BYU PRISM

* Asgharzadeh Shishavan, R., Nonlinear Estimation and Control with Application to Upstream Processes, Dissertation, Brigham Young University, 2015. [[Attach:Dissertation_Reza_Upstream_Automation.pdf | View Dissertation (PDF)]]

* Aug 2011-Present: PhD student in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University (BYU), Provo, Utah. (GPA: 3.9/4.0)

# Asgharzadeh Shishavan, R, Perez, H., Hedengren, J., Brigham Young University; Pixton, D.S., NOV IntelliServ; Pink, A.P., National Oilwell Varco, Multivariate Control for Managed Pressure Drilling Systems Using High Speed Telemetry, Submitted to SPE Journal, under review.

# Asgharzadeh Shishavan, R., Hubbell, C., Perez, H.D., Hedengren, J.D., and Pixton, D.S., Combined Rate of Penetration and Pressure Regulation for Drilling Optimization Using High Speed Telemetry, SPE Drilling and Completions Journal, accepted for publication / in press.

# Asgharzadeh Shishavan, R., Perez, H., and Hedengren, J.D., Multivariate nonlinear model predictive controller for managed drilling processes, AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Nov 2014. [[Attach:nmpc_mpd_aiche14.pdf|Abstract]]

# Asgharzadeh Shishavan, R., Hubbell, C., Perez, H.D., Hedengren, J.D., Pixton, D.S., and Pink, A.P., Multivariate Control for Managed Pressure Drilling Systems Using High Speed Telemetry, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE), Amsterdam, The Netherlands: 27-29 Oct 2014.

# Asgharzadeh Shishavan, R., Hubbell, C., Perez, H.D., Hedengren, J.D., and Pixton, D.S., Combined Rate of Penetration and Pressure Regulation for Drilling Optimization Using High Speed Telemetry, SPE Deepwater Drilling and Completions Conference, Galveston, TX: 10 - 11 Sept 2014.

* Turkish

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* Other Design Projects
Experimental steam cracking of vacuum residue.
** Designed algorithm for olefin furnace to determine optimal operating conditions.
** Simulated air separation plant via Aspen Plus.
** Designed preliminary stages of Methanol to Olefin (MTO) Unit.
** Designed shell & tube heat exchanger for Tabriz petrochemical plant.

* Interests and Awards
** 2011-2012: Top chemical engineering graduate student at BYU.
** 2007: Ranked top 1% in the Nationwide University entrance examination for MS degree and admission to Tarbiat Modares University, ranked 6th among Middle Eastern graduate schools.
** 2003: Ranked top 1% in nationwide university entrance examination for BS degree and admission to Sahand University of Technology.
** 2011-present AICHE membership
** 2012-present SPE membership


* Computer Skills
** Advanced Process Control (APC), simulation, and optimization with APMonitor Dynamic Optimization Suite, MATLAB, Simulink and Python
** OPC and Modbus Interface with KEPServerEX and Python
** Process simulation with HYSYS and Aspen plus
** Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) using Fluent
** Programing languages: MATLAB, Python, MySQL Database, APMonitor, PHP, JavaScript and HTML

* Languages
** Farsi
** Azeri
** Turkish
** English

* Email: reza_asghar_sh@yahoo.com

* Academic Projects
** 2010: Steam cracking of Tehran refinery vacuum residue (an R&D project of National Iranian Oil Refining & Distribution Company)
** 2010: Thermal cracking vacuum residues of Tehran and Bandar Abbas refineries (MS Thesis)
** 2009: Visbreaking process. (MS Seminar)
** 2008: Air separation plant simulation via Aspen plus simulator. (CAD Project)
** 2008: Algorithm design of olefin refinery furnace by flow sheeting, partitioning, tearing, to obtain the best solving flowchart. (CAD Project)
** 2007: Basic design of Methanol to Olefin (MTO) Unit. (Conceptual Design Project)
** 2007: Modeling of hydrogen separation by palladium membrane. (BS Thesis)
** 2006: Design of Shell & Tube heat exchanger for Tabriz petrochemical plant (joint academical and industrial project)

!!!! Interests and Awards

* 2003: Ranked top 1% among 500000 participants (3126th between 500000) in the Nationwide University entrance examination for BS degree (Konkoor-E-Sarasari). Then gained admission to Sahand University of Technology which is considered one of the best universities in Iran.
* 2003: Ranked 95th among more than 500000 participants in the Islamic Azad University of Iran entrance examination for BS degree (Konkoor-E-Azad).
* 2007: Ranked top 1% among 5000 participants (51th between 5000) in the Nationwide University entrance examination for MS degree (Konkoor-E-Sarasari). Then gained admission to Tarbiat Modares University which is considered 2nd ranked university between Islamic Countries and 6th ranked between Middle East countries in graduate educations division.
* 2007: Gained the highest grade in chemical reaction engineering course exam (91/100) between 5000 participants in the Nationwide University entrance examination for MS degree (Konkoor-E-Sarasari).

** Operating Systems: DOS and Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista & 7)
** Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point), EndNote, Visio, Photoshop
** Engineering Software: APMonitor, MATLAB, Fluent (computational fluid dynamics (CFD) package), HYSYS and Aspen plus,

# Asgharzadeh Shishsavan, R., Hubbell, C., Perez, H.D., Hedengren, J.D., and Pixton, D.S., Combined Rate of Penetration and Pressure Regulation for Drilling Optimization Using High Speed Telemetry, SPE Deepwater Drilling and Completions Conference, Galveston, TX: 10 - 11 Sept 2014.

# Pixton, D., Asgharzadeh Shishsavan, R., Hedengren, J.D., and Craig, A., Addressing UBO and MPD Challenges with Wired Drillpipe, SPE/IADC MPD & UBO Conference & Exhibition, Madrid, Spain: 8 - 9 Apr 2014. [[https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/SPE-168953-MS|Article]]

# Asgharzadeh Shishavan, R. and Hedengren, J.D., Improved Estimator Insensitivity to Outliers, Measurement Drift, and Noise, AIChE Sring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2014. [[Attach:estimator_aiche14.pdf|Abstract]]

# Hedengren, J. D. and Asgharzadeh Shishavan, R., Powell, K.M., and Edgar, T.F., Nonlinear Modeling, Estimation and Predictive Control in APMonitor, Computers and Chemical Engineering, in press, 2014. [[Attach:hedengren_cace2014.pdf|Preprint]]

# Asgharzadeh Shishavan, R., Brower, D.V., Hedengren, J.D., Brower, A.D., New Advances in Post-Installed Subsea Monitoring Systems for Structural and Flow Assurance Evaluation, OMAE2014/24300, San Francisco, CA, June 2014. [[Attach:Fiber_Optic_ATI_OMAE14.pdf|Preprint]]

# Brower, D., Hedengren, J.D., Asgharzadeh Shishavan, R., and Brower, A., Advanced Deepwater Monitoring System, OMAE2013/10920, Nantes, France, June 2013. [[Attach:hedengren_omae2013.pdf|Preprint]]

* 2008-2010 rock wool company of Iran – R&D engineer (part time)
** Designing and modeling thermal oxidizer for burning waste gas containing phenol and formaldehyde emitted during Rock Wool production.
** Designing and modeling thermal oxidizer for burning waste gas containing carbon monoxide emitted from Cupola furnace.
** Modelling Cupola furnace in order to predict the amounts of various fuels, air and oxygen enrichment requirement.

* 2008, Sodreh Sazeh Pars company,
** Developing emergency shutdown procedure for chemical processes

* Solution to large-scale dynamic models in estimation and optimization applications
** Dynamic optimization of Fisher-Tropsch synthesis for reformulation of biofuels to liquid fuels
** Nonlinear model predictive control for systems requiring updated control action faster than 5 Hertz
* Boundary Value Management
** Dynamic modeling, optimization, and control of a thermal oxidizer for burning waste gas containing carbon monoxide.
** Flow assurance and monitoring of subsea production pipelines

# Hedengren, J.D., Mojica, J.L., Asgharzadeh Shishavan, R., Safdarnejad, S.M., Recent Advances in the Application of MIDAE Systems, AIChE National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov 2013. [[Attach:hedengren_aiche13.pdf|Abstract]]

** English

(:description Reza Asgharzadeh Shishivan in the Process Research and Intelligent Systems Modeling (PRISM) Group at Brigham Young University:)

# Hedengren, J.D., Mojica, J.L., Asgharzadeh Shishivan, R., Safdarnejad, S.M., Recent Advances in the Application of MIDAE Systems, AIChE National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov 2013. [[Attach:hedengren_aiche13.pdf|Abstract]]

# Brower, D., Hedengren, J.D., Asgharzadeh Shishivan, R., and Brower, A., Advanced Deepwater Monitoring System, OMAE2013/10920, Nantes, France, June 2013. [[Attach:hedengren_omae2013.pdf|Preprint]]

# Asgharzadeh Shishivan, R. and Hedengren, J.D., Improved Estimator Insensitivity to Outliers, Measurement Drift, and Noise, AIChE Sring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2014. [[Attach:estimator_aiche14.pdf|Abstract]]

# Asgharzadeh Shishivan, R., Memmott, J.A., Hedengren, J.D., and Pixton, D., Pressure Regulation and Kick Attenuation with Wired Pipe Technology in Managed Pressure Drilling, AIChE Sring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2014. [[Attach:drilling_aiche14.pdf|Abstract]]

# Brower, D., Brower, A., Memmott, J.A., Asgharzadeh Shishivan, R., and Hedengren, J.D., Advanced Monitoring Systems on Existing Deepwater Infrastructure for Intelli-Field Advances, AIChE Sring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2014. [[Attach:intellifield_aiche14.pdf|Abstract]]

* [[Attach:reza_asgharzadeh_shishivan_resume.pdf | Full Resume]]

* Aug 2011-Present: PhD student in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University (BYU), Provo, Utah. (GPA: 3.8/4.0)

* [[www.linkedin.com/pub/reza-asgharzadeh/39/a4b/b32 | LinkedIn Profile]]

(:description Process Research and Intelligent Systems Modeling (PRISM) Group at Brigham Young University:)

!!!! Conference Publications

** Nonlinear model predictive control for systems requiring updated control action faster than 5 Hertz.

* Aug 2011-Present: PhD student in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University (BYU), Provo, Utah. (GPA until now 3.8/4.0)