Mohamad (Hameed) Metghalchi received Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma University. He received Masters and Doctor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined department of Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University in Fall of 1979. Prof. Metghalchi served as the Chair of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department from 2004 to 2012. He has also served as Senior Associate Dean and Interim Dean of College of Engineering in 2006-07. He is currently Director of Master of Science program in Energy Systems Engineering.

Professor Metghalchi is an active member of national professional societies such as American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Engineering Education, Society of Automotive Engineers and Combustion Institute. He is Fellow of ASME and past chair of the Executive Committee of the Advanced Energy Systems Division of ASME. He is the Editor-in-Chief of ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology. He is recipient of 2011 ASME Harry Potter Gold Medal of Thermodynamics and 2014 ASME Edward Obert Award for thermodynamics. He has been proposal and scientific paper reviewer for National Science Foundation, Army Research office, Combustion Science Technology, Combustion Institute, ASME Journal of Energy Resources technology, ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbine and Power, Combustion and Flame, Biotechnology and American Chemical Society.

Professor Metghalchi’s research is in the general area of Thermofluids dealing with scientific issues in power, energy, combustion, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and chemical reactions. His research has been funded by National Science Foundation, Army Research office, Office of Naval Research, Department of Energy, Qatar Foundation and private companies such as Ford Motor Company, Cater Pillar, Stone and Webster Corporation, Integrated Genetics, Genzyme Inc, and Environ International Corporation. Professor Metghalchi has supervised 17 Ph. D. dissertations and 25 M.Sc. thesis at Northeastern University. Currently, five graduate students are working under his supervision. Professor Metghalchi has published extensively in education and research areas in the last thirty years.