BEHROOZ KARIMI

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Linkedin Address: https://www.linkedin.com/in/behroozkarimi Summary

Highly-Motivated Mechanical Engineer with two years industrial experience including design, development and analysis. Strong background in Computational Mechanics. Currently a PhD candidate expecting to graduate on December, 2017. Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant 2014 - Present

University of Texas at Arlington, Mechanical Engineering Dept.

Assisted Teaching Courses: Mechanics of Material, Engineering Analysis, Heat Transfer, Analytical Methods in Engineering, Finite Element and Controls.

Mentored Students, Evaluated Assignments, Provided Homework and Led Groups of Students Toward Final Projects; Delivered Lectures in Absence of Senior Faculty. Mechanical Engineer 2013 -2014

MAPFAN Co.

Collaborated in an Inter-Disciplinary Team of 10 to Develop BusDuct Analysis Software.

Modeling Multi-Physic Electromagnetic - Mechanical - Thermal Analysis of BusDuct Using Finite Element Software ANSYS and MAXWEL along with CATIA and MATLAB.

Developing a GUI to Connect the Various Software Outputs and Automate the Design and Analysis of BusDuct Equipment.

Collaborated with the Team in Writing a 200-Page Technical Manual and Documentation of the Developed Software.

Trained the Client’s Employee on How to Use the Created Software and How to Interpret the Outputs; Providing Technical Support for 3 Month after Delivering the Software.

Presenting Work Progress Once in 2 Weeks to Client Representative and Writing Reports Once Per Month for the Project Supervisor.

Mechanical Engineer 2011 - 2012

MANGAN Manufacturing Co.

Worked in a Team of 8 to Design Planetary Reducer Gear Box; Assessed Planetary Reducer Gear Box Component’s Fatigue Life; Performed Force Analysis on Planetary Reducer Gear Box.

Documented Fatigue and Static Life of Components Including Gears and Bearings of 5 Newly Designed Planetary Reducer Gear-Boxes (Hoist, Flange Mounted, Foot Mounted, Traveling).

Took Initiative to Create a User-Friendly Software for Analyzing Fatigue Life of the Designed Gear-Box Bearings.

Took Initiative to Design Portable Flange Facer Required in Crane Component Final Preparation and Saved the Company Approximately 100000 Dollars.

Designing, Structural Analysis and Building Portable Flange Facer Utilizing FEM Software ANSYS along with MATLAB and CATIA.

Collaborated in Designing Motion Control Circuit with Positioning Systems to Be Used in Controlling Machining Equipment on Portable Flange Facer; Researched and Selected Multiple Required Parts Such as Slewing Bearing, Gear-Box, Motor and Pneumatic Linear Actuator.

Developed 3D Model of Portable Flange Facer Product; Carried Out Product Drawings Utilizing CATIA.

Developing a GUI for Designing Gaskets in Gear Box System Design Based on Quality Management Systems.

Wrote a 50-Page Report of the Design Procedure and Technical Manual for the Portable Flange Facer. Education

PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, Structural 2014 - Present University of Texas at Arlington

Dissertation Title: A Micromechanical Approach to Static Failure Prediction of Particulate Reinforced Composites Under Uniform Mechanical Load and Heat Flow. GPA: 4.00

Master of Science (M.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering, Practical Design 2011 -2014 University of Tehran

Thesis Title: Modeling and Hydrodynamic Analysis of Journal Bearing Using Lattice Boltzmann Method (CFD Approach).

GPA: 16.86 / 20

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering (BSME). 2007 - 2011 Iran University of Science and Technology

Thesis Title: Spot Weld Simulation and Analysis Using Finite Element Method (FEM, ANSYS). GPA: 16.47 / 20

Selected Projects and Researches

Computational Mechanics

Shrink Fit Analysis Between Shaft and Disc of a Compressor Using ANSYS Software, FEM Course, 2011.

Modeling and Analysis of Wire Drawing Using ANSYS Software, 2012.

Stress Analysis of a Three Legged Robot Mechanisms, ANSYS, 2013.

Developed a GUI to Predict Automobile Performance Graph, MATLAB, 2015. Analytical and Design

Designed Gear Box for an Automobile, Machine Design II course, 2007.

Designed Hook for Tower Crane, Machine Design II course, 2007.

Designed Park Fitness Equipment, Machine Design II course, 2007. Control

Designed Electric Pneumatic Metro Door System Circuit, Controlling Systems Design course, 2011.

Designed Hydraulic-Electric Cylinder Motion Control System Circuit, Controlling Systems Design course, 2011.

Designed ‘Package Transferring Conveyer’ Electrical Control System Circuit, Controlling Systems Design course, 2011.

Inverse Pendulum Control Using MATLAB Simulink and Simscape, Classic Controls, 2014.

Inverse and Forward Kinematics of Six Degree of Freedom Viper 650 Robot, MATHEMATICA, Robotics Course, 2015.

Artificial Intelligence

Multi-Objective Optimization Using MATLAB Neural Networks Toolbox, 2012.

Developed Fuzzy XCS algorithm code, MATLAB, Artificial Intelligence course, 2011.

Robot Arm Motion Control Using Fuzzy XCS, MATLAB, Artificial Intelligence course, 2011.

Developed XCS algorithm code, MATLAB, Machine Learning course, 2011.

Using Neural Network Interpolation MATLAB Toolbox in Putting FEM Results into graph, 2013.

Using Neural Networks to Model a Control System Responsible for Data Center Temperature Control (Neural Network Times Series), 2016.

Skills

Programming Languages: C++, FORTRAN, MATLAB & MATHEMATICA, Python.

Application: ANSYS, CATIA, AUTOCAD & SOLID WORKS, MATLAB (Simulink, ANN Toolbox, Optimization, Curve Fitting, Neural Net Time Series, Simscape)

Language: English (Fluent), Farsi (Persian, Native), Kurdish (Mother Language)

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