STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Khashayar Khoshmanesh
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399252851
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Research overview
Research interests
My research interests include: Microfluidics, Lab on a Chip, Dielectrophoresis, Hydrodynamics, Liquid Metal Enabled Actuators, and Computational Fluid Dynamics, as summarised below:
- Development of microfluidic systems for biomedical and engineering applications;
- Separation, immobilisation, chemical stimulation and microscopic imaging of cells and multi-cellular organisms under the effect of electrical and hydrodynamic forces;
- Development of liquid metal enabled actuators using continuous electrowetting;
- Modelling of fluidic/thermal systems using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Awards
- 2012-2015 Australian Research Council-Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- 2011 Australia to USA Fellowship, Stanford Microfluidics Laboratory, Stanford University, USA
- 2010 Australian Endeavour Fellowship, June-November 2010, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- 2007-2010 PhD Scholarship, Centre for Intelligent Systems Research, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Australia
- 2001 Award for conducting the Best Master Degree Thesis in Mechanical Engineering, Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers, Tehran, Iran
Reviewer of scientific journals
- Lab on a Chip
- Sensors and Actuators-B
- Electrophoresis
- Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
- Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Media experience
- Nature Research Highlights
Micro-pump with no moving parts - PNAS First Look Blog
Liquid metal powers a microfluidic pump - RMIT NEWS
- Australian Research Council Research Fellow under Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme
- Supervising post-graduate students
- Presenting ’Paper Writing Workshops’ for post-graduate students
- PhD (Biomechanical Engineering), 2010, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Australia
- Master of Science (Mechanical Engineering), 2000, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering), 1997, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Nov 2005-Dec 2006: Chief Researcher, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, “Thermal Analysis of Industrial Glass Melting Furnaces for Energy Saving”;
- Sep 2004-Sep 2005: Senior Designer, Mangan Industrial Group, Tehran, Iran, “Design of 1.5 MW Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines”;
- Sep 2003-Sep 2004: Designer, Mangan Industrial Group, Tehran, Iran, “Reduction of Wind-induced Vibrations of Khangiran Gas Refinery Steel Stacks”;
- Aug 2001-Sep 2003: Head of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Department, Mangan Industrial Group, Tehran, Iran
- Mahmood, N.,Khan, H.,Tran, K.,Kuppe, P.,Zavabeti, A.,Atkin, P.,Ghasemian, M.,Yang, J.,Xu, C.,Abbas, S.,Spencer, M.,Ou, J.,Khoshmanesh, K.,McConville, C.,Li, Y.,Kalantar Zadeh, K. (2021). Maximum piezoelectricity in a few unit-cell thick planar ZnO – A liquid metal-based synthesis approach In: Materials Today, 44, 69 - 77
- Messalea, K.,Syed, N.,Zavabeti, A.,Mohiuddin, M.,Jannat, A.,Aukarasereenont, P.,Nguyen, C.,Low, M.,Walia, S.,Mahmood, N.,Khoshmanesh, K.,Daeneke, T, et al, . (2021). High-k 2D Sb2O3 Made Using a Substrate-Independent and Low-Temperature Liquid-Metal-Based Process In: ACS Nano, 15, 16067 - 16075
- Messalea, K.,Syed, N.,Zavabeti, A.,Mohiuddin, M.,Jannat, A.,Aukarasereenont, P.,Nguyen, K.,Low, M.,Walia, S.,Haas, B.,Koch, C.,Mahmood, N.,Khoshmanesh, K.,Kalantar Zadeh, K.,Daeneke, T. (2021). High- k 2D Sb2O3Made Using a Substrate-Independent and Low-Temperature Liquid-Metal-Based Process In: ACS Nano, 15, 16067 - 16075
- Thurgood, P.,Concilia, G.,Tran, N.,Nguyen, T.,Hawke, A.,Pirogova, E.,Jex, A.,Peter, K.,Baratchi, S.,Khoshmanesh, K. (2021). Generation of programmable dynamic flow patterns in microfluidics using audio signals In: Lab on a Chip, 21, 4672 - 4684
- Sutterby, E.,Thurgood, P.,Baratchi, S.,Khoshmanesh, K.,Pirogova, E. (2021). Evaluation of in vitro human skin models for studying effects of external stressors and stimuli and developing treatment modalities In: View, , 1 - 19
- Cole, T.,Khoshmanesh, K.,Tang, S. (2021). Liquid Metal Enabled Biodevices In: Advanced Intelligent Systems, 3, 1 - 18
- Yi, P.,Thurgood, P.,Nguyen, T.,Abdelwahab, H.,Petersen, P.,Gilliam, C.,Ghorbani, K.,Pirogova, E.,Tang, S.,Khoshmanesh, K. (2020). Oscillation and self-propulsion of Leidenfrost droplets enclosed in cylindrical cavities In: Soft Matter, 16, 8854 - 8860
- Thurgood, P.,Aguilera Suarez, S.,Pirogova, E.,Jex, A.,Peter, K.,Baratchi, S.,Khoshmanesh, K. (2020). Tunable Harmonic Flow Patterns in Microfluidic Systems through Simple Tube Oscillation In: Small, 16, 1 - 10
- Ruvalcaba Cardenas, A.,Ramirez Gomez, R.,Khoshmanesh, K.,Tovar Lopez, F. (2020). Magnetic actuation and deformation of a soft shuttle In: Biomicrofluidics, 14, 1 - 10
- Messalea, K.,Zavabeti, A.,Mohiuddin, M.,Syed, N.,Jannat, A.,Atkin, P.,Ahmed, T.,Walia, S.,McConville, C.,Kalantar Zadeh, K.,Mahmood, N.,Khoshmanesh, K.,Daeneke, T. (2020). Two-Step Synthesis of Large-Area 2D Bi2S3 Nanosheets Featuring High In-Plane Anisotropy In: Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7, 1 - 8
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
11 PhD Completions and 2 Masters by Research Completions9 PhD Current Supervisions
Microfluidics, Lab-on-a-Chip, Dielectrophoresis, Manipulation of cells and micro-particles, Hydrodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Liquid metal enabled actuators.
- Microfluidic platforms for studying foam cell formation in vessels. Funded by: ARC Linkage Project Grants 2019 from (2021 to 2024)
- Chemosensation in Ascaris infection (administered by University of Melbourne). Funded by: ARC Discovery Project via Other University from (2018 to 2020)
- Harnessing properties of liquid metals for future devices. Funded by: 010-ARC Discovery Projects 2017 from (2017 to 2021)
- Analysing cell-cell communication mechanisms using microfluidic platforms. Funded by: ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher from (2012 to 2015)