Samira Gholizadeh

PhD candidate

  • Former Chairperson of faculty of The Engineering and the Built Environment Postgraduate Student Council (EBE PG SC) at University of Cape Town

  • Founder & CEO of Caspian Felez Ofogh Industrial Technical Inspection Cooperative

  • Industry Expert (Consultant) at PreScouter

  • Research Scientist (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering 

  • Master’s degree in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering 

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning 

  • Bachelor degree in Production and Manufacturing Engineering

  • User Group Leader at IBM Community- Women in AI 

  • Member of the Institution of Engineers Australia as a APEC Engineer, Chartered Professional Mechanical Engineer (CPEng), International Professional engineer (IntPE), National Engineering Register (NER), Australian Composite Structures Society, as well as Associated Professional Member (APM) of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (EA ID: 5348380). 

  • Member of International Institute of Engineering & Researcher (IIER), Membership ID : THEIIER2194196 

  • Member of Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (IDSAI), (www.idsai.org)

  • Member of International Research Institute for Economics and Management (IRIEM), (www.iriem.org) 

  • International Society of Female Professionals (ISFP), (www.theisfp.com), Membership No.: 1929221

 

Beyond my research achievements (including 10 articles and 5 published books to date) related to engineering design, pneumatic systems as well as my profession in Acoustic Emission (AE), Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE), Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE), and Machine Learning (ML), I have been fortunate to have a wide range of work experience, teaching and tutoring in Engineering software, Applied Engineering Mechanics, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering drawing.

I have had various opportunities as an Industrial Project Consultant, Researcher, Maintenance & Production planner over the past several years, through which I was a contractor for local and international companies in the area of piping & steel structures for inspection and detection of welding defects, and extensive experience in Automobile industries and Steel projects.