BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH — Priv.-Doz. Dr.-Ing. habil.

Reza REZAEI

(a) Education/Training
Institution Major Degree & Year
Amirkabir University of Tech. (Tehran, Iran), Mech. Eng. B.Sc. 2003
University of Tehran (Tehran, Iran), Mech. Eng. M.Sc. 2005
RWTH Aachen University (Aachen, Germany), Mech. Eng. Ph.D. 2011
Leibniz University of Hannover (Hannover, Germany), Habilitation, adj. Prof. Habilitation, 2018
(b) Employment/Affiliations
07/2021 – present University of Alberta, Adjunct Professor, Canada
09/2018 – present IAV, Manager, Advanced Engineering and Model-based Development, Germany
04/2015 – 09/2018 IAV, Technical Consultant Combustion Systems, Germany
11/2010 – 04/2015 IAV, CAE Engineer, Germany
03/2006 – 11/2010 Institute for Combustion Engines RWTH Aachen University, Scientific employee,
Germany

(c) Research Funding

 Soot free diesel, BMWi German funding
 Bio-ethanol Engine for Advanced Urban Transport (BEAUTY), European Union funding
 Tailor-made Fuel from Biomass (TMFB Excellence cluster), DFG, German funding
 Opti-Truck, European Union funding
 Initiating and chairman of the FVV project “Innovative Heavy Duty Combustion System Design”,
Germany
 Initiating and chairman of the FVV project “Hydrogen Combustion and Comparison PFI/DI
concepts”, Germany

(d) Significant contributions

1. Research and Development projects
 Development of phenomenological combustion model and novel NOx formation kinetics, at
IAV company, Germany
 Development of inverted combustion model for pilot control of diesel combustion in the ECU,
at IAV company, Germany
 Methodology development for model-based application of commercial vehicle exhaust gas
after-treatment, at IAV company, Germany
 Development of a novel methodology for assessment of in-cylinder flow homogeneity and
stability in Diesel engines, at Institute for Combustion Engines (VKA), RWTH Aachen
University, Germany
 Research on alternative fuels and bio-fuels (DFG cluster of excellence, Future Fuels (FVV
founded project), EU project (BEAUTY), at Institute for Combustion Engines (VKA), RWTH
Aachen University, Germany

2. Professional Service
 Reviewer of SAE World Congress conferences
 Reviewer of Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

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3. Teaching
 Establishing a new course for graduate study on “Model-based Development for
Combustion Engines” at Institute for Technical Combustion (ITV), University of Hanover,
Germany, since 2014 until present
 Establishing a new course for graduate study on “Model-based Development for
Combustion Engines” OVGU Magdeburg University, since 2016 until present
 Pumps and Compressors, Institute for Combustion Engines, RWTH Aachen University,
Germany, SS 2008 und SS 2009
 Internal Combustion Engines II (Teaching assistance), Institute for Combustion Engines,
RWTH Aachen University, Germany, WS 2007
 Internal Combustion Engines I (Teaching assistance), Institute for Combustion Engines,
RWTH Aachen University, Germany, SS 2007.

4. Selected Publications
1) Rezaei, R., Dinkelacker, F., Tilch, B., Delebinski, T., & Brauer, M. (2016).
Phenomenological modeling of combustion and NOx emissions using detailed
tabulated chemistry methods in diesel engines. International Journal of Engine
Research, 17(8), 846-856.
2) Rezaei, R., Pischinger, S., Ewald, J., & Adomeit, P. (2012). Numerical investigation
of the effect of swirl flow in-homogeneity and stability on diesel engine combustion
and emissions. International Journal of Engine Research, 13(5), 482-496.
3) Rezaei, R., Eckert, P., Seebode, J., & Behnk, K. (2012). Zero-Dimensional Modeling
of Combustion and Heat Release Rate in DI Diesel Engines (No. 2012-01-1065).
SAE Technical Paper. Also in SAE International Journal of Engines, 5(3), 874-885.
4) Rezaei, R., Pischinger, S., Ewald, J., & Adomeit, P. (2010). A new CFD approach
for assessment of swirl flow pattern in HSDI diesel engines. (No. 2010-32-0037).
SAE Technical Paper.
5) Bertram, C, Rezaei, R, Tilch, B, van Horrick, P. Development of an Euro VI engine
using model-based calibration. MTZ Worldwide 2014; 75(10): 4–9.