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Vahid Hosseini

Associate Professor, Graduate Program Chair
Sustainable Energy Engineering

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 2008
  • M.A.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2000
  • B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 1998

Industrial and research interests

  • Analysis of thermo-fluid systems for clean mobility
  • Urban air pollution and emission inventory
  • Sustainable and clean urban transportation
  • Vehicle technologies and real-world driving emissions

Teaching interests

  • Thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer
  • Mechanical measurement
  • Air pollution control engineering

Recently taught courses

  • Applied Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics

Selected recent publications

For a comprehensive list of contributions, refer to Google Scholar Link. Names with (*) are my students.

2021

  • Lotfollahzade Moghaddam, A., Hamzehlouyan, T., Hosseini, V., Mayer, A. "The beneficial role of oxygen on CO and propylene oxidation over a Pt-Pd-based wiremesh catalyst as a retrofit emission control device for 4-stroke gasoline spark-ignited motorcycles", Energy & Fuels, 35 (12).
  • Hassani* A, Safavi* A, Hosseini, V., A comparison of light-duty vehicles' high emitters fractions obtained from an emission remote sensing campaign and emission inspection program for policy recommendation, Environmental Pollution, 286, 117396.
  • Esmaeilirad*, S., Setyan, A., Wang, J., Hosseini, V., Secondary organic aerosol formation from untreated exhaust of gasoline four-stroke motorcycles. Urban Climate, 36: 100778.
  • Shahbazi*, H., Mostafazade A., A., Salavati, H., Zandavi, R., Torbatian, S., Yazgi, D., Hosseini, V., Development of high-resolution emission inventory to study the relative contribution of a local power plant to criteria air pollutants and Greenhouse gases, Urban Climate, 38, 100897.

2020

  • Moradpour* M. Hosseini, V., An investigation into the effects of green space on air quality of an urban area using CFD modelling, Urban Climate, 34, 100686.
  • Yasar M., Lai A.M., de Foy B., Schauer J.J., Arhami, M., Hosseini, V., Chemical speciation of PM2.5 in Tehran: Quantification of dust contribution and model validation, Atmospheric Pollution Research, 11 (10), 1839-1846.
  • Shahbazi*., H., Hosseini, V., Impact of mobile source emission inventory adjustment on air pollution photochemical model performance, Urban Climate, 32, 100618.
  • Torbatian, S., Hoshyaripour, A.,  Shahbazi*., H., Hosseini, V., Air pollution trends in Tehran and their anthropogenic drivers,  Atmospheric Pollution Research 11 (3), 429-442.
  • Esmaeilirad*, S., Lai, A., Abbaszade, G., Schnelle-Kreis, J., Zimmermann, R.,Uzu, G., Daellenbach, K., Canonaco, F., Hassankhany, H., Arhami, M., Baltensperger, U., Prévôt, A., Schauer, J., Jaffrezo, J.-L., Hosseini, V.,  El Haddad, I., Source Apportionment of Fine Particulate Matter in a Middle Eastern Metropolis, Tehran-Iran, Using PMF with Organic and Inorganic Markers, Science of Total Environment, 705, 135330.

2019

  • Amini*, H., Trang, N.N.T., Schindler, C., H., Yunesian, M., Hosseini, V., Shamsipour, M., Mohammadi, Y., Farzadfar, F., Vicedo Cabrera, A.N., Schwartz, J., Henderson, S., Künzli N., Short-term associations between daily mortality and ambient particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and the air quality index in a Middle Eastern megacity, Environmental Pollution, 254, Part B, 113121.
  • Taheri A., Aliasghari*, P. Hosseini, V., Black carbon and PM2.5 monitoring campaign on the roadside and residential urban background sites in the City of Tehran, Atmospheric Environment, 218, 116298.
  • Shahbazi*, H., Hosseini, V., Torbatian, S., Hamedi, S., Assessment of emission reduction scenarios with a focus on the impact of vehicle fleets on Tehran air quality: case study, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2673(5), 197-207.
  • Shahbazi*, H., Hasani*, A., Hosseini, V., Evaluation of Tehran clean air action plan using emission inventory approach, Urban Climate, 27. 446-456.
  • Al Hanai, A.H.,  Antkiewicz, D.S.,  Hemming, J.D.C.,  Shafer, M.M.,  Lai, A.M.,  Arhami, M.,  Hosseini, V.,  Schauer, J.J., Seasonal variations in the oxidative stress and inflammatory potential of PM2.5 in Tehran using an alveolar macrophage model; The role of chemical composition and sources, Atmospheric International, 123, 417-427.

Courses

This instructor is currently not teaching any courses.