EDUCATION    

Villanova University, Villanova, PA , USA. M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, expected May.
1998. Thesis title: "Analysis and Control of  Hyper-Redundant Robots"
GPA: 4.0

Khaje-Nassir Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering   (Dynamic Systems & Control) June 1991. Thesis title: "System Identification and Adaptive Controller  Design for  Industrial Processes."
GPA: 3.5 (upper division)

Digital Control Systems, Dynamic Systems and Control, Analytical Vibration  Analysis,
Advanced Dynamics, Dynamics of Multi-body Systems, Advanced Engineering Analysis,
Advanced Numerical Analysis, Finite Element Analysis, Perturbation Methods.

"Application of Model Reference Adaptive Control to Steam Power Plants."  Presented at 1992
International Conference on Engineering Applications of Mechanics, Sharif University of
Technology , Tehran - Iran.

"Application of Fuzzy Logic Control to Steam Power Plants." Presented at 1994 ASME -
ESDA (Second Biennial European Joint Conference on Engineering Systems Design and
Analysis, London - England.

"Mathematical Modelling of Input-Output Relation in Fuzzy Control Systems." Submitted to
the IEEE Transaction on Fuzzy Systems for publication.

"Fuzzy Logic and Application of Fuzzy Control to Dynamic Systems" (Persian), Published in
the Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1995.

"Control of Dynamic Systems Based on Fuzzy Logic Theory." An instructing  notebook
published by the department of Mechanical Engineering, K.N.Toosi University of  Technology,
Tehran - Iran, 1995.

"Computer Simulation with MATLAB."(Persian) An instructing notebook published by the
department of Mechanical Engineering, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran - Iran,
1995.

"System Identification and Controller Design for Industrial Processes." (Persian) B.S. Thesis,
department of Mechanical Engineering, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran - Iran,
1991.
 

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1998, Honor Scholar.

Villanova University, 1996, full Villanova university scholarship including full remission of
tuition and fees and a monthly stipend.

Iranian Association of Mechanical Engineers, 1995, member of committee of the 2nd Annual
Conference on Mechanical Engineering.

K.N.Toosi University, 1994, "Best Lecturer Award" for teaching in the department of
Mechanical Engineering.

K.N.Toosi University, 1991, Engineering Dean's Award for the 2nd rank in the class.

K.N.Toosi University, 1990, K.N.Toosi University fellowship Award.

Iranian National University Entrance Exam for Undergraduate studies, 1987, Ranked in the
top 0.01% among 1,000,000 test takers.

Iranian National University Entrance Exam for Graduate studies, 1991, achieving the 3rd
rank among 6,800 test takers.
 

MatLab, C, Fortran, Basic, MathCad, AutoCad, Windows , Unix, and several windows
application softwares.

Introduced to ALGOR, and other FEM analysis softwares during the course work of graduate
studies.
 

Environmental Tectonics Corporation, Bensalem, PA, Disney CyberCoaster project.
Summer 1997.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, Teaching
Assistant for the "Mechanical Vibration" course and several Mechanical Engineering Labs.
1996-present.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, Developing
the web page of the  Mechanical Engineering Department, 1998.

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khaje - Nassir Toosi University of Technology and  Department of Mechanical Eng., Tehran University. Tehran-Iran. (1992-1995),
Lecturer and  Teaching  Assistant for the following courses:
1.  Automatic Control Systems.
2.  Measurement and Modern Control Systems.
3.  Computer Simulation of Dynamic Systems.
4.  Fuzzy Logic Control Systems.(Graduate Course )

Ramin Pharmaceutical Company. Tehran - Iran,
Computer Software Designer, from March 1988 to June 1991.
Head of Computer Center from June 1991 to July 1992.
Head of Engineering Department, from Nov. 1992 to Sep. 1993.

Tehran Traffic Control Company. Tehran - Iran. Department of Control Strategy Design,
from July 1992 to Nov. 1992.

Montazer-Ghaem Steam Power plant. Tehran - Iran, Internship, Process Control and
Instrumenting Department, 1990

Scientific and Industrial Research Center. Tehran - Iran, Internship, Dynamics and Control
Systems Branch, 1989
 

English - Fluent,  Farsi - Native Speaker,  Turkish - Proficient,   Azarbaijani - Proficient