Ghazal Barari

Associate Professor of the Practice and Program Coordinator

Ghazal.Barari@erau.edu

School of Engineering

Worldwide College of Aviation

Areas of Expertise

Engineering Education, AI in Curriculum Design, Students Engagement

Alternative Energy, Biofuel Analysis, Biofuels Combustion Modeling, Internal Combustion Engine, Thermal Science, Kinetic Reaction Mechanism, HCCI Engines Modeling

Ghazal Barari

Overview

Dr. Ghazal Barari received her PhD in mechanical engineering from University of Central Florida. Her research was focused on combustion modeling of promising biofuels in order to find a suitable substitute for fossil fuels and in the past few years pivoted to engineering education and student success pathways. She studies AI applications in curriculum design, simulation-based learning, and students’ engagement in online environments. She leads the Engineering Fundamentals program’s ABET accreditation, serves as an associate editor for International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, and has been recognized for her innovative teaching and service.

Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, University of Central Florida

Associate Editor – International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace (2018 – present)

Reviewer – ASME Journal of Energy Resource and Technology (2016-present)

Reviewer – International Information and Engineering Technology Association (2016-present) 

American Society For Engineering Education (ASEE)

ERAU Faculty of the Year (2022, 2025)

Academic Innovation Research (AIR) Inaugural Faculty Fellow (2022-2024)

ERAU Recognizing Scholarly Publication honor (2016)

UCF presentation fellowship (2013, 2014)

Teaching

  • ESCI 206: Fluid Mechanics
  • ESCI 208: Thermodynamics
  • ETEC 410: Thermodynamics for Engr Techgy
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ESCI 305 – Thermodynamics

ESCI 206 – Fluid Mechanics

ETEC 410 – Thermodynamics for Engineering Technology

ENGR 101 – Introduction to Engineering

Research

Principal Publications during the Last Five Years:

  • Ghazal Barari, Owen Pryor, Batikan Koroglu, S. Mani Sarathy, ArtĂ«m E. Masunov, Subith S. Vasu, High temperature shock tube experiments and kinetic modeling study of diisopropyl ketone ignition and pyrolysis, Combustion and Flame, Volume 177, 2017, Pages 207-218, ISSN 0010-2180, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2016.12.003.  
  • Ghazal Barari, Denisia Popolan-Vaida, and Subith Vasu. Pyrolysis of RP-2 and Surrogate Fuels in a Jet Stirred Reactor Coupled with Synchrotron Photo Ionization Mass Spectrometry, 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, p. 0612. 2017.
  • Owen Pryor, Ghazal Barari, Batikan Koroglu, Joseph Lopez, Leigh Nash, and Subith Vasu. "Shock Tube Ignition Studies of Advanced Biofuels", 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Propulsion and Energy Forum, (AIAA 2016-4691) http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2016-4691
  • Ghazal Barari, Batikan Koroglu, Artem Masunov and Subith Vasu; Products and pathways of aldehydes oxidation in the negative temperature coefficient region, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, doi:10.1115/1.4033589, 2016
  • Ghazal Barari, Batikan Koroglu, Artem Masunov and Subith Vasu, Combustion of aldehydes in the negative temperature coefficient region: Products and pathways, GT2016-58025, ASME Turbine, Technical Conference and Exposition, Seoul, South Korea, 2016, doi:10.1115/GT2016-58025
  • Ghazal Barari, Mani Sarathy and Subith Vasu, Improved combustion kinetic model and HCCI engine simulations of diisopropyl ketone ignition, Fuel, Volume 164, 15 January 2016, Pages 141-150, ISSN 0016-2361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2015.09.063.