Dr. Vahdat Vahedi Langeroudi

Preparation of business plans for new products; Cost reduction project by replacing materials, reducing and recycling scrap materials; Material selection; Troubleshooting of production line.

Exclusive Agent of KraussMaffei Berstorff in Iran, Managing and interpreting customer requirements, Making technical presentations and demonstrating how a product will meet client needs, Providing pre-sales technical assistance and product education, Preparing reports and market analysis for head office

Successfully developed novel self-healing epoxy using specially-designed electrospun membrane, successfully developed high-performance epoxy/halloysite nanocomposites, successfully published 3 Q1 ISI papers and 3 book chapters, Conducted tutorials and lab demonstrations for the unit “Engineering Materials (ENG1050)” and “Sustainable Engineering and Design with Nanomaterials (MEC4402)”

Preparation two business plans for production of “vacuum cleaner hose” and “plastic painting line”, Implementation of 20 new project introduction for mass production, Implementation of new method for high quality printing on plastic parts, Cost reduction projects by replacing materials, reducing and recycling scrap materials, Focal responsibility for engineering change management such as Bill-of-Material (BOM), material selection, Troubleshooting of production line, and preparation of quality control plans.

Conducted lectures for “Polymer Chemistry” and “Polymer technology” courses.

Conducted lectures for “Unit operation in chemical engineering”, “Reactor design”, “Thermodynamics”, “Basic principles of chemical engineering”, Supervised 2 Final Year Project undergraduate students.

Identifying research areas based on the problems and opportunities in the polymer production lines, Supervision of 4 research projects, Successfully developed anti-corrosion coating for acid, base, and salt resistance, Successfully developed polymeric (anti-corrosion) concrete.

Successfully developed white sidewall compound for steel belted radial tires, Successfully developed Polymeric insulation for high voltage cables, Successfully published 2 ISI journal papers.

Development standards for quality control of rubber parts and compounds, Compound design and optimization, Troubleshooting of production line.

Preparation and characterization of self-healing epoxy nanocomposite.

Polymer Engineering Thesis: Design and optimization of white sidewall compound for steel belted radial tires.

Polymer Engineering Thesis: Synthesis of vinyl ester resin for composite application.