Mohammadjavad Palimi

Paint, coating and corrosion engineer 

University of Alberta, Edmonton AB

Acted as corrosion, wear specialist at the department of chemical and materials engineering (Investigation on corrosion, tribological and tribo-corrosion performances of carbon steel in emulsion-based drilling fluids).

• Evaluated the case study conditions for developing drilling fluids in aggressive environment
• Developed strategies, provided engineering solutions, and proposed remedial actions to deal with corrosion, friction and wear threats 
• Designed and conducted project experiments and testing protocol for preventing of drilling equipment corrosion, corrosion-wear testing of metals, analysis and interpret experimental results, and draw conclusions 
• Oversaw all materials testing and research & development projects to meet funder
• Presented the results to internal and external stakeholders, validated the results through supplementary experiments
• Designed and optimized stable emulsion-based drilling fluids and provided training to junior members 

Summer internship                                                                            June 2021-September 2021 

Camber Company, Edmonton, AB 

• Drilling industry: producing drilling fluids for oil wells
• Developed high corrosion and wear resistance drilling fluids
• Presented projects results and ongoing progress reports to staff and lab director
• Provided consultation on projects to enhance the efficiency of work
• Created data collection, analysis and graphing results from various experiments
• Ensured deliverables of commensurate quality by managing project outcomes
• Introduced highly efficient corrosion inhibitors for drilling applications

Coating Engineer                                                                                      May 2017 – June 2019 Goharfam, Tehran (Iran)

• Paint production industry: producing automotive coatings for Iran Khodro Company
• Supervised, coached floor technician by weekly meetings
• Developed and tested paint formulation
• Drafted proposals for presentation to clients to secure funding for programs and projects.
• Accomplishments:
• Improved the mechanical-physical properties of primers such as zinc phosphate, zinc chromate
• established a zinc rich new primer with high anticorrosion property 
• evaluated and certified top coating with high abrasion resistance for automotive coatings

Coating Engineer                                                                                             10/2015 – 04/2016 Kian Rangin, Tehran (Iran), quality control and R&D department

• Paint production industry: producing powder coatings for various industries
• Investigated quality control of coatings for example: surface appearance, adhesion, hardness, chemical resistance
• Accomplishments:
• Improved the quality of powder coatings, especially by solving the bubble problem on the surface
• Developed new formulation for powder coating with corrosion protection properties
• Led the production of powder coating with high abrasion resistance

  University of Alberta, Edmonton AB

  Institute for Color Science and Technology (ICST), Tehran, Iran

  Azad University, Mahshahr, Iran