Assistant Engineer

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Mahsa Mortazavi, Ph.D.

*****.***********@*****.***, (732) 208-149l

Fremont, CA 94538

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Executive Summary:

• More than 10 years of experience in various physics-based mass parallel computational analyses.

• Led several major CFD analysis projects in design of fire emergency ventilation systems.

• Developed various parallel CFD algorithms and scripts for fluid and thermal analysis in areas of compressible, incompressible, high-speed, and multi-phase flows.

• Extensive experience incorporating commercial CFD and FEA tools such as ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS CFX, GASPex and COMSOL to solve various fluid and solid mechanics problems. Professional Experiences:

CFD Analyst (Tunnel Ventilation Engineer) at AECOM, Oakland, CA, (Jun. 2018 – present)

• CFD specialist and fire dynamics analyst in underground transportation system projects

• Led several multi-staged CFD and fire simulation projects to develop fire emergency ventilation systems, implemented in projects, such as:

− Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM), Technoparc station, Montreal, Canada,

− Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM), McGill station, Montreal, Canada,

− Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Bloor Yonge station, Toronto, Canada,

− Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Scarborough station, Toronto, Canada,

− Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Milpitas station, Milpitas, California, US,

− California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS), District 4 and 7 Connector Tunnels, California, US.

• Developed and executed over 400 CFD simulations for fluid and thermal analysis throughout the course of different projects, analyzing results and optimizing systems’ performances

• Worked in a cross-functional team to deliver multi-disciplinary products

• Comprehensive fluid dynamics analyses of smoke dispersion at both high and low levels of environmental domain

• Detailed CFD analysis of ventilation control devices’ performance in iterative loops to obtain optimal design

• Composing comprehensive summary of results reflecting detailed design KPIs, and presenting directly to project clients

• Experimental data analysis of ventilation control devices’ performance Scientific Scholar at Stanford University, Stanford, CA (May – Jun. 2018)

• Investigation on macroscopic modeling of mixing phenomena in laminar and turbulent flows Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, and Instructor at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ,

(Aug. 2012 – Jan. 2018)

• CFD solver software development in different platforms: C/C++, MATLAB, Python, Fortran

• MPI-based parallel C/C++ programming to analyze aero-thermal loads in compressible flows using High Performance Clusters

• Flow control and drag reduction via simulations and analyses of laser discharge in supersonic flows

• 3D simulation and analysis of flow physics and aerothermodynamic loads in hypersonic shock wave boundary layer interactions using in-house developed CFD solvers

• Full assessment of equilibrium models’ capability in quantitative prediction of high-speed flows Page 2 of 2

• Instructor of the undergraduate course “Thermodynamics” for three summer semesters, and teaching assistant of several other courses for three years Other Research Experiences

• Modeling and analysis of 3D mixing in a spiral micro-channel using COMSOL

• Multi-objective optimal design and user intervention elimination using modeFRONTIER

• Fortran-based solver development with lattice Boltzmann’s method for two-phase flows

• Lab experimentalist at Supersonic Wind Tunnel at Rutgers University Software and Programming Skills:

Simulation and Analysis: ANSYS CFX, ANSYS fluent, GASPex, ANSYS ICEM CFD, COMSOL, Gambit, Pointwise, Subway Environment Simulation (SES), ModeFRONTIER Modeling and Design: SolidWorks, AutoCAD, SketchUp Programming: C/C++, MPI parallel programing, MATLAB, Fortran, Python, LabVIEW, Perl, Bash-shell Education:

Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, (Jan. 2018) Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, Dissertation title: “Investigation of Laser Discharge in a Supersonic Flow and Shock Wave Laminar Boundary Layer Interaction in a Hypersonic Flow”

B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Jul. 2012)

University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Thesis title: “Simulation of a Two-Phase Flow with a Lattice Boltzmann’s Method in a Non-Uniform Grid” Publications:

• M. Mortazavi, D. Knight, Olga Azarova, Jingchang Shi, Hong Yan, “Numerical Simulation of Energy Deposition in a Supersonic Flow Past a Hemisphere”, AIAA Paper No. 2014-0944, 2014.

• M. Mortazavi, D. Knight, “Numerical Simulation of Energy Deposition in a Viscous Supersonic Flow Past a Hemisphere”, AIAA Paper No. 2015-0583, 2015.

• M. Mortazavi, D. Knight, “Shock Wave Boundary Layer Interaction in a Hypersonic Laminar Flow on a Hollow Cylinder Flare”, AIAA Paper No. 2016-0351, 2016.

• M. Mortazavi, D. Knight, “Shock Wave Laminar Boundary Layer Interaction at a Hypersonic Flow Over a Blunt Fin-Plate Junction”, AIAA Paper No. 2017-0536, 2017.

• M. Mortazavi, D. Knight, “Numerical Investigation of the Effect of the Sweep Angle of a Cylindrical Blunt Fin on the Shock Wave/Laminar Boundary Layer Interaction in a Hypersonic Flow”, AIAA Paper No. 2017-3462, 2017.

• D. Knight, M. Mortazavi, “Hypersonic Shock Wave Transitional Boundary Layer Interactions – A Review”, AIAA Paper No. 2017-3124, 2017.

• M. Mortazavi, D. Knight, “Numerical Simulation of Shock Wave/Laminar Boundary Layer Interaction Over a Blunt Geometry”, EUCASS Paper No. 2017-65, 2017.

• D. Knight, M. Mortazavi, “Hypersonic Shock Wave Transitional Boundary Layer Interactions - A Review”, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 151, pp. 296-317, 2018.

• M. Mortazavi, D. Knight, “Simulation of Hypersonic Shock Wave Laminar Boundary Layer Interaction Over Blunt Fin”, AIAA Journals, Vol 57, No. 8, pp 1-18, 2019.

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