Research Assistant Civil Engineering

Niousha Amani

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Recognized expertise as Non-Destructive Testing Physicist with more than 8 years of professional research and in Engineering including development of health monitoring and Non-Destructive inspection systems.

SKILL HIGHLIGHTS

NDE Science and Inspection Solutions

Ultrasonic and Electromagnetic Finite Element Analysis

Phased Array and Conventional Ultrasonic Inspection

Electromagnetic Inspection

Quality Control

Data Analytics

Data Acquisition Systems

Team Leadership

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Sep 2013-Dec 2017) - University of Houston, Texas

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: ANSYS, ABAQUS, COMSOL, MATLAB, C# Programming, Siemens NX, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), 3D Modeling and Printing

Instrumentation: Ultrasonic Phased Array Systems, SEM, XRD, TGA, Non-Destructive Electrical Measurements

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Non-Destructive Testing Physicist– National Oil Well Varco (Spring 2018 – Present)

Development of Ultrasonic Phased Array inspection systems for tubular goods.

Development of new procedures and methods for nondestructive tubular testing.

Working with electrical, mechanical, and software engineers for new equipment design, construction, and testing.

Resolving and troubleshooting operational inspection issues.

Finite Element Modeling of NDT systems.

Teaching and certifying the NDT inspection systems.

Research Assistant – University of Houston (Fall 2013 – Fall 2017)

Sensing gas migration and fluid leakage through cement using electrical measurements and simulation using COMSOL

Characterization of large scale oil well cement using ultrasonic measurements and numerical simulation

Characterization of piezoresistive behavior of smart concrete under dynamic and static loads

Development of inspection method for concrete degradation due to acidic or alkali environment, CO2 gas migration, cyclic temperature and physical erosion using electrical measurements

Monitoring fracture failure of smart cement using ultrasonic and electrical measurements

Simulation of wave propagation inside the cracked beams

Characterization of piezoresistive behavior of polymer concrete under dynamic and static loads

Developed lab scale model of oil well and studied mechanical and piezoresistive behavior of cement sheath, drilling mud and spacer fluid

Teaching Assistant – University of Houston (Spring 2015 – Fall 2017)

Advanced Foundation Design and Constitutive Modeling, University of Houston, Texas

Structural Engineer – Tara Tahlil Saze firm (2012-2013)

Design, review and retrofit of steel and concrete structures, Isfahan, Iran.

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