doing what works for them and that it is not always a straight path. What do horror movies have to do with mechanical engineering? Main photo: Bridget Smyser gives the Last Lecture to graduating seniors in […]
Sep 02, 2021
Increasing the Number of Underrepresented Students in STEM Fields
MIE Professor Hameed Metghalchi and Assistant Dean Richard Harris were awarded a $250K NSF sub-award for the “Louis Stokes Renewal STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: Northeast LSAMP 2021-2026.”
Jun 17, 2021
Metghalchi Selected as Honorary Member of ASME
MIE Professor Hameed Metghalchi was selected as an Honorary Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers “for distinguished services in promoting mechanical engineering through teaching, administrative and mentoring efforts; for contributions to the international community through research publications; and for sustained leadership in the Advanced Energy Systems Division of ASME’s Energy Resources Board.”
Dec 14, 2020
Metghalchi Selected as Honorary Fellow of International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability
MIE Professor Hameed Metghalchi was selected as an Honorary Fellow of the International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability for the class of 2020, for pioneer research and education in thermodynamics and combustion for the last four decades improving thermal system efficiency and effectiveness while reducing pollutant formation.
May 23, 2019
Metghalchi Awarded ASME George Westinghouse Medal
MIE Professor Hameed Metghalchi was awarded the 2019 ASME George Westinghouse Gold Medal “for 40 years of scientific research and educational efforts in the field of power generation, which have contributed to improved plant operation and efficiency, and reduced pollutants; and for successfully promoting the dissemination of research as editor of ASME’s Journal of Energy Resources Technology.”
Mar 14, 2018
Northeastern to Host LSAMP’s Bridge to the Doctorate Program under $1M NSF Grant
Provost and MIE Professor James Bean (PI) and co-PI Professors Barbara Guthrie (Bouvé), Carla Mattos (COS), Hameed Metghalchi (MIE), and Benjamin Hescott (CCIS), along with collaborators Richard Harris, COE Assistant Dean and Director of the Northeastern University Program in Multicultural Engineering, and Sara Wadia-Fascetti, Vice Provost of the PhD Network and CEE Professor, were awarded a $1M NSF grant for the “Strategic Advancement of Rising Scholars (STARS) Nominated by the Northeast Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NE-LSAMP).”
Sep 13, 2017
LSAMP Scholars Participate in International Research in China
As part of a $3.5M NSF grant led by Assistant Dean Richard Harris and MIE Professor Hameed Metghalchi, in collaboration with five other universities, a group of LSAMP Scholars participated for the first time in international research at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.