| Title: | Assistant Professor |
| Dept: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Office: | FH 235 |
| Phone: | 216-687-6967 |
| Email: | m.usta@csuohio.edu |
| Web: | https://academic.csuohio.edu/cftlab/ |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. FH 235, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 2018
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 2016 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, 2012 | ||||||||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| Dr. Mustafa Usta earned his bachelor's degree from Yildiz Technical University (Turkiye) in 2012, and master's and Ph.D. degrees from Lehigh University in 2016 and 2018 respectively, all in mechanical engineering. He was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
His research has utilized high-fidelity computations, scientific machine learning, and experiments to unravel complex flow dynamics in membrane-based desalination modules, turbulent mixing of chemical species, thrombosis, and high-density aqueous foams. His current research focuses on developing a basic and applied understanding of the problems at the interface of fluid dynamics, thermal sciences, biology, and chemistry by means of computations, scientific machine learning/transfer learning, graph theory, and experiments. His research efforts can potentially lead to advances in health, energy, and environment. | ||
| Honors and Awards: | ||
| 2020 W. H. C. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Professional Development Award
2019 W. H. C. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Professional Development Award 2013 Full Scholarship Award, Ministry of National Defense (Turkey) Ph.D. degree scholarship including tuition and a monthly stipend 2012 Graduate Scholarship Award, Ministry of Education (Turkey) 2012 Scholarship Award for honor students pursuing an MS degree by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) 2012 BS Honor Degree Graduation, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey | ||
| Research Interests: | ||
| Carbon-neutral water-energy-climate nexus
Turbulent mixing of complex flows Targeted drug delivery and biosensing Thrombosis and cardiovascular flows Scientific Machine Learning/Transfer Learning of complex flows | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| Fluid mechanics,
Heat and Mass Transfer, Biotransport, Numerical methods, Scientific Machine Learning | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| American Physical Society (member) | ||
| Research Grants: | ||
| 2022 - $2,701,340, 3-years, The U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, "Surfactant-free multiphase forming of fiber composite products for significant reduction in energy and CO2 emission" (PI: Cyrus K. Aidun, Ph.D., Applicant/Co-I: Mustafa Usta, Ph.D.)
2022 - 9,276,864 SUs (CPU-hour), 1-year, Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), "Computational Modeling of Complex-Fluid-Structure Interactions and Multiphase Flows". (PI: Cyrus K. Aidun, Ph.D., Co-PI: Mustafa Usta, Ph.D.) 2021 - $3,754,673, 3-years, The U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, "Advanced multiphase (MP) forming for enhanced efficiency of drying paper, tissue, and other fiber composite products" (PI: Cyrus K. Aidun, Ph.D., Co-PI: Devesh Ranjan, Ph.D., Applicant/Co-I: Mustafa Usta, Ph.D.) 2021 - 5,348,975 SUs (CPU-hour), 1-year, Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), "Computational Modeling of Complex-Fluid-Structure Interactions and Multiphase Flows". (PI: Cyrus K. Aidun, Ph.D., Co-PI: Mustafa Usta, Ph.D.) 2020 - 5,509,564 SUs (CPU-hour), 1-year, Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), "Computational Modeling of Complex-Fluid-Structure Interactions and Multiphase Flows". (PI: Cyrus K. Aidun, Ph.D., Co-PI: Mustafa Usta, Ph.D.) | ||