Engineering Mechanical
Resume:
Sajad Kafashi
Phone: 704-***-****
Residency Status: U.S. Green Card
Email: *******.*****@*****.*** LinkedIn: (https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sajad-kafashi/3a/324/857)
OBJECTIVE
Engineering professional with industrial experience in the field of mechanical engineering, manufacturing and instrumentation. Serve as contributing team member, implementing technical skills towards analytical thinking, problem solving, post experimental analysis and reporting.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering 6/2017
University of North Carolina at Charlotte GPA: 3.79/4.0
Dissertation: Instrumentation, techniques, and evaluation of ePTV for particle manipulation
studies using micro-scale oscillators.
WORK EXPERIENCE
KLA Tencor, Milpitas, CA 12/2017-5/2018
Mechanical Design Engineer 3
Ownership of entire wafer transfer system and robotics of electron beam-based wafer review tools from atmospheric to high-vacuum environment
Design of complex systems for semiconductor industry, create project plans, generate technical drawing, assembly and testing, BOM creation and product release
Project management, system integration including complex mechanical, electrical and optical subsystems, hardware and software diagnostics and troubleshooting
PWP, particle contamination, reliability testing
Oversee these tasks and actively manage the tasks, ensuring both internal teammates and external vendors are completing tasks as necessary
Siemens Energy Inc, Charlotte, NC 3/2017-8/2017
Internship
Identifying instrumentation and DAQ systems for rotor test rig
Setting up measurement plans, sensors (accelerometers, temperature, pressure, etc.)
Data acquisition and analysis, LabView programming, control system design
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 8/2013-6/2017
Research Assistant at Center for Precision Metrology (CPM), projects listed below
Experimental Development Leader, NSF-funded project; Collaborative Research: Manipulation of Suspended Microparticles via Localized Fluid Boundary Dynamics: Modeling, Simulation, and Experiments
Researcher, NSF-funded project; Material Removal Mechanisms in Vortex Machining
Researcher, Development of Super-Heterodyne Interferometry
Researcher, Development of Three-Fingered, Touch-Sensitive, Metrological Micro-Robotic Assembly Tool
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 8/2012-8/2013
Teaching Assistant,
Teaching in Instrumentation, Materials, and Basic Electronics Laboratories
SKILLS
Instrumentation, sensors, actuators, electronic circuitry, controls, mechatronics
Nano-technology, Semi-conductor fabrication, high/ultra-high vacuum environments, wafer transfer system
Interferometry, profilometry (talystep, talysurf), SEM, AFM
Optics, electro-opto mechanical systems, optical system design
CMM, GD&T, machine tool metrology, uncertainty analysis,
Precision design, flexure design, finite element analysis, particle image velocimetry, image processing,
DAQ systems, LabView, Multisim, FPGA programming, ExpressPCB, PLC, signal processing
C++, Visual Basics, MATLAB, Mathematica, Python
CAD/CAM, SolidWorks, Creo, CATIA, AUTOCAD
Optimization, mathematical modeling, simulation, statistical analysis
PATENTS
Smith, S.T., Kafashi, S., UNCC Invention Report# 2015-005, Automatic 3-axis motion control apparatus, 2015 (Provisional patent)
Smith, S.T., Kafashi, S., UNCC Invention Report# 2016-023, Compact voltage waveform generator with low-power microcontroller connectivity, 2016 (Provisional patent)
Smith, S.T., Arablu, M., Kafashi, S., UNCC Invention Report# 2016-022, Compact, all-digital, clock modulated FM signal generator, 2016 (Provisional patent)
Smith, S.T., Kafashi, S., UNCC Invention Report# 2016-042, Encoded- PTV (ePTV), 2016 (Provisional patent)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Journals
Arablu, M., Kafashi, S., Smith, S.T. “Synchronous radio-frequency FM signal generator using direct digital synthesizers, Review of Scientific Instruments (2018), 89, 045009, doi: 10.1063/1.5026321
Kafashi, S., Strayhorn, R., Eldredge, J., Kelly, S.D., Woody, S.C., Smith, S.T. “Theoretical and experimental study of the dynamic response of absorber based, micro-scale, oscillatory probes for contact sensing applications” Review of Scientific Instruments (2016), 87, 065005, doi: 10.1063/1.4954164.
Kafashi, S., Shakeri, M., Abedini, V. “Automated setup planning in CAPP: A modified particle swarm optimization-based approach” International Journal of Production Research, (2012), 50 (15): 4127- 4140, (DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.592157)
Kafashi, S. “Integrated setup planning and operation sequencing (ISOS) using genetic algorithm” International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, (2011) 56:589-600, (DOI: 10.1007/s00170-011-3202-0)
AWARDS AND HONORS
Outstanding Service to the Department, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, UNC Charlotte, 2017
NSF Student Travel Award for 31th ASPE Annual Meeting (Registration), Portland, OR, 2016
First place (graduate level) Innovative Ideas, 2016 Student Product Innovation Competition, The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) – Innovative Carolinas, 2016
NSF Student Travel Award for MSEC2016/NAMRC44 (Registration and accommodation), Blacksburg, VA, 2016
Best Poster Award at UNCC’s 16th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, Engineering Category, Charlotte, 2016
Outstanding Poster Award at ASPE 30th Annual Meeting (First place), Austin, TX, 2015
NSF I-Corps award, Innovate ideas – Ventureprise UNC Charlotte, 2015
Top 3 Innovative Ideas, 2015 Student Product Innovation Competition, The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) – Innovative Carolinas, 2015
First place in ASPE annual student competition (By completing challenges in control, design and metrology), American Society for Precision Engineering (ASPE), 2014
Graduate Assistant Support Plan (GASP), UNC Charlotte, 2012-2017.
MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Precision Engineering (ASPE)–Technical Leadership Committee Controls & Mechatronics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
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