Seyed Hanif Mahboobi

                                                        Ph.D. of Mechanical Engineering

Robotics Research Lab

Center of Excellence in Design, Robotics and Automation (CEDRA)

School of Mechanical Engineering                          

Sharif University of Technology

                   

Email: mahboobi AT mech.sharif.edu  &  hanifmahboobi AT yahoo.com

Web: http://mech.sharif.edu/~mahboobi

 Personal Information:

Date of Birth : 08 \ 06 \ 1980

Place of Birth: Tehran /Iran

Education:

 2005-2009            Sharif University of Technology  , Tehran, Iran

                                   Ph.D. of Mechanical Engineering

         GPA:  18.66 out of 20

 2002-2004                 Sharif University of Technology  , Tehran, Iran

                                   M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

                                  GPA:  18.02 out of 20

1998-2002                  Sharif University of Technology  , Tehran, Iran

                                   B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

                                   GPA : 18.11 out of 20  

1994-1998                         National Organization for Developing Exceptional Talents

(NODET)   , Tehran, Iran

                                   Diploma in Mathematics & Physics

Awards and Honors:

- Scholarship for Sharif University of Technology talented students, 2005-2008.

- Silver Medal and certification in the Real Rescue League, International competition of  RoboCup , padova , Italy , 2003

- Ranked 7th among B.Sc. students Mechanical Engineering Dept.

- Ranked 8th in the seventh Olympiad of University Students in Mechanical Engineering , Ardabil , 2002

- Ranked 6th in Master entrance exam in Mechanical Engineering (Among 8,000 participants) , 2002

- Ranked 89 in Iranian university entrance exam physics-math branch, (Among   260,576 participants) ,  1998

- Bronze Medal in the national physics Olympiad, 1997.

Academic interests:

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanosystems

Nanomanipulation Process Modeling

Surface Interaction at the Nanoscale

Fuzzy Control, Adaptive Control, Nonlinear Control, 

Robotics (especially in the fields of Mobile Robotics & Space Rovers, Trajectory Tracking, Design), 

Optimization Algorithms (such as Genetic Algorithm, Differential Evolution) Vibrations, Mechanical Design, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos,

Nano- and Microcantilever-based active probe systems.

Academic Projects: 

- Molecular Dynamics Assisted Simulation of Nanosacle Effects in Nanomanipulation Process under supervision of Prof.A.Meghdari and Prof. N. Jalili

- Modeling, Simulation, and Dynamic Analysis of Jumping Process in Humanoid Robots under supervision of Prof.A.Meghdari

- Fabrication of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Microgrippers: A Feasibility Study  under supervision of Prof.A.Meghdari

- Design & Fabrication of a 5DOF Articulated Educational Robot under supervision of Prof.A.Meghdari

- Design & Fabrication of a Rover ( Shrimp Rover ) for rescue purposes under supervision of Prof.A.Meghdari

- Design & simulation of a Die Cast hydraulic press under supervision of     Dr.A.Asempour

- Design of Several Pneumatic and Hydraulic Industrial Systems under supervision of Prof.M.Durali

 

Teaching Experience:

“Robotics Lab.”,  Sharif Uni. of Tech. , fall 2006

“Robotics”, T.A.,  Sharif Uni. of Tech. , fall 2006

“Robotics Lab.”,  Sharif Uni. of Tech. , spring 2006

“Advanced Dynamics”,  T.A. , Sharif Uni. of Tech. , spring 2006

“Robotics Lab.”,  Sharif Uni. of Tech. , fall 2005

“Robotics”, T.A.,  Sharif Uni. of Tech. , fall 2005

“Advanced Dynamics”,  T.A. , Sharif Uni. of Tech. , spring 2005

“Dynamics”, Imam Khomeini Int. Univ, Qazvin, fall 2004

“Applied Math”  ,   Koosha Univ. , fall 2003

“Robotics Lab.”  ,  Koosha Univ. , fall 2003

Working Experience:

- Internship at “Mega Motor” company (1999-2001) in the following departments :

- Pride and Nissan motor assembly line

- Pride and Nissan gearbox assembly line

- Pride motor machining line

- Pride gearbox machining line

- Accurate Measurement department

- Quality Control department

- Engine Test Lab

- Design & Implementation of  “CIM Project” for the “Advanced Manufacturing   Research Center” (AMRC) 2001-2002

- Engineering and Research Dept., Nirou-Moharreke Ind Co.  (NMI), 2003-2005

     (project title: AMT system development)

- Industrial Training Course in Omid-Fanar Co., summer 2001

- Internship, Research Dept., Iran-Khodro Co., summer-fall 2001

    (project title: Vehicle Jack Design Procedure Development)

- Design and Development of Automated Manual Transmission System for Vehicles, Negin Fanavar Sharif Co., 2006-2008.

- Member of Directory Board, Behsaz Fanavar Sharif Engineering Co.

Computer Software Familiarities:

·         AutoDesk Mechanical Desktop6 and AUTOCAD

·         Digital Visual Fortran 

·         MATLAB

·                 Programming 

·                      Simulink

·                       Control Toolbox

·                       Neural Network Toolbox

·                      Genetic Algorithm Toolbox

·         MAPLE

·         Microsoft Office (Excel , Word , PowerPoint , FrontPage )

·         ANSYS

·         STAR (Modal Analysis Software)

Short Courses Accomplishment:

  • CIM: Computer Integrated Manufacturing (by: Dr. F. Sharifi, Summer 2002)
  • DOE: Design of Experiment  (@NMI  Fall 2003)
  • Vibration Control (By Dr. N. Jalili, Summer 2003)
  • GD & T (@NMI Fall 2003)
  • Industrial Robotics (by: Dr. A. Alasty)
  • Simulink (Held by Sharif EE Dept.)
  • Innovation and Development of New Technologies (by: Prof. B. hoshnevis)
  • Entrepreneurship (72 Hours, Winter 2008)
  • Contract Skills: Technical and Law Issues (Fall 2008)
  • Strategic Marketing (by: Dr. H. Shavandi, Fall 2008)
  • Ethics in Engineering (by: Prof. M. N. Bahadori, Summer 2008)

 

Publications:

 

A) Refereed Journal Papers:

 

1-       Meghdari A., Pishkenari H.N., Gaskarimahalle A.L., Mahboobi S.H. and Karimi R., ”A Novel Approach for Optimal Design of a Rover Mechanism ”, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems , Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 291-312, 2005.

2-       Meghdari A., Karimi R., Pishkenari H.N., Gaskarimahalle A.L., Mahboobi S.H., ”An Effective Approach for Dynamic Analysis of Rovers”, Robotica, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 771-780, 2005.

3-       Meghdari, A. , Amiri, F. , Mahboobi, H., Gaskarimahalle, A. L., Baghani, A., Pishkenari, H.N., Karimi, R. and Khalighi, y., “Design & Fabrication of a “CEDRA” Rescue Robot with Especial Capabilities”  (in Persian), Sharif Journal of Science and Technology, New series, Vol. 21, No. 31, pp.  29-37, Fall 2005.

4-       Mahboobi S.H., Shahrokhi M., Pishkenari H.N, "Observer-Based Control Design for Three Well-Known Chaotic Systems", Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, Vol. 29, Issue 2, pp. 381-392, 2006.

5-       Meghdari A., Mahboobi S.H., Gaskarimahalle A.L., "Dynamics Modeling of “CEDRA” Rescue Robot on Uneven Terrains ", Scientia Iranica, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 272-283, 2006.

6-       Mahboobi, S.H., Pishkenari, H.N., "Design of Optimum Fuzzy Logic Controller for Mobile Robot Trajectory Tracking", (In Persian), Sharif Mechanic Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 27, pp. 42-45, Spring 2006.

7-       Pishkenari H.N., Mahboobi S.H., Alasty A., "Trajectory Tracking of a Mobile Robot Using Fuzzy Logic Tuned by Genetic Algorithm", International Journal of Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 95-104, 2006.

8-       Pishkenari H.N., Shahrokhi M., Mahboobi S.H., "Adaptive Regulation and Set-point Tracking of the Lorenz Chaotic Attractor", Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, Volume 32, Issue 2, April 2007, Pages 832-846.

9-       Pishkenari H.N., Mahboobi S.H., Alasty A., "Optimum Synthesis of Fuzzy Logic Controller for Trajectory Tracking by Differential Evolution", Submitted to the Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems.

10-   Meghdari, A., Mahboobi, S.H., Sajjadi, M., Pishkenari, H.N., Forootan, M.Z., “Design and Fabrication of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMC) Microgripper: A Feasibility Study” (in Persian), In Press, Sharif Journal of Science and Technology.

11-   Mahboobi S. H., Meghdari A., Jalili N., Amiri F., “Qualitative Study Of Nanocluster Positioning Process:  Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, Curr. Appl. Phys. (2008), doi:10.1016/j.cap.2008.10.006

12-   Mahboobi S. H., Meghdari A., Jalili N., Amiri F., “Planar Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Au Clusters in Pushing Process”, To be Published in Int J. Nanomanufacturing.

13-   Mahboobi S. H., Meghdari A., Jalili N., Amiri F., “Qualitative Study of Nanoassembly Process:  2d Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, Submitted to Chaos, Solitons and Fractals.

14-   Mahboobi S. H., Meghdari A., Jalili N., Amiri F., “Planar Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Metallic Nanoparticles Manipulation”, Submitted to Int J. Nanotechnology.

15-   Mahboobi S. H., Meghdari A., Jalili N., Amiri F., “Two-Dimensional Atomistic Simulation of Metallic Nanoparticles Pushing”, Submitted to Modern Physics Letters B.

16-   Mahboobi S. H., Meghdari A., Jalili N., Amiri F., “Manipulation of Metallic Nanoparticles: A Computational Study”, To be Submitted to Physics Letters A.

 

B) Conference Papers:

 

1-       Meghdari, A., Amiri, F., Mahboobi, H., Gaskarimahalle, A.L., Baghani, A., Pishkenari, H.N…, “Rescue Robot League – 2nd Place Award Winner, CEDRA, Iran”, Available online at http://robotarenas.nist.gov/awardee_papers.htm, 2003.

2-       Meghdari, A. , Amiri, F. , Mahboobi, S. H., Gaskarimahalle, A. L., Baghani, A., Pishkenari, H.N.,  “Design & Fabrication of a Mobile Robot for Rescue Purposes ”  (in Persian), ISME Conference  (Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineering ) ,Tehran, Iran, May, 2004.

3-       Meghdari A., Pishkenari H.N., Gaskarimahalle A.L., Mahboobi S.H. and Karimi R., "Optimal Design and Fabrication of “CEDRA” Rescue Robot Using Genetic Algorithm", Proc. of International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, DETC'04, Salt Lake City, Utah, pp. 541-548, 2004. 

4-       Meghdari A. , Karimi R., Pishkenari H.N., Gaskarimahalle A.L., Mahboobi S.H., ”An Effective Approach for Dynamic Analysis of Rovers”, Proc. of ASME Biennial International Conference, ESDA'04, Manchester, 2004. 

5-       Meghdari A., Mahboobi S.H., Gaskarimahalle A.L., ”Dynamics Modeling of CEDRA Rescue Robot on Uneven Terrains”, Proc. of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and RD&D Exposition, IMECE'04, Anaheim, Nov., 2004.

6-       Pishkenari H.N., Mahboobi S.H., Meghdari A., “On the Optimum Design of Fuzzy Logic Controller for Trajectory Tracking Using Evolutionary Algorithms”, Proc. of IEEE Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems, Singapore, Dec. 2004. 

7-       Pishkenari H.N., Mahboobi S.H., Alasty A., "Optimum Synthesis of Fuzzy Logic Controller for Trajectory Tracking by Differential Evolution", CD-ROM Proc. of the  International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO’05, Sharjah, UAE, Feb., 2005.

8-       Meghdari A., Karimi R., Pishkenari H.N., Mahboobi S.H., Gaskarimahalle A.L., ”Dynamic Analysis of Rovers Using Kane’s Approach", CD-ROM Proc. of the 13th Annual Int. Conf. on Mechanical Eng., ISME 2005, Isfahan, IRAN, 17-19 May, 2005.

9-       Mahboobi, S.H., Abedian, A., Shahidi, A., Meghdari, A., “Closed-Loop Finite Element Modeling for Analysis of Smart Structures in Ansys Environment”, Proc. of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and RD&D Exposition, IMECE'06, Chicago, IL, Nov., 2006.

10-   Amiri, F., Mahboobi, S.H., Pishkenari, H.N., Meghdari, A., “Modal Analysis of Metallic Nanocantilevers with FCC Lattice Using Atomic Approximation Method”, Proc. of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and RD&D Exposition, IMECE'06, Chicago, IL, Nov., 2006.

11-   Amiri, F., Pishkenari, H.N., Mahboobi, S.H., Meghdari, A., “Investigation of Size-Dependent Elastic Properties of Metallic Nanocantilevers with FCC Lattice Using Molecular Dynamics”, First International Congress on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tehran, Iran (Dec, 2006).

12-   Amiri, F., Mahboobi, S.H., Pishkenari, H.N., Meghdari, A., “Application of Atomic Approximation Method for Modal Analysis of 2D Metallic Nanocantilevers with FCC Lattice”, First International Congress on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tehran, Iran (Dec, 2006).

13-   Abdullah, A., Pak, A., Shahidi A., Mahbobi H., “Application of Modal Analysis Method for Determination of Material Properties of Components Used in Ultrasonic Transducers”, 15th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering-ISME2007.

14-   Mahboobi, S. H., Shahidi, A., Pirouzpanah, S., Esteki H. and Sarkar S., "Optimum Design and Vibration Suppression of a Piezoelectric Amplified Microactuator Using FEM Analysis " , 20th International Microprocesses and Nanotechnology Conference(MNC 2007), Kyoto Japan, November 5-8, 2007

15-   Shahidi, , A., Mahboobi, S. H., Pirouzpanah, S., Esteki H. and Sarkar, S., "Trajectory Following of a Micro Motion Stage Based on Closed-Loop FEM Simulation" ,ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition(IMECE2007), Seattle, Washington, USA, November 11-15, 2007

16-   Mahboobi, S.H, Meghdari, A., Jalili, N., Amiri, F., "Atomistic simulation of metallic nanoparticles in nanomanipulation process", Nanostructures Conf. , Kish, Iran, March 2008.

17-   Meghdari, A., Mahboobi, S.H., Sajjadi, M., Pishkenari, H.N., Forootan, M.Z., “Design and Fabrication of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites (IPMC) Microgripper: A Feasibility Study” (in Persian), New Materials National Conference, Tehran, Iran, June 2008.

18-   Mahboobi, S.H, Meghdari, A., Jalili, N., Amiri, F., “Planar Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Metallic Nanoparticles Manipulation”, IEEE-Nano Conf., Arlington, TX., USA, August 2008.

19-   Mahboobi, S.H, Meghdari, A., Jalili, N., Amiri, F., “Two-Dimensional Atomistic Simulation of Metallic Nanoparticles Pushing”, 5th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA08), Amman, Jordan, May 2008.

20-   Mahboobi, S.H, Meghdari, A., Jalili, N., Amiri, F., “Effect of Metallic Ultra Thin Film Lubricant on Nanomanipulation Process: A Planar Computational Study”, 2nd International Congress on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICNN2008), Tabriz, Iran, Oct. 2008.

21-   Mahboobi, S.H, Meghdari, A., Jalili, N., Amiri, F., “Qualitative Study Of Nanocluster Positioning Process:  2d Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, Proc. of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and RD&D Exposition, IMECE'08, Boston, MA., Nov. 2008.

22-   Mahboobi, S.H, Meghdari, A., Jalili, N., Amiri, F., “Qualitative Study of Nanoassembly Process: 2D Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, Submitted to ISME2009 Conference.