Engineer Engineering

SUMMERY

Experienced Engineer offering:

• Experience in product development, sales engineering and as a technical advisor/researcher

• Three years of job/internship experience in manufacturing, petrochemical, and telecommunication industries

• Five years of research experience in corrosion, electric vehicles, and optoelectronic systems

• Professional experience in materials development, selection, processing, testing, and characterization

• Effective team leadership, problem solving, multitasking, and organizational skills in technical set ups

• Master’s coursework in marketing, strategic product and brand management as well as Mechanical and Chemical Engineering curriculum

EDUCATION

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Expected Graduation Date: May 2012

M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, GPA: 3.76/4.00

Minor in Business Administration

• University of Science & Research, Tehran, Iran July 2007

M.S., Materials Engineering, GPA: 3.58/4.00

• University of Meibod, Yazd, Iran July 2005

B.S., Materials Engineering, GPA: 3.02/4.00

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kia Corrosion Control Company, Tehran, Iran (www.kiacorrosion.com) 2008-09

Technical Advisor/ Sales Engineer

• Worked in cross functional team to serve between clients and internal engineering/business teams

• Investigated factors causing corrosion in pipelines in a variety of environments

• Offered solutions to customers based on their field specifications

• Marketed company’s services to potential customers resulting in several new clients

Iran Telecommunication Research Center, Tehran, Iran (www.itrc.ac.ir/en.php) 2006-07

Technical Researcher

• Researched impact of coatings on optical properties of substrates in telecommunication applications

• Submitted findings to the R&D team that proved useful in optical devices.

IRANA Tile Company, Tehran, Iran (http://irana-tile.20un.com/index.html) 2004

Manufacturing Intern

• Investigated effective solutions to reduce defects to improve quality in the tile manufacturing process

• Submitted resulting potential solutions to the New Product Development team

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2009-Present

Project Assistant

• Collaborated with Johnson Controls Company on materials performance in Lithium-ion batteries with application in electric vehicle performance

• Improved electrochemical properties of Lithium-ion batteries by designing different composites

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (Continued)

University of Science & Research, Tehran, Iran 2005-07

Graduate Student

• Studied effects of temperature and dopant concentration on optical properties of ZnO nano-films

• Applied results to optical devices used in telecommunication applications.

PUBLICATIONS/ CONFERENCES

• Effect of Erbium dopant and temperature on structure, microstructure and optical property of ZnO nano-film by Sol-Gel method, 14th Conference on Optics and Photonics, 2008, 716-720 (presenter)

• Investigating the optical and structural characteristics of Zno: Er nano-layers prepared by Sol-Gel method, Journal of Color Science and Technology, 2007, 41-47

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Second place in SEM competition (Scanning Electron Microscopy) at UWM 2011

• UWM Chancellor Award (for academic outstanding performance) for two consecutive years 2009-10

• Scholarship from Iran Telecommunications Research Center for graduate research proposal 2007

• Ranked first in graduate program for three consecutive semesters (Iran) 2006-07

• Ranked 12th in the nationwide graduate entrance exam among 500 participants (Iran) 2005

RELEVANT SCHOOL PROJECTS, ACTIVITIES, AND AFFILATIONS

• UWM Materials Camp Summer 2010 (teaching high school students)

• Conducted a business survey on management strategy of a global company (Johnson Controls Inc.)

• Developed a business plan for a biosensor company as a team project

• Compiled a statistics project report on Johnson Controls Company engineering device (Metasys)

• Led a marketing strategy simulation game (markstrat) to market and develop products as a team project

• Member of Materials Advantage (ASM, TMS, ACerS, AIST)

TECHNICAL/ FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Materials lab skills, advanced characterization and data analyzing techniques include:

XRD, SEM, EDS, TGA/DTA, DSC, BET, XPS

• Metallographic specimen preparation and some mechanical testing

• Sol-Gel, co-precipitation, and heat treatment processing

• Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint

• Fluent in Persian and Turkish, and some Arabic knowledge

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