Mechanical Engineering Project Team

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Behzad Hamedi

BLACKSBURG, VA ***** 858-***-**** ********@*****.*** *******@**.***

linkedin.com/in/behzad-hamedi-362318176

scholar.google.com/citations?user=17m41_AAAAAJ&hl=en Education

PhD in Engineering Mechanics Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 2022-2024 GPA 3.92 Thesis: A Novel Framework for Modeling Reconfigurable Dynamic Systems

MSc in Mechanical Engineering Amirkabir University of Technology 1996-1997 GPA 3.70 Thesis: The optimization of vehicle suspension key elements

BS in Mechanical Engineering Isfahan University of Technology 1991-1995 GPA 3.2 Thesis: Final year team-based project

Skills

Project Leadership and Management:

- Leading and managing projects from definition to production.

- Deliverable-based project planning, milestone tracking, and progress reporting.

- Monitoring project deliverables to achieve deadlines and risks analysis using SWOT analysis

- Developing and managing customer requirements, business plan

- Leading various test programs, including vehicle, systems, and component-level evaluations.

- Providing project work scope and breakdown for the project team through collaboration.

Automotive Expertise:

- Expertise in the design and development of existing platforms and upgrades based on emerging automotive technology, with a focus on safety and performance targets.

- Knowledge of vehicle dynamics, tire mechanics, and dynamic systems design

- Skilled in crafting Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for supplier selection.

- Familiar with quality management techniques: FMEA, PPAP, APQP

- Skilled in crafting RFQ(Request for quotation) required for sourcing and supplier selection

Technical Skills:

- Multi-Body Dynamics Simulation: Developing full vehicle dynamic models using ADAMS

- Finite Element Analysis (FEA), fatigue analysis, and ld path structural analysis.

- Familiar with FE tools such as Abaqus, ANSA, and FemFat

- Crafting research proposals.

Testing and Tuning:

- Familiar with vehicle and system and component level tests

- Involved in chassis systems tuning programs in collaboration with global suppliers

- Experienced in managing durability validation programs across component, system, and vehicle levels. Familiar with accelerated durability testing, emphasizing high-quality and reliable results within tight timelines. Specifically, I have hands-on experience with new vehicle and chassis durability testing using IDIADA test track surfaces, 4-poster systems, and multi-axial bench tests for chassis fatigue validation while collaborating with Benteler.

Industry Experience:

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- Experience working with OEMs like Porsche, Peugeot, Renault, Pininfarina

- Experience working with chassis component Tier 1 suppliers like Benteler, Magneti Marelli, ZF, BASF, Vibracoustic, Mando, Goodyear, Michelin

- Collaboration with global test centers like MIRA and IDIADA

- Experienced in turnkey solutions for tight schedules, specific needs and requirements Professional Experience

Research Assistant CenTiRe (Center for Tire Research), Virginia Tech 2022-2024

Development of a novel framework for modeling reconfigurable dynamic systems, PhD Thesis

- Development generalized coupling modeling procedure for dynamic systems

- Creating hybrid and modular models for vehicle vibration analysis

VT Solar car project, advisor

- Consulting and interaction with the project team to address technical issues

- Conducting technical workshops and signing off project deliverables in the milestones

- Contribution to the project team for chassis concept selection and design process

Involvement in a Run-flat tire project, both rim-integrated and embedded insert concepts

- working with Tire FEM and updating the models for both inflated/deflated conditions

- Structural analysis: modal, stress, Thermal, NVH, and fatigue

- Balancing the insert model design based on durability and vehicle dynamics requirements Senior CAE Vehicle Dynamics Engineer Peugeot Group Local JV, IKCO R&D Center 2006-2021

- Virtual Proving ground simulation using ADAMS/Durability for life prediction

- Leading suppliers and project partners for providing technical data, PDS, DVP

- Integration of the design activities for new suspension development

- Collaboration with design engineers and the suppliers to provide the load cases data

- Verifying the suspension components/systems based on both virtual and physical testing at the vehicle, system, and component levels and reporting the results

- Multi body dynamics (MBD) modelling and simulation using ADAMS/Car

- Load calculation at suspension and body attachments using ADAMS for various load cases

- Working with the CAE team to develop assembly FEM models using ANSA

- Leading the physical test for CAE and design verifications

- Performing both FEA both linear and non-linear structural analysis using Abaqus including Modal, NVH, stress of chassis

- Leading durability analysis on chassis components using Abaqus+FemFat

- Training workshops and mentoring the project team members Technical Project Manager (TPM) Peugeot Group Local JV, IKCO R&D Center 2004-2018

- Crafting RFQ (Request for quotation) for sourcing based on the project plan and deliverables

- Managing budget and resources, quality targets of product & deliverables at each milestone

- Leading project team, design reviews meeting at project milestones, and reporting

- Management of local, global suppliers, design partners, and cross functional project team

- Vehicle engineering process: Vehicle benchmarking, target setting, target cascading 3 P a g e

- Design integration: DMU, CAE, CAD, EBoM, and Vehicle architecture/Packaging

- Synthesize the simulation results with project team to make design improvement decisions

- Deliverable-based planning, progress reporting, risk analysis

- Quality, Reliability and Robustness management using FMEA, PPAP, APQP, 6-Sigma

- Management of prototyping, evaluation & validation tests and calibration based on DVP

- Homologation (complying market requirements & regulations), Type approval

- Leading chassis design attributes, target setting, testing, and monitoring target achievement CAE Vehicle Dynamics Engineer Peugeot Group Local JV, IKCO R&D Center 1997-2006

- Vehicle dynamics simulation and correlation with K&C data to verify ADAMS models

- Development of suspension lightweight components, weight and cost-saving concepts

- Development of suspension bushings with BASF and Vibroacoustic in Germany

- Multidisciplinary collaboration with the suppliers to develop suspension parts like damper, spring, tire, Anti roll bar from design, prototyping to production

- Load calculation for various load cases at suspension and body attachments to perform FEA structural analysis

- Working with vehicle engineering to define targets for vehicle dynamic, NVH and durability

- Calculation of loads at suspension and body interfaces for various load cases

- FE analysis of chassis components and system including modal, stress and durability

- Collaborate with Purchasing team in the sourcing of suspension parts in both components and system levels and performing supplier audits and meetings to ensure about functional, reliability and financial aspect

- Monitoring and updating BoM during different project milestones Project References

Modular Vehicle Platform Concept (Pininfarina) 2014-2017

- Design integration through collaboration with project team, suppliers and design partners

- Project technical management

P206 CNG Rear Axle Redesign (Peugeot, Benteler) 2011-2013

- Leading development process including FEA, load cases calculation, suspension structural analysis, and durability tests

- Suspension compliance analysis using ADAMS to verify the structural modifications

Twist Beam Rear Axle Design (IDIADA/Spain) 2007-2010

- New suspension concept development, kinematic analysis and packaging constraints

- Contribution to target setting process for vehicle dynamics, durability and NVH attributes

- Static/dynamic wheel envelope analysis, leading CAE countermeasures

Bi-fuel Car Development (Peugeot/France) 2005-2007

- Integration of DMU and CAE works, design BoM and leading evaluation and validation tests

- Development of full vehicle dynamics model to verify performance due to higher weight

Suspension Development (MIRA/UK) 2000-2004

- Development of dynamic models using ADAMS/View in collaboration with MIRA

- Participation in vehicle and system-level testing, tuning suspension elements to meet targets Honors/Affiliations

- Pratt Fellowship by the Engineering Mechanics Program 2022 4 P a g e

- Liviu Librescu Memorial Fellowship award 2023

- Graduate Top Student award 2023-2024

Mentoring/Teaching experiences

Virginia Tech Solar car project, Advisor 2022-2024 Presenting technical workshops associated with Structural analysis & Dynamical Systems development, mentoring, and supporting junior engineers

Virginia Tech Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant 2022-2024 ME 4564: Vehicle Control, Supporting Prof. Taheri, Lecturing 35 students 2023 ESM 2204: Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, advising 30+ students 2022 ESM 2104: Statics, Advising students, students 2022-2023 ESM 2304: Dynamics, Tutoring and advising students 2023-2024

University of Tehran Tehran, IRAN: Industry-invited lecturer (Volunteered) 2012 Teaching multibody dynamic simulation for graduate/undergraduate students

KNT University (www.kntu.ac.ir) Tehran, IRAN 2007 Advanced automotive engineering course for graduate joint program in collaboration with Kensington University in the UK

IKCO, R&D center Tehran, IRAN 2000 -2003

Consultancy servicing for local automotive companies for new product development Setting up technical workshops for multibody dynamics simulations for automotive companies

Amirkabir University (https://aut.ac.ir) Tehran, IRAN: Teaching Assistant (TA) 1996-1997 Vibration of mechanical systems, Dynamics, Recitation, advising students Publications

Books/Book Chapters:

- Tire-Vehicle dynamics (with Prof. Saied Taheri), currently under development

Published Journal Articles & Conference Papers:

1.Behzad Hamedi, Nahid Kalantary Ardebily, Armin Alipanahi, Saied Taheri, "Estimating Tire Forces Using MLP Neural Network and LM Algorithm: A Comparative Study", Universal Journal of Mechanical Engineering Vol. 11(3), DOI: 10.13189/ujme.2023.110302. 2. Behzad Hamedi, Gunnar Copeland, Xiujie Harry Rui, Kurt Peng, Alex Strizenec, Jianyu Hua, Saied Taheri, "Eco-Friendly Transportation: Solar Car Design for Competition- Part II, Suspension, Steering, and Traction Systems", International Journal of Innovations in Engineering Research and Technology, Volume 10, Issue 9, September 2023.

3. B Hamedi, K Marques, R Vargo, H Lee, K Peng, E Gupta, S Taheri, "Eco-Friendly Transportation: Solar Car Design for Competition - Part I, Structural Chassis", International Journal of Innovations in Engineering Research and Technology, Volume 10, Issue 9, September 2023. 4. B Hamedi, K Marques, R Vargo, H Lee, K Peng, E Gupta, S Taheri, "Eco-Friendly Transportation: Solar Car Design for Competition- Part III, Electrical Systems", International Journal of Innovations in Engineering Research and Technology, Volume 10, Issue 9, September 2023 5. B Hamedi, “A Robust Approach using System Characteristics Identification Technique to Fulfill Vehicle Comfort Requirements in a New Suspension Design”, International J. of software engineering and computing 3 (2),2011

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6. Hamedi, B., Català, A., Cañellas, S., and Elahimehr, A., "A New Hybrid (Bi-Fuel) Vehicle Suspension Development," SAE Technical Paper 200*-**-****, 2007 7.Hamedi, B. and Webb, J., "The New Twist Beam Axle Design for a Passenger Vehicle," SAE Technical Paper 200*-**-****, 2007, https://doi.org/10.4271/200*-**-**** 8. Hamedi, B.,” Design and Development of SAMAND Suspension Systems for CNG Applications”, NGV 2006, the IANGV Biennial Conference & Exhibition, held in Cairo,Egypt (Paper Session 5-C: Vehicle Conversions),2006

9. M. Shariat Panahi, P.Naseri, B.Hamedi, K.Vaziri, “Toward Greener and Safer Vehicles: Iran's Experience”, FISITA 2004 World Automotive Congress, Barcelona, Spain,2004 10. Kazemi, R., Hamedi, B., and Izadkhah, M., "The Vibrational Improvement of the Two-Piece Driveline of the Passenger Car," SAE Technical Paper 200*-**-****, 2002, 11.Kazemi, R., Hamedi, B., and Javadi, B., "Improving the Ride & Handling Qualities of a Passenger Car via Modification of its Rear Suspension Mechanism," SAE Technical Paper 200*-**-****, 2000, 12.R Kazemi, B Hamedi, “Improving the Dynamic Performance of Passenger Cars via Rear Suspension Mechanism Modification”, J. of Advanced Materials in Engineering (Esteghlal), 2001 13. Kazemi, R., Hamedi, B., and Javadi, B., "A New Sliding Mode Controller for Four-Wheel Anti- Lock Braking System (ABS)," SAE Technical Paper 200*-**-****, 2000 14. Saied ُTaheri, Behzad Hamedi, Behrooz Lotfi,”Optimization of Vehicle Suspension using BOX’s Method”, ISME (Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers) Tabriz university, 1997

In Preparation/Under Review:

- Behzad Hamedi, Sudarshan Shrikanthan, Saied Taheri,” Exploring and Comparing Control Strategies for a Novel Double Damper Suspension System”, (waiting for acceptance)

- Behzad Hamedi, Sudarshan Shrikanthan, Saied Taheri,” Modeling of a Novel Double Damper Concept for comfort analysis: A Comparison with Single Damper “ (waiting for acceptance)

- Behzad Hamedi, Saied Taheri,” Theoretical Framework for Developing a Full Vehicle Hybrid Model to Predict Tire Characteristics Using Receptance Coupling Technique” (under peer-review)

- Behzad Hamedi, Saied Taheri,” Simplified Review of Hybrid and Modular Modeling Approach for Road Noise Prediction: Insights from Quarter Car Modeling” (under peer-review)

- Behzad Hamedi, Saied Taheri,” An efficient methodology for hybrid modelling of a reconfigurable dynamic system: Analytical formulation” (under peer-review)

- Behzad Hamedi, Abhishek Saraswat, Saied Taheri, “Design of a Rim Support System (RSS) for Run-Flat Tire application for High Fatigue Life” (under development) References

Academic References:

- Dr. Saied Taheri

Professor, Department of Mechanical Eng., Virginia Tech, *******@**.***

- Dr. Sevak Tahmasian

Instructor, Department of Biomedical Eng., Virginia Tech, ******@**.***

- Dr. Nicole Abaid

Associate professor, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, ******@**.*** 6 P a g e

- Dr. Robert L. West

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Eng., Virginia Tech, ******@**.***

- Dr. Michael Philen

Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace and Ocean Eng., Virginia Tech, *******@**.***

- Dr. Jeff Warfford

Collegiate Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Eng., Virginia Tech, *********@**.***

Industry References:

- Dr. Javad Mehrmashhadi

Apple, California, ************@*****.***

- Dr. Behzad Samadi

Vice President of Engineering, SOTER AI, California, ******.******@*******.***

- Alireza Mohammadi

Director, Thyssenkrupp Automotive, *******.*********@************-**********.***

- Alireza Kamalan

Passive Safety CAE Expert, Technical Manager, Aston Martin Co./UK, *********@*****.***

- Farhad Tousipanah

Sales & Business Development Manager, DZ Medicale/Italy, ******.**********@*****.***

- Farhad Zamen

ADAS Features Tuning and Validation Engineer at Valeo, ************@*****.***

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