Maedeh Nadimi Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Working collaboratively as part of an inter-disciplinary, internationally diverse research team to carry out tasks in the context of the ARC discovery project • Conceptualized and developed an innovative sustainable water treatment system using a membrane/ thermal-based process (membrane distillation) and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) to reduce the amount of disposed wastewater• Developed new, more efficient processes for preparing chemicals and modification of polymeric membranes using dopamine hydrochloride for water and wastewater treatment• Designing, commissioning and testing the thermal desalination unit on a lab scale• Undertaking general maintenance of lab-scale desalination unit, coordinating the repair of, and ordering of replacement parts for any upgrades• Designed hydraulic system layouts, including desalination module, pumps, heating, and cooling circles, sensors, data acquisition system, etc.• Membrane module design using SOLIDWORKS for the specific case study• Assembling, operating, and evaluating the long-term system performance under different operating conditions using brine sources• Acquired knowledge of characterization and analysis techniques used in the chemicals and polymers industry. For example, but not limited to, UV, HPLC, GC, SEM, FTIR• Measured physical, inorganic, and aggregate organic properties of the model wastewater• Communicating the technical results with the whole team and presenting the results in international workshops and conferences• Making sure that the targeted sustainable development goal is compliant with environmental objectives such as producing clean water (SDG 6)• Implemented project management principles to manage the project (planning, schedule, scope, risk assessment, progress monitoring)• Acquired practical knowledge of membrane module design, mounting, operation, maintenance, and cleaning

• Interviewing postgraduate students and organizing activities

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Participating in meetings related to OHS, and risk management

• Assisting with organizing the Early Career Research (ECR) 2022 symposium

 Analyzed the selection of water/wastewater treatment processes and energy-capturing units Evaluated the end-user companies in terms of plant design and economics Studied solar-thermal technology-provider companies in terms of market analysis, market gaps, and technology-provider profit function Organized networking workshop with Australian PV institute Prepared guideline for the integration of solar-thermal energy in water and wastewater treatment Prepared reports on the water-energy nexus applied by the industry

 Prepared novel heterogeneous catalysts using TiO2 and graphene oxide with excellent photocatalytic activity  Reduced the high cost of recycling TiO2 through its combination with magnetic nanoparticles Modeled and simulated ethanol steam reforming for hydrogen production in a microreactor using MATLAB and HYSYS Simulated the cyclohexane production process via HYSYS software

• Making the arrangements for different seminars, and scientific workshops

• Leading a group of about 60 students• Teaching specified resources to ensure they understood the given lesson• Planning lessons and assignments, leading discussion sections, and exams

• Leading a group of about 20 students• Teaching specified resources to ensure they understood the given lesson• Planning lessons and assignments, leading discussion sections, and exams

Master’S Degree, Chemical Engineering, Separation Process Design

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemical Engineering,Process Design