Dr. Ahmad Fakheri is a professor of mechanical engineering at Bradley University. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees, all in mechanical engineering, from the University of Illinois in Urbana/Champaign. His teaching and research interests are in the area of thermal sciences. Since 1985, he has taught many different undergraduate and graduate-level courses, developed four new ones—including an intermediate heat transfer course—and published over 50 refereed papers. Dr. Fakheri has served in a number of leadership positions at Bradley University and in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and is a fellow of the ASME.
This book is aimed at filling the gap between the elementary and advanced heat transfer textbooks, and is an excellent source for teaching heat transfer at an intermediate level. ... The book provides extensive coverage of the concepts and techniques used in heat and mass transfer, including a unique chapter dedicated to computational fluid dynamics. [It] provides comprehensive coverage of the heat transfer materials relevant to both graduate and undergraduate students. -Hooman Tafreshi, Virginia Commonwealth University