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
Summer internship June 2021-September 2021
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
Coating Engineer May 2017 – June 2019 Goharfam, Tehran (Iran)
- 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
Coating Engineer 10/2015 – 04/2016 Kian Rangin, Tehran (Iran), quality control and R&D department
- 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
