Mihai Mihaescu

Mihai Mihaescu is Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Docent in Fluid Mechanics (KTH, 2013). He is  AIAA  Associate Fellow and Vice-chair for the ASME Technical Committee on Microturbines, Turbochargers & Small Turbomachinery. In addition to establishing and leading a research group, Prof. Mihaescu is affiliated with FLOW at KTH and with the national competence center AdTherM - Advanced Computing for Sustainable Thermal Management in Industry. He activated as the Director of  the Competence Center for Gas Exchange (CCGEx) at KTH  between 2019 to 2022 and as CCGEx deputy-director between 2014 to 2019.

Prof. Mihaescu holds a PhD degree in Fluid Mechanics from  Lund University (LTH, 2005). He carried out his postdoctoral studies (2005-2007) at the  Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Gas Dynamics and Propulsion Laboratory, at the  University of Cincinnati (UC), USA.  After his postdoctoral studies, he continued at UC, serving as Research Associate and then as Research Assistant Professor (until 2011).

Prof. Mihaescu started his career at KTH Royal Institute of Technology initially as Researcher (2011-2014). He continued as Associate Professor (2014-2020), before being promoted to Professor in Fluid Mechanics (2020).

Research interests & Specialties:

Experienced scientist in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aeroacoustics, with an extensive experience in establishing collaborations and performing  high-quality research in partnerships with  leading organizations in aerospace and automotive industries, energy conversion and medical sciences.

Prof. Mihaescu's research activities are answering to three of the UN  Sustainable Development Goals, namely Health, Energy, and Climate action, advancing fundamental knowledge on fluid dynamics to provide physics-based guidance for:

• development of more efficient and environmentally friendly energy conversion and propulsion systems;
• development of fast & accurate predictive simulation tools within this context;
• enhancing understanding of the flow in respiratory system with the purpose of improving quality of life of patients with airway and respiratory disorders.

Research Interests: Fluid dynamics; Aeroacoustics; Flow control; Noise suppression technologies; Turbulent jets; Transonic and supersonic flows; Gas exchange processes associated with propulsion sytems; Turbomachinery and Turbocharging; Biofluid dynamics.

Other profesional activities:

Deputy Head for Education, Department of Engineering Mechanics, SCI, KTH (since 2024).

American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics  AIAA Associate Fellow (since 2020).

Vice-chair for the ASME Technical Committee on Microturbines, Turbochargers & Small Turbomachinery(since 2023); Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Director of Studies SG courses, Department of Engineering Mechanics, SCI, KTH (since 2023).

Fluid Mechanics Track Coordinator for MSc Engineering Mechanics Programme, SCI, KTH (since 2023).

Director of the Competence Center for Gas Exchange (CCGEx), 2019-2022.

Associate Editor for  ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Editor: Ahmed Al-Jumaily, PhD.

Associate Editor for  Advances in Mechanical Engineering (AIME).

Member of the Computational Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee (CFDTC), ASME Fluids Engineering Division.

Member of the Fluid Mechanics Technical Committee (FMTC), ASME Fluids Engineering Division.

Honors & Awards:

AIAA Associate Fellow - class of 2020. ”AIAA Associate Fellows are individuals of distinction who have made notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology of aeronautics or astronautics.”

Swedish Research Council (VR) Grant, VR 2020-04857, 2021.

Swedish Research Council (VR) Grant, VR 621-2012-4256, 2013.

The Göran Gustafsson Young Scientist Award (UU/KTH), Sweden, 2012.

Faculty Development Council Individual Award for Professional Development, University of Cincinnati, USA, 2009.

1st Place Award - Basic Science at  Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings /American Society of Pedriatic Otolaryngology Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, 2007.