{"id":19959,"date":"2026-02-12T11:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=19959"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:29:40","slug":"shabnam-raayai","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/profile\/shabnam-raayai\/","title":{"rendered":"Shabnam Raayai"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"profile-additional-details\">\n<h3>Areas of Interest<\/h3>\n<p>Fluid mechanics and Aerodynamics, Fluid-Solid Interactions, Unconventional Aerodynamics, Laser Diagnostic Techniques, Complex Geometric Boundary<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<h3>Publications<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"publications\">\n<li>View a complete list of publications<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=_i-MqxAAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">chronologically by year.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside class=\"profile-additional-details\">\n<h3>Research Areas<\/h3>\n<p>Shabnam Raayai\u2019s research interests are in the general areas of flow control and passive drag reduction techniques, with focuses on riblet-covered surfaces, and applications of formation flight and group motion. The research combines experimental, theoretical, and computational efforts and is mostly inspired by observations from nature and how the nature-inspired ideas can be used in fluid\/aerodynamic applications.<\/p>\n<h3>Honors and Awards<\/h3>\n<p>2019-2025: Rowland Fellowship<br \/>\n2018: Andreas Acrivos Dissertation Award in Fluid Dynamics, from American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics<br \/>\n2018: Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering, MIT<br \/>\n2017: Den Hartog Travel Award in Mechanics<br \/>\n2017: Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award<br \/>\n2015: Neekeyfar Fund Award<br \/>\n2014: Sontheimer Travel Award in Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"profile-meta\">\n<p><strong>Department or Division:<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>Mechanical Engineering<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>Primary &amp; Affiliated Faculty<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":20865,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/19959"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/19959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19961,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/19959\/revisions\/19961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/urop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}