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Parham Mirzaei Ahranjani

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering

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Biography

Dr. Mirzaei joined The University of Nottingham as an Assistant Professor in September 2012. He obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Sharif University, Iran, and completed his PhD in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering at Concordia University, Canada, in December, 2010. He held a short-term Postdoctoral Fellowship at Concordia University in 2011. Then, he was affiliated as a Postdoctoral Fellow of at ETH University/Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) in Switzerland, during this time he won the prestigious European Union Postdoctoral Fellowship of Marie Curie in 2012. In the same year, he was also preapproved for the Canadian Industrial R&D Postdoctoral Fellowships (IRDF NSERC) and the Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowship in Canadian government laboratories.

Dr. Mirzaei has published and presented more than 60 papers in outstanding and international journals and conferences; for example, one of them is among the top-5 cited papers of Building and Environment Journal (during 2009-2014). He is Editor-in-chief of the journal of Advances in Building Energy Research, Associate Editor of the journal of Frontier in Built Environment and an Editorial Board member of the journal of Sustainable Cities and Societies and Building Physics. Dr. Mirzaei also served as Co-guest Editor for the Journals of Energy and Building (2015) and Sustainable Cities and Societies in the topics of "IEA-ECES Annex 31 Special Issue on Thermal Energy Storage" and "Urban Heat Island and Cities of the Future", respectively.

Dr. Mizaei has actively prepared and been granted different internal, national and international funding. His research mainly focuses on the application of heat and mass transfer in subjects of building science and urban physics. Dr. Mirzaei extended his experimental and numerical expertise into the fields of:

Energy Efficient and Green Buildings
Renewable Technologies and Materials
Microclimate and Building Energy Modeling
Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV)
CFD and Numerical Modeling
Energy Storage and Phase Change Material Modeling
Wind effect in Built Environment
Urban Heat Island
Urban Ventilation and Regional Environment Planning

Dr Mirzaei is also a member of the Architecture, Energy & Environment Research Group

Teaching Summary

K13CFD - Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in Built Environment K12EPM - Environmental Performance Modeling K13THT - Topics of Heat Transfer K14AHT - Advanced Topics of… read more

Research Summary

Energy Efficient and Green Buildings Renewable Technologies and Materials Microclimate and Building Energy Modeling Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) CFD and Numerical… read more

Selected Publications

MIRZAEI P.A. and CARMELIET J., 2015. Influence of the underneath Cavity on Buoyant-forced Cooling of the Integrated Photovoltaic Panels in Building Roof: Thermography Study Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications. (In Press.)
MIRZAEI, PARHAM A. and HAGHIGHAT, FARIBORZ, 2012. Modeling of phase change materials for applications in whole building simulation: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 16(7), 5355-5362
MIRZAEI, PARHAM A. and HAGHIGHAT, FARIBORZ, 2010. Approaches to study Urban Heat Island – Abilities and limitations: Building and Environment Building and Environment. 45(10), 2192-2201
MIRZAEI, PARHAM A. and HAGHIGHAT, FARIBORZ, 2010. A novel approach to enhance outdoor air quality: Pedestrian ventilation system: Building and Environment Building and Environment. 45(7), 1582-1593

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- I am currently looking for a UK/EU PhD student; The position is fully funded.

- Please contact me if you are an international student with a good background and wish to pursue a PhD research.

- Please contact me if you have a good record in your PhD and seek for a Postdoc.

K13CFD - Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in Built Environment
K12EPM - Environmental Performance Modeling
K13THT - Topics of Heat Transfer
K14AHT - Advanced Topics of Heat Transfer
K133RP - BEng Dissertation Module
K14DIS - MSc Dissertation Module
K14ASD - MEng Dissertation Module

Current Research

Energy Efficient and Green Buildings
Renewable Technologies and Materials
Microclimate and Building Energy Modeling
Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV)
CFD and Numerical Modeling
Energy Storage and Phase Change Material Modeling
Wind effect in Built Environment
Urban Heat Island
Urban Ventilation and Regional Environment Planning

Future Research

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates from Home, EU and international countries who are interested in the following research areas: Energy saving in buildings, sustainable and green technologies, BIPV, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Modeling

SHIRZADI, M., TOMINAGA, Y. and MIRZAEI, P. A., 2020. Experimental and steady-RANS CFD modelling of cross-ventilation in moderately-dense urban areas: Sustainable Cities and Society Sustainable Cities and Society. 52,
SHIRZADI, M., TOMINAGA, Y. and MIRZAEI, P. A., 2019. Wind tunnel experiments on cross-ventilation flow of a generic sheltered building in urban areas: Building and Environment Building and Environment. 158, 60-72
ZHANG, R., GAN, Y. and MIRZAEI, P. A., 2019. A new regression model to predict BIPV cell temperature for various climates using a high-resolution CFD microclimate model: Advances in Building Energy Research Advances in Building Energy Research.
ZHANG, R., MIRZAEI, P. A. and JONES, B. M., 2019. Dynamic simulation of cross-ventilated buildings with night-flush cooling in neighbourhood environment using integrated CFD-CFD-BES strategy
SHIRZADI, M., MIRZAEI, P. A. and NAGHASHZADEGAN, M., 2019. A systematic methodology for energy modeling improvement of cross-ventilated buildings in dense urban areas
SHIRZADI, M., MIRZAEI, P. A., NAGHASHZADEGAN, M. and TOMINAGA, Y., 2018. Modelling enhancement of cross-ventilation in sheltered buildings using stochastic optimization: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 118, 758-772
SHIRZADI, M., MIRZAEI, P. A. and NAGHASHZADEGAN, M., 2018. Development of an adaptive discharge coefficient to improve the accuracy of cross-ventilation airflow calculation in building energy simulation tools: Building and Environment Building and Environment. 127, 277-290
TALEBI, B., HAGHIGHAT, F., TUOHY, P. and MIRZAEI, P. A., 2018. Validation of a community district energy system model using field measured data: Energy Energy. 144, 694-706
LI, G., ZHANG, X., MIRZAEI, P. A., ZHANG, J. and ZHAO, Z., 2018. Urban heat island effect of a typical valley city in China: Responds to the global warming and rapid urbanization: Sustainable Cities and Society Sustainable Cities and Society. 38, 736-745
SHIRZADI, M., NAGHASHZADEGAN, M. and MIRZAEI, P. A., 2018. Improving the CFD modelling of cross-ventilation in highly-packed urban areas: Sustainable Cities and Society Sustainable Cities and Society. 37, 451-465
SOUSA, GUSTAVO, JONES, BENJAMIN M., MIRZAEI, PARHAM A. and ROBINSON, DARREN, 2018. An open-source simulation platform to support the formulation of housing stock decarbonisation strategies Energy and Buildings. 172, 459-477
ZHANG, R., MIRZAEI, P. A. and JONES, B., 2018. Development of a dynamic external CFD and BES coupling framework for application of urban neighbourhoods energy modelling: Building and Environment Building and Environment. 146, 37-49
MIRZAEI, P. A., 2017. Development of a fish leaping framework for low-head barriers: Journal of Hydro-Environment Research Journal of Hydro-Environment Research. 14, 34-43
ZHANG, R., MIRZAEI, P. A. and CARMELIET, J., 2017. Prediction of the surface temperature of building-integrated photovoltaics: Development of a high accuracy correlation using computational fluid dynamics: Solar Energy Solar Energy. 147, 151-163
TALEBI, B., HAGHIGHAT, F. and MIRZAEI, P. A., 2017. Simplified model to predict the thermal demand profile of districts: Energy and Buildings Energy and Buildings. 145, 213-225
SOUSA, GUSTAVO, JONES, BENJAMIN M., MIRZAEI, PARHAM A. and ROBINSON, DARREN, 2017. A review and critique of UK housing stock energy models, modelling approaches and data sources Energy and Buildings. 151, 66-80
SHIRZADI, M., MIRZAEI, P. A. and NAGHASHZADEGAN, M., 2017. Improvement of k-epsilon turbulence model for CFD simulation of atmospheric boundary layer around a high-rise building using stochastic optimization and Monte Carlo Sampling technique: Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 171, 366-379
ZHANG R. and MIRZAEI P.A., 2016. Development of an advanced model to calculate the thermal performance of building integrated photovoltaics In: IAQVEC 2016, South Korea.
AYDIN Y.C. and MIRZAEI P.A., 2016. The wind driven-ventilation in traditional Turkish Architectural element "Cumba" In: CLIMA 2016, Aalborg, Denmark.
MIRZAEI P.A., OLSTHOORN D., TORJAN M. and HAGHIGHAT F., 2016. Impact of urban neighbourhood on building’s indoor thermal condition In: CLIMA 2016, Aalborg, Denmark.
LIU H., SUN Y., WU Y., MARTIN B., CHILTON J., MIRZAEI P., ZANG X., BECCARELLI P. and LAU B., 2016. Thermal and Optical Analysis of a Passive Heat Recovery and Storage System for Greenhouse Skin Procedia Engineering. 155, 472-478
B TALEBI, PA MIRZAEI and A BASTANI, 2016. A Review of District Heating Systems: Modeling and Optimization Journal of Frontier in Built Environment. 2, 22
YC AYDIN and PA MIRZAEI, 2016. Wind-driven ventilation improvement with plan typology alteration: A CFD case study of traditional Turkish architecture Building Simulation. 1-16
D OLSTHOORN, F HAGHIGHAT and PA MIRZAEI, 2016. Integration of storage and renewable energy into district heating systems: A review of modelling and optimization Solar Energy. 136, 49-64
YC AYDIN and PA MIRZAEI, 2016. Impact of Turkish architectural element “Cumba” in wind-driven ventilation enhancement In: 2th UK Conference on Wind Engineering.
MIRZAEI P.A. and CARMELIET J., 2015. Influence of the underneath Cavity on Buoyant-forced Cooling of the Integrated Photovoltaic Panels in Building Roof: Thermography Study Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications. (In Press.)
MIRZAEI P.A., 2015. Recent Challenges in Modelling of Urban Heat Island: Invited paper Advanced Engineering & special issue on Urban Heat Island and Cities of the Future, Sustainable Cities and Society. (In Press.)
MIRZAEI P.A. and ZHANG R., 2015. Validation of a Climatic CFD Model to Predict the Surface Temperature of Building Integrated Photovoltaics Energy Procedia. (In Press.)
CARMELIET J., PATERNA E. and MIRZAEI P.A., 2015. Experimental Investigation of Cavity Flow Under Building Integrated Photovoltaic Panels Using Thermography and Particle Image Velocimetry In: SASEC2015, Kruger National Park, South Africa.
MIRZAEI P.A., OLSTHOORN D., TORJAN M. and HAGHIGHAT F., 2015. Urban neighbourhood characteristics influence on a building indoor environment special issue on Urban Heat Island and Cities of the Future, Sustainable Cities and Society. (In Press.)
KURNITSKI J, HAGHIGHAT F and MIRZAEI PA, 2015. Editorial–IEA-ECES Annex 31 Special Issue on Thermal Energy Storage Energy and Buildings. (In Press.)
MIRZAEI, P. A. and ZHANG, R. J., 2015. Validation of a Climatic CFD Model to Predict the Surface Temperature of Building Integrated Photovoltaics. In: PERINO, M., ed., 6th International Building Physics Conference 78. Elsevier Science Bv. 1865-1870
MIRZAEI P.A., PATERNA E. and CARMELIET J., 2014. Investigation of the role of cavity airflow on the performance of building-integrated photovoltaic panels using particle image velocimetry and thermography Solar Energy. 107, 510-522 (In Press.)
NAKHAIE A., MIRZAEI P.A. and HAGHIGHAT F., 2014. Thermal Condition in Urban Heat Island: Comparison of the Artificial Neural Network and Regression Methods Prediction Energy and Building. 76, 597-604 (In Press.)
MIRZAEI P.A. and CARMELIET J., 2013. Dynamical Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of the Stochastic Wind for Application of Urban Studies Building and Environment. 70, 161–170
MIRZAEI P.A. and CARMELIET J., 2013. A Thermography Study to Understand the Influence of underneath Cavity on Life-time Enhancement of Building Integrated Photovoltaic”, In: CLIMA 2013, Prague, Czech, June.
MIRZAEI P.A. and HAGHIGHAT F., 2013. A Systematic Technique for Assessment of Pedestrian Comfort and Urban Ventilation In: CLIMA 2013, Prague, Czech, June.
MIRZAEI P.A. and HAGHIGHAT F., 2013. A Fast and Accurate One-dimensional Model for Building Integrated Phase Change Materials In: CLIMA 2013, Prague, Czech, June.
MIRZAEI P.A. and HAGHIGHAT F., 2013. Development of a Risk-map of Thermally Vulnerable Indoor Environments during Urban Heat Island In: CLIMA 2013, Prague, Czech, June.
MIRZAEI, PARHAM A. and RAD, MANOUCHEHR, 2013. Toward design and fabrication of wind-driven vehicles: Procedure to optimize the threshold of driving forces: Applied Mathematical Modelling Applied Mathematical Modelling. 37(1–2), 50-61
MIRZAEI, P. A. and CARMELIET, J., 2013. Dynamical computational fluid dynamics modeling of the stochastic wind for application of urban studies: Building and Environment Building and Environment. 70, 161-170
MIRZAEI P.A. and CARMELIET J., 2012. Dynamical Modeling of Stochastic Wind Flow in Street Canyons In: 2nd International High Performance Buildings Conference, Purdue, USA, July.
MIRZAEI, PARHAM A. and HAGHIGHAT, FARIBORZ, 2012. A procedure to quantify the impact of mitigation techniques on the urban ventilation: Building and Environment Building and Environment. 47(0), 410-420
MIRZAEI, PARHAM A. and HAGHIGHAT, FARIBORZ, 2012. Modeling of phase change materials for applications in whole building simulation: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 16(7), 5355-5362
MIRZAEI, P.A., HAGHIGHAT, F., NAKHAIE, A.A., YAGOUTI, A., GIGUÈRE, M., KEUSSEYAN, R. and COMAN, A., 2012. Indoor thermal condition in urban heat Island: development of a predictive tool Building and Environment. 57(November), 7-17
MIRZAEI, PARHAM A. and HAGHIGHAT, FARIBORZ, 2011. Pollution removal effectiveness of the pedestrian ventilation system: Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 99(1), 46-58
HAGHIGHAT, FARIBORZ and MIRZAEI, PARHAMA, 2011. Impact of non-uniform urban surface temperature on pollution dispersion in urban areas: Building Simulation Building Simulation. 4(3), 227-244
MIRZAEI, PARHAM A. and HAGHIGHAT, FARIBORZ, 2010. Approaches to study Urban Heat Island – Abilities and limitations: Building and Environment Building and Environment. 45(10), 2192-2201
MIRZAEI, PARHAM A. and HAGHIGHAT, FARIBORZ, 2010. A novel approach to enhance outdoor air quality: Pedestrian ventilation system: Building and Environment Building and Environment. 45(7), 1582-1593
MIRZAEI P.A. and HAGHIGHAT F., 2009. Pedestrian Ventilation System: A Novel Approach to Mitigate Urban Heat Islands In: The Second International Conference on Countermeasures to Urban Heat Islands, Berkeley, USA, Sep.
MIRZAEI P.A. and HAGHIGHAT F., 2008. Responsible High Rise Building - New Design Approach In: International Symposium Engineering in a Climate of Change, Toronto, Canada, Oct.
MIRZAEI P.A., MOCHIDA, A., YOSHINO, H. and HAGHIGHAT, F., 2007. Modeling LULC Effect on the Urban Area of Ottawa City In: IAQVEC Conference, Sendai, Japan, Oct.