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PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS 

 Articles published, in press and accepted in refereed journals: 

1. Soltani M., Sefidgar M., Subramaniam R., Rahmim A.; Comprehensive modeling of PET tracer uptake in solid tumors based on the spatiotemporal distribution; Annals of Nuclear Medicine, Accepted, Oct. 2016. 

2. Roostaei M., Soltani M.; Mechanical responses of maxillary canine and surrounding tissues under orthodontic loading: A non-linear three-dimensional finite element analysis; Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sci. and Eng., Accepted, Oct. 2016. 

3. Meghdadi N., Soltani M., Niroomand-Oscuii H., Ghalichi F.; Image based modeling of tumor growth: A review; Australas. Phys. Eng. Sci. Med., Accepted, May, 2016. 

4. Jalalimanesh A., Haghighi H., Ahmadi A., Soltani M.; Simulation-based optimization of radiotherapy: Agent-based modeling and reinforcement learning; Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Accepted, May, 2016. 　

5. Jalalimanesh A., Haghighi H., Ahmadi A., Hejazian H., Soltani M.; Multi-objective optimization of radiotherapy: distributed Q-learning and agent-based simulation; Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, Accepted, Dec., 2016. 

6. Mansouri Mehryan A., Moradi Kashkooli F., Soltani M.; Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis of a nanofluid containing motile gyrotactic micro-organisms passing a nonlinear stretching vertical sheet in the presence of a non-uniform magnetic field; Numerical approach; PLOS ONE, Accepted, May, 2016. 

7. Zargar B., Moradi Kashkooli F., Soltani M., Wright K., Khalid Ijaz M., Sattar S.; Mathematical modeling and simulation of bacteria distribution in an aerobiology chamber using computational fluid dynamics; American Journal of Infection Control, Accepted, May, 2016. 

8. Mansouri Mehryan A., Moradi Kashkooli F., Soltani M.; Numerical study of boundary layer flow and heat transfer of a nanofluid containing self-impelled motile gyrotactic microorganisms passing a stretching sheet in the presence of heat generation/absorption and partial slip; The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Accepted, May, 2016. 

9. Soltani M., Sefidgar M., Bazmara H., Subramaniam R., Rahmim A.; Effect of tumor shape and size on drug delivery; Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 56 (supplement 3), 1220, 2015. 

10. Soltani M., Sefidgar M., Bazmara H., Rahmim A., Enhanced modeling of spatiotemporal distribution of PET tracers in solid tumors and estimation of transport parameters; Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 56 (supplement 3), 1221, 2015. 

11. Soltani M., Sefidgar M., Bazmara H., Sheikhbahaei S., Marcus C., Ashrafinia S., Subramaniam R., Rahmim A.; Spatiotemporal distribution of the FDG PET tracer in solid tumors: Contributions of diffusion and convection mechanisms; Medical Physics, 42 (6), 3660, DOI: 10.1118/1.4925883, 2015. 

12. Soltani M., Bazmara H., Sefidgar M., Subramaniam R., Rahmim A.; Study on the impact of tumor shape and size on drug delivery to pancreatic tumors; Medical Physics, 42 (6), 3220, DOI: 10.1118/1.4923912, 2015. 

13. Bazmara H., Soltani M., Sefidgar M., Bazargan M., Mousavi Naeenian M., Rahmim A.; The vital role of blood flow-induced proliferation and migration in capillary network formation in a multiscale model of angiogenesis; PLOS ONE, 10 (6), e2034410.1371/journal.pone.0128878 2015. 

14. Bazmara H., Soltani M., Sefidgar M., Bazargan M., Mousavi Naeenian M., Rahmim A.; Blood flow and endothelial cell phenotype regulation during sprouting angiogenesis, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 54 (2), pp. 547-558, 2015. 

15. Bazmara H., Soltani M., Raahemifar K., Sefidgar M., Bazargan M., Mousavi Naeenian M., Elkamel A.; Activation of apoptotic signal in endothelial cells through intracellular signaling molecules blockade in tumor-induced angiogenesis; Biomed Research International, Article ID 908757, 2015. 

16. Sefidgar M., Soltani M., Raahemifar K., Bazmara H.; Effect of fluid friction on interstitial fluid flow coupled with blood flow through solid tumor microvascular network, Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, Article ID 673426, 2015. 

17. Sefidgar M., Soltani M., Raahemifar K., Sadeghi M., Bazmara H., Mousavi M., Bazargan M.; Numerical modeling of drug delivery in a dynamic solid tumor microvasculature, Microvascular Res., 99, pp. 43-56, 2015. 

18. Dehghani-sanij AR., Soltani M., Raahemifar K.; A new design of wind tower for passive ventilation in buildings to reduce energy consumption in windy regions, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 42, pp. 182-195, 2015. 

19. Shirshahi V., Soltani M.; Solid silica nanoparticles: Applications in molecular imaging; Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging, 2015. 

20. Khiabani N. P., Bahramian A., Soltani M., Pourafshary P., Sarikhani K., Chen P., Ejtehadi M. R.; Investigation of salts behavior at liquid-liquid interfaces; Interdisciplinary Topics in Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computational Science, 117, pp. 265, 2015. 

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21. Rahmim A., Schmidtlein C. R., Jackson A., Sheikhbahaei S., Macus C., Ashrafinia S., Soltani M., Subramaniam R.; A novel metric for quantification of homogeneous and heterogeneous tumors in PET for enhanced clinical outcome prediction; Physics in Medicine and Biology, 61 (1), 227, 2015. 

22. Bazmara H., Sefidgar M., Bazargan M., Mousavi Naeenian M., Soltani M.; Mechanical effects of extra-cellular matrix on growth and migration of endothelial cells in tumor-induced angiogenesis; Modares Mechanical Engineering, 14 (7), pp. 1-9, 2014. 

23. Sefidgar M., Bazmara H., Bazargan M., Mousavi Naeenian M., Soltani M.; A simultaneously solution of interstitial fluid flow in tumor tissue and blood flow in remodeled microvascular network induced by tumor; Modares Mechanical Engineering, 14 (9), pp. 1-9, 2014. 

24. Sefidgar M., Soltani M., Bazmara H., Mousavi M., Bazargan M., Elkamel A.; Interstitial flow in cancerous tissue: effect of considering remodeled capillary network; J Tissue Sci Eng. 4 (2), 2014. 

25. Sefidgar M., Soltani M., Raahemifar K., Bazmara H., Mousavi M., Bazargan M.; Effect of tumor shape, size, and tissue transport properties on drug delivery to solid tumors; Journal of Biological Engineering, 2014. 

26. Torabi M., Soltani M., Sadrnezhaad S. K.; Impedance analysis of growth and morphology of 

electropolymerized polypyrrole nanocomposites; Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems, 17, 2014. 

27. Khiabani N. P., Bahramian A., Soltani M., Ejtehadi M. R., Pourafshary P., Sarikhani K., Chen P.; Investigation of calcium chloride aqueous solutions/hexane interfaces: A molecular dynamics study; AMMCS, 2014. 

28. Soltani M., Chen P.; Numerical modeling of interstitial fluid flow coupled with blood flow through a remodeled solid tumor microvascular network; PLOS ONE, 10.1371/journal.pone.0067025 2013. 

29. Mirjalili F., Soltani M., Chen P.; Nanotechnology in drug delivery systems; International Journal of Drug Delivery, 4 (3). 2013. 

30. Soltani M., Chen P.; Effect of tumor shape and size on drug delivery to solid tumors; Journal of Biological Engineering, 6 (4). doi:10.1186/1754-1611-6-4, 2012. 

31. Mirjalili F., Chuah L., Danafar F., Soltani M., Chen P.; Toughening mechanisms and structure behaviors of polypropylene nanocomposites reinforced with nano α-alumina particles; Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 25 (4). pp. 453-467, 2012. 

32. Mirjalili F., Chuah L., Soltani M., Chen P.; Crystallization behavior and tensile performance of nanoparticle filled polypropylene composites; Journal of Composite Materials, 2012. 

33. Tavakol S., Nikpour M.R., Amani A., Soltani M., Rabiee S.M., Rezayat S.M., Chen P., Jahanshahi M.; Bone regeneration based on nano hydroxyapatite and hydroxyapatite/chitosan nanocomposites: An in vitro and in vivo comparative study; Nanoparticle Research Journal, 2012. 

34. Zendehboudi S., Leonenko Y., Shafiei A., Soltani M., Chatzis I.; Modeling of CO2 droplets shrinkage in ex-situ dissolution approach with application to geological sequestration: Analytical solutions and feasibility study; Chemical Engineering Journal, 197, pp. 448-458, ISSN: 1385-8947 doi:10.1016/j.cej.2012.05.052, 2012. 

35. Jafari M., Soltani M., Nahidi N., Karunaratne N., Chen P.; Nonviral approach for targeted nucleic acid delivery; Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2011. 

36. Soltani M., Chen P.; Numerical modeling of fluid flow in solid tumors; PLOS ONE, 6 (6), pp. e20344. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020344, 2011. 

37. Soltani M., Sadatmousavi P., Nazarian R., Jafari M., Chen P.; Self-assembling peptides: potential role in tumor targeting; Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 2011. 

38. Soltani M., Chen P.; Shape design of internal flow with minimum pressure loss; Adv. Sci. Letter, 2, pp. 347–355, 2009. 

39. Shahnazari M.R., Abbasi A., Soltani M.; Numerical prediction of temperature distribution in transient RTM process; IJCCE, 23 (2), pp 25-32; 2004. 

 Book chapters: 5 

1. Sadatmousavi P., Soltani M., Nazarian R., Mamo T., Lu S., Wang J., Xu W., Jafari M., Chen P.; Design principles of self-assembling peptides and their potential applications; Book Chapter in Comprehensive Biotechnology Handbook, 2nd edition, M. Moo-Youmg, ed., Elsevier, Oxford, UK, 2010. 

2. Jafari M., Zargar B., Soltani M., Karunaratne N., Ingalls B., Chen P.; Intelligent drug delivery systems for cancer therapy; Nanobiomaterials for Intelligent Medical Devices, A. Tiwari and H. Kobayashi, ed., Scrivener Publishing LLC, USA, 2012. 

 Invited talks: 

1. Image-based models of solid tumors behavior in diagnosis, treatment, and prediction; Center for Bioengineering & Biotechnology (CBB), University of Waterloo, Aug. 2016. 

2. Natural ventilation of buildings using a new design of wind-catcher to decrease energy consumption in windy regions; Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, Aug. 2016. 

3. The role of angiogenesis in capillary network flow of tumor microvasculature; Institute for Computational Medicine, Biomedical Engineering Department, Johns Hopkins University, Jan. 2013. 

4. Capillary network model of angiogenesis; Application in drug delivery; Platt Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Sep. 2012. 

5. Whole tumor modeling: Numerical approach; Cell-signaling Bioanalysis Laboratory of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Jun. 2012. 

6. Drug delivery to solid tumors: Numerical approach; Princess Margaret Hospital, Tumor Transport Group, Toronto, Jun. 2012. 

7. CFD application in Biomedical Engineering; Computational Chemodynamics Laboratory (CCL), Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), Joint Institute of UMDNJ-RW Johnson Medical School and Rutgers, May. 2012. 

 Refereed conference proceedings: 

1. Soltani M., Shahriyari S., Soltani A. Rahmim A.; Modeling spatiotemporal distribution of the FMISO PET tracer in tumor imaging; nanoDDS16, Baltimore, MD, USA, Sep. 2016. 

2. Asgari H., Soltani M., Sefidgar M., Rahmim A.; A numerical model for simulating tissue oxygen pressure and dynamics of FMISO; nanoDDS16, Baltimore, MD, USA, Sep. 2016. 

3. Gharaei E., Gharali K., Soltani M.; Combined effects of phase difference of oscillations reduced frequency and reduced amplitude for a wind turbine blade element; ICCE2016, Montreal, Canada, Aug. 2016. 

4. Pournadali A., Ebadi S., Gharali K., Soltani M.; Conserving energy by a variable airfoil in thermals; ICCE2016, Montreal, Canada, Aug. 2016. 

5. Sefidgar M., Bazmara H., Soltani M.; Numerical modeling of drug delivery in a solid tumor microvasculature; The 23rd Annual International Conference on Mechanical Engineering-ISME 2015. 

6. Bazmara H., Soltani M., Raahemifar K., Sefidgar M.; A mathematical cellular pott's model for growth and migration of endothelial cells; Biomath Communications 2 (1), Conference in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 14-19 June 2015. 

7. Sefidgar M., Soltani M., Raahemifar K., Bazmara H.; Numerical modeling of drug delivery to solid tumor micro-vascular network; Biomath Communications 2 (1), Conference in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 14-19 June 2015. 

8. Sefidgar M., Bazmara H., Soltani M.; Effect of non-Newtonian blood flow on WSS and reversed low regions in carotid artery bifurcation; The 21st Annual (International) Conference on Mechanical Engineering-ISME2013 

9. Sefidgar M., Raahemifar K., Bazmara H., Mousavi M., Bazargan M., Soltani M.,; Effect of remodeled tumor-induced capillary network on interstitial flow in cancerous tissue ; Biomedical Engineering (MECBME) Middle East Conference; pp 212-215, (Invited Talk) Feb. 2014. 

10. Bazmara H., Sefidgar M., Bazargan M., Mousavi Naeenian M., Soltani M.; A Multi-scale Cell-based Model of Lumen Formation in Single Endothelial Cell; 21st Iranian Conference of Biomedical Engineering (IEEE), Tehran, Iran, 2014. 

11. Sefidgar M., Bazmara H., Bazargan M., Mousavi Naeenian M., Soltani M.; Interstitial flow in cancerous tissue; Effect of fluid friction, 21st Iranian Conference of Biomedical Engineering (IEEE), Tehran, Iran, 2014. 

12. Bazmara H., Soltani M., Sefidgar M., Fgaier H., Elkamel A.; A Mathematical Cellular Pott’s Model for Growth and Migration of Endothelial Cells ; AMMCS Conference; Waterloo, CANADA. (Invited Talk) Aug. 2013. 

13. Sefidgar M., Soltani M., Bazmara H., Fgaier H., Elkamel A.; Effect of fluid friction in fluid flow simulation in solid tumors; AMMCS Conference; Waterloo, CANADA. (Invited Talk) Aug. 2013. 

14. Soltani M., Sefidgar M., Bazmara H., Bazargan M.; Interstitial flow in cancerous tissue: Effect of remodeling capillary network; FEDSM Conference; Nevada, USA. (Invited Talk) July 2013. 

15. Soltani M., Chen P., Bauer A.L.; Computational study of blood flow through the carotid artery bifurcation; The 6th Annual q-bio Conference; Santa Fe, USA. (Invited Talk) Aug. 2012. 

16. Soltani M., Mohammadi M., Chen P.; The effect of high interstitial pressure on nano-particle drug delivery; Nano Ontario Conference; Waterloo. Oct. 2012. 

17. Khiabani N.P., Bahramian A., Ejtehadi M.R., Pourafshary P., Soltani M., Chen P.; Sodium chloride behavior at oil / water interfaces; Oilsands; Edmonton, Alberta. Aug. 2012. 

18. Soltani M., Chen P.; The role of Continuous and discrete models of angiogenesis in numerical study of nano-particle drug delivery to solid tumors; The 2012 Graduate Student Research Conference; Waterloo. (presented) Apr. 2012. 

19. Soltani M., Chen P.; Numerical study of nano-particle drug delivery to solid tumors; The 2011 Canadian Cancer Research Conference; Toronto. (Invited Talk) Nov. 2011. 

20. Soltani M., Chen P.; Application of angiogenesis in numerical modeling of nano-particle drug delivery to solid tumors; The 2011 Graduate Student Research Conference; Waterloo. (presented) Apr. 2011. 

21. Soltani M., Chen P.; Nano-particle drug delivery to solid tumors, numerical investigation; The 4th Symposium on Health Technology; Waterloo. (presented) Oct. 2010. 

22. Soltani M., Chen P.; Numerical prediction of interstitial fluid flow and pressure distribution in nano-particle drug delivery to solid tumors; The 2010 Graduate Student Research Conference; Waterloo. (presented) Apr. 2010. 

23. Soltani M., Chen P.; Numerical modeling of nano-particle drug delivery to solid tumors; 11th Annual CSChE Ontario-Quebec Biotechnology Meeting; Waterloo. (presented) June. 2009. 

24. Soltani M., Chen P.; Numerical analysis of drug delivery to solid tumors; NanoDDS’08, nanomedicine and drug delivery symposium; Toronto. (presented) Oct. 2008. 

25. Soltani M., Bazmara H. Sefidgar M.; Investigation and simulation of the under floor heating system compared to traditional ones; Proc ISME 10th Int Conf Mech Eng, v 2; Isfahan 2006. 

26. Soltani M., Faryamanesh M.; Increasing the C.O.P of an absorbtion chiller by use of pre-cooler; Proc ISME 10th Int Conf Mech Eng, v 2; Isfahan 2006. 

27. Soltani M., Musavi M. Alikhani M. Abbasiyan. S.; Chilling roof systems, low energy consumption, more comfortable; Proc ISME 10th Int Conf Mech Eng, v 2; Isfahan 2006. 

28. Soltani M., Musavi M. Mohseni M.; Numerical investigation of convection heat transfer coefficient variations in the turbulent flow inside a straight tube, a tube with 180° curvature, and a coiled tube; Proc ISME 7th Int Conf Mech Eng, v 2, pp 497-505; Mashad 2003. 

29. Soltani M., Pirkandy J.; Determination of convection heat transfer in energy reservoir systems by means of enthalpy method; Proc ISME 7th Int Conf Mech Eng, v 2, pp 425-432; Mashad 2003 

30. Soltani M., Pirkandy J.; Increasing availability of energy reservoirs by considering axial fins effect on convection heat transfer coefficient; Proc ISME 7th Int Conf Mech Eng, v 2, pp 417-424; Mashad 2003. 

31. Soltani M., Bazmara H.; 3D numerical investigation of turbulent combustion in a swirling burner; Proc ISME 7th Int Conf Mech Eng, v 2, pp 639-644; Mashad 2003. 

32. Soltani M., Musavi M.; Investigation of water hammer at the inlet of hydropower stations; Proc ISME 6th Int Conf Mech Eng, v 3, pp 1761-1768; Tehran 2002. 

33. Soltani M., Rahimi R.; Steady and unsteady 2D analysis of the flow field between the stator and rotor of an axial turbine using sliding mesh theory; Proc ISME 6th Int Conf Mech Eng, v 3, pp 1993-1999; Tehran 2002. 

34. Soltani M., Musavi M.; Testing the performance of a shell-coil heat exchanger for free and forced convection; Proc ISME 6th Int Conf Mech Eng, v 3, pp 1537-1544; Tehran 2002. 

35. Gharali K., Shanazari M., Soltani M.; Designing a controllable viscometer; Proc ISME 6th Int Conf Mech Eng, v 5, pp 445-453; Tehran 2002. 

36. Soltani M., Musavi M.; An experimental, numerical and analytical study of a coil heat exchanger; Proc ISME 6th Int Conf Mech Eng, v 3, pp 1711-1719; Tehran 2002. 

37. Soltani M., Kazemzadeh S.; Improving convergence of numerical solutions using multi-grid method; Proc ISME 5th Int Conf Mech Eng, pp 382-390; Gilan 2001. 

 Books: 

1. Soltani M., Amini E.; Air Cooler Heat Exchanger Design (400 pages); KNT University of Technology Publisher, Tehran, Iran, 2006. 

2. Soltani M., Kilich, M.; How to use Gambit software (270 pages); KNT University of Technology Publisher, Tehran, Iran, 2005. 

3. Soltani M., Rahimi R.; How to use FLUENT software (430 pages); KNT University of Technology Publisher, Tehran, Iran, 2003. 

4. Soltani M., Parsa D.; Applications of central heating systems (194 pages); KNT University of Technology Publisher, Tehran, Iran, 2002. 

5. Mousavi M., Soltani M.; Introduction to Carrier software (302 pages); KNT University of Technology Publisher, Tehran, Iran, 2000.