Teaching

Purdue University

School of Mechanical Engineering

Senior Design (ME 463) – Spring 2018, Fall 2018
Thermodynamics I (ME 200) – Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2020
Low Reynolds Hydrodynamics (ME 597) – Fall 2015, Fall 2017
Complex Fluids (ME 597) – Fall 2019
Fluid Dynamics (ME 309) – Fall 2014, Spring 2015

University of Notre Dame

Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Complex Fluids & Multiphase Flows (AME 60730) – Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013
Thermodynamics (AME 20231) – Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Thermal-Fluid Engineering I (2.005) – Fall 2009, Fall 2010
Thermal-Fluid Engineering II (2.006) – Spring 2010

University of California Irvine

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department

Introduction to Thermodynamics – Summer 2008

Outreach

Bowman Creek Project

Prof. Ardekani's Biological and Complex Fluids Laboratory initiates an interdisciplinary engineering education partnership with the Engineering and Technology Magnet Program for the South Bend Community School Corporation that focuses on restoring an aquatic ecosystem of a local creek.

The project is highlighted on the college of engineering website and South Bend Tribune.
You can access the data gathered by Riley high school students on Bowman Creek Project website.
If you are interested in the Bowman Creek research opportunity click here. For more information contact Emily Gore.
Ardekani's Biological and Complex Fluids Laboratory organizes tours of ND College of Engineering laboratories for Riley High School students.

Women in Engineering Program: For Your Imagination

Ardekani's Biological and Complex Fluids Laboratory organized educational activities for 6th-9th graders participating in WIEP (For Your Imagination program) event.

We designed hands-on activities to simulate the cleanup of an oil spill with and without injection of dispersants. Students learned about use of booms (using straws), skimmers (using cosmetic sponges) and adsorbent materials (using cotton balls and paper towel strips) in the process of removing oil from the water surface.
Other educational activities focused on building a swimming robot that can successfully move in a very viscous fluid such as corn syrup. As a part of this program, the students learned about bacterial flagella and their swimming behavior.