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Siamak Alimirzazadeh
Address: No. 10, Payambar Ave., Hakim-E Gharb, Tehran, Iran
General email: Hydromechanical@ymail.com
Phone: +98 910 927 42 19

P.O. Box: 1473639257

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Education

M.Sc. in Marine Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

2010-2013
M.Sc. Thesis: Design and Fabrication of an Optimized Wake Equalizing Duct (WED) for
Traditional Vessels (Dhows)
Supervisors: Prof. M. S. Seif, Prof. M. Rad
M.Sc. thesis grade: 4.0/4.0

B.Sc. in Marine Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

B.Sc. Thesis: Numerical Analysis of Underwater Breakwaters
Supervisor: Prof. P. Ghadimi
B.Sc. thesis grade: 4.0/4.0

2005-2010

Research Interests

Fluid Mechanics & Hydrodynamics

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Turbulence
Renewable Energy
Multiphase flow

Honors and Awards

Best Dissertation Award by Iranian Association of Marine Engineering & Naval

Architecture, Oct. 2013
The 1st rank among Marine Engineering graduated students, M.Sc. GPA: 3.9/4.0 (18.66/20)
Academic Honors Scholarship awarded by Iran Ministry of Science, Research and
Technology, 2010
The 1st rank among 350 participants of the National University Graduate Entrance Exam in Marine
Engineering, May 2010
Ranked in the top 1% among more than 350,000 participants of University National Entrance Exam,
2005
The 1st rank in the Math Concepts Competition among more than 15 high schools

Publications
Journal and Conference Papers

S. Alimirzazadeh, S. Z. Roshan, M. S. Seif, Experimental Study on Cavitation Behavior of

Propellers in the Uniform Flow and in the Wake Field, (Submitted in Journal of the Brazilian Society of
Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (BMSE) on 01 Nov. 2014 and is under review right now).

A. Najafi, S. Alimirzazadeh, M. S. Seif, RANS Simulation of Interceptor Effect on Hydrodynamic

Coefficients of Longitudinal Equations of Motion of Planing Catamarans, accepted in Journal of the
Brazilian Society Mechanical Science and Engineering, Sep. 2014

S. Z. Roshan, S. Alimirzazadeh, M. S. Seif, A Numerical Study on Hydrodynamic Coefficients of

NACA0012 Hydrofoil, 9th International Conference in Marine Technology (MARTEC 2014) performed

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on 24-26 Oct. 2014

S. Bozorgi, M. S. Seif, S. Alimirzazadeh, Experimental Study of various Types of Marine

Propellers, 15th Marine Industries Conference, Kish Island, Iran, Fall 2013
S. Roshan, S. Alimirzazadeh, M. Rad, RANS simulation of new model of urban ducted wind
turbine, (submitted in ENERGY journal on 5 Nov. 2014 and is Under Review right now)

Book

M. S. Seif, S. Alimirzazadeh, S. Bozorgi, Principals of Design and Performance of Marine

Propellers, Sharif University Press, April 2014

Teaching and Work Experience

March 2014 - present, Superintendent of K23 cavitation tunnel of Sharif University of Technology,
Marine Engineering Research Center (MERC)
Dec. 2013 - present, Researcher at Marine Engineering Research Center (MERC), Sharif University
of Technology
Spring 2014, Teacher Assistant (TA) of Thermodynamics I course, Given by Dr. M. Zabetian,
Mechanical Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Spring 2014
Fall 2013, Teacher Assistant (TA) of Advanced Hydrodynamics course, Given by Prof. M. Rad,
Mechanical Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology
Fall 2012, teaching Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) concepts and related software, Marine
Engineering Group, Mechanical Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology
Fall 2012, Teacher Assistant (TA) of Advanced Hydrodynamics course, Given by Prof. M. Rad,
Mechanical Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology

Research Experiences

Sharif University of Technology

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Design and fabrication of a wake screen in order to simulation the vessel wake field in
cavitation tunnel, Jun 2013, Under Supervision of Prof. M. S. Seif
A wake screen designed using different size of grids to generate a desired wake filed in the cavitation
tunnel in order to evaluating the propellers performance in the wake field.

Investigation of Hydrodynamics and Cavitational Behavior of 8 Different Marine

Propellers in Cavitation Tunnel, Winter and Spring 2014, Under Supervision of Prof. M. S.
Seif
Hydrodynamic performance of different propellers was investigated in cavitation tunnel. Also
their cavitation was studied using a high speed camera.
RANS Simulation of KRISO Container Ship (KCS) propeller (SVA CP 1193)
performance, May 2013, Under supervision of Prof. M. S. Seif
The KCS propeller (SVA CP 1193) open water hydrodynamic performance simulated in ANSYS CFX
and the effects of different turbulence models and different gird types were evaluated.

Experimental Study of KRISO Container Ship (KCS) propeller (SVA CP 1193) open
water performance in the cavitation tunnel of Marine Engineering Lab, Spring 2013,
Under Supervision of Prof. M. S. Seif
The model of KCS propeller (SVA CP 1193) was manufactured by CNC and its open water
hydrodynamic performance is studied in the cavitation tunnel. The results and the accuracy of fabrication
verified.

CFD simulation of cavity flow, Winter 2013, Under Supervision of Prof. M. S. Saidi
A cavity flow simulated using CFD Finite Volume Method (FVM).

Numerical simulation of ship motions in regular waves, Spring 2012, Under supervision of
Prof. M. S. Seif
A MATLAB time-domain code was developed to solve equations of motion in regular waves.

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Computer programming for Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Laser Induced
Fluorescence (LIF), June 2012, Under supervision of Dr. M. B. Shafii and Dr. M. Zabetian
A MATLAB code was developed based on cross correlation algorithm in order to image processing for
PIV. Also a computer code was developed for LIF.

Computer programming for the wavemaker of Marine Engineering Lab, Summer 2012,
Under Supervision of Prof. M. S. Seif
A MATLAB code has developed in order to generate irregular waves in the towing tank.

Simulation of a dynamic system motions by Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Summer

2012, Prof. H. Sayyaadi
A 2 DOF dynamic system simulated by ANN technique. The programming languages were FORTRAN
and MATLAB.

Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)

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Design and analysis of underwater breakwaters, Winter & Spring 2010, Under Supervision
of Dr. P. Ghadimi
The performance of different types of underwater breakwaters has simulated with ANSYS Fluent and The
effect of different grid types together with different turbulence models and also geometrical shape of the
breakwaters evaluated.

Conference/Presentations

Workshop on marine propellers and propulsion, 16th Marine Industries Conference, Bandar Abbas,
Iran, Dec. 2014
15th Marine Industries Conference, Kish Island, Iran, Oct. 2013
Conference presentation, Experimental Methods in Marine Propellers Performance Analysis,
15th Marine Industries Conference, Kish Island, Iran, Oct. 2013
18th Irans Association of Environmental Professional s, National Regional Conference, Sharif
University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, Mar. 2013
14th Marine Industries Conference, Tehran, Iran, Dec. 2012

Computer Skills

Programming: FORTRAN, C++, Turbo Pascal, MATLAB

Software: ANSYS CFX, ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS DesignModeler, ICEM CFD, Gambit, MATLAB,
Flow 3D, Rayan code (A non-commercial CFD code)

Professional Techniques

I have the experience of working with cavitation tunnel, setup and the testing details.
(Superintendent of cavitation tunnel)

Languages

Farsi: Native , English: Fair in speaking and fluent in reading, listening and writing, Russian: Basic
GRE: Verbal:140
Quantitative: 167
Analytical Writing: 3.0
ILETS: I am preparing for the test.

Recreational Activities and Hobbies

Mountaineering is my favorite sport. Also the mountain biking gives me moments of excitement.
Reading about different cultures of the world.
Having fun with family and friends in weekends.

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References
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