Resume



Aslan Noorghasemi

Date of Birth: Dec. 22, 1992
Tel: (+98) 914 109 9561
Skype: live:anoorghasemi


Education


Aug. 2023 - Current Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Sept. 2011 - Sept. 2016 Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
 B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Minor in Economics
Sept. 2007 - June 2011 National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET), Tabriz, Iran
 High School Diploma in Mathematics and Physics


Honors and Awards


2016 2nd place award in the event on Hyperidea of the Internet of Things (IoT), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (blog)
2013 3rd place award in the 2nd National Competition of Toy Design and Manufacture, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (blog)
2011 Bronze medalist at the 5th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), Katowice, Poland (official results) (blog)
2011 Silver medalist at the Group Competition of 5th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA), Katowice, Poland (official results) (blog)
2010 Gold medalist at the 6th National Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad, Young Scholars Club (YSC), Tehran, Iran (blog)


Research Experience


Dec. 2015 - July 2016 Sharif University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tehran, Iran
 B.Sc. Thesis, "Designing and Prototyping A Smart Irrigation System Based on Soil Status Assessment" This project also won the 2nd place award at the Hyperidea of the Internet of Things (IoT) Event (blog)
- Keywords: IoT, Prediction, Time Series, SARIMA, SARMA, Soil Mechanics


Internship


June 2015 - Sept. 2015 Research and Develop (R&D) Engineer at Donar Industrial Group, Tabriz, Iran
 worked on collision simulation
June 2014 - Aug. 2014 Research and Develop (R&D) Engineer at Leader Industrial Group, Tabriz, Iran
 worked on system failure modeling


Work Experience


March 2022 - July 2023 Part-Time Data Analyst at BNDBS IoT Hosting Company, Tabriz, Iran
 developing APIs for data analysis purposes
Dec. 2018 - Feb. 2022 Research and Develop (R&D) Expert at Donar Industrial Group, Tabriz, Iran
 worked on design optimization, failure simulation, and data analysis
Nov. 2016 - Nov. 2017 Quality Control (QC) Engineer at Donar Industrial Group, Tabriz, Iran
 monitoring operations outputs based on guidelines
2010 - 2013 Part-Time Tutor at several high schools in Tehran, Tabriz, and Urmia, Iran
 helping students on the topics of astrophysics, spherical astronomy, and data analysis


Selected Courses


• (MECH) Product Design and Development B.Sc. • (MECH) Environmental Pollution B.Sc.
• (ECON) Innovation Management B.Sc. • (ECON) Game Theory B.Sc.
• (MATH) Time Series B.Sc. • (ECON) Econometrics B.Sc.


Trainings


2021 Advanced Django: Mastering Django and Django Rest Framework Specialization from Coursera
2020 Machine Learning Specialization (by Andrew Ng) from Coursera
2019 Python Programming Certificate from Iran Technical and Vocational Training Organization (TVTO)


Computer Skills


Programming Languages

Python, C/C++, R, MATLAB, HTML/CSS;
familiar with Git, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), Web Development, Rest API, and IoT

Familiar Python Libraries

NumPy, Networkx, SciPy, scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Django, PyQt

3D Design Software

Rhino, KeyShot

Other Design Software

LaTeX, Presonus Studio One, Adobe (After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator)


Language


English advanced  // TOEFL iBT (2021): 108/120 (blog), GRE (2021): V:155/170 Q:164/170 W:4.5/6 (blog)
Persian & Azeri native
German intermediate
Spanish beginner  // DELE (2022): Nivel A1, 98/100


Hobbies and Interests


Music playing piano and melodica, had a number of courses about film music, particularly interested in mathematical and computational approaches to the music theory
Photography, Videography interested in social documentary and astrophotography (gallery), top artwork in the 7th National Photography Festival of Firoozeh, Tabriz, Iran (blog)
Biology interested in domestic cats and houseplants, attended workshops about mycology (here), agriculture, and GMO (here)
Sports fitness, inline skating, biking (including bicycle tourism), hiking, and camping