Reza Ziazi Experimental Fluid Mechanics Research Lab, Rogers 344 Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97330 Phone: (541) 250-1666 E-mail: ziazir@oregonstate.edu LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ziazi EDUCATION Oregon State University (OSU) Instructor/Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering Dissertation Title: Turbulent flow in porous media using the method of particle image velocimetry Expected. 201 GPA: 3.7/4.00 Oklahoma State University (OSU) Dec. 2012 M.S. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering GPA: 4.00/4.00 Thesis Title: Computational approaches to modeling Near-Infrared phenomena in slurries with arbitrary solids concentration profiles Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) May 2009 B.S. in Aerospace Engineering Major GPA: 3.42/4.00 Thesis Title: Developing a Software for computing performance, and Stability of unmanned helicopters using MATLAB ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES PhD Projects Studied and measured the geometry of a randomly packed porous system consisting of homogeneous glass beads using particle image velocimetry technique Aug. 2016 Studying and computing the flow through a cavity using direct numerical simulation of the flow as student project in Computational Fluid Dynamics course Winter 2015 Design and implementing the three component particle image velocimetry technique for measuring the third component of the velocity in the porous system of homogeneous glass spheres March 2015 Calculating and measuring the seeding particles through the channel using the method introduced by Adrian and Westerweel Feb 2015 Measuring the flow the channel using the method of particle image velocimetry by implementing the proper seeding density Nov 2015 Calibrating the flow rate through a flowmeter in the experimental loop to measure the entrance velocity to the test section Dec Design and implementing a pressure drop facility in the experimental loop to measure difference in pressure using barometers and pressure transducers Dec Design and building the experimental loop for measuring the velocity field through porous system of glass spheres using the particle image velocimetry Aug Applying the time domain analysis to study the turbulence in porous media using the rigorous statistical approaches Jun. Studying different measurement techniques in the fluid mechanics March Studied, analyzed, and computed the lubrication theory and the streamlinevorticity approach in numerical analysis course Dec. 2013
Master s Projects Studied, analyzed, and computed different optical techniques to determine the depth of penetration of light in slurry Sep. 2012 Implemented the results of K-Epsilon model of a horizontal pipe into the optical theory of representative layer to model Near-Infrared light inside a slurry pipe Summer 2012 Conducted the research on the optical method of representative layer to model light transport in slurry pipe using CFD results derived from ANSYS Fluent May 2012 Developed a robust algorithm to utilize CFD data and implement it into NIR optical models Mar. 2012 Presented technical reports to a cross-functional team from EI DuPont Inc, and Universities of Tennessee and East Carolina Dec. 2010 to Jun. 2012 Unsteady Aerodynamics project on review, analysis, and modeling of the unsteady behavior of a thin rigid airfoil in pitch/plunge motions Spring 2012 A Multiphase Flow course project on studying recent optical diagnostics methods for characterizing two-phase flows Nov. 2011 Developed a program to model Near-Infrared light in a slurry using continuum theories of diffuse reflectance Oct. 2012 Designed the mesh geometry and computed the flow of a free jet out of a pipe using meshing with ICEM CFD and solving with CFX solver Aug. 2011 A Computational fluid dynamics-cfd project of simulating multiphase flow in a pipe with ANSYS-Fluent Jul. 2011; A Computational fluid dynamics-cfd project of simulating two-phase flow in a circular turbulent jet using ANSYS-Fluent May 2011; Turbulent Fluid Dynamic project on comparing different experimental and computational models to estimate the fluid flow in horizontal pipelines Apr. 2011 Computational Fluid Dynamics projects Spring 2011 CFD simulation of the ballistic motion of a soccer ball CFD calculation of a viscous fluid flow through a sudden expansion Numerical solution algorithm for transient fluid flows in a cavity (SOLA) Numerical solution algorithm for 3-D transient free jet with wall obstruction using Fortran, Visual Basic, and ANSYS Mar. 2011 Aerodynamic computations and simulation of optimized version of PARVAN I (unmanned helicopter) using Fortran and ANSYS Jan. 2011 Bachelor s Projects Organized, designed, and conducted the ground tests and the flight test of the remotely piloted helicopter (PARVAN I Project) Collaborated in the project for design and manufacturing of a Remotely Piloted Helicopter (RPH) PARVAN I Project Sep. 2006 to May 2009 Designed main rotor blade, fuselage, empennage, tail boom, and landing gear of the RPH using Solid Works and CATIA Jun. to Dec. 2008 Directed the aerodynamics and flight dynamic division for design and manufacturing a RPH (PARVAN I Project 2008 to 2010 Conducted an experiment to measure the wake of the main rotor inside the Ground Effect (IGE) Oct. 2008 5
Studied the operational engines for UAVs and derived the performance charts of OS-91 SZH engine a model helicopter engine by designing and manufacturing a Test Stand Sep. 2008; Conducted the test for measuring tail rotor aerodynamic forces and moments of PARVAN for comparing theoretical aerodynamic calculations to actual measurements of power in blades with low solidity ratio and for investigating the net power dissipation in the system Aug. 2008 Conducted a test for measuring rotor flapping angles of a remotely piloted helicopter as a parameter estimation used in detail design of such aircraft wing & fuselage lab, aerospace eng. department Jul. 2008 Participated in the academy of "Aircraft Design I,II" as the most respected Team in designing the best configuration with CAD software programs Sep. 2007 to Jun. 2008 Supervised and conducted the test of measuring main rotor thrust and torque of the designed unmanned helicopter by manufacturing a test stand Apr. 2008 Studied of Manufacturing processes of UAVs and implementing them in construction of RPH as well as Manufacturing most of the critical parts using the Department of Aerospace Eng. facilities Jan. to Jun. 2008; Conceptual and detail design of a small unmanned helicopter (Parvan), UAV Lab of Aerospace Eng. Department Jul. to Dec. 2007; Data gathering, statistical and feasibility studies of operational unmanned helicopters as a preliminary design stage Jan. to Jun. 2007; PUBLICATIONS Ziazi, R., Mohammadi, K., & Goudarzi, N. (2017, June). Techno-Economic Assessment of Utilizing Wind Energy for Hydrogen Production Through Electrolysis. In ASME 2017 Power Conference Joint With ICOPE-17 collocated with the ASME 2017 11th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, (pp. V002T09A019- V002T09A019). American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Wood, B. D., Apte, S. V., Liburdy, J. A., Ziazi, R. M., He, X., Finn, J. R., & Patil, V. A. (2015). A comparison of measured and modeled velocity fields for a laminar flow in a porous medium. Advances in Water Resources, 85, 45-63. Patil, Vishal, et al. "Experimental Versus Computational Methods in the Study of Flow in Porous Media." ASME 4th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting collocated with the ASME 12th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. American Society of Mechanical Engineers,. Ziazi, R. M., Ravikumar, S. K., Chambers, F. W., Application of optical theories to model near-infrared phenomena in slurries with arbitrary solids concentration profiles, Under Submission, ASME Fluids Engineering Conference, 2013 Ravikumar, S. K., Ziazi, R. M., Chambers, F. W.; Computational prediction of particle-laden slurry flow in a vertical pipe using Reynolds stress model, Accepted, ASME Fluids Engineering Conference, 2013 Kermanshahi, F., Ziazi, R. M., Mortazavi; Design, Optimization and Building Flight Model of an Operational Unmanned Helicopter, IEEE Aerospace Conference, 10 pp.,2010 Ziazi, R. M., Sajedi, M. S., Modeling of a Remotely Piloted Helicopter Based on Stability Derivatives, Draft Submission, IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2010
PRESENTATIONS Ziazi, R., & Liburdy, J. (2016, November). The transition to unsteady flow regime (Repore= 100 to 300) in a randomly packed porous media using particle image velocimetry. In APS Meeting Abstracts. Ziazi, R. M., He, X., Finn, J., Patil, V. A., Apte, S., Liburdy, J., & Wood, B. D. Porous Media Flows; Experiments vs. Computations. Poster session presented at: Oregon State Graduate Research Expo, 2015 March 1, Portland, Oregon Ziazi, R. (2015, December). Particle image velocimetry measurement of steady, transitional, and turbulent flow in a randomly packed porous media. In 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. Agu. Ziazi, R. M., He, X., Finn, J., Patil, V. A., Apte, S., Liburdy, J., & Wood, B. D. (, December). Comparison of PIV measurement and direct numerical simulation of low Reynolds number flow in porous media. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 1, p. 07). INTERESTS Data analysis Porous media fluids Computational fluid dynamics Turbulence modeling Experimental and theoretical aerodynamics Unsteady aerodynamics Mathematical modeling Optical diagnostics and modeling of multiphase flows COURSE work Turbulent Fluid Dynamics Computational Fluid Dynamics Advanced Aerodynamics Low Speed Aerodynamics Aircraft Design Viscous Fluid Dynamics Heat Transfer Unsteady Aerodynamics Fluid Mechanics Flight Mechanics I & II Multiphase Flows Compressible Aerodynamics Finite Element Analysis Complex Variables Aircraft Stability and Control PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Instructor Oregon State University Jun 2017 Aug 2018 Redesigned and taught Dynamics (ENGR 212) Teaching Assistant Oregon State University March 2016 Jun 2017 Teaching assistant for Physics, Renewanle Energies, to undergraduate students Research Assistant Oregon State University Sep 2013 Jun 2016 Working and doing research in the area of turbulence in porous media using optical diagnostic technique of particle image velocimetry Project Engineer Intern Shahang Vazin Crane Co., Tehran Jun. 2009 Aug. 2009 (Manufacturer of ceiling cranes) Designed and optimized a crane bridge using ANSYS Mechanical APDL Compiled a quality certificate for maintenance and operating the crane hoist Calculated and analyzed the structural stress model of the crane bridge using Finite Element with ANSYS Improved the 3-D sketch and 2-D industrial plan of the hoist and crane assembly using AutoCad Teaching Assistant Amirkabir Univerristy of Technology Aug. 2008 Jun. 2009 Teaching Calculus 1&2, Differential equations, Trigonometry, Geometry, and Physics 1 Project Intern Aviation Industries Organization, Iran May 2008 Aug. 2008 (Manufacturer of training aircrafts) Collaborated with a team of aerospace engineers for design a flight simulator program. Performed a CFD simulation for the aircraft wing to achieve the aerodynamic forces. Designed the detailed model of Dorna D-139 aircraft in CATIA to optimize the configuration and landing gear
COMPUTER SKILLS CFD Software Programs: Dynamic and Structural Data Acquisition and analysis: Programming: CAD/CAM Software Programs: ANSYS (Fluent, CFX, ICEM CFD, Thermal), ABAQUS ANSYS (FEA, Mechanical APDL), MSC ADAMS (multibody dynamics) LabView, Techplot FORTRAN, C/C++, MATLAB, Visual Basic, Q-Basic MAPLE, MATHEMATICA SolidWorks, AutoCAD, CATIA (Master in design processes and manufacturing skills, and mechanisms simulation - part & assembly design) Operating Systems and Apps: HONORS & AWARDS Windows, MAC, LINUX, Microsoft Office 2007/2010, MS Project, Photoshop Won the International Student Scholarship at Oregon State University Jan. 2017 Honored in the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Nov. 2012 Honored in Golden Key International Honor Society Dec. 2011 Granted OSU Graduate research assistantship Dec. 2010 Awarded as the 10% students in Amirkabir University of Technology Jan.. 2008 Research grant of $5000 for Design and Manufacturing a Remotely Piloted Helicopter Sep. 2007 Awarded certificates for the following software programs: ANSYS, ADAMS, CATIA, MATLAB 2006 to 2009 Ranked 193th among 400,000 high-school students in the country-wide university admission examination Jun. 2004 AFFILIATIONS Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Sep. 2011 to present Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Sep. 2011 Member, International Automation Society (IAS) Sep. 2012 CERTIFICATES ANSYS A Certificate of an educational course, Scientific Association, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology May 2010 Design and Manufacturing of a Small Unmanned Helicopter (PARVAN) A Project Certificate defined by the Center of Excellence in Aerospace Engineering May 2009 Application of Artificial Intelligence Based Algorithms in Modeling and Optimization of Engineering Problems Using MATLAB A Certificate of an educational course, Scientific Association, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology Spring 2009 MATLAB A Certificate of an educational course, Scientific Faculty, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology Apr. 2006 CATIA A Certificate of an educational course, Scientific Faculty, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology Sep. 2006 ADAMS A Certificate during Vibration course, Scientific Faculty, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology Dec. 2006 COMMUNITY & CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT Steward in Coalition of Graduate Employees at Oregon State University Spring 2018 to present Member of OSU Photography Society to present Member of OSU Hydrophyles outdoor activity group 2015 to present Member of Iranian Student Association 2016 to present Participated in the International Student Olympics Sep. 2012 Worked as a soccer referee for campus recreation department Sep 2012 Tutored many freshmen students in mathematics and physics Fall 2011