Hooshang Heshmat
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Dr. Hooshang Heshmat, Ph.D. is Co-Founder, President & CEO/Technical Director of Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc. (MiTi®), an applied research and product development company specializing in mechanical components (e.g., bearings, seals, dampers and piston rings, including fluid film, dry lubricant and magnetic systems), testing and measurement techniques and the design and fabrication of rotating turbomachinery systems and component test equipment. Dr. Heshmat is Chairman of the MitiHeart Board of Directors, a wholly owned subsidiary of MiTi specializing in LVAD, rotary blood pumps.
Dr. Heshmat has played a primary role in the development of compliant foil bearings and has been responsible for major advances in this field, including analytical and experimental research for bearing/seal design and application. Much of his work has been related to applying compliant foil bearings to oil free high-speed turbomachinery, including advanced turbine engines (cruise missiles and liquid rocket engines), automotive gas turbines, air-cycle machinery for aircraft, turbochargers, turboexpanders, cryocoolers, pumps, compressors, PM/IM motors & generators and refrigerant systems.
Dr. Heshmat developed the "Theory of Quasi-Hydrodynamic Lubrication with Dry Triboparticulates,” i.e., friction and wear control theory for application to extreme environments. Additionally, he has investigated the practical application of this promising new technology to high temperature coatings (KOROLON), dampers and bearings for high-speed gas turbine engines, as well as vacuum environments and damping of structural members including turbine blades.
Dr. Heshmat is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World, holds 28 patents, has authored more than 145 papers, co-authored the chapter on "Principles of Bearing Design" for the Compressor Handbook, Co-authored the chapter “Principles of Gas Turbine Bearing Lubrication Design” in the book titled Theory of Hydrodynamic Lubrication and authored a book on The Tribology of Interface Layers.
