Experience

Entrepreneurship, engineering & research.

A combined track across three domains — venture building and commercialization, applied engineering practice, and academic research and teaching — each informing the others.

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Business & Entrepreneurship

Venture building & commercialization.

2024 — 2026

Entrepreneurial Lead

Fibertrap

Led commercialization of a filtration-technology venture derived from doctoral research, completing four national innovation programs — Mitacs Lab2Market Oceans, Ocean Idea Challenge, Mitacs Lab2Market Validate, and NSERC Labs4 TRL-Up. Secured non-dilutive funding and advanced technology readiness through customer discovery across Canada's water sector, IP strategy, and prototype development.

HubSpotNotionBusiness Model CanvasIP strategyCustomer discovery
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Engineering

Applied design & project delivery.

2020 — 2021

Project Manager

Borna Fidar Rasa Co. · Tehran, Iran

Led end-to-end delivery of multidisciplinary infrastructure projects from concept through field execution — managing schedules, budgets, contractor supervision, and tender administration across all organizational levels. Oversaw equipment installation, commissioning, and operational testing; supervised three engineering interns.

MS ProjectJiraGantt schedulingTender administrationContract management
2018 — 2019

Hydraulic Engineer

Arvin Share Pardaz Co. · Tehran, Iran

Designed dam outlet structures and stormwater conveyance systems using physical and computational modeling. Prepared engineering drawings, calculations, tender documentation, and field investigations; investigated cavitation and pressure-transient phenomena to improve system reliability and performance.

ANSYS FluentCFDAutoCADSolidWorksHEC-RAS
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Academic

Research, teaching & curriculum.

2022 — 2026

Graduate Researcher & Teaching Assistant

York University · Environmental Hydrodynamics Lab · Toronto

Designed and operated experimental platforms for multiphase-flow research, producing peer-reviewed publications in top-tier journals. Delivered laboratory instruction in fluid mechanics and hydraulics across ten+ semesters to 500+ undergraduate students; served as Course Director in Winter 2024 and mentored graduate researchers and summer interns.

PythonMATLABPIV/PTVLaTeXUncertainty quantification
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2025 — 2026

Course Development Coordinator

United Nations Global Water Academy · York University

Developed educational content translating technical science into accessible curriculum for international, non-specialist audiences — policymakers, practitioners, and diverse stakeholders. Coordinated deliverables across multi-country teams and contributed to public-communication strategy on global freshwater challenges.

Curriculum designStakeholder engagementProject coordinationMulti-team delivery
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