Professor and Assistant Dean

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Bioengineering (affiliated appointment)
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science

Office: ECSW 4.150H

Dr. Hassanipour is a professor of mechanical engineering and Assistant Dean at University of Texas at Dallas.

She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Methodist University and joined the department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, both in 2009. Her research interests are in the areas of heat transfer and fluid mechanics, and their applications in energy and health.

She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2015 and NSF faculty Mid-CAREER award in 2021. Her research has been recognized by an ASME North Texas Section Young Engineer of the Year award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Power Junior Faculty Award, Editor’s choice award from ASME journal of Biomechanical Engineering, and the Best paper award from ASME IMECE, Fluid Division.

She received the Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award from Jonsson School of Engineering, Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring, Dean’s Fellow for Diversity and Inclusion, and the UTD Faculty Diversity Award. 

Abdullahi Olapojoye

Lizeth Gutierrez Pua

Daniel Charles

Abhishek Singh

Humza Zaidi

Adolfo Lozano

Now with Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Dallas, TX

Jimmy Azarnoosh

Now Postdoc at Marquette University Visualization Lab., Milwaukee, WI

Moe Akbari

Now with Katerra, Dallas, TX

Negin Mortazavi

Instructor at Russian School of Mathematics

Kristen Genter

Now Postdoctoral Research Associate in National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Arun Kumar

Now with AMD Austin, TX

Howard Fultz

Now with Optimation Tech. Inc. Dallas, TX

Xudong An

Now with AMD Austin, TX

Navid Omidvar

Now with Int. Oilwell Varco Houston, TX

Laura J. Small

Now with AkerSolutions Inc. Houston, TX

Manali Shukla

Now with Quality Assurance Engineer

Ifti Hossain

Now M.S. Systems Engineer Candidate

Blossom Joseph

Now Provider Engagement Representative

Chirag Gokani

Now is a PhD student in acoustics at the University of Texas at Austin.

Shazi Shahabi

Now Fire Protection Engineer at Hilti North America

Farah Awadat

Now with Post Market Surveillance Analyst at Abbott

Molly McGregor

Now with Halliburton, Dallas, TX

Ryan Perkinson

Now with 4FRONT Engineered Solutions

Ryan Bohluli

Now at Johns Hopkins University

Rosha Vahadi

Now at UTAustin

Joanna Martin

Now with Post Market Surveillance Analyst at Abbott

Olivia Diaz

Hockaday school-Summer 2015

Sam Goetz

Hockaday school Summer 2015

Tiasha Joardar

Hi-TECCC Plano High school Summer 2014

Evan Yeh

Hi-TECCC Plano High school Summer 2014

Nusha Laleh

WISE program UTD ME Dept. Summer 2013

Lauren Camarillo

WISE program Irma high school Summer 2013

Kausthub Poondi

Hi-TECCC Plano High school Summer 2013

Taha Alakawa

Clark Summer Research Program, now EE UG student at UTD, Summer 2013

Mohammad Nourani

Clark Summer Research Program, now ME UG student at UTD, Summer 2012

Mason Leach

Clark Summer Research Program, now ME UG student at UTD, Summer 2011

Isaac Perez

UT Dallas-Mexico Summer Research Program University of Guanajuato, Mexico Summer 2010, Now Assistant Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology

Daniel Lorenzini

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