Sarvenaz Sobhansarbandi

Sarvenaz Sobhansarbandi is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Advanced Renewable/Thermal Energy (ART-E) Laboratory at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS). Before joining CSUS, she served as an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She earned her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2017. Dr. Sobhansarbandi’s research focuses on renewable and solar energy systems, computational fluid dynamics, and hybrid numerical modeling, with an emphasis on thermal and energy analysis as well as the design and optimization of advanced thermal management systems. She is an active member of ASME, ASHRAE, and SWE. Within ASME, Dr. Sobhansarbandi serves as an Executive Committee Member of the ASME Power Division (2021–present), Chair of the ASME Power Symposium (2025–2026), Technical Program Chair of the ASME 2026 Energy Sustainability Conference, and Chair of the ASME Adva