Mohammadjavad Palimi

Paint, coating and corrosion engineer

Graduate Researcher September 2019-presentUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton AB

Acted as corrosion, wear specialist at the department of chemical and materials engineering (Investigation on corrosion, tribological and tribo-corrosion performances of carbon steel in emulsion-based drilling fluids).

• Evaluated the case study conditions for developing drilling fluids in aggressive environment
• Developed strategies, provided engineering solutions, and proposed remedial actions to deal with corrosion, friction and wear threats 
• Designed and conducted project experiments and testing protocol for preventing of drilling equipment corrosion, corrosion-wear testing of metals, analysis and interpret experimental results, and draw conclusions 
• Oversaw all materials testing and research & development projects to meet funder
• Presented the results to internal and external stakeholders, validated the results through supplementary experiments
• Designed and optimized stable emulsion-based drilling fluids and provided training to junior members 

Camber Company, Edmonton, AB 

• Drilling industry: producing drilling fluids for oil wells
• Developed high corrosion and wear resistance drilling fluids
• Presented projects results and ongoing progress reports to staff and lab director
• Provided consultation on projects to enhance the efficiency of work
• Created data collection, analysis and graphing results from various experiments
• Ensured deliverables of commensurate quality by managing project outcomes
• Introduced highly efficient corrosion inhibitors for drilling applications

• Paint production industry: producing automotive coatings for Iran Khodro Company
• Supervised, coached floor technician by weekly meetings
• Developed and tested paint formulation
• Drafted proposals for presentation to clients to secure funding for programs and projects.
• Accomplishments:
• Improved the mechanical-physical properties of primers such as zinc phosphate, zinc chromate
• established a zinc rich new primer with high anticorrosion property 
• evaluated and certified top coating with high abrasion resistance for automotive coatings

• Paint production industry: producing powder coatings for various industries
• Investigated quality control of coatings for example: surface appearance, adhesion, hardness, chemical resistance
• Accomplishments:
• Improved the quality of powder coatings, especially by solving the bubble problem on the surface
• Developed new formulation for powder coating with corrosion protection properties
• Led the production of powder coating with high abrasion resistance

Ph.D., Materials EngineeringSeptember 2019-April 2023University of Alberta, Edmonton AB

MSc., Polymer Coating Engineering and Paint TechnologyOctober 2011-February 2014Institute for Color Science and Technology (ICST), Tehran, Iran

BSc., Polymer Engineering-Color Science and Technology September 2007-July 2011Azad University, Mahshahr, Iran