sina heydari - Department of Mechanical Engineering

SINA HEYDARI
curriculum vitae
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical Engineering
Sharif University of Technology
Personal Information
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Full Name: Sina Heydari
Citizenship Status: U.S. Citizen
Date and Place of Birth: 7/29/1993 – Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
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Address: 15, 35 Street, Koye Nasr, Tehran, Iran
Phone: (+98) 9350873550
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Website: mech.sharif.ir/~heydari_sina/
Education
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2011-Present: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
GPA: 3.52/4 (overall, up to date )
GPA: 3.87/4 (last 60 hours)
GPA: 3.96/4 (last year)
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2007-2011: High School Diploma – Physics and Mathematics, Alameh Tabatabai High School, Tehran, Iran
GPA: 19.5/20
Research Interests
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 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
 Particle and Aerosol Transport
 Bio/Microfluidics
 Lab-on-a-CD and Lab-on-a-Chip Platforms
 Multiphase Flow in Porous Media
 Energy Conversion and Heat Transfer
Skills
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Languages
 Persian: Native
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English: Fluent
TOEFL iBT: 114/120
(Reading: 30/30, Listening: 30/30, Speaking: 26/30, Writing: 28/30)
Computer
 Analysis: OpenFOAM, COMSOL, ANSYS-Fluent, MATLAB’s Simulink
 Modeling and Meshing: SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Gambit
 Programming: MATLAB, C
 Image Processing: Droplet Morphometry and Velocimetry (DMV)
 Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu
Research Experience
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Design and Fabrication of a Lab-on-a-CD Microfluidic Platform for Blood Analysis, under the supervision of Prof. M.
S. Saidi (Current Semester, B.Sc. Thesis)
At Lab-on-a-CD Research Group, Mechanical Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology
- Designing an efficient and novel method for plasma separation using COMSOL
- Designing the entire platform and implementing the required reservoirs, valves and channels
- CNC fabrication of the CD and final experimentation
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Experimental Investigation of Newtonian and non-Newtonian Drop Formation, under the supervision of Prof. B.
Firoozabadi and Prof. H. Afshin (Current Semester)
At Center of Excellence in Energy Conversion, Mechanical Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology
- Using a high speed camera to capture the images of Newtonian and non-Newtonian drop formation process
- Dynamic and morphometric analysis of the images using an image processing software called DMV
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Numerical Simulation and Experimental Study of Gravity-Driven Water Droplet Formation and Free Fall, under the
supervision of Prof. M. S. Saidi and Prof. B. Firoozabadi
At Center of Excellence in Energy Conversion, Mechanical Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology
- Using a high-speed camera to capture the images of the formation and free fall of a water droplet
- Comparing the images with the results from a numerical simulation of a similar case conducted by OpenFOAM
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Design, Fabrication and Calibration of a System Capable of Measuring the Force Exerted on the Spinal Needle Used
in Lumbar Puncture Procedure, under the supervision of Prof. F. Farahmand and Prof. A. Mirbagheri
At Robotic Surgery Lab, Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine
- Design and fabrication (using SolidWorks & 3D printing) of a case for holding the needle and tension sensor together
- Calibrating the system using a Power Application Controller (PAC)
Work Experience
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Member of Lab-on-a-CD Research Group, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Numerical modeling, experimentation and fabrication of Lab-on-a-CD microfluidic platforms
Internship at Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine , Tehran, Iran
Design, 3-D fabrication and installation of some of the parts of the covers and cas ing for the surgical robot system in
the Robotic Surgery Lab
Internship at Ehsan Particles Technology, Tehran, Iran
Numerical simulation of microfluidic phenomena such as particle tracking and capillary valving
(in charge of all of the OpenFOAM simulations)
Teaching Experience
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Tutorial and Instruction Writer for an OpenFOAM Teaching Blog
Preparing and posting OpenFOAM tutorials and instructions on www.openfoam.blogfa.com which is a weblog
designed to help Persian users with this software (you can access my posts here)
Teaching Assistant, Engineering Thermodynamics II (current semester)
Taught by Prof. V. Hosseini
Course Projects
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Numerical Analysis of Vortex Shedding, a Comparison between ANSYS Fluent & OpenFOAM
under the supervision of Prof. M. S. Seif - For Fluid Mechanics 2 Course
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Numerical Simulation of the Self Motion of a Liquid Plug between Two Non -Parallel Plates Using OpenFOAM
under the supervision of Prof. A. Moosavi - For Interfacial Fluid Dynamics Course
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Designing Multiple Heating, Ventilation and Cooling Systems for Various Types of Buildings
under the supervision of Prof. M. H. Saidi - For HVAC Design Course
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Design and Modeling of a 3-Stage Gearbox Using SolidWorks
under the supervision of Prof. H. Nejat - For Machine Element Design 2 Course
Courses Related to My Interests
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Interfacial Fluid Dynamics
Fluid Mechanics 1 & 2
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Thermodynamics 1 & 2
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Heat Transfer 1 & 2
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Internal Combustion Engines
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Introduction to CFD (planning to pass next semester)
Awards and Honors
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Admitted into Country’s Number 1 Engineering University Through the Nationwide Mathematics and Physics University
Entrance Examination