• Advancement of novel technologies that can support the development of sustainable, energy-efficient mining operations.
• Addressing the associated technical challenges via cutting-edge research.
• Minimizing the environmental and climate footprint of the mining operations by scaling up energy-efficient practices.

• Worked at the Critical Minerals and Industry Support (CMIS) division to study the potential of implementing hydrogen as a clean fuel alternative in mine heating and haulage systems.
• Led the experimental and numerical research of the Canadian Hydrogen initiative in the mining industry. 
• Member of the Canadian Hydrogen in Mining Advisory Committee (CHIM-AC).

• Mentored newly hired 3 Ph.D. students to re‐initiate and continue the work on the experimental setup that I used during my Ph.D. studies.
• Co‐authored with my PI two fundamental research proposals on (i) recycling industrial wastewater and recovery of valuable elements and (ii) using microwave irradiation as a continuous mining technique.

• Executed cross-disciplinary experimental and numerical projects in the area of transport phenomena in porous media, including multi-phase heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and fluid-structure interaction in various engineering applications.
• Currently working on constructing a thermal storage tank consisting of a 3D printed porous metal structure filled with phase-change material as an integrated part of a novel sub-zero temperature energy storage and extraction apparatus.
• Implemented a computational model that predicts the mixing performance of T‐shape micro-mixers/micro-heat-exchangers equipped with 3D printed Gyroid matrices.
• Numerical and Experimental evaluation of a turbulent two‐phase flow inside a decantation tank used for wastewater treatment.
• Published and co-authored 11 scientific papers in reputed, peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.

• Developed a numerical model of a ‘renewable energy’-based artificial ground freezing for containing hazardous waste under groundwater seepage.
• Co-authored with my PI various research grants resulted in securing more than $466,000 in research funds.
• Successfully fulfilled various fundamental research projects in the fields of phase-change heat transfer, fluid flow, and energy storage.

• Implemented a conjugate heat transfer numerical model to simulate the thermal performance of a laser-produced plasma source (LPPS) bulb for more safely and optimal performance.
• Optimization analysis of the laser beam diameter in Python using Pandas, Numpy, and Matplotlib.

• Conceived and developed a novel, fully-controlled lab-scale experimental setup (unique to Canada) that mimics an artificial ground freezing process under various design and operating conditions.
• Derived and validated a fully conjugate heat transfer numerical model that effectively incorporates the multi-physics, multi-scale transport phenomena in artificial ground freezing process.
• Examined the impact of various design and operating parameters on the advancement of the frozen body and the overall energy consumption of the artificial ground freezing process.
• Fulfilled other experimental and numerical research projects in the field of geothermal energy storage and extraction.
• Coordinated and attended several academic seminars, safety workshops, and high-performance computing (HPC) related meetings and courses.
• Published and co-authored 15 scientific papers in reputed, peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.

• Design analysis of gravity-fed solar receiver that uses desert sand particles as thermal energy storage media.
• Designed and built an innovative test-bed of a recuperator-based compact vapor mechanical compression cycle using environmentally friendly refrigerants.
• Developed comprehensive components and cycle-level models of the proposed vapor compression cycle using MATLAB ODE23 solver.
• Published and co-authored 3 scientific papers in conference proceedings.

Industrial Experience

• Team leader of the engineering and sales team in the emirate of Abu Dhabi.
• Secured 160% of the annual sales target in the first year.

• Created sales strategies and business development plans for the sales team.
• Secured $1.25 million orders of various mechanical equipment.

• Designed steam networks for a pharmaceutical plant in collaboration with Spirax Sarco, UK.
• Secured the largest order for the company in 2008 with a value of $1.5 millions of submersible pumps.

• Responsible for all technical data in product catalogs and installation manuals.