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Salah A. Faroughi, PhD, PE

Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering Department
Materials Science and Engineering (MSEC)
Ingram School of Engineering
Texas State University
5204 RF Mitte
601 University Drive
San Marcos, Texas 78666
salah.faroughi@txstate.edu
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Research Interests

  • Particle-level physics in particulate matter and complex fluids
  • Physics-based deep learning models
  • Design large-scale geo-energy systems
  • Multi-scale multi-physics computational modeling
  • Big data intelligence and visualization

Professional Preparation

  • Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2018
  • Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2016
  • M.Sc., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2014
  • M.Eng., Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2011
  • B.Eng., Urmia University, Urmia, Iran, 2009

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, Aug 2021 – Present
  • Co-Founder, TubeIn Fluids, Houston, TX, Oct 2017 – Present
  • Lead R&D Manager, Petrolern LLC, Houston, TX, Apr 2020 – Aug 2021
  • Research Scientist, Flotek Industries, Houston, TX, Oct 2018 – Apr 2020
  • Research Intern, Air Liquide DRTC, Newark, DE, May 2015 – Sep 2016
  • Teaching Assistant, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, Aug 2014 – May 2015
  • Graduate Resident Advisor, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, Aug 2013 – May 2015
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, Aug 2012 – Aug 2016

Selected Publications

Google Scholar

  • A. J. Cohen, H. Soroush, S. A. Faroughi. No Longer a Dream: AI-based Multimodal Data Integration for Subsurface Monitoring, Geo ExPro, 64, 2020.
  • S. A. Faroughi, C. Fernandes, J. Miguel Nobrega, G.H. McKinley. A Closure Model for the Drag Coeffi- cient of a Sphere Translating in a Viscoelastic Fluid, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Volume 277, 104-218, (2020).
  • C. Fernandes, S. A. Faroughi, O.S. Carneiro, J. Miguel Nobrega, G.H. McKinley. Fully resolved simula- tions of particle-laden viscoelastic fluids using an immersed boundary method, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Volume 266, Pages 80-94, (2019).
  • A. Bordbar, S. Faroughi, S. A. Faroughi. A Pseudo-TOF Based Streamline Tracing For Streamline Simula- tion Method In Heterogeneous Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, American Journal of Engineering Research, Volume 7 (4), Pages 23-31, (2018).
  • S. A. Faroughi, A. Pruvot and J. McAndrew. The Rheological Behavior of Energized Fluids and Foams with Application to Hydraulic Fracturing, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, Volume 163, April 2018, Pages 243-263, (2018).
  • S. A. Faroughi and C. Huber .A self-similar behavior for the relative viscosity of concentrated suspensions of rigid spheroids, Rheologica Acta, DOI: 10.1007/s00397-016-0978-8, (2017).
  • A. Parmigiani, S. A. Faroughi, C. Huber and O. Bachmann. Bubble accumulation and its role on the evolution of upper crustal magma reservoirs, Nature, 532 (7600), 492-495, (2016).
  • S. A. Faroughi and C. Huber. A theoretical hydrodynamic modification on the soil texture analyses obtained from the hydrometer test, Geotechnique, 66(5), pp. 378-385, (2015).
  • S. A. Faroughi and C. Huber. Effective thermal conductivity of dielectric-dielectric and metal-dielectric particulate composites with interfacial thermal resistance at high volume fraction of fillers, Journal of Applied Physics, 117, 055104, (2015).
  • S. A. Faroughi and C. Huber. A generalized equation for rheology of emulsions and suspensions of deformable particles subjected to simple shear at low Reynolds number, Rheologica Acta, 54:85-108 DOI: 10.1007/s00397-014-0825-8, (2015).
  • S. A. Faroughi and C. Huber. Unifying the relative hindered velocity in suspensions and emulsions of non-deformable particles, Geophysical Research Letters, 42(1), DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062570, (2015).