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Mahdi Heydari

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Richmond, VA 23228

OBJECTIVE

Looking for new opportunities in Bay area (no relocation assistant required)

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Extensive background in Mechanical, Robotics and Control engineering areas.

Experienced in estimation, synchronization and control of multi-agent systems.

Experienced with design and implementation of observers/estimators (including Kalman filters).

Experienced in control system theory and practice, dynamical systems, and mathematical modeling.

Experienced in product and software development.

EDUCATION:

PhD, Mechanical Engineering January 2012 – May 2015

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA GPA: 4.0/4.0

Dissertation: "Adaptive distributed observers for a class of linear dynamical systems".

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering September 2007 – January 2010

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (Rank 1stin Engineering between Iranian Universities)

Dissertation: "Vibration analysis of a cracked Timoshenko beam with a continuous model for crack".

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering September 2003 –June 2007

Azad University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

ACADEMIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Ph.D. Dissertation January 2012 – April 2015

Title: Adaptive distributed observers for a class of linear dynamical systems.

Designed adaptive Kalman consensus filters for continuous time linear time-varying multi-agent systems.

Designed adaptive Kalman consensus filters for discrete time linear time-varying multi-agent systems.

Designed adaptive unknown input consensus observers for linear multi-agent systems.

Designed adaptive functional consensus observers for linear multi-agent systems.

M.Sc. Dissertation 2007-2010

Title: Vibration analysis of a cracked Timoshenko beam with a continuous model for crack.

Studied of Timoshenko (short) beams for crack in the horizontal and vertical faces using a most recently developed analytical continuous model for crack in the beams and rotor.

Studied the effect of crack properties on the dynamic behavior of cracked beams.

Examined forced vibration of cracked Timoshenko beams.

Research Assistant 2008 –2010

Condition Monitoring & Fault Diagnostics Center, Sharif University of Technology

Worked on industrial projects in the field of condition monitoring of industrial machineries.

TECHNICAL SKILL& EXPERTISES

Programming: Matlab/Simulink; Fortran; C/C++;

Applications: SolidWorks; Ansys; Maple; Latex; Comsol; LabVIEW; Mathcad; Data acquisition (DAQ); Modal analysis; Digital signal processing (DSP); Version control;

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE:

Research & Development Engineer July 2015 –present

Spectra Quest Inc., Richmond, VA

Improving product packages and devices for vibration training and fault diagnosis.

Improving the company’s vibration analysis software in LabVIEW.

Involving in development and testing of new wireless accelerometer/gyro sensor product.

Involving in development of new product for active vibration control using magnetic bearing.

Developing complete training solution for ISO vibration analyst certification.

Involving in development and testing of force, torque and pressure sensors.

Performing design of experiment, testing, and root-cause failure analysis of products.

Providing customer supports and technical services.

Field Engineer October 2010 –November 2011

Schlumberger Oilfield Limited, Drilling and Measurement (D&M) segment, Kish Island, Iran

Worked with both MWD (measurement while drilling) and LWD (logging while drilling) tools.

Acquired and delivered high-quality formation evaluation, wellbore quality data and directional drilling service to clients.

Led D&M team and was responsible for operation monitoring, equipment on-site maintenance, logistics, contingency plan-making and failure analysis.

Coordinated other service providers, provided technical solutions, including adjusting drilling parameters and mud property according to real-time situations for risk-control and drilling optimization.

Technical Engineer February 2010 – August 2010

Delta Sanat Sharif, Tehran, Iran

Consulted clients in the field of machinery condition monitoring based on vibration technique, thermography technique.

Summer Internship Summer 2007

Majmoueh Sazi Toos Co., Mashhad, Iran

TECHNICAL SKILL& EXPERTISES

Teaching Assistant, Worcester Polytechnic Institute January 2012 – May 2015

Held conference sessions and office hours, taught lab sessions, prepared course and lab materials, and graded assignments for the following courses:

Introduction to Static Systems

Spacecraft Dynamics & Control

Guidance, Navigation & Communication

Introduction to Control of Dynamical Systems

Introduction to Engineering Design

Stress Analysis

Control Engineering I

Introduction to Dynamic Systems

Mechanical Vibration

Modeling & Analysis of Mechatronic Systems

Kinematics of Mechanisms

SELECTED GRADUATE COURSES

Robots Kinematics & Dynamics

Analysis of Probabilistic Signals and Systems

Analysis of Deterministic Signals and Systems

Advanced Dynamics

Control of Nonlinear Dynamical System

Advanced Kalman Filtering

Convex Analysis and Optimization

Fuzzy Control

SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

M. Heydari, H. Salarieh, M. Behzad, "Stochastic chaos synchronization using unscented Kalman-Bucy filter and sliding mode control", Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 81 (9), 2011, 1770-1784.

M. Heydari, M. Demetriou, "Distributed Kalman filters with adaptive strategy for linear time-varying interconnected systems", International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, 2015, DOI: 10.1002/acs.2654.

A. Ebrahimi, M. Heydari, A. Alasty, "Active control of a passive bipedal walking robot", International Journal of Dynamics and Control, 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s40435-016-0225-2.

A. Ebrahimi, M. Heydari, M. Behzad, "Optimal vibration control of rotors with an open edge crack using an electromagnetic exciter", Journal of Vibration and Control, 2016, DOI: 10.1177/1077546316631880.

M. Heydari, M. Demetriou, "Unknown input consensus observer for a class of linear descriptor systems", International Journal of Systems Science, 2016, DOI: 10.1080/00207721.2016.1173264.

M. Heydari, M. Demetriou, "Adaptive strategies for interconnected functional observers", Submitted.

HONORS & AWARDS

Ranked 24th amongst about 10000 participants in M.Sc. university entrance examination in Iran 2007 (Top 0.25 %)

Ranked 3rd amongst nearly 200 students in Azad University of Mashhad

3rd “IMACS (International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation) 2012 Most Successful Papers Award” for the paper entitled as "Stochastic chaos synchronization using unscented Kalman-Bucy filter and sliding mode control” published in “Mathematics and Computers in Simulation”.

Honor member of IMACS (International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation), 2012.

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