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SAMANEH FAROKHIRAD

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ 07114                                                                                         samaneh.farokhirad@njit.edu | NJIT Profile |  Google Scholar | Linkedin

Invited Talks

[12] My Personal and Scientific Journeys in Biophysics, Biophysical Society (BPS); March, 2022.

[11] Understanding Targeted Nanoscale Drug-Delivery Systems through Multiscale Modeling, 16th Northeast Complex Fluids & Soft Matter Workshop (NCS16), Princeton University, Virtual; January, 2022.

[10] Quantitative Basis for Design and Vascular Targeting of Flexible Polymeric Nanoparticles,  Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark NJ; April, 2020.

[9] Computational Study of Binding of Deformable Nanoparticles to the Cell Surface Inspired by a Soft Matter Approach,  Levich Institute – City College of New York, New York NY; February 20, 2020.

[8] Computational Study of Binding of Deformable Nanoparticles to the Cell Surface Inspired by a Soft Matter Approach, Invited talk at the Centennial Anniversary of Engineering and Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York, New York NY; September 20, 2019.

[7] Computational Platforms to Study Interfacial and Transport Phenomena at the Meso- and Nanoscales: Mechanical and Biomedical Applications,  New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark NJ; April, 2019.

[6] Computational Platforms to Study Interfacial and Transport Phenomena at the Meso- and Nanoscales: Mechanical and Biomedical Applications, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR; March, 2019.

[5] Computational Study of Interfacial and Transport Phenomena: Mechanical and Biomedical Applications, Villanova University, Villanova PA; February 2, 2018.

[4] Effects of Micro-Particle on the Self-Propelled Jumping of Droplets on Superhydrophobic Surfaces, CUNY SIAM Student Chapter, Hunter College, New York NY; May 14, 2016.

[3] Computational Study of a Self-Propulsion Mechanism for Particle-laden Droplet Removal, Radhakrishnan Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA; May 3rd, 2016.

[2] Particle-laden Droplet Removal from Superhydrophobic Surfaces: A Computational Study, Invited seminar at Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, Stanford CA; April 29, 2016.

[1] Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of a Droplet in a Simple Shear Flow using Cahn- Hilliard Diffuse Interface Model, Levich Institute Seminar, City College of New York, New York NY; May 6rd, 2011.

Conference Abstracts and Presentations

Presenting author underlined, undergraduate authors italicized.

[46] Morteza Hamzeh Pahnehkolaei, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor, Samaneh Farokhirad, Enhancing Nanocarrier Targeting: Role of Cell Morphology, Mechanics, and Receptor-Ligand Interactions, American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual meeting (AICHE), San Diego, CA; October 27-31, 2024.

[45] Rubayet Hassan, Samaneh Farokhirad, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor, Entropic Pressure on a Fluid Biological Membrane with Surface Tension, American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual meeting (AICHE), San Diego, CA; October 27-31, 2024.

[44] Md Sojib Kaisar, Anh Vo, Samaneh Farokhirad, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor, Electromechanical Coupling in Biological Membranes, American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual meeting (AICHE), San Diego, CA; October 27-31, 2024.

[43] Anh Vo, Samaneh Farokhirad, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor, Molecular Insights into Lipid-Protein Interactions and Lipid Composition Impacts on Ion Channel Protein in Bilayer Membrane, American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual meeting (AICHE), San Diego, CA; October 27-31, 2024.

[42] Rubayet Hassan, Samaneh Farokhirad, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor, Entropic Pressure on a Fluid Biological Membrane With Surface Tension, International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Portland, OR; November 17-21, 2024.

[41] Md Sojib Kaisar, Anh Vo, Samaneh Farokhirad, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor, Electromechanical Coupling in Biological Membranes, International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Portland, OR; November 17-21, 2024.

[40] Anh Vo, Samaneh Farokhirad, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor,  Lipid-Regulated Electromechanics of Voltage-Gated Ion Channel Protein Embedded in Biological Bilayer Membrane, International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Portland, OR; November 17-21, 2024.

[39] Rubayet Hassan, Samaneh Farokhirad, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor, Entropic Pressure on a Fluid Biological Membrane with Surface Tension, International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Portland, OR; November 17-21, 2024.

[38] Saba Mirahsani, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor, Samaneh Farokhirad, Adhesive Interactions of Flexible Nanofilaments Versus Nanogels with Biological Cell Membranes, American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual meeting (AICHE), San Diego, CA; October 27-31, 2024.

[37] Samaneh Farokhirad, Fatemeh Ahmadpoor, Biophysical consideration in the interaction of biological cell membranes with virus nanofilaments, 17th International Conference on Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry (ICBBB), Dubai, United Arab Emirates; December 25-26, 2023.

[36] Abdullah Al Mamun, Samaneh Farokhirad, Hydrodynamic behavior of droplet pair collision in confined shear flow, and the role of physical and geometric parameters, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Washington DC; November 19-21, 2023.

[35] Samaneh Farokhirad, Priyanjali Solanky, Max Shad, Interactions of compound droplets with microstructured substrates: spreading, breakup, and rebound, American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual meeting (AICHE), Orlando, FL; November 5-10, 2023.

[34] Shima Parsa, Samaneh Farokhirad, Impact of Interfacial Adsorption of Nanoparticles on Transport Properties of Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media, Bulletin of the American Physical Society-March Meeting, Las Vegas, NV; March 5-10, 2023.

[33] Shima Parsa, Michael Izaguirre, Samaneh Farokhirad, Impact of Interfacial Adsorption of Nanoparticles on Transport Properties, Bulletin of the American Physical Society-Division of Fluid Dynamics, Indianapolis, IN; November 20-22, 2022.

[32] Abdullah Al Mamun, Samaneh Farokhirad, Effect of Critical Geometric and Physical Parameters on Droplet Coalescence in Confined Shear Flows, American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual meeting (AICHE), Phoenix, AZ; November 13-18, 2022.

[31] S M Abdullah Al Mamun, Samaneh Farokhirad, Effect of Critical Geometric and Physical Parameters on Droplet Coalescence in Confined Shear Flows, Dana Knox Student Research Showcase, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ; April 2022.

[30] Samaneh Farokhirad, Sreeja Kutti Kandy, Andrew Tsourkas, Portonovo S Ayyaswamy, David M Eckmann, Ravi Radhakrishnan, Interplay between Membrane and Nanoparticle Mechanical Properties during Cellular Targeting and Uptake of Flexible Nanoparticles, Bulletin of the American Physical Society-Division of Fluid Dynamics, Phoenix, AZ; November 21-23, 2021.

[29] S M Abdullah Al Mamun, Shima Parsa, Samaneh Farokhirad, Interplay of Density Ratio, Viscosity Ratio, and Initial Offset on the Coalescence of Droplet Pairs in Confined Shear Flow, Bulletin of the American Physical Society-Division of Fluid Dynamics, Phoenix, AZ; November 21-23, 2021.

[28] Jaime Siguenza, Samaneh Farokhirad, A Systematic Review of Water-Oil Behavior in Relation to the Secondary-Oil Recovery, 12^th Annual GS-LAMP/NNJ-B2B STEM Research Conference, Virtual Meeting, Rutgers University, March  5 2021.

[27] Thermodynamic Analysis of Multivalent Binding of Functionalized Nanoparticles to the Membrane Surface, Bulletin of the American Physical Society-Division of Fluid Dynamics, Virtual Meeting, November  22-24 2020.

[26] Thermodynamic Analysis of Multivalent Binding of Functionalized Nanoparticles to the Membrane Surface, American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual meeting (AICHE), Virtual Meeting, November  16-20 2020.

[25] Stiffness can mediate the balance between hydrodynamic forces and avidity to impact the targeting of flexible polymeric nanoparticles in flow, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Virtual Meeting, Denver CO; March  2-6 2020.

[24] Quantitative basis for design and vascular targeting of flexible polymeric nanoparticles,  81st New England Complex Fluids Meeting (NECF), Harvard University, Cambridge MA; December 6, 2019.

[23] Tunable rigidity of polymeric nanoparticles for regulated vascular-targeted drug delivery, Multiscale Modeling Consortium – Interagency Modeling and Analysis Group, NIH, Bethesda MD; March 6-7, 2019.

[22] Quantitative basis for design and vascular targeting of flexible polymeric nanoparticles, Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Atlanta GA; November 18-20, 2019.

[21] Computational study of multivalent binding of deformable nanocarriers to the cell surface inspired by a soft matter approach, Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Atlanta GA; November 18-20, 2019.

[20] Computational study of deformable functionalized nanocarrier adhesion to the cell surface,  73rd New England Complex Fluids Meeting (NECF), Harvard University, Cambridge MA; December 1st, 2017.

[19] Computational study of deformable functionalized nanocarrier adhesion to the cell surface, American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual meeting (AICHE), Minneapolis MN; October 29, 2017.

[18] Computational study on the binding of deformable, functionalized nanocarrier to the cell surface, 7th Northeast Complex Fluids and Soft Matter Workshop (NCS7), Princeton University, Princeton NJ; May 26, 2017.

[17] Biophysically inspired model for functionalized nanocarrier adhesion to cell surface and the development of next-generation pharmacokinetic models, 10th Multiscale Modeling Consortium – Interagency Modeling and Analysis Group, NIH, Bethesda MD; March 22-24, 2017. (Poster)

[16] Computational models of deformable functionalized nanocarriers and effect of crosslinking, Center for Targeted Therapeutics and Translational Nanomedicine (CT3N) Symposium, Philadelphia PA; December 6, 2016. (Poster)

[15] Computational models of deformable functionalized nanocarriers and effect of crosslinking, Penn Institute for Computational Science (PICS) Symposium: Emerging Paradigms in Scientific Discovery, Philadelphia PA; October 6, 2016. [Poster]

[14] Coalescence-induced jumping of droplets with a particle, UKC2016, Dallas TX; August 10-13, 2016.

[13] Self-propelled jumping of particle-laden droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces, 5th Northeast Complex Fluids and Soft Matter Workshop (NCS5), NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn NY; January 15, 2016.

[12] Lattice Boltzmann method for liquid-gas-particle systems with compact discretization, Bulletin of the American Physical Society (APS), Boston, MA; November 23-25, 2015.

[11] An efficient lattice Boltzmann method for modeling liquid-gas-particle systems, ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conferences, Seoul, South Korea; July 26-31, 2015.

[10] Coalescence-induced jumping of droplet, 4th Northeast Complex Fluids and Soft Matter Workshop (NCS4), Stony Brook NY; June 12, 2015.

[09] Continuum and molecular dynamics simulations of drop impact on wettable and textured surfaces, 11th International Conference for Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science (ICMMES), New York NY; July 14-18, 2014.

[08] Impact of nano-drops on solid surfaces, 2013 AICHE annual meeting, San Francisco CA; November 3-8, 2013.

[07] Multiscale liquid drop impact on wettable and textured surfaces, 66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Pittsburgh PA; November 24-26, 2013.

[06] Liquid drop impact on wettable and patterned surfaces using lattice Boltzmann method, Materials Symposium and Graduate Recruitment Conference, New York NY; October 10-12, 2013.

[05] Continuum and molecular dynamic simulations of nano-drop impact on patterned surfaces, UKC 2013, East Rutherford NJ; August 7-10, 2013.

[04] LBM simulation of an immiscible single droplet in shear flow, NSF Site Visit, The City College of New York-University of Chicago MRSEC Partnership on the Dynamics and Heterogeneous and Particulate Materials (PREM) , New York NY; September 22-23, 2011.

[03] Effect of non-unit viscosity ratio on the droplet deformation in microconfined shear flow, 20th International Conference on Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics (DSFD), Fargo ND; August 8-12, 2011.

[02] DSMC simulation of gas flow in 2D nanoscale channels, 2nd International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICNN), Tabriz, IRAN; October, 20-23, 2008.

[01] Two dimensional unstructured direct simulation Monte Carlo method for micro/nanochannel gas flows, Proceedings of 7th ASME International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, Pohang, South Korea; June 22-24, 2009.