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Mohammad Ghashami has joined the mechanical and industrial engineering department as an associate professor.
Ghashami will be teaching “Intermediate Thermodynamics,” and his goal is to positively impact students and society through teaching and the advancement of nanosciences.
In addition to teaching, Ghashami plans to launch the Chicago Energy Engineering and Thermal Applications Lab, where he will conduct research related to the NSF CAREER Award he received in 2023. He will lead a team focused on investigating energy transport phenomena at the micro and nanoscales.

As a researcher, he is eager to inspire the next generation of engineers and collaborate with his peers in the department and across the College of Engineering.

Before joining UIC, he was an assistant professor in mechanical & materials engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a graduate research assistant at the University of Utah. He earned his PhD in 2019 and his masters in 2018, both from the University of Utah. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Tehran in 2012.