ALI GERAMI

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Summary of Qualifications

Strong background in the theory and practice of classical and modern controls

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Demonstrated ability to take an electromechanical system from concept to reality

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Wide experience with analog and digital electronics

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Strong commitment to life-long learning and collaboration with individuals from other disciplines

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Professional Experience

Research & Collaboration Experience

Product Development Engineer

Advantix Systems, Sunrise, Florida, USA August 2014-Present

(Clean tech energy efficiency company, Bloomberg new energy pioneer award winner)

• Built innovative and sophisticated test platform from scratch including design, cost analysis, and

construction. Minimized budget and achieved rapid operability (<1 month) while achieving all

performance objectives

• Designed an innovative sequence of operation for the product under development. Developed

input/outputs and wiring scheme for the company’s new product.

• Increased the product’s performance significantly by proposing and evaluating six highly innovative

methods of regenerating the liquid desiccant.

Graduate Research Assistant

Rotating Machinery and Controls (ROMAC) laboratory, University of Virginia Feb. 2009-Aug. 2014

• Increased magnetic bearings’ load capacity by 200% by developing an innovative modeling and

control strategy.

• Designed and built a sophisticated magnetic bearing test rig and validated the proposed nonlinear

magnetic bearing model and control synthesis

• Developed and validated finite element rotor-dynamic and magnetostatic system models and used

them to implement model-based nonlinear control utilizing LMI optimization

R&D Engineer

SAPTA (engineering firm), Tehran, Iran May-December 2006

• Analyzed and designed the hydraulic circuits as part of the engineering team on a $20 million

water refinement plant, still in operation

• Performed cost analysis for the water refinement plant

Intern

Iran Khodro Industrial Group (largest car manufacturer in Iran), Tehran, Iran May–August 2004

• Performed data analysis in order to identify reasons for over 100 equipment malfunctions on

mechanical and hydraulic presses and recommended maintenance strategies

Intern

Rayab (engineering firm), Tehran, Iran May–August 2001

• Student internship AutoCAD engineer

Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Applied mathematics department, University of Virginia February 2009-August 2014

• Lectured, designed tests, developed Webwork, etc. for nine semesters in courses including:

engineering math, partial differential equations, calculus, and ordinary differential equations

Instructor

Parseh Higher Education Institute, Tehran, Iran May 2007-May 2008

• Lectured and managed classes with as many as 140 students in wide variety of math courses

including: calculus, partial differential equations, ordinary differential equation, etc.

Leadership and Organizational Experiences

Member of Executive Committee

IPCo (Iran Khodro’s engine design and manufacturing division), Tehran, Iran October 2003

• Assisted with conference planning and organization for the Third International Congress on

Internal Combustion Engines

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering February 2015

University of Virginia, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Charlottesville, VA

Dissertation: Control of magnetic bearings with material saturation nonlinearity

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering December 2008

Sharif University of Technology, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tehran, Iran

Thesis: Active vibration control of rotating structures using piezoelectric actuator

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering May 2006

Sharif University of Technology, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tehran, Iran

Thesis: Studying the mechanical properties of a carbon nanotube using finite element method

Skills

• Matlab/Simulink: robust control, convex optimization, system identification, and real time workshop

toolboxes

• Real-time control development: using RTLinux and Mathwork’s xPC Target

• Rotordynamics: critical speed, unbalance response, and stability analysis of rotor-bearing systems.

• Finite element analysis: vibrations and magnetostatics in ANSYS

• Solid modeling and mechanical drawing: Solidworks and Autocad

• Machine shop experience: manual end mill, lathe, drill press

• Optimization: linear programming, linear matrix inequalities

Selected Publications & Conference Presentations

• Gerami, A. (2006). Development of an empirical equation to predict radial modulus of elasticity for

single-walled carbon nanotubes. Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science.

• Gerami A. (2015). Control of Magnetic Bearing With Material Saturation Nonlinearity. ASME, Journal

of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control.

• (Complete list of publications and presentations are available upon request)

Honors

• Ranked 2nd among more than 15,000 participants in the Nationwide University Entrance Exam for

M.S. in mechanical engineering, Spring 2006

• Ranked 34th among more than 500,000 participants in the Nationwide University Entrance Exam,

Summer 2001

• Member of Iranian National Institute of Elite, 2006-present

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