Muhammad Sahimi
Chair in Petroleum Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Education
- Doctoral Degree, Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis
- Bachelor's Degree, Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran
Biography
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1984B.S., Chemical Engineering, the University of Tehran, 1977
Research Summary
(present and past)• Acoustic and elastic wave propagation in heterogeneous media
• Multiphase flow, transport, and reaction in porous media
• Elastic properties and fracture of composite materials
• Reconstruction of heterogeneous porous media and materials
• Atomistic modeling of nanoporous materials and nanotubes
• Fabrication of nanoporous membranes (carbon molecular-sieves, silicon carbide, layered double
hydroxides, mixed-matrix)
• Separation of fluid mixtures by nanoporoys membranes
• Protein folding and aggregation in confined environments
• Percolation theory
• Development of efficient methods for large-scale scientific computations
• Markov analysis and reconstruction of nonstationary stochastic processes
Awards
- 2026 University of Southern California Dean’s Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- 2024 Highly Cited Scholar
- 2023 American Physical Society Fellow, American Physical Society
- 2022 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- 2021 Stanford University/ El Sevier Ranked among the top 2% of all scientists in the world
- 2020 International Society for Porous Media Kimberly-Clark Distinguished Lectureship Award
- 2017 National Academy of Inventors Member Institution, National Academy of Inventors
- 2016 Vierbi School of Engineering Northrup Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2015 International Society for Porous Media Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2009 USC Senior Faculty Research Award
- 2008 Who's Who in America listed in Who's Who in America
- 2008 American Physical Society/American Institute of Physics Outstanding Referee
- 2005 USC Chair in Petroleum Engineering
- 2005 Endow Chaired Professorship
- 2003 UN UNESCO/Government of Iran Khwarizmi International Award for distinguished achievements in science
- 2002 NASA/JPL NASA/JPL Faculty Fellow
- 1999 Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Foreign Member
- 1999 Russian Academy of Natural Science Kapitza Gold Medal
- 1997 Emory University Visiting Scholar
- 1997 Department, USC Best Professor
- 1993 Department of Chemical Engineering, USC School of Engineering Best Teacher
- 1993 HLRZ-KFA Supercomputer Center Visiting Professor
- 1993 University of Porto Visiting Professor
- 1993 Phi Kappa Phi Society Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Membership
- 1992 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Hunboldt Foundation Research Fellowship Award
- 1991 Dep. of Mathematics, University of Melbourne Visiting Professor
- 1990 HLRZ-KFA Supercomputer Center Visiting Professor
- 1990 USC Junior Faculty Research Award
- 1985 Sigma Xi Sigma Xi Honor Society membership
- 1978 Atomis Energy Organization of Iran Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Fellowship
- 1977 The University of Tehran Summa Cum Laude
Appointments
- The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- HED 205
- Hedco Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Building
- 925 Bloom Walk, Los Angeles, CA 90089
- USC Mail Code: 1211
- (213) 740-2064
- moe@usc.edu