Curriculam Vitae
Adil RASHEED
Date of Birth: 28.11.1981
Nationality: Indian
PROFILE
A Mechanical Engineer by education with specialization in Thermal and Fluids Engineering.
Strong background in Energy Conversion, Power Plant Engineering, Combustion Modeling
and Thermal & Hydraulic Machineries. Four years of experience in using CFD codes for design
and analysis. Highly motivated to work in a challenging environment.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Research Scientist (2009-)
SINTEF ICT
Department of Applied Mathematics, Trondheim, Norway
- – Development of FEM based atmospheric codes
- – Turbulence predictions on airport
Doctoral Assistant (2005-2009)
Laboratory of Solar Energy and Building Physics
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
- – Supervised and developed Graphical user Interface for MESOSIM, a mesoscale modeling tool
- – Supervised and developed GEOSIMP, a tool for finding an equivalent geometry using Simplified Radiosity Algorithm, Immersed Surface Tecnique.
- – Co-developed of Atmospheric codes
- – Developed a new Urban Canopy Model to simulate the effect of urban texture on the atmosphere using Large Eddy Simulation
- – Developed structured and unstructured Navier Stokes solvers
- – Compiled scientific reports and presentations in International Conferences
- – Guided architecture students in analyzing their design using building simulation and CFD tools
Associate Engineer (Aug-Oct 2005)
Induslogic Pvt. Ltd.
Noida, India
- – Undergone an intensive three weeks of training in advanced programming
- – Worked on a telecommunication project involving VOIP and SIP technologies
Research Assistant (2004-2005)
Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
- – Developed CFD codes for simulating the scavenging process of a Two Stroke IC Engine
- – Helped the bachelors and masters students in solving partial differential equations using numerical
methods - Graded the tutorials and exams
Summer Trainee (May-June 2003)
Isha Steels Heat Treatment Plant
Mumbai, India
- – Studied the heat transfer characteristics of the components made of different materials using CFD
- – Prospects of using cogeneration in different units of the plant were also examined
EDUCATION
PhD (2005-2009)
Laboratory of Solar Energy and Building Physics
SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Lausanne, Switzerland
Thesis: Multiscale Modeling of Urban Climate
Skills acquired: CFD, Large Eddy Simulation, Economics of Climate Change, Sustainable Devel-
opment, Building Physics, Aeroelasticity
Master of Technology (2004-2005)
Thermal and Fluids Engineering
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY, India
Thesis: Experimental and Numerical Modeling of the Scavenging Process of a Two Stroke Engine
Skills acquired: Steam and Gas Turbine, Wind Engineering, Advanced Heat and Mass
Transfer, CFD, Advanced Combustion and Thermodynamics, Convective Heat and Mass Transfer,
Power Plant Engineering, Fuel Cells, Numerical Methods in Engineering,
Bachelor of Technology (2000-2004)
Mechanical Engineering
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY, India
Thesis: Evaluation of the performance of various Heat Transfer Enhancement Devices in a square
channel
Skills acquired: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Industrial Engineering and Operation Re-
search, Internal Combustion Engines, Introduction to CAD/CAM, Experimental Engineering, Solid
Mechanics
Junior and Senior Diploma (1994-1995)
Fine Arts (painting)
Vani Chitrakala Kendra, Ranchi (RABINDRA BHARATHI UNIVERSITY, Kolkata India)
Skills acquired: Sketching, Painting, Designing
CREDENTIALS
- – National Science Foundation, PNR 41, Doctoral Dissertation Research
- – Attended a week long course on ”Large Eddy Simulation” organized by Prof. Lars Davidson in Goteborg, Sweden
- – Attended CEP Certificate Course in Advanced Programming (C++ ) and achieved the highest
grade - – Institute Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship 2000-2005
- – Awarded the Certificate of Merit for being in the top 0.1% of the students appearing in the
Matriculation exam all over India. - – Scored 87% marks in National Mathematics Olympiad Contest organized by DAMT
- – Awarded the Institute Cultural Color award for my contribution to the cultural scene of IIT
Bombay - – Awarded ”Special Mention” for my contribution to the Performing Arts Festival 2002 and 2005
of IIT Bombay
COMPUTER SKILLS
OS: Windows, Linux, Mac
Text processing: L TEX, Microsoft Office, HTML
Programming Languages: C++ , Fortran, Shell Scripting
CFD and atmospheric codes: Fluent, TransAT, Envi-Met, Indigenous Code
Solid Modelling Softwares: Pro-Engineer, Rhinoceros, Auto CAD
Building Simulation Software: ESP-r
Image and Video Processing Softwares: Photoshop CS3, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Lightroom
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
Institute Fine Arts Secretary, IIT Bombay
- – Led the institute team to victories in two major inter college fine arts events at the national level
- – Efficiently worked with the limited resources available to organize various events
- – Managed a group of ten secretaries and a workforce of about 50 people
Hostel Photography and Fine Arts Secretary
- – Awarded the Best Office Bearer Award for my contributions
- – Designed the sets and stages for most of the dramatics events
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Painting
- – Exhibited paintings in the International Art Fair 2007 in Palexpo, Geneva
- – Exhibited paintings in Zurich with the Ambassador of India
- – Exhibited paintings in Fribourgh, Mumbai and Ranchi
- – Participated in the world’s biggest open air painting workshop Art Air 2007
Photography
- – Self learned photographer with works exhibited on my personal photoblog
- – Work as a freelance club photographer for steveworld.ch
- – Recently working on High Dynamic Range Imaging techniques
Travelling
- – Travelled to USA, UK, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, France, Switzerland, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Spain, India, Portugal, Italy
Others
- – Blogging, cooking, reading
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
- Rasheed A, Robinson D, Lakehal D. “On the effects of Complex Urban Geometries on Mesoscale “, Fifth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering 2010, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Rasheed, A., Robinson, A., Clappier, A., Narayanan, C., Lakehal, D. “Representing complexities in urban geometry in Mesoscale Modeling”, Accepted for the special issue of the International Journal of Climatology
- Robinson, D., Haldi, F., Kämpf, J., Leroux, P., Perez, D., Rasheed, A., Wilke, U., ”From the Neighbourhood to the city: Resource Flow Modeling for Urban Sustainability”,[CISBAT 2009]
- Rasheed, A., Nandi, K., Date, A.W., “A Novel Experimental Set-up for Investigation of Perfect Mixing and Perfect Displacement Models of the Scavenging process in a Cavity”, 7th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics 2009, Krakow, Poland
- Rasheed, A., Robinson, D., Narayanan, C., Lakehal, D., “On the effects of Complex Urban Geometries on Mesoscale”, 7th International Conference on Urban Climate 2009, Yokohama, Japan
- Rasheed, A., Robinson, D., Clappier, A., “Development of a New Urban Canopy Model”, 7th International Conference on Urban Climate 2009, Yokohama, Japan
- Rasheed, A., Robinson, D., “Multiscale modeling of the Urban Climate” Proc. Eleventh Int. IBPSA Conf: Building Simulation 2009, Glasgow, UK
- Robinson, D., Haldi, F., Kämpf, J., Leroux, P., Perez, D., Rasheed, A., Wilke, U., City-Sim: Comprehensive micro-simulation of resource flows for sustainable urban planning, Proc. Eleventh Int. IBPSA Conf: Building Simulation 2009, Glasgow, UK
- Nadege Blond, Luis C. Belalcazar, Adil Rasheed, Alain Clappier, Sebastian Huttner, Michael Bruse “Design and Test of a System to Simulate Road Traffic Emissions”, Annales de l’ISUP 2008
- Rasheed, A., Robinson, D., Clappier, A. “Investigation of the nature of the dispersive fluxes in Urban Parametrization using Large Eddy Simulation“, 2008 Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts
- Rasheed, A., Robinson, D., Clappier, A., Narayanan, C., Lakehal, D. “Characterization of dispersive fluxes in Mesoscale models using LES of flow over an array of cube”. Submitted to Atmospheric Environment.
- Robinson, D., Filchakova, N., Kaempf, J., Rasheed, A., Scartezzini, J.L., “Towards an evolutionary model of city sustainability” In Holcim Forum, Beijing, 2007.
- Rasheed, A., Robinson, D., Clappier, A. “On the sensitivity of Building Performance to the Urban Heat Island Effect” [CISBAT 2007]
TECHNICAL REPORTS AND INVITED TALKS
- REPORT: Rasheed A, Sorli K, “Evaluation of the impact of the construction of a new harbour near Flesland Airport in Bergen, September 2010, SINTEF Report ??”
- TALK: Terrain-induced turbulence prediction for Aviation Safety}, Laboratory of Solar Energy and Building Physics, EPFL, Switzerland 2010
- REPORT: Rasheed A, Sorli K, “Estimation of Terrain Induced Turbulence on the Alta Airport using Numerical Simulations”, July 2010, SINTEF Report F16291
- REPORT: Rasheed A, Sorli K, “Estimation of Terrain Induced Turbulence on the Haugesund Airport using Numerical Simulations”, July 2010, SINTEF Report F16290
- REPORT: Rasheed A, Sorli K, “CFD analysis of Terrain Induced Turbulence at Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik”, April 2010, SINTEF Report F15622
- PhD Thesis: “Multiscale modelling of the Urban Climate”, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2009
- TALK: “Multiscale modelling of the Urban Climate”, EPFL, Lausanne, switzerland, 2009
- Talk: “Multiscale modelling of the Urban Climate”, SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway, 2009
- TALK: “Multiscale Modelling of the Urban Climate”, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 2009
- Talk: A talk on new advancements in Urban Climate Modelling: “Multiscale modeling of the Urban Climate”, Hotel Novotel, Paris, 2009
- Final Scientific report for Swiss National Science Foundation “Multiscale Modelling of Building-Urban Interactions”,Project: NRP 54 ‚ÄúSustainable Development of the Built Environment
- Rasheed, A. ”Numerical and Experimental study of the Scavenging Process of a Two Stroke IC Engine”, Masters Thesis, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 2005
- Rasheed, A. ”Evaluation of the performance of various Heat Transfer Enhancement Devices in a square channel”, Bachelors Thesis, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Indian Institute of Technology 2004
DECLARATION
I hereby confirm that the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and proof
of any can be submitted if requested for.
–Adil Rasheed
