Shahin Nudehi, Ph.D., P.E.

Education

B.S.- Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
M.S.- Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
M.S.- Electrical Engineering, Michigan State University-East Lansing USA
Ph.D.- Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University-East Lansing USA
M.S.-Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison USA

Certifications

• Licensed Professional Engineer – Indiana
• Analysis of Transients in Power Systems (EMTP)
• Power System Protection: Applications and Performance Analysis

Courses Taught

Mechanical Engineering Department:

• Automatic Control
• Automatic Controls Laboratory
• Circuit Laboratory
• Electric Machine Laboratory
• Finite Element Methods
• Heat Power Laboratory
• Heat Transfer
• Manufacturing Laboratory
• MATLAB
• Measurement Laboratory
• Mechatronics
• Vibrations
• Senior Design I and II
• Thermodynamics-I
• Vibrations Laboratory

Electrical Engineering Department:

• Electric Machines and Drivers

Dalian University in China:

• AUTOCAD
• MATLAB
• MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
• SOLIDWORKS

Research Interests

• Power Systems Control and Stability
• Acoustic and Vibrations 
• Electrochemistry 
• Nonlinear and Robust Control Theories

Professional Affiliations

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Tau Beta Pi

Selected Publications

• Robert Palumbo, Luke Venstrom, Shahin Nudehi, “ High-Temperature Solar Thermal Electrochemistry with Metal Oxides”, Journal of World Scientific Publishing Company, 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811249815_0006).

• Shahin Nudehi, Peter Krenzke, Luke Venstrom “Pyrheliometer Control Design for the Solar Energy Research Facility at Valparaiso University”, IEEE 2020 American Control Conference, Denver, Colorado.

• Rachel Silcox*, Laura Engerer, Shahin Nudehi, and et.al, “Solar thermal decoupled water electrolysis process III: The anodic electrochemical reaction in a rotating disc electrode cell”, Journal of Chemical Engineering Science, 2020.

• Luke Venstrom, Shahin Nudehi “Measurement of the Natural Convection Heat Transfer in a Magnesium Oxide Electrolytic Cell Concept”, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 2020.

• Rachel Silcox^*, Shahin Nudehi, Jon Schoer, Carol Larson, Luke J. Venstrom, Robert Palumbo,  Richard B. Diver, “Electrolysis in a Hybrid Thermochemical Water-Splitting Cycle Based on Cobalt Oxide”, ASME 2019 Conference on Energy Sustainability, July14-17, Bellevue, WA.

• Shahin Nudehi; Luke Venstrom, “Temperature Control of a Guard Heater using Fuzzy Logic”, ASME 2019 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Oct-9 to Oct-12, Park City, Utah. 

• Nudehi, S. S., Duncan, G. S., and Venstrom, L. J., 2019. “Heliostat attitude control strategy in the solar energy research facility of Valparaiso university”. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, pp. 1–32, 2019.
• Kurdi, M., Nudehi, S., and Duncan, G. S., 2019. “Tailoring plate thickness of a Helmholtz resonator for improved sound attenuation”. Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 141(3), pp. 34-50, 2019.
• Nudehi, S. S., Newendyke, R., Antonides, D., and Zange, T., 2018. “Speed control of shunt-wound dc motors using switching technique”. In ASME 2018 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, September 30–October 3, 2018.
• Shahin Nudehi; Carol Larson; William Prusinski, Dan Kotfer, Jordan Otto, Evan Beyers, Jonathan Schoer,” Solar thermal decoupled water electrolysis process II: An extended investigation of the anodic electrochemical reaction” Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 181, May 2018, Pages 159-172.
• Shahin Nudehi, Shaffer Dehmlow, and Devin Clark, “Position Control of a Floating Ball in a Vertical Air Stream” ASME 2017 IMECE Conference, Nov 3-9, Tampa, Florida.
• Shahin Nudehi, Ryan Taylor, and Amanda Jaacks, “Speed Control of a Shunt DC motor with an Axial Fan” ASME 2017 IMECE Conference, Nov 3-9, Tampa, Florida.
• M. Korenko, C Larson, K.Blood, R.Palumbo, S. Nudehi, R. Diver, D. Blood, and L. Venstrom, “Technical and economic evaluation of a solar thermal MgO electrolysis process for magnesium production”, Journal of Energy, Volume 135, 15 September 2017, Pages 182-194.
• N. Leonard, M. Korenkoa, C. Larson, K. Blood, L.J. Venstrom, S. Nudehi, S. Duncan, R. Diver, F. Simko, J. Priscak, J. Schoer, P.T. Kissinger, R. Palumbo,” The Thermal electrolytic production of Mgo: A discussion of the electrochemical reaction kinetics and requisite mass transfer processes”. Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 148, pp. 155-169, July 2016

Books Published

• Analysis of Machine Elements Using SOLIDWORKS Simulation 2022 co-wrote by John R. Steffen

Grants

• PI in a proposal submitted to Indiana Space Grant Consortium. Received $5000.00 to create a Gyroscopic Tilt Control at Valparaiso University, 2019. 
• PI in a proposal submitted to Indiana Space Grant Consortium. Received $5000.00 to create a wireless pyrheliometer for Solar Research Facility at Valparaiso University, 2018. 
• Received the 2017 Valparaiso University Alumni Award for Continuing Education; Total of $2500.00.
• Co-PI in a proposal submitted to the US Department of Energy. Received $2.3M to develop Magnesium from Magnesium Oxide using Solar Energy, 2014.
• Co-PI in a proposal submitted to NSF. Received $290,000.00 to study the feasibility of using Solar Energy to generate Hydrogen, 2014.