M. Reza Alam

M. Reza Alam is the Vice Chair, Equity & Inclusion, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the American Bureau of Shipping Chair in Ocean Engineering. Alam holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and MSc in Applied Mechanics from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. He earned his Master of Science and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the faculty of UC Berkeley as an Assistant Professor in 2011. His research interests include theoretical fluid dynamics, nonlinear wave mechanics, ocean and coastal waves phenomena, ocean renewable energy, nonlinear dynamical systems, and fluid flow control. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews.

Mohammad-Reza Alam is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in Theoretical Fluid Dynamics and Ocean and coastal wave phenomena. His research focuses on understanding and harnessing ocean wave energy through advanced theoretical and computational methods. Alam's work explores mechanisms for high-efficiency wave energy harvesting, broadband directional wave conversion, and nonlinear wave interactions in coastal and stratified environments. He also investigates wave cloaking, flexural wave dynamics, and real-time prediction of oceanic phenomena using machine learning. His research has significant implications for renewable energy, coastal engineering, and fluid dynamics.