Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
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Patents
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Vaheh Nazari

Vaheh Nazari

Brisbane,Australia

Summary

Skilled mechatronic engineer with solid knowledge and experience in designing, developing, evaluating, and analyzing various cost-effective, well-performing robots, mechanical systems, and equipment. Very hard-working with a strong history of leading high-performance teams to meet or exceed objectives.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Mechatronics engineer

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
04.2024 - Current
  • Designing and developing ultrasonic diaphragm assessment device
  • Designing and developing real-time ultrasonic tongue imaging system

R&D and Research Assistant

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
01.2021 - 04.2024
  • Developing AI model classifying different hand gestures usingultrasound imaging system with more than 99.5% accuracy.
  • Developing monitoring hardware for COVID-19-infected patients.
  • Developing and designing multi-degrees of freedom prosthetic hand.
  • Developing portable SMG system to monitor muscle activities during walking.
  • Developing 3D ultrasonic circle-of-Willis scanning system.
  • Developing 3D ultrasonic carotid artery scanning system.
  • Developing portable SMG system as novel method for diagnosing sarcopenia by assessing muscles.
  • Developing AI model for proportional control of prosthetic hand (predicting angle of finger using SMG system)
  • Development of novel exoskeleton robot for individuals with hand impairments.

R&D and Managing company EPC projects

Kajaran Industry Complex
07.2019 - 07.2020
  • Engineering and designing single-screw plastic extruders in 9 sizes.
  • Engineering and designing parallel co-rotating twin screw extruders in 6 sizes.
  • Engineering and designing winders in 2 sizes, gearboxes in three sizes and etc.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy -

The University of Queensland
Australia
04.2024 -

Master of Engineering - Rehabilitation engineering

Islamic Azad University
IRAN
09.2019 - 08.2021

Bachelor of engineering - Robotics engineering

Islamic Azad University
IRAN
09.2014 - 02.2019

Skills

  • SolidWorks
  • CATIA
  • Meshmixer
  • Abaqus
  • Python
  • MATLAB
  • Artificial Intelligence

Languages

English
Fluent
Armenian
Native
Persian
Fluent
German
Intermediate

Accomplishments

  • Gold medal with congratulations of jury, 49th international exhibition of inventions of Geneva “April 2024” {Principal Investigator}
  • Special award from Taiwan Invention Association “April 2024” {Principal Investigator}
  • Praxis SCI incubate program, 20,000 CAD, “March 2024” {CTO, RehabExo pty ltd}
  • BME Translational Research Grant 200,000 HKD (~25,500 USD) “Nov 2023” {Principal Investigator}
  • Health Future Challenge 2023, 1st runner up “Nov 2023” {Principal Investigator}
  • PolyU proof-of-concept funding scheme 2023 {Principal Investigator}
  • Gold Award, Hong Kong Techaton+ 2024 {Principal Investigator}

Patents

  • Nazari V, Alam M, (2023), An orthotic assisting device for hand manipulation
  • Nazari V, Zheng YP, Shea TK, (2023). Controlling prosthetic hand and exoskeleton using wearable B-mode ultrasound as a novel human machine interface.
  • Nazari V, Zheng YP, Shea TK, (2023). Utilizing ultrasound stimulation as a novel method for providing sensory feedback for people with upper/lower limb amputation. (PCT, submitted for filling)
  • Nazari V, Zheng YP, Zhen S (2023), Sonomyography (SMG) module band for monitoring muscle activities (submitted for filling).
  • Nazari V, Zheng YP, Zhen S (2023), Body movement based Sonomyography game controlling system (submitted for filling).
  • Zhen S, Nazari V, Lee KS, Zheng YP (2023), Sonomyography-based HMI (Human-machine interaction) systems.
  • Zheng YP, Shea TK, Lee KS, Nazari V, Khaw JV, Zhen S, Zhang D (2023), Integrated Assessment Kit for Muscle Quality Assessment for Sarcopenia Assessment

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Mechatronics engineer

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
04.2024 - Current

Doctor of Philosophy -

The University of Queensland
04.2024 -

R&D and Research Assistant

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
01.2021 - 04.2024

Master of Engineering - Rehabilitation engineering

Islamic Azad University
09.2019 - 08.2021

R&D and Managing company EPC projects

Kajaran Industry Complex
07.2019 - 07.2020

Bachelor of engineering - Robotics engineering

Islamic Azad University
09.2014 - 02.2019
Vaheh Nazari