Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION:
PhD, Engineering Mechanics, (2011), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Research: Chaotic Mixing of Viscous Flows
* Also received Future Professoriate Graduate Certificate from Virginia Tech
MSc, Mechanical Engineering, (2007), Sharif University of Technology
BSc, Mechanical Engineering, (2004), Tehran Polytechnic
RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE:
Financial Software Developer, (2011-present), R&D News Automation, Bloomberg L.P.
Low latency automatic headline generation; Story publishing tools for News speed desk; News management software
Research Assistant, (2008-2011), Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
Research Areas: Fluid Mixing, Chaotic Mixing of Viscous Flows, Topological Chaos
Teaching Assistant, (2007-2011), Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
Courses: Engineering Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of deformable bodies, Fluids lab.
Designer and Field Engineer, (2007), Beton Machine Manufacturing Company, Tehran
Design and optimization of products including components of concrete mixer machine
Optimization of manufacturing processes
Research and Development, (2006), Mehvarsazan Iran Khodro Automobile Company, Tehran
Research on: machine tools and gear manufacturing methods
Research Collaboration, (2004-2005), New Technologies Research Center, Tehran Polytechnic
Modeling and analysis of micro-electro-mechanical systems with ANSYS
Design Associate, (2001-2004), Persit Company, Tehran, Part time
Design and manufacturing of machine parts including factory equipments
Design and manufacturing of processes and mechanical parts for an olive oil extraction plant
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES:
M. Stremler, S. Ross, P. Grover, P. Kumar, M. Gheisarieha, P. Rao, Identifying topological chaos using set-oriented methods, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences IUTAM Symposium, July 2012, Cambridge, UK
M. Stremler, M. Gheisarieha, P. Grover, P. Kumar, S. Ross, Topological chaos in systems `stirred' by almost-cyclic sets, I9th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, July 2012, Orlando, FL
M. Gheisarieha, M. Stremler, Stirring and Mixing in a Stokes' Flow: Topological Chaos, Almost Invariant Sets, and Lobe Dynamics, SIAM (Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, May 2011, Snowbird, UT
Gheisarieha M., Stremler M., "On the Relationship between Stretching and Homogenization in Chaotic Stokes Flows", 63rd Meeting of American Physical Society/Division of Fluid Dynamics, November (2010), Long Beach, CA
Gheisarieha M., Stremler M., "On the Role of Topological Chaos and Ghost Rods in Fluid Mixing", 62st Meeting of American Physical Society/Division of Fluid Dynamics, November (2009), Minneapolis, MN
Gheisarieha M., Stremler M., Mixing Viscous Fluids Using n-Rod Systems, The 2009 Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials, June 2009, Blacksburg, VA
M. Shamshirsaz, M Maroufi, M. B. Asghari, M. Gheisarieha, "Influence of Material Stiffness and Geometrical Variations on the Electro-Thermally Driven Microactuator Performance", Microsystem Technologies 15 155-159, Springer, (2009)
M. Gheisarieha, K. Shain, A Calhoun, M Stremler, Stirring Viscous Fluid with "Taffy Puller", 61th Meeting of American Physical Society/Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 2008, San Antonio, TX
M. Gheisarieha, H. Zohoor, Translunar Quasi-Halo Orbits Using a Celestial Four-Body Model, ISME/Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineering Conference, Tehran, Iran, 2007
M. Shamshirsaz, M. Gheisarieha, Analysis of Polysilicon Electrothermal Flexture Microactuators with Temperature-Dependent Properties, EMN04 Conference, Paris, France, 2004
Ph.D. Dissertation: Topological Chaos and Chaotic Mixing of Viscous Flows
M.S. Thesis: Trajectory Design and Optimal Control for Transfer to L2 Halo Orbit of the Earth-Moon System
B.S. Thesis: Exact Solution and Finite Element Analysis of Laminates with Piezoelectric Layers
(Book) Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (Preparation for Iranian national Ms.C. entrance exam in Farsi), Modarresan Sharif Institute, Tehran, Iran, 2006
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dynamical Systems in Physics and Engineering
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
Optimal Control Theory and Applications
Stochastic Processes
PROGRAMMING SKILLS:
Programming: UNIX/LINUX, C++, Python, JavaScript, C, Mathematica, MATLAB
Engineering and Analysis Software: ANSYS, Solid Works, AutoCAD, Tecplot, Working Model, Tableau
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Ranked 3rd in the Iranian nation-wide scientific Olympiad of Mechanical Engineering (among more than 7000 participants), Iran, 2004
Tehran Polytechnic awards of excellence, Iran, 2001 and 2002
Ranked among top 0.1 percent of approximately 400,000 participants in the nation-wide university entrance exam in the branch of engineering and technology, Iran, 2000
MEMBERSHIP:
American Physical Society, student member
Delegate in Virginia Tech Graduate Student Assembly