Karan Tabrizi
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Education
M.S. in Engineering (full merit scholarship) 2014
The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, US
M.S. in Thermal Power and Fluid Engineering (ranked 2nd) 2012
The University of Manchester (UMIST), UK
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Honors) 2010
The University of Manchester, UK
Relative Software and Languages
Swift for OSX and iOS (Xcode 6), HTML, JS, CSS, jQuery, VBA, Excel, SQL, MATLAB, FORTRAN
Work Experience
Software Developer at Photon Infotech, Dallas, Texas, US Jan 2015 - current
Developed an OS X app including a simple PDP and search bar, employing webservices, parsing JSON from a REST API and displaying details, communicating with offshore through GitHub
Studied and took part in an iOS project with extensions for apple watch using Xcode 6 (Swift)
Took part in automated testing for an eCommerce project.
Designed and Developed the main flow of an eCommerce site in HTML/CSS, JS, JSON.
Developed frontend and data biding by JS and JS-based languages and frameworks such as Angular.
Engineer at CLEAResult, Half Moon Bay, California, US 2014
Audit buildings for efficiency measures and employed Microsoft Excel and VBA for data management.
Intern at CLEAResult, Austin, Texas, US 2014
Analyzed air conditioning systems data with visuals and calculations on Excel (VBA) and QuickBase
Ran administrative support across different sections to manage over 30000 projects
Worked significant amount of time coding with Microsoft Excel and VBA
Acquired an online certificate for WEKA (a powerful data management package)
Teaching Assistant at UT Austin (Multiple Courses) 2012-2014
Taught an engineering lab class, designed exams, held TA sessions and discussions for students
Assistant Manager at Boulevard, Manchester, UK 2011-2012
Performed market research, designed survey and promotions to beat competitors
Managed a team of 5 in a take away restaurant, food preparation, serving customers
Research Emphasis and Courses
Master's Thesis: Feasibility study on a computer aided simulation method (hard-coding FORTRAN, MATLAB)
Bachelors Thesis: Programming and simulation of turbulent flows.
Relative Courses
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Engineering Communication
Modeling & Simulation Operational Management
Computer Modeling Research Methods (Data Acquisition)
Voluntary Experience
Organizer and Treasurer of a Cultural Society in the University of Manchester, UK 2010 - 2012
Managed funds and events for 450 members.
Practiced skills such as leadership, management, team working, communication.
Admin Support, Citizen Advice Bureau, Leigh, UK 2009
Performed IT support, digitized and classified data for clients, worked in a formal office environment
Other Activities and Achievements
Played professional Water-Polo for 10 years, winning several international medals.
Composed music and played as a band leader/singer for audiences up to 2200 persons.