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Senior Consultant @ * Vortex Shedding Effect in Vortex Bladeless Concept of Wind Turbines * An Investigational Study on the Fracture and Failure of Blades in 3-Bladed Wind Turbines * Working on Predictive and Preventive Maintenance Care Package Programs (PPMCPP) for Refineries, Chemical Plants, Power Utilities, Manufacturer OEM’s and Etc.: Phase I-Study & Recognition Phase II-Diagnosis &Resolution * Technical Research and Consulting on Turbo-Machinery, Machinery Inspection * Project Engineering for a Modified Design Steam Turbine Rotor of a Combined Cycle Power Generating Unit for the Purpose of Electric Power Generation for the Whole Refinery * Project Engineering/Management for the FCC Expander New Rotor Order * Reading and Research on: - On-Shore/Off-Shore Wind Turbine Technology - Wind Turbine Condition Monitoring - Wind Turbine Noise and Vibration Issues - Wind Turbine Foundation -Wind Farm Health Problems - SeaTwirl Offshore Technology From June 2009 to Present (6 years 7 months) Senior Consulting Rotating Equipment and Machinery Engineer, Turbine Champion @ * Working on technical issues related to Pumps, Compressors, Steam & Gas Turbines, Sealing, Bearings, Valves, Overhauls, T/A, Re-Rate Rotor Commissioning, Cooling Towers, Risk Assessment & Management Some of the findings and reports related to various parts of the refinery are: • Preferred Piping Design Connections • On the Proper Pump Foundation Design • Piping Strain and Use of Expansion Joints • Steam Turbine Overspeed Protection Systems • Root Cause Failure Analysis of the FCC Expander Inlet Valve Shear Pin • High-Radial-Vibration Problems with Wet Gas Compressor Turbine during Start-Up • Steam Turbine Standby Conditions • Pro-Active Preventive Maintenance Strategies • Use of “Heli-Coils” for Repairing Damaged Internal Threads on Steam Turbine Casing * Savings on design changes, prevention of loss of production and maintenance strategies proposed were estimated at 30-35 Million Dollars From June 2008 to June 2009 (1 year 1 month) President and Owner @ * Managing & Running a Technical Consulting Firm (Rotating and Reciprocating Machinery- Related Problems in Oil & Gas, Chemical & Petrochemicals, Power Plants, Utilities & OEM Companies). Clients have been from private, government-consulting firms and EPC Contractors. Publication of: • An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Design in Synthesis and Analysis of Mechanisms And Machinery, Volume II, Part I-Kinematics (Book, 352 pages), Volume I- Graphical Approach & Volume II-Part II- Kinetics (in preparation) • Vibration of Fans and Blowers (booklet, in preparation) • Vibration in Piping and Piping Systems (booklet, 45 pages) • Vibration of Compressors (booklet, 47 pages) • Vibration of Pumps (booklet, 104 pages) • Rotordynamics: Longitudinal, Torsional and Transverse Critical Speed Vibration Analyses Of Rotating Equipment: A Guide to the Solution of Practical Industrial Problems using ANSYS 2D and 3D (booklet, 126 pages) From September 2002 to June 2008 (5 years 10 months) Senior Consultant @ * Consulting on Rotor Dynamics Design and Analysis of Electric Motors, Pumps and Compressors using 2D and 3D ANSYS 5.4 * Troubleshooting of Bearing Problems * Preventive and Predictive General Maintenance Program for a Petrochemical Company From January 2002 to September 2002 (9 months) Visiting Senior Faculty Member @ * Worked on a project supported by General Motors and Department of Energy on powertrain Part of Hybrid electric vehicles * Teaching of Mechanical Design Projects * Technical Book Writing * Consulting on various Processing Machinery, Vibration Control of Mechanical Equipment (Vibration, Shock and Seismic Isolation) From August 1999 to December 2001 (2 years 5 months) Washington D.C. Metro AreaSenior Project Engineer/Senior Project Manager @ * Design, Analysis and Manufacturing of Custom-Made Heavy-Duty Industrial Fans used in Power Generation, Cement, Metal, Refinery, General Industrial, Chemical & Petrochemical Plants * Product owner of two product lines: • High-efficiency-wheel fans used for boilers in power/cement plants • CCR fans used in refineries, chemical and petrochemical plants * Responsible for providing all the detailed design work on a fan system project worth 20-25 Million Dollars for the Massachusetts Highway Authority (Boston Tunnel) at the bidding stage (ABB came second after Howden) From August 1997 to July 1999 (2 years) Visiting Senior Research Scientist @ * Development of Dynamic Finite Element Equations for the Dynamic Analysis of Structural Systems * Worked on a project supported by Ford Motor Company on Vibration, Thermal and Structural Optimization Problems using ANSYS 5.0 From August 1996 to August 1997 (1 year 1 month) Charlottesville, Virginia Area

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics @ Purdue University From 1981 to 1983 Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering-Machine Design and Mechanisms @ Purdue University From 1979 to 1980 Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering @ Purdue University From 1976 to 1979 Saeed Z. Azimi, Ph.D. is skilled in: Rotordynamics, Machine Mechanical Design and Mechanisms., Rotating and Reciprocating Equipment and Machinery, Mechanical and Structural Vibrations and Dynamics, Reliability Engineering