Ali Gholami 321 6044 Wilson Ave., Burnaby, BC

Tel: (778) 927-0055

ali.gholami@terrellaenergy.com HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Technical Personal

Master of Science in Mechatronics Engineering with strong

background in mechanical design and heat transfer and two years

of active experience in related industries.

+3 years of professional academic and industrial experience with

SolidWorks and GD&T.

Highly experienced in HVAC systems, strength of material and

designing sheet metal products.

Hands-on experience in designing test procedures, setting up

experiments, data acquisition and processing experimental data.

Quick learner, dedicated, motivated, and organized

individual.

Strong decision maker with creative problem

solving aptitude.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills,

ability to work independently and within teams.

Experienced in writing technical reports.

SKILLS & TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Software Experimental

General:

Design and Drafting :

Data Acquisition:

Numerical:

Programming:

MS Office (Excel, Access, Visio)

SolidWorks, AutoCAD

LabView

COMSOL, IcePak

MATLAB, Pascal, C++

Good knowledge and experience of working in

machine shop (Milling, Cutting, Lathe, etc.)

Ability to design and build prototypes, operate test

station and evaluate product performance

Experienced in DOE and design parametric study

WORK EXPERIENCES

Mechanical/Thermal Engineer Jan.2014– Now Terrella Energy Systems, Mission, Canada (1 year)

(http://www.terrellaenergy.com/)

Performing characterization tests (mechanical and thermal), design improvement and cost reduction on new

generation of graphite-based thermal interface materials.

Mechanical and thermal simulation of the graphite-based cooling solutions in electronics and power electronics

using SolidWorks, COMSOL and IcePak FLUENT.

Designing and fabricating custom-shaped cooling components such as heat sinks in manufacturing section.

Mechanical Engineer/Research Assistant Sept.2012– Aug.2014 Simon Fraser University and Alpha Technologies, Vancouver, Canada (2 years)

(http://www.sfu.ca/~mbahrami/)

Modeling and part designing of a novel passive cooling system for telecommunication high power

equipment. (In close collaboration with industrial partner, Alpha Technologies, Burnaby, BC.)

o Designed and built a proof-of-concept passive cooling test-bed for power modules to investigate the thermal

efficiency of various cooling systems

o Designed a new optimized heat pipe integrated cooling solution for an outdoor power module enclosure

o Designed and optimized the mechanical and thermal design of the system using SolidWorks, AutoCAD and

IcePak FLUENT.

o Presented technical findings and project progress in several technical meetings with industrial partner

o Gained extensive experience in using LabView, MATLAB, COMSOL and ANSYS FLUENT software.

Designing an Air Water Generator system and performing characterization tests.

o Performed an extensive study on different types of HVAC systems and its essential components.

o Designed and built a prototype test-bed of proposed air water generator unit.

o Prepared CAD drawings and performed data acquisition and efficiency analysis for the proposed system.

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Research Assistant Sep.2011–Aug.2012 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (1 year)

(http://www.ust.hk/)

Modeling Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries.

Performing numerical modeling and characterization experimental tests on DMFC.

Mechanical Engineering Trainee Jun.2009–Dec.2009 Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran (6 month)

(http://www.rajan.ir/)

Gained experience in modeling and design of piping systems.

Gained experience in using SolidWorks and FLUENT software in design and analysis of porous burners

EDUCATION

M.Sc. GPA: 4.22/4.33 Mechatronic Engineering Simon Fraser University, Surrey, Canada. Sep.2012 – Aug.2014

B.Sc. GPA: 17.25/20 Mechanical Engineering Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Sep.2007 – Jun.2011

PUBLICATIONS

A. Gholami, M. Ahmadi, and M. Bahrami. "A New Analytical Approach for Dynamic Modeling of Passive Multicomponent

Cooling Systems." Journal of Electronic Packaging 136.3 (2014): 031010.

A. Gholami, M. Bahrami. "Thermal Spreading Resistance inside Anisotropic Plates with Arbitrarily Located Hotspots." Journal

of thermophysics and heat transfer“, 2014, DOI: 10.2514/1.T4428.

A. Gholami, M. Ahmadi, and M. Bahrami. “An Integrated Analytical Approach for System-level Transient Modeling of Passive

Cooling Systems”, in 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT2014),

Orlando, FL

A. Gholami and M. Bahrami. “Spreading Resistant in Anisotropic Rectangular Plates with Multiple Heat Sources and Sinks”, in

10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT2014), Orlando, FL

REFERENCES

Available upon request