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Nima Parsi Benehkohal

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Summary

A team player and quick learner with high motivation and more than five years of research experience in the following fields:

More than 5 years research experience in Metallurgy, electrochemistry and Corrosion Engineering.

Familiar with Cathodic protection, Inhibitors, Oxidation and Hot Corrosion and Surface engineering (coating).

Familiar with Corrosion Chemistry and Water Treatment process.

Highly experienced in Electrochemical Processes and Analysis.

Highly experienced in various electrochemical tests such as, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Potentiodynamic/Potentiostatic Polarization, and Cyclic Voltammetry.

Experienced in various deposition methods such as, Electrodepositon, Electrophoretic deposition, and Spray pyrolysis.

Experienced in Colloidal chemistry and related tests such as Zeta potential and aggregate size measurements.

Highly experienced in assembling of the third generation of solar cells such as Dye-sensitized and Quantum dot sensitized solar cell and their characterization techniques such as, Energy conversion (J-V) and quantum (IPCE) Efficiency measurement, EIS, and OCVD.

Highly experienced in solar cell characterization methods such as,

Familiar with characterization methods like XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, EDS, FTIR, Raman, ICP, Atomic Absorption spectroscopy, Zeta potential measurement, Dynamic light scattering, AFM, Metallographic methods, TGA.

Familiar with hydrometallurgy process such as Electrowining and Electrorefining.

Education

2009 – 2013; Ph.D. student in Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Thesis: “Fabrication of Photoanodes by Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD) for Use in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs)”, Courses completed: Aqueous Processing, Electron Beam Analysis of Materials. GPA: 3.92/4

2006 – 2008 M.Sc. in Corrosion and Metals Protection Engineering, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Thesis: “Synergistic effect of molybdate and some organic and inorganic salts such as calcium gluconate and zinc salts on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in simulated cooling water” Courses completed: Advanced Electrochemistry, Cathodic Protection, Characterization of Material, Mechanical Corrosion, Industrial Corrosion, Inhibitors, Advanced Corrosion, Hot Corrosion and Oxidation, Thermodynamic and kinetics of Corrosion, Biotechnology. GPA: 3.57/4 (First Ranking)

2001– 2006 B.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering, Extraction metallurgy, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran

Awards and Distinctions

2009-2012, McGill Engineering Doctoral Award (MEDA) Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Canada.

2013, Graduate Student Departmental Scholarship for excellence in contribution to research, McGill university, Canada.

2011, Great-Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Award, McGill University, Canada.

2011, Non-Conference Graduate Travel Award, McGill University, Canada.

2008, 1th Ranking (Distinction) among all corrosion Engineering M.Sc. Students of The University of Tehran, Iran

Work Experiences

Research Assistant, Corrosion Specialist, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. 2006-2008

Designing and conducting different type of experiments such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and potentiodynamic/potentiostatic polarization to investigate the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in cooling water tower via using various corrosion inhibitors.

Research Assistant, Department of Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 09/09-present

Developing and optimizing a green eco-friendly procedure to employ electrochemical deposition methods (EPD and ELD) in water based suspension to deposit various nano structure and composite thin film for use as photoanodes in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

Employing various Electrochemical techniques (such as EIS, OCVD, etc) to characterize these solar cells.

Visiting researcher at Photovoltaic and Optoelectronic Devices Group in Jaume I University, Spain, 10/11-12/11

Colloidal PbS and PbSeS Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells Prepared by Electrophoretic Deposition and Electrochemical Impedance characterization

Teaching assistant, McGill University, Canada.

Winter 2012, Teaching assistance of Corrosion and Degradation of Materials course, McGill University, Canada

Winter 2011, Teaching assistance of Electrochemical Processing course, McGill University, Canada.

Fall 2010 and 2012, Teaching assistance of Introduction to Extractive Metallurgy course, McGill University, Canada.

Iran khodro Automotive Co, (Internship), Tehran, Iran.

2002, Iran Khodro Disel Company, Tehran, Iran, "Quality Control Laboratory".

2004, Iran Khodro Company (IKCO), Tehran, Iran, "Metallography Laboratory and Casting Workshop".

Publications

1. Nima Parsi Benehkohal, Mohsen Saremi, Changiz Dehghanian, Hamid R. Zebardast, The effect of calcium gluconate concentration and hydrodynamic effect on mild steel corrosion inhibition in simulated cooling water, Corrosion, 65, 778 (2009).

2. Nima Parsi Benehkohal and George P. Demopoulos, Green-engineered all-substrate mesoporous TiO2 thin film photoanodes with superior light harvesting structure and performance, Accepted to ChemSusChem, November 2013.

3. Nima Parsi Benehkohal, Mario A. Gomez, Raynald Gauvin, and George P. Demopoulos, Enabling aqueous electrophoretic growth of adherent nanotitania mesoporous films via intrafilm cathodic deposition of hydrous zinc oxide, Electrochimica Acta, 2013. 87(0): p. 169-179.

4. Nima Parsi Benehkohal and George P. Demopoulos, Electrophoretically self-assembled mixed metal oxide-TiO2 nano-composite film structures for photoelectrochemical energy conversion: Probing of charge recombination and electron transport resistances. Journal of Power Sources, 2013. 240(0): p. 667-675

5. Nima Parsi Benehkohal and George P. Demopoulos, Green Preparation of TiO2-ZnO Nanocomposite Photoanodes by Aqueous Electrophoretic Deposition. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2012. 159(5): p. B602-B610.

6. Nima Parsi Benehkohal, Victoria Gonzalez-Pedro, Pablo P. Boix, Sudam Chavhan, Ramon Tena-Zaera, George P. Demopoulos, and Ivan Mora-Sero ́, Colloidal PbS and PbSeS Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells Prepared by Electrophoretic Deposition. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012. 116(31): p. 163**-*****.

7. Nima Parsi Benehkohal and George P. Demopoulos, Preparation of DSSC Nanotitania Thin Film Photoanodes by Electrophoretic Deposition in an Aqueous Suspension. ECS Transactions, 2011. 35(21): p. 39-52.

8. Nima Parsi Benehkohal and George P. Demopoulos, Directed Self Assembly of Mixed Nano Titania/Metal Oxide Photoanode Films by Coupling Cathodic Electrophoretic and Electrolytic Deposition, Material research society (MRS) Fall Meeting, November 2012 Boston, USA.

9. Nima Parsi Benehkohal and George P. Demopoulos, Green fabrication of mesoporous dye-sensitized TiO2-ZnO nanocomposite solar cell electrodes by aqueous electrophoretic deposition, Next Generation Solar - Photovoltaic Canada - Third National Scientific Conference, May 2012, Montreal, Canada.

10. Nima Parsi Benehkohal and George P. Demopoulos, Preparation of DSSC photoanode nanotitania thin films by electrophoretic deposition, 219th Electrochemical Society Meeting, May 2011, Montreal, Canada.

11. Nima Parsi Benehkohal and George P. Demopoulos, Optimization of aqueous electrophoretic deposition of nano-structured titania films for dye-sensitized solar cell application, 4th International Conference on Electrophoretic Deposition: Fundamentals and Applications (EPD 2011), October 2011, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

12. Nima Parsi Benehkohal, and George P. Demopoulos, Fabrication of nano-sized titania films by electrophoretic deposition for energy conversion devices, Accepted in 85th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June 2011, Montreal, Canada.

13. Mohsen Saremi, Nima Parsi Benehkohal, An electrochemical evaluation on the molybdate concentration, presence of oxygen and hydrodynamic effect on mild steel corrosion inhibition in simulated cooling water, University of Tehran, European Corrosion Congress, pp. 316 EUROCORR, Nice, Italy, Sep 2009.

14. Mohsen Saremi, Nima Parsi Benehkohal, Changiz Dehghanian, Hamid R. Zebardast, Synergistic effect of molybdate and calcium gluconate on the corrosion inhibition of mild steel in simulated cooling water, Proceeding of the International Conference on Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, November 2008.

15. Mohsen Saremi, Hamid R. Zebardast, Nima Parsi Benehkohal, Novel method for on-line inspection and defects locating of underground coated pipeline using electrochemical-numerical technique, Proceeding of the 2nd International Conference on Technical Inspection & NDT (TINDT2008), Tehran, Iran, October 2008.

Patent

1. Nima Parsi Benehkohal and George P. Demopoulos, Electrophoretic fabrication of mesoporous nanotitania thin films. U.S. Patent Application US 61/906,534, filed November 2013. Patent Pending.

Languages

English

Persian

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