Farid Najafi
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  Farid Najafi
Mechanical Engineering Faculty
K. N. Toosi University of Technology
Pardis St., Mollasadra Ave., Vanak Sq.,
Tehran 19991-43344, P.O. Box 19395-1999
IRAN
Tel. (+98)-(21)- 88674747 and 88674841 - 7 (ext. 2209)
Fax. (+98)-(21)- 88674748
Email: fnajafi@kntu.ac.ir
fnajafi@gmail.com
Web Site: www.kntu.ac.ir/mechanical
 
 
  Professional Experiences    
 

Awards and Scholarships

   
 

Research Interests

   
  Teaching    
 

Membership of professional societies

   
 

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 Teaching and Learning Experience  :

i.  M.Sc. modules:

    - Robotics (kinematics and dynamics of manipulators);

    - Mechatronics;

    - Optimal design of mechanical elements.

 

ii.  B.Sc./B.Eng. Modules:

    - Mechanisms Design (Synthesis of mechanisms);

    - Dynamics of Machines  (Theory of machines and mechanisms);

    - Automatic Control;

    - Vehicle Chassis and Body Design.

Undergraduate Design Group Projects Co-ordination and Supervision

Supervision of Under Graduate mechanical engineering design teams in Applied Mechanics and Control Engineering. 

The control design teams under my supervision have recently achieved the following results in refereed international competitions:

2007:    Third place (Rescue Robots), RoboCup2007, Atlanta, USA

2007:    Second place (Rescue Robots), RoboCup German Open 2007, Hanover, Germany.

-         Ph.D. Student Supervision

 2006-2007              “Prediction of geometrical variations during aerospace assembly “,

                              University of Birmingham, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, (Associate Supervisor)

 

   2006 – 2011      Modeling, analysis, and control of electro-servo-hydraulic actuation  

                           system based on multi-disciplinary approach and two-time-scale behavior

                           K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. 

2005 – 2009        “Improvement of On/Off pneumatic valves model to be used in servo 

                           pneumatic actuators with PWM algorithm”, K. N. Toosi University of 

                          Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

 

2008- present       Control performance improvement of servo-pneumatic actuator using PWM    

                            linearization and nonlinear model-base control method “ , K. N. Toosi 

                            University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering;

 

2008 – present       “Modeling , Control and Guarantied stability of a Pneumatic Actuator in 

                              Tracking of a Wide  Range of Impedance for Using in Rehabilitation Robot” , 

                              K. N. Toosi  University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering;

 

2009 – present        " Modeling and design of a fast switching pneumatic on/off valve on the base   

                              of piezo electric actuator"