Faculty Profile

Dr. Hamid Hadim

PROFESSOR & UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Room: E319
Phone: 201.216.5569
Fax: 201.216.8315
Email: ahadim@stevens.edu
School:  Schaefer School of Engineering & Science
Department:  Mechanical Engineering
Program:  Mechanical Engineering
Education
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas, 1985
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas, 1983
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas, 1980
Research
  • Thermal transport in micro/nano systems
  • Sustainable energy systems
  • Innovative microelectronics cooling techniques
  • Multi-disciplinary design and optimization in electronics and MEMS packaging
  • Thermal convection and fluid dynamics in porous media
Institutional Service
  • Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Program Director;
  • Member of School of Engineering Education and Assessment Committee;
  • Chair of Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
  • Member of Institute Graduate Curriculum Committee
  • Member of Academic Planning and Resources Committee
Professional Service
  • Associate Technical Editor for Journal of Porous Media
  • Technical Editor for Applied Mechanics Reviews
  • Associate Technical Editor for ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging 
  • Member of ASME Committee on Environmental Heat Transfer
  • Reviewer for ASME Journals and Conferences and other Journals
  • Book reviewer for ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging and for Applied Mechanics Reviews
Honors & Awards
  • Recipient of Alexander Humphreys Distinguished Teaching Award, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2003
  • Recipient of Jess H. Davis Memorial Research Award, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1995
  • Recipient of NSF travel grant to participate in NSF-sponsored workshop titled:"Frontiers in Transport Phenomena Research & Education: Energy Systems, Security, IT and Nanotechnology," University of Connecticut, May 2007.
  • Recipient of Dean's Recognition for Excellence in Teaching, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1995, 1997, 1998
  • Recipient of Stevens Research Initiation Grant, 1987.
Professional Societies
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
Selected Publications
Conference Proceedings
  1. Hadim, H., Chassapis, C., Pochiraju, K., Vaccari, D., Sheppard, K., Korfiatis, G.P.. (2005). "Mechanical Engineering Program Assessment in the Schaefer School of Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology", Proc. of the 2005 ASEE Conference, Educational Research Methods, Session No. 0266.
Books
  1. Vafai, K. and Hadim, H.. (2000). Handbook of Porous Media, Marcell Dekker Inc.
Book Chapters
  1. Hadim, H., and Vafai, K.. (2000). "Overview of Current Computational Studies of Heat Transfer in Porous Media and Their Applications - Forced Convection and Multiphase Heat Transfer", W.J. Minkowycz and E.M. Sparrow (eds.), Advances in Numerical Heat Transfer, Vol. 2, Chapter 9, pp. 291-330,, Taylor & Francis, New York.
Report
  1. Chen, G., and Hadim, H.A.. (1998). "Forced Convection of a Power Law Fluid a Porous Channel – Numerical Solutions", Heat and Mass Transfer. 34 221-228.
Journals
  1. Suwa, T., and Hadim, H.. (Sep 2008). "Multidisciplinary Heat Generating Logic Block Placement Optimization Using Genetic Algorithm", Microelectronics J., 39 (6).
  2. Hadim, H. and Suwa, T.. (2008). "Integrated Multidisciplinary Design and Optimization Methodologies in Electronics Packaging: State-of-the-Art Review", ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging, Vol. 130, No. 3, pp. 1-10.
  3. Suwa, T., and Hadim, H.. (2008). "Multidisciplinary Heat Generating Logic Block Placement Optimization Using Genetic Algorithm", Microelectronics Journal, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 1200-1208.
  4. Suwa, T., and Hadim, H.. (2007). "Multidisciplinary Placement Optimization of Heat Generating Electronic Components on Printed Circuit Boards", ASME Journal of Electronic Packaging, Vol. 129, No. 1, pp. 90-97.
  5. Suwa, T., and Hadim, H.. (2007). "Multidisciplinary Electronic Package Design and Optimization Methodology Based on Genetic Algorithm", IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 402-410.
  6. Suwa, T., and Hadim, H.. (2007). "Multidisciplinary Placement Optimization of Heat Generating Electronic Component on a Printed Circuit Board in an Enclosure", IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 402-410.
  7. Hadim, H.. (2006). "Non-Darcy Natural Convection of a Non-Newtonian Fluid in a Porous Cavity", International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 33, No. 10, pp. 1179-1189.
  8. Chen, G., and Hadim, H.A... (1999). "Forced Convection of a Power Law Fluid in a Porous Channel - Integral Solutions", Journal of Porous Media.. 2 (1), 59-69.
  9. Chen, G., and Hadim, H.A.. (1999). "Numerical Study of Three-Dimensional Non-Darcy Forced Convection in a Square Porous Duct", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow.. 9 (2), 151-169.
  10. Chen, G., and Hadim, H.A.. (1997). "Numerical Study of Non-Darcy Forced Convection in a Packed Bed Saturated with a Power Law Fluid", Journal of Porous Media.. 1 (2), 147 - 157.
Courses
  • ME 335 Thermal Engineering
  • ME 342 Fluid Mechanics
  • ME 354 Heat Transfer
  • ME 601 Engineering Thermodynamics
  • ME 641 Engineering Analysis I
  • ME 604 Advanced Heat Transfer
  • ME 615 Thermal Systems Design
  • E 126 Mechanics of Solids