Vida (Vajiheh) Akbarzadeh, Ph.D.

CEO at https://www.gracelight.co/ +974********

Doha, Qatar

Email : addw3k@r.postjobfree.com.

Citizenship: Canadian

KEY SKILLS

Leadership programs (feminine leadership certificate, mindfulness in leadership certificate) Life Coaching & Yoga teaching certificate

Computational fluid dynamics (MATLAB, C++, ANSYS, MINITAB, FLUENT) Process simulation (HYSYS, OPENFOAM)

Statistical analysis (R, SPSS, MATLAB)

EDUCATION

McMaster University

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2009- 2014 Hamilton, ON, Canada) Multiphase flow simulation and optimization.

Ryerson University

M.Sc. Chemical Engineering (2006-2008 Toronto, ON, Canada) Simulation, system analysis, and optimization of polymer dispersed liquid crystal films Sharif University of Technology

B.Sc. Chemical Engineering (2001-2005 Tehran, Iran) WORK EXPERIENCE

GRACELIGHT Life Coaching, and women empowerment program 2018-presnt CEO

• Providing 1:1 mentorship programs, running seminars, women circles, and workshops

• Meditation and yoga teacher, life coach.

Qatar university college of Engineering, Qatar 2017-2020 Visiting Professor

• Providing lectures and lab sessions throughout semesters introducing statistics and probability techniques and software (MATLAB, SPSS) to senior engineering students

• Design of course presentations, evaluations of students based on industrial case studies.

Weill Cornell Medical College Public Health,Qatar 2014-2016

• Applied mathematical modeling techniques (MATLAB, C++) and statistical methods (R, SPSS) in understanding the risk behavior determinants of the epidemiology of infectious diseases.

• Ensured co-ordination and communication with team members and Lead PI. McMaster University Faculty of Engineering, Canada 2009-2014 Research ASSOCIATE

• Involved in several concept optimization studies.

• Coordinated timely response and reporting to sponsors at Tech Cominco Ltd.

• Designed a plan to analyze the dross build-up problem in hot-dip galvanizing fields.

• Completed comprehensive process modeling and simulation and analyzed dross buildup in hot-dip galvanizing process of a field in Montreal, Canada, using ANSYS, FLUENT, EDEM.

• Provided comprehensive reports to sponsors on outcomes of project.

• Ensured co-ordination and communication with project manager and Lead PI.

• Designed and completed a CFD project to investigate the three-dimensional flow field of slot die coating process using OPENFOAM, LIGGGHTS, ANSYS, DEM.

• Skillfully resolved issues causing unstable coating process as a result of clogging of micron sized particles.

• Published results of project in two separate publications in known chemical engineering journals Led tutorial sessions and seminars, lectures to engineering students in polymer processing, heat transfer, engineering statistical design.

Ryerson University Faculty of Engineering, Canada 2006-2008 Research Associate

• Generated a C++ optimization code that used Genetic Algorithm to optimize a nonlinear polymer process.

• Simulated polymer dispersed liquid crystal fields and their response to external fields using finite difference and finite element method in C++ .

• Reported and coordinated effectively with lead PIs and published results of project in scientific journals.

TRAININGS

• Chakra Girl Business school, Vancouver, Canada, 2020

• Leadership and mindfulness, Canada,2019

• Mindfulness and meditation tools for feminine leadership, Canada, 2017

• Statistics using R, Weill Cornell Medical College Public Health, Canada, 2014

• ANSYS for multiphase free surface flows, Western University, Canada, 2013

• Parallel programing for engineers, Sherburne college, Canada, 2012

• Effective team working, McMaster University, Canada, 2012 AWARDS & HONORS

Graduate scholarship Award Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS 2012- 2013) Graduate scholarship Award Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS 2007 2008) Academic Excellence Award Ryerson Graduate Award (2006-2008

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