He joined UMass Dartmouth in 2010 following a two-year postdoctoral study at the NASA/Stanford University’s Center for Turbulence Research. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2008, where he was a research assistant in the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies. Dr. Raessi’s research focus is primarily on interfacial flows and free-surface flows with phase change. His research group develops and utilizes numerical methods to study interfacial flows in various industrial and research applications including energy systems, materials processing and manufacturing, and underwater oil leaks.