Farhad Zhalehfar Address: No.23, Hashemi-far alley, Vali-As street, Tehran, Iran Email: FarhadZhaleHfar@yahoo.com

4+ Years of Professional Experience in sheet metal die

• Hands-on experience in draw die design based on Fuji Technica die design standard• Professional at modeling and simulation • Professional at draw die surface design • Proficient at technical presentation and customer meeting

7+ Years of Research Experience in sheet metal forming

• Proficient at determination of mechanical propertiesdifferent temperatures

• Professional at sheet metal forming analysis• Experienced in surface optimization

Professional Experiences

Automotive Industries Research & Innovation Center of SAIPA (AIRIC)

Sheet metal die designer (Feasibility assessment and designing diesProject Manager, Entitled “Sheet metal part quality improvement through die surface optimization”

Freelance Die Designer: Jan2104-presentWorking as a freelance die and tool designer with automotive industries:Guzel tea, (Undertaking varieties of projects)Iran-Khodro Automobiles CorporationPorsche Automobiles Corporation (UnSAIPA Automobiles Corporation (Undertaking

Zanjan University, Sept 2010-July 2011

University Lecturer (course title: Mechanics of Materials)

March 2016

Farhad Zhalehfar Phone: +98-912-7722040, +49-178-2196549

As street, Tehran, Iran

SUMMARY

4+ Years of Professional Experience in sheet metal die surface design (Junior Die designer)

on experience in draw die design based on Fuji Technica die design standardofessional at modeling and simulation production dies

Professional at draw die surface design minimizing final sheet metal product defects Proficient at technical presentation and customer meeting

sheet metal forming

determination of mechanical properties and formability of sheet metals within

forming analysis surface optimization

Professional Experiences

Innovation Center of SAIPA (AIRIC) Feb 2012- present, Tehran, Iran

lity assessment and designing dies for metallic parts) Entitled “Sheet metal part quality improvement through die surface optimization”

present

Working as a freelance die and tool designer with automotive industries: varieties of projects)

Khodro Automobiles Corporation (Undertaking 3 projects) (Undertaking one project)

Undertaking varieties of projects)

University Lecturer (course title: Mechanics of Materials)

(Junior Die designer)

on experience in draw die design based on Fuji Technica die design standard

sheet metal product defects

of sheet metals within

, Tehran, Iran

March 2016

Education

Babol University of Technology, Mazandaran, Iran Master of Science- Mechanical Engineering, 2008-2010

Tabriz University. East Azerbaijan, Iran. Bachelor of Science- Mechanical Engineering, 2004-2008

Computer Software Skills

MATLAB FORTRAN

Programming achievements

• MATLAB based software codes to predict stress-strain behaviour vs strain rate for sheet metal parts. AIRIC

• MATLAB based software codes to predict failure based on M-K theory and bifurcation, Clift and Cockcroft ductile criteria. Babol University of Technology.

Publication

• F. Zhalehfar, S.J. Hosseinipour, “A Different approach for considering the effect of non-proportional loading path on Forming Limit Diagram of AA5083”, Journal of Materials & Design. Volume 50, Sept 2013, Pages 165–173

• F. Zhalehfar, R. Hashemi, S.J. Hosseinipour, “Experimental and theoretical investigation of the strain path change effect on sheet metal forming diagrams of AA5083”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Feb 2015, Volume 76, Issue 5, pp 1343-1352

• H. Zand, F. Zhalehfar, A. Vafaei, "Effect of strain rate change on hot deformation mechanism of AA7075", in submission stage of Journal of Materials Processing Technology

• H. Zand, F. Zhalehfar, A. Vafaei, "Effect of Strain Rate Changes on Failure of AA7075 at the Elevated Temperatures” NUMISHEET, Sept 2016, Bristol, UK.

• H. Zand, F. Zhalehfar, A. Vafaei, “Experimental investigation into the strain rate effects on formability of AA7075”, X-MECH, February 2014, Tehran, Iran

• F. Zhalehfar, S.J. Hosseinipour, “The Influence of prestraining on forming limit diagram of AA5083,” ICTP, September 2011, Aachen, Germany.

• F. Zhalehfar, S.J. Hosseinipour, “Numerical Investigation into the Effect of Uniaxial and Biaxial Pre-Strain on Forming Limit Diagram of AA5083," NUMISHEET, August 2011, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

• F. Zhalehfar, S.J. Hosseinipour and S. Noruzi,” Effect of Equi-Biaxial pre-strain On Forming Limit Diagram of AA5083” AMPT, October 2010, Paris, France.

• S.M. Hosseini, S.J. Hosseinipour, F. Zhalehfar,” Investigation the effect of age hardening heat treatment on anisotropy of AA6063,” ICME, October 2010, Tabriz, Iran.

ABAQUS SOLIDWORKS AUTOFORM CATIA

March 2016

PROJECTS (SELECTED)

Sheet Metal Part Quality Improvement through Die Surface optimization Dec2013-Jan 2015 AIRIC, Tehran, Iran

• Die surface optimization considering production operations in try-out • Die surface optimization considering total operations during production • Improvement of simulation accuracy and standardizing of sheet metal forming simulation in

AUTOFORM • Decreasing of part development time and total product cost

Effect of Strain Rate Changes on Failure of AA7075 at Higher Temperatures Jan. 2013-Jan. 2014

AIRIC, Tehran, Iran, Azad University of Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

• Experimental observation of strain rates change effect on failure at higher temperature • Considering effect of higher temperature on mechanical behaviour affect by DRV and DRX

phenomenon • Application of softening model in order to introduce formability • Simulation based on softening model considering varieties of strain rates

Sheet Metal Selection for Automobile Body Jun 2012-March 2013 AIRIC, Tehran, Iran

• Prediction of mechanical behaviour of varieties of steel at higher strain rates • Determination of formability of steel sheet metals numerically

Effect of Strain Path Change on Formability of AA8053 Dec2008-Sept2010 Babol University of Technology, Mazandaran, Iran

• Experimental observation of strain path change effect on formability • Numerical simulation of strain history effect on failure • Determination of forming limit diagram based on M-K theory