Mechanical Engineering

Masoud Arabzadeh 2200 Fountain View Drive Apt No 31 Houston, Texas 77057 Phone: (281) 704 - 1731 E-mail: marabzadeh@lee.edu PROFESSIONAL Interested in Teaching, Research and Development in the area of Mechanical Engineering, OBJECTIVE Teaching Mathematics and Physics at the College Level ACADEMIC Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Heat and Fluid), Oklahoma State University, 1993 BACKGROUND MS. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1987 MS. in Engineering Systems, University of Tulsa, 1979 BS. In Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, 1976 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Senior Mechanical Engineer, ODS International: -Design of Clip-Riser Gimbal (CRG) and Appurtenances (working with Fabrica) to Operate on January - March the XMAS Tree Transporter to be Installed on Atwood Oceanic’s EXD Semi-Submersible 2009 Drilling Rig -Checking the Work Done by Some of the Mechanical Engineers: Their Design, Analysis, and Calculation of Dynamic Factors of Load-Carrying Components of Structures on the Rig -Calculation of Maximum Pistons’ Travelling Inside the Cylinders, Due to the Impact of 2000Kips at 100ft/Min. 1996-Present Full Time, and Adjunct Professor, University of Houston, University of Phoenix, Houston Community College, San Jacinto, Tomball, Galveston, and Lee College -Taught Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Materials, Physics, Calculus I, II, III, Ordinary Differential Equations, and Computer Programming 1995-1996 Adjunct Professor, Iran University of Science & Technology, Department of Mechanical Eng -Taught Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Materials, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer. 1988-1994 Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Oklahoma State University -Designed and constructed a versatile experimental setup to investigate geometric effects and conduction losses in Electronic Cooling, found a general correlation and published technical papers -Grading homework and exam papers for Thermodynamics course -Coordinator of Academic Excellence Workshop for Minority Engineering students, coordinated and supervised tutors for Math, Physics, Chemistry, and engineering courses. 1983-1985 Contractual Expertise of Oil and Gas, Planning and Budget Organization, Tehran, Iran -Participated in short and long term planning and budget estimation for importing $2 billion annual refinery products, resulted in $160 million annual savings. 1980-1983 Design Engineer, National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), designed pipelines and pumps 1973-1975 Design Engineer, Tectronic Engineering Company -Quantities estimation, technical drawing, sewage and HVAC calculation TECHNICAL Conduction Heat Transfer Measurements for an Array of Surface Mounted Heated PAPERS Components, Enhanced Cooling Techniques for Electronics Applications, ASME HTD - vol. 236, pp. 69-78. Experimental Study of Geometric Effects on Forced Air-Cooling of Regular In-Line Array of Electronic Components, Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference, ASME, vol. 4, pp. 231-239, 1995. COMPUTER Language: C, FORTRAN, and Data Acquisition SKILLS Systems: Unix, Vax, PC (IBM Compatibles and Macintosh) Software: Microsoft Office, WebCT, Dream Weaver, PhotoShop Elements. PROFESSIONAL Associate Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); ORGANIZATION American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Aerospace Engineer

Houston, TX