محمود افشار  : نام و نام خانوادگی
علوم دریایی محمودآباد : دانشکده
گروه مهندسی و مدیریت انرژی : گروه آموزشی
استاد یار : مرتبه علمی
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Name:             Mahmoud Afshar

Date of Birth:  28 March 1960
Email:               mafshar@yahoo.com
Position:        

Address:       Ghasemzadehian St. Sattarkhan Ave.,
                  South Khosrow St.,Tehran, Iran
 

Tel:                  009821-4420-8057
Fax:                 0098-21-44239951
Mobile:          

 

 


 

 

 Academic Qualification:

Ph.D McGill University, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Thesis: Numerical Prediction of Fully-Developed, Turbulent, Single-Phase and
Bubbly Two-Phase Flows in Straight Ducts.May 1998
M.Eng. McGill University, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Thesis Investigation and Improvement of Some Recent FVM and CVFEM
 Practices for Two-Dimensional, Incompressible Viscous Fluid Flow. Feb. 1993.
B.Sc. Abadan Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Major Thermo-Fluid-Heat Transfer.

WORKING EXPERIENCES

Faculty Member and Head of Energy Engineering Dept. 2000- Present
Petroleum University of Technology
Duties: Conducting graduate level courses such as  thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mathematics,  modelling and simulation, supervising more than 20 M.Sc. thesis’s in drilling, reservoir engineering and energy engineering and management.
Education Deputy  2002- Present
Petroleum University of Technology
Duties: Persuading school of graduate studies educational affairs.
Head of Reservoir Simulation Group 1998-2000
Research Institute Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran
Duties: Development of new software for hydrocarbon reservoir studies, upgrading available hydrocarbon reservoir software and performing reservoir simulation studies.
Invited Lecturer 1998-2006.
Amir Kabir, K.N. Tousi and Chahbahar Universities, Iran
Duties: Teaching introduction to computer and internet, database systems, turbulence modelling, thermo-fluids and control to graduate and under graduate students.
Invited Lecturer(Workshops) 1998-present

Duties: Presenting workshops on information technology and management, computer and internet, energy management in NIOC, NIGC, NIOPDC,  Foreign affairs ministry, Agriculture ministry and welfare organization
Head of Research Office,  (Tehran) 1998-2000
National Iranian South-fields Oil Company
Duties: Planing and executing related research projects in cooperation with universities and related research centers.
Research Assistance 1991-1998.
McGill University, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Duties: Development and testing of numerical procedures for the solution of fluid  flow and heat transfer problems in the context of Finite Volume Methods and Control-Volume Finite Element Methods. In particular, these  procedures were implemented for the solution of the turbulent, single-phase and bubbly two-phase flows using linear and nonlinear eddy viscosity and Reynolds stress turbulence models.
Teaching Assistance 1991-1998.
McGill University, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Duties: Holding and supervising tutorials and laboratory sessions; marking  assignments, tests, and exams; preparation and delivery of lecture material and examinations.
courses: Thermodynamic, heat transfer and applied mathematics
labs: Heat exchanger, air conditioning unit, and forced convection heat transfer
Head of Computer
Simulation Systems 1988-1990.
National Iranian oil company, Ahwaz, Iran.
Duties: Supervising a team of engineers to upgrade engineering software for  the oil-reservoirs and other applications; and to service engg. departments.
Engineer: 1984-1988
National Iranian oil company, Ahwaz, Iran.
Duties: Study and approve the consultant proposals, and supervision of activities

 

Soft ware:

Operating System: Main Frame, Unix, Windows
Languages: FORTRAN, Visual C++ (OOP), V- BASIC and HTML.
Application Office:TecPlot, Latex, AutoCAD, PowerPoint, CorelDraw and Photoshop.
InternetWorkshops: www, intranet, WAN, LAN, VPN and  VISP.
Management and IT, Introduction to ICT, IT and culture
 

Languages: English, Persian, Arabic

Membership:

Publications:

List of Publications:

1. Afshar, M., Afshar, A. Ashrafnia, M. Steam Boiler Energy Consumption Optimization Through
Control System Improvement, To be presented at the 12th int. Congress of Energy, Tehran, Iran,  May  2007.

2. Afshar, M., Trigeneration Selction Criteria, Proceedings of the 5th int. Conf. On Sustainable Energy, Vicenza, Italy, Aug. 2006.

3. Afshar, M., Numerical Simulations of Turbulent, Two-Phase Flow in Complex Geometries, IASME Transactions, Issue 8, Vol. 2, pp. 1419-1424, Oct. 2005

4.Afshar, M., Amirdehi. A., Energy Auditing of Kangan Gas Refinery, proceedings of the 5th  National Energy  Congress, Tehran,  May 7-9, 2005.
 
5. Afshar, M., Amirdehi. A., Power, Steam and  Cooling Tri-generation Systems,  proceedings of the 1st   Conference on Fuel Conservation in Industry,  June 18-19, 2004.

6. Afshar, M., Heating, Cooling and Air Conditioning (HVAC) for the Year 1400, Proceedings of  the 3rd Int. Conference on Fuel Conservation in Buildings, , Feb 18-19, 2004.

7. Jazayeri-Rad, H. (2004), The nonlinear model-predictive control of a chemical
            plant using multiple neural networks, Neural Comput & Applic., 13:2-15

8. Afshar, M., Afshar, A., Reduction of Fuel Consumption and Waste Reduction in Tabriz Petrochemical Complex, Report Submitted to International Energy Studies Institute, Tehran, 2003.
 
9. Afshar, M., Shahrestani, s. M., Key Parameters in Energy Auditing of Building Cooling Systems, Proceedings of the 2nd  Int. Conference on Fuel Conservation in Buildings, , Feb 18-19, 2003.

10. Afshar, M., Comparative Evaluation of Four Turbulence Models For Fully-Developed, Turbulent Flows in Straight Ducts of Arbitrary Cross-Sections, Proceedings of  the 8th CFD conference of Canada, Montreal, Canada, June 11-13, 2000.

11. Afshar, M., Research for Policy Making, Proceedings of the 2nd Int. conf. of Government, university and Industry, Tehran, Iran, May 20-22, 2000.

12. Afshar, M., Industrail Research and Development Centers: the Dual Role, proceedings of the 2nd sump. of research and development centers, Tehran, Iran, Jan 20-22, 2000.

13. Afshar, M., Baliga, B.R., Numerical Simulations of Fully-Developed, Turbulent, Bubbly Two-Phase Flows in Straight Ducts of Triangular Cross-Section, Proceedings of 2nd Int. Symposium on Two-Phase Modeling and Experimentation, Pisa, Italy, May 23-26, 1999.

14. Afshar, M., Baliga, B.R., A Logarithmic Law of the Wall for Upward, Turbulent, Bubbly Two-Phase Flow, Proceedings of the 2nd Int. Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Delft, the Netherlands, June 9-12, 1997.

15. Afshar, M., Baliga, B.R., Prediction of Natural Convection Using an Enhanced Sequential Algorithm, Proceedings of the 3rd Conf. of CFD society of Canada (CFD95), Vol. 2, pp. 237-244,
Banff, Canada, June 1995.

16. Afshar, M., Baliga, B.R., A Sequential Algorithm for the Solution of the Discretized Momentum and Continuity Equations, Proceedings of the 8th Int. Conference on Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent Flow, Vol. 1, pp. 668-679, Swansea, UK, 1993.

17. Afshar, M., Baliga, B.R., Comparative Evaluation of Six Interpolation Schemes Used in Finite-Volume Discretization of the Convection-Diffusion Equation, Proceedings of the Conf. of the CFD Society of Canada, pp. 301-312, Montreal, 1993
 

THESES SUPERVISED:

1. Volumetric requirements in foam drilling
2. Application of artificial neural networks in prediction of   differential pipe sticking in offshore fields of Persian galf
3. Designing a soft sensor for polymerization reactor using artificial neural network a thesis
4. Compositional modeling of two-dimensional and three-phase hydrocarbon reservoir with emphasis on the mass balance method
5.  Study of water coning in carbonate fractured reservoirs
6. Criteria for selection of UBD in Iranian oil and gas reservoirs: case study of Dehluran field
7.  Investigation of the common causes of dullness of roller cone bits
8.  Full field reservoir simulation Modeling of a low permeable Iranian oil reservoir to solve the production problems
9. Simulating study of miscible displacement in fractured reservoir(laboratory and field scale)
10.  Simulation study of gas injection in a gas-condensate reservoir
11.Hydraulic optimization in roller cone bits
 

AWARD AND HONORS:

1. Major Fellowship: HydroQuebec award in form of the McGill major fellowship. 1994
2. Major Fellowship: HydroQuebec award in form of the McGill major fellowship. 1995
3. Tuition Fee Wavier Full tuition fee waivers for Ph.D. studies 1993
4. Tuition Fee Wavier Full tuition fee waivers for Ph.D. studies 1994
5. Scholarship National Iranian Oil Company for M.Eng. and Ph.D. studies 6 years, 1990-1996




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