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Abdolhamid Sadeghnejad

Address: **** * ********* *****, *********, PA 18109

Phone: 610-***-****

Email: ac1x9b@r.postjobfree.com

Citizenship: Permanent resident

Career Objective:

Hard-working PhD student and team player with strong interpersonal skills and 2 years working experience in designing and running start-up plants is looking for an internship/part-time job in your company to apply my skills and abilities in real world and help your company to achieve its goals. Education:

Professional Experiences:

Naft-e-Pars, Oil and Grease Manufacturer, Tehran, Iran Summer Internship

• Learned how to read PFD

• Helped in designing important equipment such as pumps, reboilers, and reactors

• Gained professional communication skills through team work Mar 2009-Jul 2009

Bonyan Daneshpajuhan Institute, Tehran, Iran

Senior Researcher

• Managed a team of researchers specialized on water desalination

• Researched new technologies and modern equipment that helps meet the industrial and drinking water needs

• Gained management skills through leading a team of researchers Dec 2012-July 2014

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering

Lehigh University (LU), Bethlehem, PA

Thesis title: “Biomimic of CaCO3 by a single enzyme direct the synthesis of aragonite morphology in ambient conditions”

• Engineering a protein, Silicatein, to mimic the formation of rod-like CaCO3 improved the strength of soil.

2016-present

M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering-biomaterials (magna cum laude / GPA: 3.38) Lehigh University (LU), Bethlehem, PA

Thesis title: “Single enzyme direct biomineralization of ZnS and ZnxCd1-xS alloyed quantum confined nanocrystals”

• Engineering and purifying a functional enzyme to biosynthesis of inorganic materials such as quantum dots characterized in well-quality of properties such as uniformity, crystallinity, and size distribution.

2014-2016

M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering-Food Sciences (magna cum laude / GPA: 3.56) AmirKabir University of Technology (AUT), Tehran, Iran Thesis title: “preparation of antibacterial nanocomposite associated with silver nanoparticles by corona plasma”

• Fabrication of antibacterial polyethylene film being useful in food packaging to increase food shelf life.

2009-2012

B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (magna cum laude / GPA: 3.43) AmirKabir University of Technology (AUT), Tehran, Iran Thesis Subject: “Evaluation of hot spring effects on environment”

• Consideration of both positive and negative effects of hot springs in Iran. 2005-2009

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Pardis Technology Park, Tehran, Iran

Head of R&D Department

• Worked as an engineer to simulate processes for recovering Manganese metal from industrial wastes

• Designed and installed the start-up plant of producing pure Manganese by electrolysis method

Jan 2013-Aug 2014

Academic Achievements:

Publication:

• A. Sadeghnejad, L. Lu, C. J. Kiely, B. W. Berger, S. McIntosh, “Single enzyme direct biomineralization of ZnS, ZnxCd1 xS and ZnxCd1 xS–ZnS quantum confined nanocrystals” RSC Advances, 2017, 7, 384**-*****

• H. Zhang, M. Frey, C. Navizaga, C. Lenzo, J. Taborda, W. Taifan, A. Sadeghnejad, A. M. Sviklas, J. Baltrusaitis, “Dairy Wastewater for Production of Chelated Biodegradable Zn Micronutrient Fertilizers” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2016, 4, 1722-1727

• A. Sadeghnejad, A. Aroujalian, A. Raisi, Sh. Fazel, “Antibacterial silver particles coating on the surface of polyethylene films using corona discharge” Surface and Coatings Technology, 2014, 245, 1-8. Patent:

• “Designing and construction of semi-plant of food packaging process” Patent of Iran, Patent No.: 75033, 2011.

Teaching Assistantship:

• Teaching assistant in “Chemical Reactor Design”, Lehigh University, PA

• Teaching assistant in “Heat Transfer”, Lehigh University, PA

• Teaching assistant in “Methods of Analysis”, Lehigh University, PA Professional Organizations:

Lehigh University Iranian Students Association (LUISA) President

• Managing a team of 5-people to organize events, find sponsors, and increase the socialization among Iranian community and with other international communities.

• Improving the LUISA rank from 15th to 3rd among 54 organization at Lehigh University.

• Increasing the annual money transaction of the organization more than 10 times over a year.

Jun2015-May 2016

Chemical Engineering Graduate students (CHEGA)

Secretary

• Communicating with people being in charge of financial support.

• Scheduling CHEGA members’ meetings with department chair

• Networking with other students and professors to introduce CHEGA in order to increase the participation in our events.

Aug2014-Jul2015

R&D Department of Pardis Technology Park

Head of the start-up team

• Managing a team of 10-engineers to design the start-up plant of Magnesium production.

Apr2013-Jun2014

Chemical Engineering Association of AmirKabir University of Technology Head of the executive team

• Communicating with companies and manufacturers to become sponsors of international conferences at Amirkabir University.

• Organizing graduation ceremony of graduated students in Amirkabir University at 2012.

Aug2010-Sep2012

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Honors and Awards:

• Graduated at the top of his class and qualified to continue his higher education without entrance exam. 2009

• Ranked first between all other patents presented in 4th International Symposium of Nanotechnology, Tehran, Iran.

2011

• Invited lecturer to two live scientific programs on Iranian national TV, Khabar and Jam-E-Jam channels. 2012

• Announced as best innovative researcher of the year by Pardis Technology Park, Iran.

• Awarded the One year Fellowship form Chemical Engineering department of Lehigh University 2013

2014

Programming and Software Skills:

MATLAB, FORTRAN, Excel Macros (VBA), MINITAB

• Proficient in programming and advanced use of the graphical interfaces HYSYS

• Proficient in use and application in technical design ICDL (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access)

• Proficient and everyday use

Language:

Farsi

• Native

English

• Fluent

Arabic

• Fluent

Interests:

Playing variety of sports including Volleyball and Soccer, playing video games, Socializing, Watching Movies

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