Aeronautics & Astronautics
Dana Dabiri

Assistant Professor

dabiri@aa.washington.edu
Office: 314C Guggenheim
Phone: (206) 543-6067

University of Washington
BOX 352400
Seattle, WA 98195-2400

 
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Background

Dr. Dabiri joined the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics during the winter of 2002. Previously, Dr. Dabiri completed his undergraduate work at the University of California at San Diego in Mechanical Engineering in 1985. He obtained his master's degree at University of California, Berkeley, and his doctorate degree in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at San Diego in 1992, where he developed the Digital Particle Image Thermometry and Velocimetry method for studying thermally-varying and temporally evolving flows. He was then a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Scientist at Caltech at the Graduate Aeronautics Laboratories , researching free-surface interaction with the near-surface turbulence, and developing novel diagnostic methods.

Research Activities

Dr. Dabiri's interests as an experimentalist is to study fundamental fluid flows through new and advanced quantitative flow imaging techniques. He has contributed to the highly successful DPIV (Digital Particle Image Velocimetry) technique and played a pivotal role in the team that pioneered the 3-component version of the DPIV technique (3DDPIV), which allowed for full 3-D time-evolving interrogation of fluid flow fields. He has also pioneered the DPITV (Digital Particle Image Thermometry and Velocimetry) technique that allows for simultaneous temperature and velocity measurements. These methods have proven effective in flow interrogation and investigation, and he intends to further their use in the study of turbulence, mixing, vortex dynamics, and heat transfer problems.

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Publications
  1. Kimura F., Rodriguez M., McCann J., Carlson B., Callis J., Dabiri D. Khalil G., (2008) Development and Characterization of Fast Responding Pressure-Sensitive Microspheres, Review of Scientific Instruments, 79 (7),074102"
  2. Grothe R.,Rixon G.,Dabiri D. (2008) An Improved Three-Dimensional Characterization of Defocusing Digital Particle Image Velocimetry (DDPIV) Based on a New Imaging Volume Definition, Measurement Science and Technology, 19,065402 "
  3. Tien W.H.,Kartes P.,Yamasaki T.,Dabiri D. (2008), A Modified Single Camera Three-Dimensional Defocusing Particle Image Velocimetry System, Exp. Fluids, 44, 1015-1026
  4. Pun C.S., Susanto A., Dabiri D. (2007), Mode-Ratio Bootstrapping Method for PIV Outlier Correction, Measurement Science & Technology, 18 (11), 3511-3522
  5. Fujisawa N., Verhoeckx M., Dabiri D., Gharib M., Hertzburg J. (2003), “Recent Progress in Flow Visualization Techniques for Fluid Art, Journal of Visualization,10 (2), 163-170
  6. Kurosaka M., Cain C.B., Srigrarom S., Wimer J.D., Dabiri D., Johnson III W.F., Hatcher J.C., Thompson B.R., Kikuchi M., Hirano K., Yuge T., Honda T. (2006) Azimuthal vorticity-gradient in the formative stages of vortex breakdown, Journal of Fluid Mechanics", 569, 1-28
  7. Kimura F., Khalil G., Zettsu N., Xia Y., Callis J., Gouterman M., Dalton L., Dabiri D. Rodriguez M. (2006) Dual luminophore polystyrene microspheres for pressure-sensitive luminescent imaging, Measurement Science & Technology, 17, 1254-1260
  8. Navaz, H.K., Amin, M., Dabiri, D., Faramarzi, R. (2005), Past, Present, and Future Research Toward Air Curtain Performance Optimization, ASHRAE Transactions, 111, pt. 1
  9. Kajitani, L. Dabiri, D. (2005), A Full Three-Dimensional Characterization of Defocusing Digital Particle Image Velocimetry, Measurement Science & Technology, 16, 790-804
  10. Dabiri, D. (2003), On The Interaction Of A Vertical Shear Layer With A Free Surface, J. Fluid Mechanics, 480, 217-232
  11. Gharib, M., Pereira, F., Dabiri, D., Hove, J.R., Modarress, D. (2002), Quantitative Flow Visualization: Toward A Comprehensive Flow Diagnostic Tool, Integr. Comp. Biol., 42 (5): 964-970
  12. Gharib, M., Pereira, F., Dabiri, D., Modarress, D. (2002), Quantitative Flow Visualization - Toward A Comprehensive Flow Diagnostic Tool, Visualization And Imaging In Transport Phenomena - Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences, 972, 1-9
  13. Navaz, H. K., Faramarzi, R., Gharib, M., Dabiri D., and Modarress D. (2002), The Application of Advanced Methods in Analyzing the Performance of the Air Curtain in a Refrigerated Display Case, J. Fluid Engineering, 124, 756-764
  14. Dabiri, D. & Gharib, M. (2001),Simultaneous free-surface deformation and near-surface velocity measurements, Experiments in Fluids 30, 381-390
  15. Park, H.G.; Dabiri, D.; & Gharib, M. (2001),Digital particle image velocimetry/thermometry and application to the wake of a heated circular cylinder Experiments in Fluids 30, 327-338.
  16. Pereira, F.; Gharib, M.; Dabiri D.; Modarress, D. (2000),Defocusing DPIV: A 3-Component 3-D DPIV Measurement Technique. Application to Bubbly Flows, Experiments in Fluids 29, S078-S084.
  17. Huang, H., Dabiri, D., & Gharib, M. (1997), On errors of digital particle image velocimetry, Experiments in Fluids 23, No. 1, 20-28.
  18. Westerweel, J., Dabiri, D., & Gharib, M. (1997), The Effect of a Discrete Window Offset on the accuracy of Cross Correlation Analysis of Digital PIV Recording, Experiments in Fluids 23, No. 1, 20-28.
  19. Dabiri, D. & Gharib, M. (1997), Experimental Investigation of the Vorticity Generation within a Spilling Water Wave Journal of Fluid Mechanics 330, 113-139.
  20. Dabiri, D. & Gharib, M. (1996), The Effects of Forced Boundary Conditions on Flow within a Cubic Cavity Using Digital Particle Image Thermometry and Velocimetry (DPITV) Journal of Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 13, 349-363.
  21. Zhang, X., Dabiri, D., & Gharib, M. (1996),Optical Mapping of Fluid Density Interfaces: Concepts and Implementations, Review of Scientific Instruments 67, No. 5, 1858-1868.
  22. Zhang X., Dabiri D., Gharib M. (1994), A Novel Technique For Free-Surface Elevation Mapping Phys. Fluids 6 (9): S11-S11.
  23. Dabiri, D. and Gharib, M. (1991), Digital Particle Image Thermometry: The Method and Implementation, Experiments in Fluids 11, 77-86.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. Amin M., Navaz H.K., Dabiri D., Faramarzi R. (2008) Air Curtains of Open Refrigerated Display Cases Revisited: A New Technique For Infiltration Rate Measurements Heat Transfer 2008 conference, Maribor, Slovenia, July 9-11, 2008
  2. Dabiri, D.; Gharib, M. (2000) Interaction Of A Shear Layer With A Free Surface 9TH. International Symposium On Flow Visualization, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, August 22-25, 2000
  3. Pereira, F.; Gharib, M.; Modarress, D.; Dabiri D. (2000) Implementation Of Defocusing DPIV And Application To The Bubbly Flow Around A Propeller, 9th. International Symposium On Flow Visualization, Edinburgh, Scotland, 22-25 August.
  4. Pereira, F.; Gharib, M.; Dabiri D.; Modarress, D. (2000) Instantaneous Whole Field Measurement of Velocity and Size of Air Microbubbles in Two-phase Flows Using DDPIV, Tenth International Symposium on Application of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, 10-13 July.
  5. Gharib, M.; Modares, D.; Dabiri, D.; Pereira, F.; Taugwalder, F. (1998) Development and Application of a Defocusing Three Dimensional DPIV Technique for the Mapping of Two-Phase Bubbly Flows, Ninth International Symposium on Application of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, 13-16 July.
  6. Dabiri, D. (1996) Generation Mechanisms and Sources of Vorticity within a Spilling Breaking Wave, 21st Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Trondheim, Norway, 24-28 June.
  7. Dabiri, D. (1995) A Real-Time Free Surface Slope Mapping Technique, 7th International Symposium on Flow Visualization, Seattle, Washington, 11-14 September, 290.
  8. Digital Particle Image Thermometry and Velocimetry, 7th International Symposium on Flow Visualization, Seattle, Washington, 11-14 September, (1995), 558.
  9. Dabiri, D., Zhang, X. & Gharib, M. (1994). A Real-Time Free-Surface Elevation Mapping Technique, Seventh International Symposium on Application of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, 11-14 July.
  10. Dabiri, D. and Gharib, M. (1990). Digital Particle Image Thermometry and its Application to a Heated Vortex-Ring , American Society of Mechanical Engineers, FED, v 95, Fluid Measurement and Instrumentation Forum, p 27-34
  11. Dabiri, D. and Gharib, M. (1990). Digital Particle Image Thermometry and its Application to a Heated Vortex-Ring, Applications of Laser Anemometry to Fluid Mechanics. Fifth International Symposium on Application of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, 9-12 July.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Development of Pressure Sensitive MicroBeads for the Simultaneous Measurements of Pressure and Velocity APS 60th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 18-20, 2007. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 52: No. 17, 246.
  2. Bootstrapping Dip Test for PIV Outlier Identification and Correction APS 60th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 18-20, 2007. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 52: No. 17, 163.
  3. A Color-Coded Single Camera Three-Dimensional Defocusing Particle Image Velocimetry APS 60th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 18-20, 2007. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 52: No. 17, 162.
  4. Design of a 3D Digital Liquid Crystal Particle Thermometry and Velocimetry (3DDLCPT/V) System APS 60th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 18-20, 2007. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 52: No. 17, 161.
  5. Development of a 3D Digital Particle Image Thermometry and Velocimetry (3DDPITV) System APS 59th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Tampa Bay, Florida, November 19-21, 2006. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 51: No. 9, 35.
  6. Development and Application of a Modified Single-Camera 3DDPIV System APS 59th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Tampa Bay, Florida, November 19-21, 2006. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 51: No. 9, 36.
  7. Statistical Methods for Post-Correlation PIV Outlier Detection APS 59th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Tampa Bay, Florida, November 19-21, 2006. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 51: No. 9, 36.
  8. Effect of Various Parameters on Evolution of 2D Free Jets and their Associated Entrainment Rates APS 59th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Tampa Bay, Florida, November 19-21, 2006. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 51: No. 9, 245.
  9. Past, Present, and Future Research Towards Air Curtain Performance Optimization ASHRAE technical Meeting: Advances in Supermarket Display Case Technology, Symposium No. OR-05-16, Orlando, Florida, 6-9 February 2005
  10. 3D Modeling of Flow Behind a Heated Backward-Facing Step using 3D Digital Particle Image Velocimetry & Thermometry NSF/Sandia Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, February 10-11, 2005
  11. 3D Modeling of Flow Behind a Heated Backward-Facing Step using 3D Digital Particle Image Velocimetry & Thermometry NSF/Sandia Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, January 28-29, 2004
  12. PIV Measurements for Validation of Self-induction Theory of Vortex Breakdown APS 58th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago, IL, November 20-22, 2005. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 50: No. 9, 285.
  13. A full three-dimensional characterization of defocusing digital particle image velocimetry APS 57th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA, November 21-23, 2004. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49: 9, 80.
  14. Applications of Defocused Digital Particle Image Velocimetry to Simultaneous Dynamic Three-Dimensional Mapping of Solid Surfaces and Their Induced Flow APS 57th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA, November 21-23, 2004. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49: 9, 80.
  15. Use of Variable Thresholds in Post-Correlation PIV Outlier Correction APS 57th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA, November 21-23, 2004. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 49: 9, 64.
  16. Control Theoretic Modeling and Generated Flow Patterns of a Fish-Tail Robot APS 56th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, East Rutherford, New Jersey, November 23-25, 2003. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 48: 10, 60.
  17. Application of Digital Ultrasound Speckle Image Velocimetry (DUSIV) for Quantitative Flow Measurements in Aortic Vessel: An In Vitro Study APS 54th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, CA, 18-20 November 2001. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 46: 10, 99.
  18. Comparison of Defocusing DPIV with Stereo DPIV, APS 54th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, CA, 18-20 November 2001. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 46: 10, 87.
  19. Interaction of A Shear Layer With A Free Surface 9TH. International Symposium On Flow Visualization, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, August 22-25, 2000
  20. Implementation Of Defocusing DPIV And Application To The Bubbly Flow Around A Propeller 9TH. International Symposium On Flow Visualization, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, August 22-25, 2000
  21. Free-Surface Roughness Correlation with the Near-Surface Turbulence, APS 52th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Orleans, Louisiana, 21-23 November 1999.
  22. Introductory Application of Defocusing PPIV to the Study of Bubbly Shear Flows, APS 52th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Orleans, Louisiana, 21-23 November 1999.
  23. Three-Dimensional Mapping Of Bubbly Flows In Tow Tanks, Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth American Towing Tank Conference, Iowa City, IA September 24-25, 1998
  24. Free-Surface Roughness Correlation with the Near-Surface Turbulence, APS 51th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 22-24 November 1998.
  25. Near Field of Starting Plumes, APS 50th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, CA, 23-25 November 1997. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42: 11, 2181.
  26. On the Correlation of the Free-Surface Roughness with the Near-Surface Turbulence, APS 50th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, CA, 23-25 November 1997. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42: 11, 2181.
  27. Experimental Study of Turbulent Heat Transfer in Wake of Circular Cylinder, APS 49th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Syracuse, New York, 24-26 November 1996. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 41: 9, 1816.
  28. On the Effects of Window Shifting and Image Windowing for Improved Accuracy of Velocity Measurements for DPIV, APS 48th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Irvine, California, 19-21 November 1995. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40: 12, 2045.
  29. The Flow over Delta Wings at Low Reynolds Number, APS 48th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Irvine, California, 19-21 November 1995. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 40: 12, 2007.
  30. Experimental Investigation of the Vorticity Generation within a Spilling Water Wave, APS 47th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Atlanta, Georgia, 20-22 November 1994. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 39: 9, 1904.
  31. A Novel technique for Free-Surface Elevation Mapping, APS 46th Annual Meeting Division of Fluid Dynamics, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 21-23 November 1993. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 38:12, 2287.
  32. Application of a Simultaneous Temperature and Velocity Measurement Technique to a Buoyancy-Driven Convection Cell, ASME Fluid Engineering Conference, Los Angeles, California, 21-26 June 1992.
  33. A Method for Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Velocity, APS 44th Annual Meeting: Division of Fluid Dynamics, Scottsdale, Arizona, 24-26 November 1991. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 36:10, 2663.
  34. Particle Image Thermometry and its Application to a Heated Vortex-Ring, APS 42nd Annual Meeting; Division of Fluid Dynamics, Moffett Field, California, 19-21 November 1989. Abstract in Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 34:10, 2337.
  35. Aliabadi, P., Dabiri, D., & Daily, J. W. (1987) Chaotic Analysis of a Two-Stream Plane Mixing Layer, AIAA 25th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, 12-15 January.

Invited Lectures

  1. 2008 Hydralab III, Toulouse, France, New Developments in PIV: Defocusing PIV
  2. 2008 Display case manufacturers, New York, NY, Air Curtain Design Optimization in Refrigerated Open Vertical Display Cases
  3. 2007 Display case manufacturers, Dallas, TX, Infiltration Rate Measurement of Vertical Open Refrigerated Display Cases
  4. 2006 Escola de Primavera de Transiçao e Turbulencia, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Cross-Correlation Digital Particle Image Velocimetry - A Review
  5. 2006 Display case manufacturers, Quebec City, Canada,Fundamental Research towards Optimization of Air Curtains of Vertical Open Refrigerated Display Cases
  6. 2006 Display case manufacturers, Chicago, IL, Fundamental Research towards Optimization of Air Curtains of Vertical Open Refrigerated Display Cases
  7. 2004 Mechanical Engineering Seminar, Pullman, WA, The Development of Global Quantitative Optical Techniques in Fluid Mechanics
  8. 2001 Aeronautics & Astronautics Seminar, Seattle, WA, Interaction of a Vertical Shear Layer with a Free Surface
  9. 2001 Aeronautics & Astronautics Seminar, Seattle, WA, The Development of New Measurement Techniques to Meet New Challenges in Fluid Mechanics
  10. 2000ASHRAE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 24-28, Application of DPIV to the Study of the Air Curtain Performance in a Refrigerated Display Case
  11. 1998 Parks College of Engineering & Aviation, St. Louis University, Digital Particle Image Velocimetry
  12. 1998 ASME tutorial, Washington, DC, PIV and Applications
  13. 1997 Interdisciplinary colloquium of the IWR over Digital image processing, Heidelberg, Germany, Sources of Vorticity within a Spilling Breaking Wave
  14. 1997 10th Liepmann-Ludwieg Seminar, DLR Research Center, Gottingen, Germany, June 23-27, Sources of Vorticity within a Spilling Breaking Wave

Book Chapters

  1. Dabiri, D.(2006) "Cross-Correlation Digital Particle Image Velocimetry - A Review" , Turbulência, Eds. Freire, A.S., Iiha A., Breidenthal B., ABCM, pgs. 155-199.

  2. Gharib, M. & Dabiri, D. (2000) An Overview of Digital Particle Image Velocimetryin Flow Visualization: Techniques and Examples , Eds. Smits, A. & Lim, T. T. London, Imperial College Press, March
  3. Dabiri, D., Zhang, X., & Gharib, M. (1997) Free-Surface Slopes and Elevations, Atlas in Visualization III, edited by the Visualization Society of Japan, CRC Press, pgs. 1-22.

Professional Activities

Patents

  1. Aperture-Coded Camera System for Three Dimensional imaging, Patent No. US 7,006,132 B2, 2006
  2. Aperture-Coded Camera System for Three Dimensional imaging, Patent No. US 6,278,847 B1, 2001

Students

Graduate Students
 Mazyar Amin (Ph.D., AA)
Greg Rixon (Ph.D., AA)
Wei-Hsin Tien (Ph.D., AA)
Alvaro Pantigoso (M.S., AA)
Joey Duncan (M.S., AA)

Graduated Graduate Students
 Brian Massey (M.S., AA; joint with K. Morgansen) 2004
Lisa Kajitani (M.S., AA) 2004
Bill Johnson (M.S., AA) 2004
Henrike Thomsen (M.S. from Technical University of Berlin, 2004, Exchange student from Germany)
Laurent Viard (M.S. from ENSMA Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique, 2005, Exchange student from France)
Brad Thompson (Ph.D., ME) 2006
Travis Bryce (M.S., AA) 2007
David Schmitt (M.S., AA) 2007
Rob Grothe (M.S., AA) 2008

Undergraduate Students 2008-2009
Namiko Saito
Alex Popescu
Kyle Odland
Carlos Rufin

Undergraduate Students 2007-2008
Octavian Blaga

Undergraduate Students 2006-2007
Andree Susanto, Mary Gates Scholarship
Bill Pun, Mary Gates Scholarship

Undergraduate Students 2005-2006
Randall Svac
Darin Flynn
Amanda Horike, Mary Gates Scholarship
Patrick Kartes
Keqi Chen
Lesley Kobiashi

Undergraduate Students 2004-2005
 Miguel Rodriguez
Colin Adams, Mary Gates Scholarship
Noel Pelland, Mary Gates Scholarship
Toru Yamasaki, Mary Gates Scholarship
Chi Ho Eric Cheung
Chris Long
Paul Carter
David Adamson
Kelly Allen
Mario Manuel
Natalia MacDonald

Undergraduate Students 2003-2004
 Adi Salehuddin
Justin Hatcher - Osberg Fellowship, Mary Gates Scholarship
Paul Riddle
Mark Brown
Josh Rickey
Ty Wells