Resume: Simin Nasseri                                                                                                                 2009

 

 

 

Professional Experience:

 

2006-present: Southern Polytechnic State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology

Position: Assistant Professor

 

Courses taught: (10 Courses) Statics, Dynamics, Tool Design, Engineering Computation using Matlab, Engineering Graphics I, Manufacturing Processes, Manufacturing Processes (online), MET Orientation, Manufacturing Processes lab I, Special Topic; Independent Study in Rheology

 

1997-2004: Sydney University, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering (AMME)

 

Positions during this period: Casual Lecturer, Project Supervisor, Senior Research Associate, Post-doctoral Fellow.

 

Responsibilities: Non-linear constitutive modelling of viscoelastic materials (including the numerical and experimental analysis); Polymer processing and characterization; collaboration with scientific and Engineering companies; Designing special apparatus and jigs for mechanical characterisation of solid materials.

 

Related Fields: Polymer Processing, Biomechanical Engineering, Rheology, MEMS and Fluid Mechanics.

 

Courses Taught: Advanced Eng. Materials, Aeronautical Engineering Computing (Matlab), Dynamics, Statics.

 

 

1995-1997: Sydney University, School of Mechanical Engineering (AMME)

 

Position: Part-time instructor

 

Courses Taught: Dynamics, Statics, Computer Programming (Matlab), Engineering Vibration, Dynamics lab.

 

 1992- 1993: Mahab – Acres General Partnership Cons. Eng. Co. (in cooperation with Canadian Engineers), Iran.

 

Position: Design Engineer.

 

Responsibilities: Designing the mechanical parts of the dam (compressor, turbine, pump), writing engineering reports and computer programs.

 

 

1987- 1989: Universal Company (manufacturer of home appliances), Iran

 

Position: Die Designer and Deputy Managing Director of Die Manufacturing Division.

 

Responsibilities: Die Designing, CAD-CAM Systems, Robotics, Pneumatic systems, CNC machines, machines/ tools designing.

 

 

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Education:

 

1995-1997:

PhD. in Mechanical Engineering from: School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering (AMME), The University of Sydney, Australia.

Thesis title: Dynamics of micromachinery in viscous environments

 

1989-1992:

ME. (By both research and course) in Mechanical Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology.

Thesis title: Analysis of blood flow in polymeric blood vessel

 

1984- 1987:

BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology.

Thesis title: Designing a pneumatic robot with two degrees of freedom

 

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Research Experience:

 

  • Rheology & Viscoelasticity,
  • Polymer Processing (Experimental Analysis and Constitutive Modelling),
  • Biomechanical Engineering & Soft Tissue Rheology,
  • CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) / Computational Mechanics (using FEM, BEM, CDLBEM),
  • Micromachinery,
  • Parallel Processing (PVM3).

 

 

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Honours, Special Achievements:

  • Recognised as Professional Engineer by IEAust (Institute of Engineers, Australia).
  • Obtaining the Scholarship for studying in a PhD program at Sydney University (Valued at AU$ 45,000 for a 3-year candidature).
  • Record in finishing PhD in 2.5 years, publishing 5 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
  • Travel award from Sydney University to attend the ASME Int. Mech. Eng. Cong. & Expo., 1996, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Obtained highest mark amongst all participants for Master of Engineering entrance exam.
  • First-class honours (one of the top three in year of graduation) in B.Sc. & M.E., Iran University of Science and Technology.
  • Inclusion in the 15th-19th editions of “who is who in the world”, 1998-2005.
  • Inclusion in “2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century” (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England) - 2001; the 1st Edition.

 

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Computer and Language Skills:

  • COSMOS,
  • Solidworks,
  • WebCT/ VISTA 8,
  • ABAQUS (including PATRAN and Exceed),
  • Parallel Processing: Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM3),
  • FASTFLO,
  • ANSYS,
  • LaTeX,
  • Scientific Workplace,
  • Tecplot,
  • Designer,
  • Autocad,
  • FORTRAN 77 and 90,
  • C/ C++,
  • MATLAB,
  • Quick Basic,
  • Primavera (package on Project Management),
  • Dec Alpha 500, 3000 serials / Digital Unix (OSF1),
  • X-window, MS Windows (Windows9X/ NT),
  • MS Office (including Front Page).

 

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Grants, Funding, Scholarships:

  • Australian Research Centre (ARC) Scholarship for studying in a PhD program, Sydney University, School of AMME, 1995 (Valued at AU$ 45,000 for a 3-year candidature).
  • Teaching Improvement Fund (TIF) for “Developing a multimedia software tool for the enhancement of undergraduate Engineering courses, Statics & Dynamics”, 2002.

 

Educational Software and Websites:

·        SOL (Statics on Line), copyrighted, a multimedia software tool for the enhancement of undergraduate Engineering courses, Statics & Dynamics.

·        Rheology Group site, which includes all the research projects, publications, recourses of the group together with links to journals and other useful sites.

 

Industry Collaboration:

  • Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO),
  • The Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for polymer (which includes many universities and research institutes),
  • Moldflow,
  • Optical Fibre Technology Centre (OFTC) and
  • Australian Photonics CRC

 

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Publications:

  1. Tool Design, A book in the process of publication, 2007.
  2. Engineering Problem Solving Using Matlab, A book in progress, 2009.
  3. “Engineering computation using Matlab, A major elective course,” A paper in progress.
  4. Book Review, Chapter 2 of Prof Scott Bair’s book (High Pressure Rheology for Quantitative Elasto Hydrodynamics), published in 2007
  5. ‘Recoil from elongation using general network models,’ R.I. Tanner, A.M. Zdilar and S. Nasseri, Reologica Acta, 44(5): 513 – 520, 2005.
  6. ‘Modeling the biaxial elongational deformation of soft solids ,’ S. Nasseri, L. Bilston, and R. Tanner, Rheologica Acta, 43(1): 68 – 79, 2004.
  7. ‘Bridge condition deterioration modelling based on data from level two inspection,’ X. Wang, G. Foliente, S. Nasseri, L. Ye and M. Lowe, 2nd International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, Oct 2004, Kyoto.
  8. ‘Simple constitutive models for linear and branched polymers,’ R.I. Tanner and S. Nasseri, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 116: 1-17, 2003.
  9. ‘Lubricated squeezing flow: a useful method for measuring the viscoelastic properties of soft tissues’, S. Nasseri, L.E. Bilston, and R.I. Tanner, Biorheology 40(5), 545-551, 2003.
  10. ‘Viscoelastic properties of pig kidney in shear: Experimental results and modelling,’ S. Nasseri, L. Bilston and Nhan Phan-, Rheologica Acta, 41: 180-192, 2002.
  11. ‘Oscillatory squeezing flow of a biological material,’ N. Phan-Thien, S. Nasseri, and L. Bilston, Rheologica Acta, 39: 409-417, 2000.
  12. ‘Lubrication approximation in completed double layer boundary element method,’ S. Nasseri, N. Phan-Thien, and X.J. Fan, Comp. Mech, 26: 388-397, 2000.
  13. ‘Application of CDLBEM on motion of particles in shear flows of viscous fluid,’ S. Nasseri, N. Phan-Thien, and X.J. Fan, 8th National conference on Rheology, 19-22 July, Adelaide, 173-176, 1998.
  14. ‘Hydrodynamic interaction between two nearby micromachines,’ S. Nasseri and N. Phan-Thien, Comp. Mech. 20(3): 551-559, 1997.
  15. ‘Geometric optimisation of a micromachine with spiral tail,’ S. Nasseri and N. Phan-Thien, Comp. Mech. 20(3): 267-271, 1997.
  16. ‘Modelling micromachines with elastic parts in a viscous environment,’ S. Nasseri and N. Phan-Thien, Comp. Mech. 20(3): 242-246, 1997.
  17. ‘Application of BEM to predict the efficiency of two micromachines with rigid tails,’ S. Nasseri and N. Phan-Thien, ASME Int. Mech. Eng. Cong. & Expo., 1996, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov. 17-22, DSC -Vol. 59 (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS), 295-300, 1996.
  18. ‘On the path and efficiency of two micromachines with rigid tails,’ S. Nasseri and N. Phan-Thien, Comp. Mech. 18(3): 192-199, 1996.
  19. ‘Computational simulation of soft tissue mechanics: An implicit finite element material model,’ S. Nasseri, L.E. Bilston, R.I. Tanner, in progress.
  20. ‘F.E.M. analysis of blood flow through the polymeric blood vessels,’ S. Nasseri, M. Haghpanahi, M. Ektesabi, 5th Biomedical Eng. Conf., Jan. 1992, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.

 

Scientific/ Engineering Reports:

  • ‘Constitutive modelling for polymer processing’, Materials processing, Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for polymers technical reports, 1999 to 2004.
  • ‘On the performance of multimode XPP and PTT-XPP constitutive models in shear, elongational and biaxial flows of polymer melts,’ CRC for polymers, 2003.
  • ‘Finite element analysis of the heating properties of polymer preforms for drawing optical fibres,’ 6 reports for Optical Fibre Technology Centre (OFTC) and Australian Photonics CRC. A paper was written based on my initial work: ‘Heat transfer within a microstructured polymer optical fibre perform’ 2002.
  • ‘Modelling the uniaxial elongational deformation of soft solids,’ The Cooperative Research Centre for value added wheat technical report, 2002.

 

Workshops /Conferences:

  • COSMOS Workshop (Finite Element Analysis using Solidworks), MLC CAD Systems, Inc., July 2007.
  • Lean-Sigma Blitz: How to implement continuous improvement in half the time through a collaborative manufacturing strategy, Georgia Institute of technology, Oct 2006.
  • COMSOL Multiphysics Workshop, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006.
  • Polymer processing and properties, organised by CRC for polymers, May 30th, 2003.
  • Postgraduate supervision development program (Managing conflict in the supervisory relationship), Institute of teaching and learning, Carslaw Building, Sydney Uni, 2002.
  • Parallel programming course for SMP computers (Symmetric Multi Processing or Shared Memory Parallel Programming), Parallel Visualization Laboratory, Australian Technology Park (ATP), September 1999.
  • 8th National conference on Rheology, 19-22 July, Adelaide, 1998.
  • 1996 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS), Atlanta, Georgia, 1996.
  • Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM3) workshop, Mech. Eng. Dept., Sydney Uni., 1996.
  • Tutoring and Demonstrating workshop, Mech. Eng. Dept., Sydney Uni., 1996.

Hobbies /Interests:

Poetry, drawing, painting, sculpture and computer applications.

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