Tara Yazdanimotlagh
PhD Candidate
Mechanical Engineering, CFD, thermodynamics, multiphase flow
email: tara.yazdanimotlagh@mail.utoronto.ca
Biosketch
Tara received her B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc. degrees in chemical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology. Her master’s thesis focused on a numerical investigation of the effects of various parameters on a reactivity-controlled compression ignition engine. In January 2022, Tara joined the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies (CACT) as a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Dolatabadi.
Research
Tara’s Ph.D. research focuses on physics-based modeling of droplets in the solution precursor plasma spray process. In this project, a five-stage model including solvent vaporization, solute precipitation, boiling, thermal decomposition, and melting is incorporated into the MATLAB code. Lithium cobalt nitrate dissolved in water is used as the solution for producing lithium cobalt oxide, a potential material for the cathode of solid-state batteries. Also, the numerical results are validated against a carefully designed experiment in a radio frequency plasma reactor using a monosize droplet generator.
