Arya Jafarnejad, Mechanical Engineer
Glencoe St, Brighton, MA 02135 617-***-**** ****.**********@*****.***
EDUCATION
• B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell. May 2014
GPA 3.37, Dean's List.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Experienced in engineering design analysis, gained through numerous engineering projects.
• Proficient in using MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and Visio)
• Skilled in Computer Aided Design (CAD) and finite element analysis software.
• Hands-on machine shop experience with drills, milling machines and lathes.
• Developed excellent written and verbal communication skills through writing reports, presenting
results.
• Decision maker, with effective time management skills obtained through leading engineering projects.
RELEVANT PROJECTS
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Mechanical Engineering 2010, Present
• Designed, built and tested a protective barrier for Autoliv's radar functionality test vehicles, as
capstone project.
• Designed solar water heating piping network for hot water distribution through four separate pipelines
with the goal of maintaining the same mass flow rate along each pipeline.
• Designed, fabricated and assembled a four-bar linkage system.
• Designed and Manufactured a Cam Dwell and compared the displacement, acceleration and jerk with
the analytically calculated results.
• Develop of a prototype pill maker for STEM (Science,Technology,Engineering, Mathematics)
program.
• Selected the type, size and best location to install a wind turbine for optimum performance for
household use based on collected field data, and conducted structural analysis.
• Performed aerodynamic analysis and optimization of an airfoil for a Build and Fly model airplane.
• Conducted a vibration test and used accelerometers with various sensitivities to calculate the relative
displacement and velocity of a vibrating plate.
• Performed thermal conductivity analysis of heat sink fins using Matlab.
RELEVANT SOFTWARE SKILLS
• SolidWorks XFOIL
• FEMAP FEA Matlab and MathCad
• Abaqus FEA Matematica
• AutoCAD MSWord, Excel, and PowerPoint and Visio
SELECTED VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
• Design of a Pill Maker for STEM program for fabrication and use in rural areas of Peru. 2011
2011-2013
• Table Tennis team captain, University of Massachusetts Lowell.