• Gas Transport in Silicon Carbide Membranes
  using Molecular Dynamics Simulation
• Adsorption in Nanoporous Materials  
   

  Awards

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  • Dr. Chilingar Award of Excellence in Petroleum & Chemical Engineering Education, APSIH (2009).

  • APSIH Academic Achievement Award (2009).

  • Elias Klein Founders' Travel Award, NAMS (2008).

  • The USC Stevens Institute for Innovation runner-up award at the first annual USC Student Innovator Showcase and Competition (2007).

  •  Award for invention of solid-state reference oxygen sensor in the 19^th Khwarazmi International Science Competition sponsored by the United Nations' UNESCO organization, Iran (2005).

   

  Work Experience

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  • Research Assistant at USC (2004-2009)
  • Teaching Assistant at USC (2004-2009)
    • Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering (Fall 2004- Spring 2006)
    • Chemical Process Dynamics and Control (Spring 2005)
    • Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (Fall 2005)
    • Graduate Mass Transfer (Fall 2006)
    • Viscous Flow (Spring 2007, 2008, 2009)
    • Graduate Viscous Flow (Fall 2007)
  • Research Engineer in the Research Institute of the National Iranian Petrochemical Company  (2002-2004).

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E-mail:                  rajabbei@usc.edu

Office Phone:        (213) 740-9886

Fax:                       (213) 740-8053

Mailing Address:      
Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
University of Southern California
925 Bloom Walk, HED 108
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1211                   

Education

Publications

1. N. Rajabbeigi, M. Sahimi, T.T. Tsotsis, “Molecular pore-network model for nanoporous materials. II: Application to transport and separation of gaseous mixtures in silicon-carbide membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 345 (2009) 323-330.

2. N. Rajabbeigi, B. Elyassi, M. Sahimi, T.T. Tsotsis, “Molecular pore-network model for nanoporous materials. I: Application to adsorption in silicon-carbide membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, 335 (2009) 5-12.

3. N. Rajabbeigi, B. Elyassi, A. Khodadadi, S.S. Mohajerzadeh, Y. Mortazavi, and M. Sahimi, “Oxygen sensor with solid-state CeO₂-ZrO₂-TiO₂ reference”, Sensors and Actuators B, 108 (2005) 341-345.

4. B. Elyassi, N. Rajabbeigi, A. Khodadadi, S.S. Mohajerzadeh, and M. Sahimi, “An yttria-doped ceria-based oxygen sensor with solid-state reference”, Sensors and Actuators B, 103 (2004) 178-183.

5. N. Rajabbeigi, B. Elyassi, A. Khodadadi, S.S. Mohajerzadeh, and M. Sahimi, “A novel miniaturized oxygen sensor with solid-state ceria-zirconia reference”, Sensors and Actuators B, 100 (2004) 139-142.

6. B. Elyassi, N. Rajabbeigi, M. Sahimi, A. Khodadadi, S.S. Mohajerzadeh, and Y. Mortazavi, “Oxygen sensor with ceria-titania reference”, Proceeding of the 4^th IEEE conference on sensors, California, USA, 2005.