Mechanical Engineer Engineering

Mehdi Kamrani

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Summary

• More than 10 years of experience of working with and tutoring Abaqus FEA/CAE.

• Almost 1 year experience of working with HyperWorks and Isight.

• 4 years of industrial experience in OEM industry and Gas and Oil industry in design, life assessment, and durability analysis.

• Expert in scripting and writing subroutines using Python and FORTRAN, including UMAT/VUMAT.

• Over 3 years of experience with Catia V5.

• Designed mechanism and registered 8 patents in Iran.

• Over 4 years of experience working on multiple projects funded by NSF, ARL, ARO, and ONR.

• Some experience with NiTi - shape memory alloys.

• Familiar with ASME Sec. VIII and III.

• Received “Research Excellence Award”, Iowa State University.

• Collaboration and teamwork in a multifunctional group in industry.

• Published 13 papers in peer-reviewed journals including Science and NPJ Nature Publication. Technical Skills

• Abaqus FEA Standard/Explicit and writing subroutines including UMAT/VUMAT.

• HyperWorks.

• Isight.

• FORTRAN.

• Python (for scripting in ABAQUS).

• Catia V5 (2D and 3D and mechanism design).

Work Experiences

06/2020 - present Sr. CAE Engineer, Nikola Motor.

• Performing FEA simulation related to Durability and Crash/Safety studies including linear/nonlinear simulations and modal, damage, etc. analysis using Abaqus and HyperWorks.

• Performing design optimizations using Isight.

• Developing a VUMAT for a damage model to be used in Crash and Safety studies. 2016 - 05/2020 Mechanical Engineer/Research Assistant, Iowa State University.

• Studied the interaction between phase transformation and large deformation plasticity using Abaqus.

• Parameter Identification / Optimization Method to extract material properties out of experimental results using Abaqus.

• Determined high-order elastic properties of diamond and W for the first time up to 400 GPa using Abaqus. 01/2013 - 11/2015 Mechanical Engineer/Fixed Equipment Engineer /FEA Simulator, Gas and Oil, Iran,

• Designed multiple tanks, boilers, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, etc. using PV Elite.

• Performed Lumped-Mass-Stick Modeling of a large vertical vessel and a tall heat exchanger to study its behavior under earthquake using Abaqus.

• Studied the durability and the life assessment of pipes junctions and boilers under the effect of presence of cracks using fracture simulation in Abaqus based on ASME Sec. III.

• Designed a few mechanisms for heat exchangers and transportation of pipe bundles. 2013 - 2015 Mechanical Designer and Drawer, Azhand-Boje, Iran.

• Performed simulations of multi-step forging of highway guard rail, using Abaqus.

• Prepared the drawings using Auto Cad and Catia.

2011 - 2015 Instructor / Tutor for Abaqus, self-employed, Iran. Education

01/2016 - Present Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State University (ISU), Ames, IA Project: Interaction between phase transformation and plasticity. 09/2009 - 02/2012 M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. Project: Effect of stress concentration on mechanical response of SMA wires. Patents (8)

Invention certificate (Iran), “A gloves for producing heat and electricity”, 2014.

Invention certificate (Iran), “Semi-automatic mold for producing “Daf”, (an Iranian musical instrument), 2014.

Invention certificate (Iran), “Drop-slip-angle test device”, (a device which is used in textile engineering laboratories), 2012.

Invention certificate (Iran), “Solar water heater with ability of producing continues hot water”, 2012.

Invention certificate (Iran), “Bag-desk for notebooks”, 2011.

Invention certificate (Iran), “Automatic wrench”, 2010.

Invention certificate (Iran), “Wire cutter with a large force to displacement ratio”, 2010.

Invention certificate (Iran), “Hammer with ability of increasing transmitted force or displacement”, 2010- Participated in “Shaihk Bahaei” invention gallery, 2011. Selected of Publications (5 of 13)

S. Hsieh, M. Kamrani, V. I. Levitas, et al, Imaging stress and magnetism at high pressures using a nanoscale quantum sensor, Science, 366, 2019.

V. I. Levitas, M. Kamran, B. Feng, Tensorial stress-strain fields and large elastoplasticity as well as friction in diamond anvil cell up to 400 GPa, NPJ Computational Materials-Nature, 94, 2019.

B. Feng, V. Levitas, M. Kamrani, “Coupled strain-induced alpha to omega phase transformation and plastic flow in zirconium under high pressure torsion in a rotational diamond anvil cell”, Materials Science and Engineering A, 731, 623-633, 2018.

M. Kamrani, B. Feng, V.I. Levitas, “Modeling of Strain-Induced Phase Transformations under High Pressure and Shear”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Martensitic Transformations: Chicago, 47-51, Springer, Cham, 2018.

M. Kamarni, and M. Kadkhodaei, “An investigation into the simple tensile test of pseudoelastic shape memory alloy wires considering stress concentration of grippers”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 23(3), 1114-1123, 2014.

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