A magnetic sensor is designed to measure the structural wear on impeller blades. This sensor can be installed on existing pumps and does not require any pump modifications. Using a magnetic circuit with the pump and its components, wear is estimated by measuring the gap between the impeller and the pump housing. As the impeller wears, the gap between the impeller and the pump housing increases causing the reluctance of the magnetic circuit to increase which in turn reduces the inductance of the coil driving the magnetic circuit. This online magnetic sensor includes an electronic circuit and has an unamplified sensitivity of 0.60 V/mm.

By collaboration with Shell Canada and the University of British Columbia our team of 5 mechanical engineers received $10K to build a prototype of a pipe inspection robot capable of autonomously inspecting pipelines and measuring pipe integrity. A magnetic track assembly was designed and built to achieve proper maneuverability over pipelines. Also,we programmed a microcontroller installed on the robot to control the movement, eject UT gel and actuate a probe at 8 points around the pipe in two-inch increments completely autonomously.

As the main portion of this research project, we developed new techniques and approaches using image- preprocessing tools in order to increase the quality of images and subsequently PIV calculations. Particle Image Velocimetry is a well known technique for measuring the fluid motion in fluidic devices. By adding particles to a fluid, the μPIV can analyze the movement of the fluid and generate two-dimensional or even three dimensional flow fields. A PIV apparatus usually consists of a camera, a light source, and the fluid that is being examined.

In this project in collaboration with one other engineering student I built a remote control vehicle with one drive motor for movement and a servo motor for direction. To accomplish this, I programmed two MSP430 microcontrollers along with two Zigbee modules one installed on the vehicle and one to be used as a controller for the vehicle. We used a 3-axis accelerometer to control the speed and direction of the vehicle and installed IR proximity sensors around the vehicle to make it stop before hitting surrounding objects. We also designed and built an H-Bridge using 4 MOSFETS to control the motor in two directions.

This project was aimed to modify the blades of a screening rotor used for pulp screening in mechanical pulping industry. Through this project, an extensive patent search was performed to study the state of the art technology and to compare prior designs. Power calculation, motor selection and operation optimization was also a big part of the project to minimize inefficiencies within the process. This work was done as a team project in collaboration with 5 other mechanical engineers at the University of British Columbia.

In this project, I worked with a group of 6 engineers to build a four wheeled vehicle with a 3DOF robotic arm capable of moving over sandy terrain and lifting designated land mines moving them to a safe location. For this, there was a gear box assembly designed and built to achieve a gear ration of 100:1. Two DC motors were also used attached to a speed controller to rotate the left and right shafts and two servo motors to maneuver the robotic arm. The structure of the vehicle was built from aluminum sheets and stainless steel supports. 

Co-Founder of TipDip Incorporation and its subsidary Easymeez in Iran. Easymeez is an easy-to-use app on your smartphone that allows you to find the best restaurant near you depending on your budget, food selection and rating, make reservations, place and keep track of your order, and have a tab open for your food and drinks, split the bill between friends, calculate and add the tip, pay right from your phone.

Co-founder of the company Quit involved in R&D research for development of a nicotine sensor that allows users to monitor consumption of nicotine per day and observe the patterns to help users quit cigarettes. Also, the enterprise solution for bigger corporations allows companies to monitor the consumption of cigarette through IoT systems.

Co-founded SmartFit with a group of 3 engineers and 3 MBA students involved in a round of accelerator programs and VC presentations. SmartFit is a cloud-based business solution focusing on the personal training industry. Our flagship products are Saas CRM applications that help personal trainers improve service quality, streamline business management and foster strong client relationship. By using our products, personal trainers can efficiently manage client portfolios, appointment schedules, service delivery, customer relations and many more on one platform.

Ramin has been a great inspiration for me and many of our mutual friends in the past few years that i had the pleasure of knowing him. As a classmate, I do not recall of a day that Ramin was not on time or was not paying his full attention to the content o the class. As a teammate, he was motivation for us. He is dedicated and takes initiation and wants to be challenged.

Ramin was a great asset to the company, doing mechanical engineering designs for its product, including building scale models and designing for water resistance and cooling airflow. In his work, he showed creativity and dedication, and could work independently to achieve the milestones set for him.

Ramin has always been a great inspiration to me and many others with an overwhelming surge of enthusiasm, constantly pursuing opportunities beyond his comfort zone. More recently, I have had the pleasure of seeing his work attributes for his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at UBC and was very pleased to see his intuitive attention to detail and his novel approach to an electro-mechanical system and sensor design. In his work, he showed creativity and dedication. This is a distinctive quality of Ramin’s persona and hence his greatest strength towards the tech industry.