Publications

42. Dynamic entrainment for optimal pulse timing in the Morris-Lecar model,

L. Wijayasooriya, S. Saghafi, E. Khan, P. Sanaei, 

Under review (2025).

41. Mathematical modeling of deposition and erosion in porous media with elastic branching channels,

A.M. Sims, P. Hodje, G. Neckel, P. Sanaei, 

Under review (2025).

40. Effects of cake formation on flow and transport in a pleated membrane filter,

S. Moshafi, D. Fong, Y. Jiang, P. Sanaei, 

Under review (2025).

39. Mathematical modeling of cell proliferation in a scaffold with elastic branching channels,

J. Sokolik, P. Sanaei, 

Under review (2025).

38. Stochastic Modeling of Filtration with Sieving in Graded Pore Networks,

B. Gu, P. Sanaei, L. Kondic, L.J. Cummings,

Under review (2025).

37. A simplified mathematical model for deposition in a filter,

J. Jiang, A.M. Sims, S. Moshafi, J. Agyeman-Kankam, Y. Jiang, P. Sanaei, 

Under review (2025).

36. On mathematical modeling of cell proliferation in tissue-engineering scaffolds with branching channels,

A.M. Sims, A. Turvey, T. Cao, Y. Kim, D. Martin, P. Sanaei, 

Under review (2025).

35. Modeling mucociliary mixing and transport at tissue scale,

L. Xu, P. Sanaei, Y. Jiang, 

Under review (2025).

34. Comparative study of Bayesian and Frequentist methods for epidemic forecasting: Insights from simulated and historical data,

H. Karami, L. Ruiyan, P. Sanaei, G. Chowell, 

Accepted (2025).

33. Unraveling multiple 1:1 entrainment regions in the Arnold onion diagram: A study of the circadian Novak-Tyson model,

E. Khan, L. Wijayasooriya, P. Sanaei, 

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 134949 (2025).

32. A simplified mathematical model for cell proliferation in a tissue-engineering scaffold,

A.M. Sims, M. James, S. Kunnatha, S. Srinivasan, H. Fattahpour, A. Joseph, P. Joseph, P. Sanaei, 

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 87 (1), 9 (2025).

31. A simplified mathematical model for erosion and deposition in a porous medium,

A.M. Sims, S. Kunnatha, E.P. Mazi, P. Joseph, K. Saber, D. Hwang, P. Sanaei, 

Physical Review Fluids, 9, 24306, (2024).

30. Balancing mitigation strategies for viral outbreaks,

H. Karami, P. Sanaei, A. Smirnova, 

The Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 21, 12 (2024).

29. Polyglot entrainment for higher dimensional neuronal models,

L. Wijayasooriya, E. Khan, R. Qasim, P. Sanaei, 

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 34, 123115 (2024).

28. Mathematical modeling of deposition and erosion in porous media with branching channels,

E.P. Mazi, H.E. Kahza, P. Sanaei, 

Physical Review Fluids, 9,  114301, (2024).

27. Dynamic Entrainment: A deep learning and data-driven process approach for synchronization in the Hodgkin-Huxley model,

S. Saghafi, P. Sanaei, 

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 34, 103124 (2024).

26. Optimization of pleated filter,

D. Fong, P. Sanaei, 

Physics of Fluids, 36, 093352 (2024).

25. Mathematical modeling of erosion and deposition in porous media,

H.E. Kahza, P. Sanaei, 

Physical Review Fluids 9 (2), 024301, (2024).

24. Effects of nutrient concentration and scaffold elasticity on the tissue growth in a tissue engineering scaffold channel,

H. Fattahpour, P. Sanaei, 

Physics of Fluids, 35, 111905 (2023),

Selected as a Featured and Scilight Article,

Press Coverage: AIP.

23. A Mathematical model for filtration and drying in filter membranes,

H. Ji, P. Sanaei, 

Physical Review Fluids 8 (6), 064302, (2023).

22. Effects of elasticity on cell proliferation in a tissue-engineering scaffold pore,

C. Annunziata, H. Fattahpour, D. Fong, M. Hadjiargyrou, P. Sanaei, 

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 85 (4), 25 (2023).

21. Flow and transport in a pleated filter,

D. Fong, P. Sanaei, 

Physics of Fluids, 34, 097102 (2022).

20. Simulating liquid-gas interfaces and moving contact lines with the immersed boundary method,

M. Li, D. Chin, C. Puelz, P. Sanaei, 

Physics of Fluids, 34, 053323 (2022).

19. Evaporation and deposition in porous media,

P. Sanaei, C. Breward, M. Ellis, S. Han, B. Holzer, H. Ji, H. El Kahza, S.L. Smith, ... 

Mathematics in Industry REPORTS (2022).

18. Open capillary siphons,

K. Wang, P. Sanaei, J. Zhang, L. Ristroph, 

Journal of Fluid Mechanics Rapids, 932 (2022).

17. Motion of liquid droplets in gas channels in a SO2 module,

R. Cimpeanu, Y. Daneshbod, Q. Li, P. Sanaei,  P. Dubovski, A. Nadim, ... 

Mathematics in Industry REPORTS (2021).

16. Effects of nutrient depletion on tissue growth in a tissue-engineering scaffold pore,

Z. Zong, X. Li, P. Sanaei, 

Physics of Fluids, 33, 121903 (2021),

Selected as a Featured and Scilight Article,

Press Coverage: AIP.

15. Flow and fouling in elastic membrane filters with hierarchical branching pore morphology,

Z. Chen, S. Y. Liu,  I.C. Christov, P. Sanaei, 

Physics of Fluids, 33, 062009 (2021),

Selected as a Featured Article.

14. Modeling of the effects of pleat packing density and cartridge geometry on the performance of pleated membrane filters,

D. Persaud, M. Smirnov, D. Fong, P. Sanaei, 

MDPI Fluids, 6(6), 209 (2021).

13. On the performance of multilayered membrane filters,

D. Fong, L.J. Cummings, S.J. Chapman, P. Sanaei, 

Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 127(1), 1-25 (2021).

12. Flight stability of wedges,

P. Sanaei, G. Sun, H. Li, C.S. Peskin, L. Ristroph, 

Journal of Fluid and Structures, 101, 103218 (2021).

11. Effects of particles diffusion on membrane filters performance,

S. Y. Liu, Z. Chen, P. Sanaei, 

MDPI Fluids, 5(3), 121 (2020).

10. On the influence of pore connectivity on performance of membrane filters,

B. Gu, D.L. Renaud, P. Sanaei, L. Kondic, L.J. Cummings, 

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 902 (2020).

9. Modeling and design optimization for pleated membrane filters,

Y. Sun, P. Sanaei, L. Kondic, L.J. Cummings, 

Physical Review Fluids 5(4), 044306 (2020),

Selected as Editors' Suggestion.

8. Membrane filtration with multiple fouling mechanisms,

P. Sanaei, L.J. Cummings, 

Physical Review Fluids, 4(12), 124301 (2019).

7. On optimizing the wave energy converters configuration in a farm,

H. Behzad, P. Sanaei, 

Fluid Mechanics Research Journal, 1(1) (2019).

6. Curvature- and fluid stress-driven tissue growth in a tissue-engineering scaffold pore,

P. Sanaei, L.J. Cummings, S.L. Waters, I.M. Griffiths, 

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 18(3), 589-605 (2019).

5. Membrane filtration with complex branching pore morphology,

P. Sanaei, L.J. Cummings, 

Physical Review Fluids, 3(9), 094305 (2018).

4. Mathematical modeling of membrane filtration,

P. Sanaei, 

PhD Thesis (2017).

3. Flow and fouling in membrane filters: Effects of membrane morphology,

P. Sanaei, L.J. Cummings, 

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 818, 744-771 (2017).

2. Flow and fouling in a pleated membrane filter,

P. Sanaei, G.W. Richardson, T. Witelski, L.J. Cummings, 

Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 795, 36-59 (2016).

1. Using firefly algorithm to solve resource constrained project scheduling problem,

P. Sanaei, V. Zeighami, R. Akbari, S. Shams, 

Proceedings of Seventh International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA 2013).