Ehsan Alavi

Nonlinear mechanical simulation engineer, specializing in advanced static and vibration analyses for R&D applications.

Responsible for the numerical modeling of complex phenomena such as material swelling, nonlinear behaviors (material, contact, large deformations), as well as the development and exploitation of digital twins for predicting structural behavior.

Performed design validation analyses, sensitivity studies, and correlation between calculations and tests.

Objective: Research and development of actuators integrated into spin-crossover (SCO) materials to design and manufacture biomimetic artificial muscles.

• Phase 1: Create flexible multilayer and multi-scale electrical and thermal actuators, as well as energy harvesters, using SCO materials.

Develop a theoretical framework for calculating mechanical and thermal properties.

Design and perform thermo-electro-mechanical analysis of actuators using finite elements (FE) with ABAQUS and MATLAB, using the properties calculated in the previous step.

Fabricate devices using hot pressing and 3D printing techniques.

Conduct experimental measurements with a custom actuator test bench and the AMD instrument.

Good agreement between simulated and experimentally measured actuator properties, published in four peer-reviewed journals.

• Phase 2: Parametric optimization of metamaterials and multilayer actuators.

Develop a MATLAB code for implementing the genetic algorithm.

Integrate the GA code with ABAQUS simulations using Python.

Maximize actuator (energy harvester) force (energy) by up to 60% (40%).

✓ Project Management Skills: ∘ Management of mechanical office, project coordination, operational efficiency.

Assertive leadership in supervising three PhDs and coordinating projects.

Dynamic fracture analysis of 3D printed rotating disks.

Finite element analysis of dynamic fracture behavior with FreeFEM and ABAQUS.

Optimization of structures to increase fracture resistance.