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SEYED MEHDI GHAFOURI
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MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Highly analytical, performance-driven engineering professional with 6+ years’ experience creating innovative, cost-efficient designs.
Solid expertise in applied research, new content development, simulation, and validation.
Broad knowledge in the power electric, broadcast transmitter, specific machines and medical devices industry, including repeated success developing prototypes that improve marketability for previously unfeasible technologies.
Superior problem-solving and time-management abilities; adept at identifying the root cause of issues and implementing creative, targeted solutions.
Team spirited with effective communication and presentation skills, able to coordinate with management, vendors, and staff to achieve goals.
Design for manufacturing ability base on deep knowledge and experience in utilizing manufacturing methods and their limitations like sheet metal forming, milling, lathing, molding and etc. TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Software: SolidWorks, Abaqus, Ansys, Catia, GearTeq, GearTrax, PVElite, AutoCAD, MS Project, MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Research & Design: Design for Manufacturing, Project / Quantification Planning, Mechanical Consulting and Supervising, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), On- and Off-line Test Development, Process Analysis, Design & Validation, Manufacturing Specifications, Standards
(ASME, UIC, API, ISO, DIN) Utilization, Derivation of gears correction factor PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MANA INDUSTRY SUPPORTERS – Tehran, Iran
Chief Executive Officer, 9/2012 – Present
Mechanical consulting and management, designing and analyzing of several industrial projects to develop and operationalize the company customers’ orders.
Research and review existing technologies based upon target markets; apply design analysis and FEA process to create plans. Coordinate with suppliers / vendors and internal engineering resources to obtain prototype parts and equipment; define functional, dimensional, and visual requirements for components. Evaluate and demonstrate manufacturing feasibility and technical justification for design approach; conduct design validation. Maintain comprehensive documentation of complex design activities.
Designing, consulting and supervising in production projects of several types of power inverters with different power rates. The projects consisted of designing and thermal analyzing of heat sinks, designing of bus bar, designing of power module and etc. (designing of 250+ different parts) SEYED MEHDI GHAFOURI
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Designing, consulting and supervising in production projects of three broadcast transmitters with 10kW, 500kW and 1MW powers. The projects consisted of designing and thermal analyzing of heat sinks, designing of bus bar, designing of power module and etc. (designing of 200+ different parts)
Consulting in design and prototyping of 5-axis dental milling machine.
Designing and prototyping of several devices:
Medical retractor with two automatic axis
Linear filament extruder (for using by 3D-printer extrusion device)
Special jar mill (With rpm control and two level rollers for using small to big jars)
Silver on ceramic coating machine
Automatic Bicycle Rental / Bike Share System
Designing several jigs and fixtures
Mechanical analyzing of petrochemical equipment in special conditions base on ASME standards:
Self-supported steel stack
Pressure vessels
Storage tanks
Mechanical designing and consulting in production phase of electrical power modules for using in subway wagon.
Reverse engineering of several gears and derivation of their correction factors.
And some small projects which are not stated here. ACECR (JDN) – Tehran, Iran
Mechanical Engineer, 8/2010 – 4/2012
Researched and designed new products in different projects of ACECR. Developed new tooling concepts and techniques to maximize production effectiveness. Teamed with senior engineers to prototype equipment; conducted project / qualification planning for each prototype. Assisted with design documentation utilizing detailed technical drawings and engineering specifications.
Mechanical designing of several devices and equipment:
Speed gate with passage width of 90cm
Low-price speed gate with passage width of 55cm
Turn style gate for using outdoor
FM broadcast transmitter 200W
Power inverter 1kW and 2kW
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Responsible for the department of mechanical engineering in Electrical power generator wagon project. Designing of 200+ parts and assemblies and supervising on production phase base on UIC standards. EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
Master of Science in Engineering (MSE), Mechanical Engineering, 2016 IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (IUST) Narmak, Tehran Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME), 2010 ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY (IAU)
Professional Development:
Behavioral Simulation of Smart Materials: Shape Memory Alloy (SMA)
Buckling Analysis: Application of Smart Materials
Contact Mechanics: Debonding simulation in hybrid composites with SMA
Fracture Mechanics: Application of Cohesive Zone Modeling (CZM) in hybrid composites with SMA Certification: Trained SolidWorks 2007 in UT branch of ACECR Publication: F. Taheri-Behrooz, S. M. Ghafouri, “Interface effects on the load distribution in hybrid SMA composites.”, CCFA5 international conference, IUST, Narmak, Tehran, Iran.