M. Hadi Khoshtaghaza (Ph.D.)

Associate Professor of Agricultural Machinery Engineering

   PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Name:              Mohammad Hadi Khoshtaghaza

Date of Birth:    1957

Place of Birth:   Tehran

Marital State:    M

                        Address:           Agricultural Machinery Engineering Dept., College of Agriculture,

                                                Tarbiat Modares University,

                                                P.O.Box: 14115-336, Tehran, Iran

Tel.:                  +98(21) 48292310

Fax:                  +98(21) 48292200

Mobile:             +98 (912) 3375805

E-mail:              khoshtag@modares.ac.ir or khoshtag@gmail.com

    ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:

·        Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering major in Post-harvest Technology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA (1997)

·        Master of Science major in Agricultural Engineering in the field of Power and Machinery, University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran, IRAN. (1986)

·        Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, IRAN. (1982)

   REFEREE FOR JOURNAL ARTICLES:

1)      Agricultural Engineering International: the CIGR Ejournal.

2)      Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Tehran University

3)      Journal of Science and Technology of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology

4)      Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, Tarbiat Modares University

5)      Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, Ministry of Agricultural Jihad

6)      Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Islamic Azad University

7)       Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

8)       Iranian Journal of Food Science and Technology, Tarbiat Modares University

9)       Journal of Agriculture, Tehran University

10)  Pajouhesh-va-Sazandegi in Horticulture and Agronomy, Ministry of Agricultural Jihad

11)   The Scientific Journal of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University

    RESEARCH INTERESTS

·        Physical Properties of Agricultural Materials

·        Drying of Agricultural Products

·        Post-harvest Technology

·        Design of Agricultural Machinery

   PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

·        Associate Professor and Head of Agricultural Machinery Engineering Dept., College of Agriculture, University of Tarbiat Modares (2006- present)

·        Assistant Professor of Agricultural Machinery Engineering Dept., College of Agriculture, University of Tarbiat Modares (1997- 2005)

·        Head of Agricultural Machinery Engineering Dept., College of Agriculture, University of Tarbiat Modares (1997- 2004)

·        Advisor to the Scholarships Administration, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (2000- 2003)

·        Faculty Member of Agricultural Machinery Engineering Dept., College of Agriculture, University of Tarbiat Modares (1991- 1997)

·        Research Associate of Agricultural Machinery Department, Iranian Research Organisation for Science and Technology (IROST), Tehran, Iran (1991-1987)

·        Research Assistant of Mechanical Engineering Dept., Research Institute of Jahad Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION:

·        Iranian Society of Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization

·        The International Commission of Agricultural Engineering (CIGR)

·        Agricultural and Natural Recourses Engineering Regulation of Iran

    RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

     Research Theses Supervised

a)Ph.D.

1)      Investigation of Vibration Effect on Performance of Fluidized Bed Dryers for Drying Tea (2004)

2)      Design, Development and Evaluation of Cereal Straw Urea Treatment Machine (2006).

3)      Intelligent Prediction of Paddy Drying for Process Optimization (2006).

4)      Grading of Agricultural Products Based on Volume or Density Using Machine Vision (2007)

b) M.Sc.

1)      The Effect of Dryer Parameters on Quality and Fissures of Rough Rice (1998).

2)      Design, Development and Investigation of Optimized System for Rice Polishing (1999)

3)      Design and Development of Wind Tunnel for Measurement of Aerodynamic Properties of Agricultural Material (2000).

4)      Design and Fabrication of a Laboratory Fluidized Bed Dryer for Grain Products (2001).

5)      Design and Development of Cutting System for Harvesting Machine of Sweet Sorghum (2001)

6)      Design and Development of Online Acoustic Grain Moisture (2002)

7)      Design and Development of Roller Head for Harvesting Dry Chickpea (2002).

8)      Design and Development of Gas Pycnometer for Measuring Volume of Agricultural Products (2003)

9)      Ballast Evaluation of ITM285 Tractor with a Cabin(2003)

10)  Modification of Gas Pycnometer and Measuring the Volume of Powdery Material and Interior Pores of Agricultural Products(2004)

11)  Effect of Temperature and Moisture Content on Mechanical Properties of Soybean Seed (2004)

12)  Development of Experimental Infrared Radiation Dryer for paddy Drying (2004)

13)  Effect of Soaking and Drying on Compression Behavior and Dehulling Index in Black Gram Splitting (2005)

14)  Optimization of Lime Juice Extraction Process (2006)

15)  Physical and Mechanical Properties of Unsplit Pistachio Nuts for Splitting (2007)

16)  Effects of Combined Convection and Infrared Methods on Thin Layer Drying of Mushroom (2009)

17)  Design, Construction and Evaluation of Wind Tunnel with Ambi‌ent Simulation (2009)

     Research Projects Handled:

·        “Design and Fabrication of Vibrofluidized Bed Dryer”, Agricultural Machinery Engineering Dept., College of Agriculture, University of Tarbiat Modares,Tehran, Iran (2004).

·        “Design, Construction, and Evaluation of Push Type Rice Weeder”. Iranian Research Organisation for Science and Technology (IROST), Tehran, Iran (1991).

     Research Projects Contribution:

·        Loss Reduction and Energy Conservation in Paddy Drying Process- Sponsored by the National Scientific Research Council (2001).

·        “Research and Testing Centre of Agricultural Machineries”. Iranian Research Organisation for Science and Technology (IROST), Tehran, Iran (1991).

·        “Design and Fabrication of Tractor Flaming”. Iranian Research Organisation for Science and Technology (IROST), Tehran, Iran (1990).

·        “Design and Fabrication of Forage Dryer”. Iranian Research Organisation for Science and Technology (IROST), Tehran, Iran (1988).

    COURSES TAUGHT:

·        Physical Properties of Agricultural Products

·        Numerical Methods

·        Computer Programming

·        Heat Transfer

·        Post-harvest Technology

·        Engineering Experimental Design & Analysis

    THESIS/PAPERS/RESEARCH REPORT WRITTEN:

     Thesis:

·        Khoshtaghaza, M. H.1997. “Hydrothermal Characteristics and Quality of Alfalfa Cubes During Transport”. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

·        Khoshtaghaza, M. H.1987. “Design of Furrower Attachment for Grain Drills”. M.Sc. Thesis, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

     Research Paper Publications:

a) English Paper

              1)Amiri Chayjan R., G.A. Montazer, T. Tavakoli, M.H. Khoshtaghaza andB. Ghobadian. 2007. Prediction of Pistachio Thermal Conductivity Using Artificial Neural Network Approach. International Journal of Agriculture & Biology. 9(6):816-820.

              2)Minaei S., M.R. Alizadeh, M.H. Khoshtaghaza and T. Tavakoli. 2007. Effects of De-Awing and moisture content on husking characteristics of paddy in rubber-roll husker. American Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci. 2(1): 1-5 

              3)Khoshtaghaza M. H.andR. AmiriChayjan. 2007.Effect of some physical properties on fluidisation stability of grain products. Biosystems Engineering. 98: 192-197.

              4)    Alizadeh M.R., S. Minaei, T. Tavakoli, and M.H. Khoshtaghaza. 2006. Effect of De-Awning on Physical Properties of Paddy. PakistanJournal of Biological Sciences. 9(9): 1726-1731.

              5)    Zare D., S. Minaei, M. Mohamadzadeh and M.H. Khoshtaghaza. 2006. Computer simulation of rough rice drying in a batch dryer. Energy Conversion and Management. 47: 3241-3254.

              6)    Amoodeh M.T., M. H. Khoshtaghaza and S. Minaei. 2006. Acoustic on-line grain moisture meter. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 52: 71-78.

              7)    Khoshtaghaza M. H.and R. Mehdizadeh. 2006. Aerodynamic properties of wheat and straw materials. Agricultural Engineering International: the CIGR Ejournal. FP 05 007. Vol. VIII.

              8)    Sokhansanj, S., , M. H. Khoshtaghaza, G.J. Schoenau, E. A. Arinze, and L.G. Tabil. 2003. Heat and moisture transfer and quality changes in containerized alfalfa cubes during transport. Transaction of the ASAE. 46(2): 423-432.

              9)    Tabil, L.G.,S. Sokhansanj, W.J. Crerar,R. T. Patil, M. H. Khoshtaghaza and A. Opoku. 2002. Physical characterization of alfalfa cubes: 1. Hardness. Canadian Biosystems Engineering. 44(3): 55- 63

            10)  Sinha, S., S. Sokhansanj, W.J. Crerar, W. Yang, L.G. Tabil, M.H. Khoshtaghaza, and R.T. Patil. 2000. Mechanical dewatering of chopped alfalfa using an experimental piston-cylinder assembly.Canadian Agricultural Engineering. 42(3): 153-156.

            11)  Khoshtaghaza M. H.,S. Sokhansanj and B.D. Gossen. 1999. Quality of Alfalfa Cubes During Shipping And Storage. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 15(6): 671-676.

            12)  Patil, R. T., S. Sokhansanj, M. H. Khoshtaghaza, and L.G. Tabil. 1996. Compression characteristics of alfalfa cubes. Canadian Agricultural Engineering. 38(3):195-200.

            13)  Khoshtaghaza M. H.,S. Sokhansanj and R.J. Ford. 1995. Thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity of alfalfa cube. Canadian Agricultural Engineering. 37(4):321-325.

b) Farsi Paper (with English abstract)

1)    Amiri Chayjan R., M.H. Khoshtaghaza, G.A. Montazer, S. MinaeeandM.R. Alizadeh. 2009. Estimation of head rice yield using artificial neural networks for fluidized bed drying of rough rice. Journal of Science and Technology of Agriculture and Natural Resources. 48(13) 285-299.

2)    Alemi H.,M. H. Khoshtaghaza.and S. Minaee. 2009. Mechanical properties determination of soybean seed by quasi-static loading. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 

3)    Younesi Alamoti M.,M. H. Khoshtaghaza.and B. Ghobadian. 2008. Study of effective parameters on wheat straw moisture absorption.  Journal of Iranian Biosystem Engineering.

4)    Minaee S., B. Jamshidi, S. Sarami and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2008. Design and development of optoelectric machine for fruits separation based on colour. Journal of Iranian Biosystem Engineering.

5)    Behroozi Khazaei N., R. Amiri Chayjan,  T. Tavakoli-Hashjin and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2007. Investigation on important drying indices of grape in hot air flow by using artificial neural networks. 7 (3): 141-154.

6)    Younesi Alamoti M.,M. H. Khoshtaghaza.and B. Ghobadian. 2006. Wheat straw moisture characteristics at different bulk densities and water flow rates by conic type sprinkler nozzle.Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research. 7(27):87-102.

7)    Roustapour O.R., B. Ghobadian, M. H. Khoshtaghaza. and GH. Fakhrpour. 2005. A determination of thermophysical properties of lime juice. Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 36(4): 833-848.

8)    Jamshidi B., S. Minaee and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2005. Effects of fruit and machine parameters on accuracy of an automatic tomato color sorting system. The Scientific Journal of Agriculture. 28(1): 1-12.

9)    Sadeghi A., T. Tavaloki-Hashjin and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2005. An investigation on the temperature history of unhulled pistachio nuts prior to processing and its effects on the shell staining. Iranian Journal of Food Science and Technology. 2(2): 51-61.

10)    Amiri Chayjan R. , M. H. Khoshtaghaza and M.H. Kianmehr. 2004. Design principles of experimental fluidized bed dryer for some agricultural products. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research. 5(20): 35-52.

11)    Sadeghi M. , M. H. Khoshtaghaza and A.A. Khayat. 2004. Principles of designing and fabricating of a laboratory vibro-fluidized bed dryer to study of moist material fluidization. Amirkabir Journal of Science & Technology. 15(58): 385-397.

12)    Amiri Chayjan R. , M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2004. Comparison of kernel fissuring and drying of rough rice in experimental fixed and fluidized bed conditions. Journal of Science and Technology of Agriculture and Natural Resources. 7 (4): 246-259.

13)    Tavakoli-Hashjin, T., S. Rafee and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2003. Rough rice kernel temperature simulation during drying by using finite element method. Agricultural Science. 13 (2): 1-12.

14)    Mehdizadeh R. M. H. Khoshtaghaza and M. Pasandidehfar. 2003. Design and development of a vertical wind tunnel for measurement of aerodynamic properties of small material. Amirkabir Journal of Science & Technology. 14(53): 13-25.

15)    Akbarnia, A., M. H. Khoshtaghaza, Sharifi, J. and Araghi, M.K. 2002. Design, fabrication and evaluation of wood-chipper machine. Pajouhesh-va-Sazandegi Journal in Horticulture and Agronomy. 15(2): 2-8.

16)    Khoshtaghaza M. H., M. Soleymani and M. Shahedi. 2002. Correlation of head Rice yeild (HRY) with rough rice fissuring and bending strength in drying process. Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 33(1): 115-121.

17)    Khoshtaghaza M. H., M. H. Heydary and T. Tavaloky. 2002. Study of blade and feed rate effects on rice quality in friction-type whitening machine. The Scientific Journal of Agriculture. 24(2): 19-34.  

18)    Soleymani, M., M. H. Khoshtaghaza and S. A. Modares. 2001. The effect of dryer parameters on seed rice germinative ability. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research. 2(8): 13-24.  

19)    Kianmehr M.H., T. Tavaloky and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2001. To investigate the temperature effects and air direction on the moisture variance and time necessary for paddy drying in batch dryers. Journal of Agricultural Sciences.  7 (1): 17-30.

20)    Khoshtaghaza M. H.and M. Soleymani. 2000. Effects of drying parameters on rice fissuring. Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 5 (20): 49-62.

   Conference Papers (A Sample of):

1)    Movahedinejad M.H.,M. H. Khoshtaghaza,S. Abbasi. 2006. Effect of some physical parameters on the lime juice efficiency as well as electrical power consumption of screw type extraction. XVI CIGR World Congress: Agricultural Engineering for Better World. Bonn, Germany.

2)    Minaei S., D. Zare and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2006. Development of computer simulation software for drying of paddy in a deep-bed batch dryer. XVI CIGR World Congress: Agricultural Engineering for Better World. Bonn, Germany.

3)    Khoshtaghaza M. H.and R. Amiri Chayjan. 2005. Effect of some physical properties of agricultural grain products on fluidization behaviour. International Congress on Information technology in Agriculture, Food & Environment (ITAFE' 05). Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.

4)    Amiri Chayjan, R., Montazer, A., Tavakoly Hashjin, T. M. H. Khoshtaghaza.,and  B. Ghobadian. 2005. Intelligent prediction of pistachio thermal conductivity using Artificial Neural Network approach. International Congress on Information technology in Agriculture, Food & Environment (ITAFE' 05). Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey. 

5)    Beheshti, B., M. H. Khoshtaghaza.,A. Bassiri and S. Minaei. 2005. Selection of a suitable thin layer drying model for almond. IV International Symposium on Pistachio and Almond. Tehran, Iran.

6)    Amiri Chayjan R., and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2005. Study of some physical properties of seed products on fluidised stability. 9^h International and 13^th Annual Mechanical Engineering Conference, Esfahan, Iran.  

7)    Montazer, A., R. Amiri Chayjan , Tavakoly-Hashjin, T. and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2005. Intelligent prediction of pistachio thermal conductivity using Artificial Neural Network approach. 9^h International and 13^th Annual Mechanical Engineering Conference, Esfahan, Iran.

8)    Sadeghi M. , M. H. Khoshtaghaza and M.A. Sahary. 2004. Vibration effect on tea quality in vibro-fluidized bed dryer. 15^th National Congress of Food Industry. Tehran, Iran.

9)    Rahnama, A.,  and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2004. Design and fabrication of gas pychnometer for measuring volume of agricultural material. Third National Conference on Agricultural Machinery and Mechanization. Kerman, Iran.

10)    Amiri Chayjan R., and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2004. Rough rice drying uniformity and losses in fixed, minimum and full fluidized bed dryer conditions. Third National Conference on Agricultural Machinery and Mechanization. Kerman, Iran.

11)    Sadeghi M. , M. H. Khoshtaghaza and S. Minaee. 2004. Study of vibration effects on particle bed aerodynamics and thermal performance in vibro-fluidized bed dryers. Third National Conference on Agricultural Machinery and Mechanization. Kerman, Iran.

12)    Minaee, S., A.H. Afkari Sayah, and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2004. Design, fabrication and evaluation of impact force machine for study of mechanical characteristic of agricultural material. Third National Conference on Agricultural Machinery and Mechanization. Kerman, Iran.

13)    Khoshtaghaza M. H., andM. Sadegi. 2003. Designing and fabricating of a laboratory vibro-fluidized bed dryer. 6^th Iranian Manufacturing Engineering Conference, Tehran, Iran.

14)    Heydary, M.H., and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2003. Study of blade and time of polishing  effects on rice quality in friction-type whitening machine. First National Symposium on Losses of Agricultural Products, Tehran, Iran. 

15)     Minaee, S., M. H. Khoshtaghaza and A.H. Afkari Sayah.2003. Wheat kernel elastic models for determination of kernel quality. First National Symposium on Losses of Agricultural Products, Tehran, Iran.  

16)    Amiri Chayjan R. ,and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2002. Study of fluidization characteristic of seed products. 2^th National Congress of Agricultural Eng. and Mechanization, Karaj, Iran.

17)     Khoshtaghaza M. H., R. Mehdizadeh. 2002. Determination of moisture and mass effect on aerodynamic property of wheat kernel. 2^th National Congress of Agricultural Eng. and Mechanization, Karaj, Iran.

18)    Sadeghi M. , M. H. Khoshtaghaza and R. Amiri Chayjan. 2002. Evaluation of thermal efficiency of rough rice drying process in fixed, semi and full fluidized conditions. 2^th National Congress of Agricultural Eng. and Mechanization, Karaj, Iran.

19)    Khoshtaghaza M. H., and R. Mehdizadeh. 2002. Determination of aerodynamic properties of wheat kernel and straw materials. Proc. AgEng2002 Conference, Budapest, Hungary.

20)    Tavakoli-Hashjin, T. , M.H. Payman, M.H. Alizadeh, and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2002. Effect of moisture content and linear speed difference on paddy dehulling quality. Proc. AgEng2002 Conference, Budapest, Hungary

21)    Amiri Chayjan R. , M. H. Khoshtaghaza, T. Tavakoly, and  H. Kianmehr. 2001. Design, fabrication and evaluation of experimental fluidised bed dryer for seed products. 5^th International and 9^th Annual Mechanical Engineering Conference, Rasht, Iran.

22)    Khoshtaghaza M. H.and M. H. Heydary. 2001. Design and fabrication of frictional rice whitener machine. 5^th International and 9^th Annual Mechanical Engineering Conference, Rasht, Iran.

23)    Mehdizadeh R. M. H. Khoshtaghaza and M. Pasandidehfar. 2001. Design and development of wind tunnel for measuring aerodynamic properties of grain seeds. 5^th International and 9^th Annual Mechanical Engineering Conference. Rasht, Iran

24)    Soleymani. M. andM. H. Khoshtaghaza. 2000. Seed germination power control of rice indrying process. 6^th Iranian Crop Science and Plant Breeding Congress. Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran.

25)    Akbarnia A., M. H. Khoshtaghaza and J. Sharifi. 2000. Design, fabrication and evaluation of a wood chipper machine for wood remains after trimming trees. The Second Iranian Horticultural Science Congress, Karaj, Iran.

26)    Khoshtaghaza M. H.2000. Predict of alfalfa cube quality in variable condition of temperature and humidity. The Second Iranian Seminar of Animal Nutrition, Tehran, Iran.

27)    Heydary M.V. and M. H. Khoshtaghaza. 1999. Design and development of rice whitener with minimum losses. 7^th of Iranian Rice Congress, Karaj, Iran.

28)    Khoshtaghaza M. H.and M. Soleymani. 1999. Study of Head Rice Yield during drying process. 7^th of Iranian Rice Congress, Karaj, Iran.

29)    Khoshtaghaza M. H., S. Sokhansanj and W. Crerar. 1996. Development of storage index to predict quality of alfalfa cubes in storage and in transit. CSAE Paper No. 96-306. Saskatoon, SK: Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineering.

30)     Tabil, L.G., W.J. Crerar, M.H. Khoshtaghaza and S. Sokhansanj. 1996. Enhancement of Physical Quality of Alfalfa Cubes by the Use of Binders. Man-Sask 96-113. Saskatoon, SK: Canadian Society of Agricultural Engineering.

31)     Khoshtaghaza M. H., S. Sokhansanj, B. Gossen, R. T. Patil, and D. A. Pulkinen. 1995. Quality of alfalfa cube during storage. ASAE Paper No. 95-6632. St. Joseph, MI. American Society of Agricultural Engineers.

32)     Patil, R.T., L. Tabil, W. Yang, E. Arinze, W. Crerar, D. Pshyk, T. Larsen and M. H Khoshtaghaza. 1994. Alfalfa Processing - Handling and Storage: Research and Development Update. 15th Annual Conference and Trade Show of the Canadian Dehydrators Association, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

33)     Sokhansanj, S., R.T. Patil, L.G. Tabil, Jr., W. Yang, E.A. Arinze, W.J. Crerar, D.S. Pshyk, T.B. Larsen and M.H. Khoshtaghaza. 1994. Effect of Process Conditions on Quality Changes in Alfalfa and its Products. Recent Advances in Alfalfa Harvesting, Processing and Handling Technical Conference, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

    Technical Report:

·      Khoshtaghaza M. H., M. Sadeghi, A.A. Khayat, T. Tavakoli-Hashjin and S. Minaee. 2004. Design and fabrication of vibro-fluidized bed dryer. Agricultural Machinery Engineering Dept., University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehran, Iran.

·      Sokhansanj S., M. H. Khoshtaghaza, W. J. Crerar, E.Z Jan, A. MacNeil, and A. Penner. 1996. Moisture migration in containerized alfalfa cubes during overseas shipment. Department of Agriculture and Bioresource Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5A9.

·      Khoshtaghaza M. H.1991. Design, construction, and evaluation of push type rice weeder. Iranian Research Organisation for Science and Technology (IROST), Tehran, Iran.

    AWARDS:

·      Graduate Scholarship Award, Ministry of Culture and Higher Education of Iran, to pursue Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. (1992)

·      Graduate Thesis Award, The Canadian Society for Engineering in Agricultural, Food and Biological Systems for Ph.D. thesis entitled “Hydrothermal Characteristics and Quality of Alfalfa Cubes During Transport (1998)