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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Key responsibilities:• Sustainability Retrofits | Analyse diurnal water and energy profiles to identify retrofit opportunities for greener building services, incorporating solar PV, energy storage, and rainwater harvesting systems.• Sustainable Design | Assess the feasibility and optimise the design and operation of pumped storage units in buildings using green roof and blue roof setups, and evaluate buildings’ sustainability rating (Green Star).• Data Analysis | Quantify the emission profiles of hydroelectric energy storage units across over 1,200 buildings in Melbourne, integrating sustainability reporting to align with projected future energy market scenarios.• Resiliency Enhancement | Devised recommendations for sustainable electricity storage/generation to improve more than 500 Telstra telecom stations' power resiliency, considering financial and operational constraints.• Economic Assessment | Evaluate financial metrics such as Levelized Cost of Storage, NPV, and payback period for micro-pumped storage units, incorporating considerations for carbon credit policies.• Stakeholder Engagement | Create a Power BI dashboard comprising project inputs and outputs, enabling clear and compelling decision-making for both technical and non-technical clients.• Energy Audit | Conduct site visit and energy audits by TRANSYS for rainwater harvesting at the University of Melbourne, to assess pumps’ efficiency, operational costs, and potential energy savings.Key Achievements: • Developed an innovative Python-based framework for optimising the design and operation of urban pumped storage units by Genetic Algorithm and comparing with batteries from economic and environmental aspects.• Published 3 original papers in leading renewable energy journals and presented a poster and 4 presentations at sustainability conferences. Received Best Paper and Best Poster awards at IEGRC conferences.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Key responsibilities:• Comprehensive Analysis | Conduct a techno-economic analysis of desalination methods, benchmarking the energy usage of desalination plants in New South Wales and Queensland, to recommend sustainable options.• Problem-solving | Investigate local minerals, specifically conducting a LCA of desalinating irrigation water with Zeolite, focusing on energy efficiency of desalination process and relevant carbon footprint.Key Achievements:• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams, including 17 experts across the fields of energy, agriculture, sustainability and chemistry, facilitating an integrated approach to problem-solving.• Translated findings into meaningful, non-technical information, presenting to and engaging with diverse stakeholders to understand their needs and inspire action towards common goals.

Tehran Province, Iran

Key responsibilities:• Project Management | Arrange meetings, coordinate delivery timelines, and follow up on the status of allocated tasks. Produce weekly progress reports to ensure seamless team communication and collaboration while simultaneously managing project administration and providing support for deliverables.• Solar System Modelling | Execute techno-economic modelling of solar PV pressurised irrigation systems by SAM, incorporating energy efficiency and carbon footprint analysis.• Risk Assessment | Identify environmental and social risks of dams and downstream water distribution networks and propose administrative and engineering solutions.• Infrastructure Retrofits | Develop a framework to model and optimise sustainable urban stormwater management by leveraging existing grey infrastructures in the Tehran watershed.Key Achievements:• Successfully planned a project valued at 500 kAUD, supervising 7 professionals, facilitating over 30 internal and 4 external meetings to ensure effective coordination, on-time delivery, and minimisation of potential conflicts.• Ranked and successfully addressed environmental and social risks, enhancing the sustainability of dams and water distribution networks in three different catchments in Iran (14 projects were accomplished).• Built an innovative stormwater modelling framework, facilitated sustainable stormwater management in Tehran, utilising 180 abandoned dry wells to achieve a 65% cost reduction and an 85% decrease in emissions.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Energy

Activities and Societies: I have conducted research on micro-scale energy storage systems with the goal of enhancing sustainability.

Master’S Degree, Renewable Energy (Solar), 18.60 Out Of 20

Ranked 1st among MSc graduates Won Nanomaterial Research Scholarship - Conducted experimental research - Wrote scientific reports.

Bachelor'S Degree, Water Resources Engineering, 15.66

Ranked 2nd among BSc graduates Ran a solar pump pilot