EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
PhD Candidate in CFD Centre, SPEME, Oct. 07 - Present
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS , UNITED KINGDOM
- Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards holder
- Project: " CFD Modelling of Oxyfuel Combustion "
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MS, Feb. 05 - Feb. 07
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY , T.R.N.C
- Thesis title: "Numerical investigation of phase change process of a PCM in a thermal energy storage system with fins"
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, BS, Sep.95 - July 00
TEHRAN UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING , IRAN
- Graduation project: "Hollow Fibre membrane application in waste water treatment"

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Sep. 05 - Feb. 07
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY, T.R.N.C
- Responsible for Thermodynamics, heat transfer and building services tutorial hours, partial lecturing and laboratory,
- Representative of the international master students of EMU during EUA (European Universities Association) in December 2006

TEACHING ASSISTANT, Mar. 08 - Present
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK
- Responsible for tutorial sessions for FLUENT/Gambit held for MSc students

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PIPING ENGINEER, JULY 01- Feb 05
SAZEH ENGINEERING CONSULTANT , IRAN
- Responsible for piping design and 3D modelling (using PDMS), coordinator between piping and equipment departments, preparation of the site-fabrication isometrics for pneumatic conveying lines and preparation of the Utility Flow Diagram in more than 3 petrochemical joint projects with Uhde, GmbH company,
- Issuing the "Equipment Installation Procedure", including sequence, 3D pictures and recommendation,
- Overall study of the previous projects and prepare feedback for improvement of the further jobs (as a part of ISO9001:2000 program),
- Involved in presentations held for newly employed and workshops for current employees.

TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

1. P. Edge, M. Gharebaghi, R. Irons, R. Porter, R. T. Porter, M. Pourkashanian, D. Smith, P. Stephenson and A. Williams, “Combustion modelling opportunities and challenges for oxy-coal carbon capture technology”, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, [In Press].

2. M. Gharebaghi, J. Gibson, K.J. Hughes, R. Irons, R.T.J. Porter, M. Pourkashanian and A. Williams.”A Modeling Study of Mercury Transformation in Coal-Fired Power Plants”, Proceedings of the American Flame Research Committee 2010 Pacific Rim Combustion Symposium, Maui, HI, 2010.

3. M. Gharebaghi, K.J.Hughes, R.T.J. Porter, M. Pourkashanian and A. Williams, “Mercury transformation in air-coal and oxy-coal combustion: a modelling approach”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 33 (2011) 1779-1786.

4. M. Gharebaghi, B. Goh, M. Pourkashanian and A. Williams, “Assessment of Fate of Mercury in Oxy-Coal Combustion”, 1st Oxy Coal Combustion Conference, Cottbus, Germany, Sep 8 -11, 2009

5. M. Gharebaghi, B. Goh, L. Ma, M. Pourkashanian and A. Williams, “Numerical Investigation of Char reactivity in Oxy-PF-RFG Combustion”, ASME Turbo Expo 2009, Orlando, USA, June 8 – 12, 2009

6. M. Gharebaghi, B. Goh, L. Ma, M. Pourkashanian and A. Williams, “Numerical investigation of Oxy-Coal Combustion in pilot scale and the challenges”, 25th Annual Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, USA, Sep 29 – Oct 2, 2008.

7. L. Ma, M. Gharebaghi, R. Porter, M. Pourkashanian, JM. Jones and A. Williams, “Modelling Methods for Co-fired Pulverized Fuel Furnaces”, European Conference on Coal Research and Its Applications, September 3 – 5, 2008 (Fuel 88 (2009) 2448–2454).

8. Maryam Gharebaghi and Ibrahim Sezai, " Enhancement of Heat Transfer in Latent Heat Storage Modules with Internal Fins", Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, Volume 53, Issue 7 January 2008 , pages 749 - 765.

9. Maryam Gharebaghi, " An innovative Method of teaching: A researched survey-based term assignment ", ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, Nov 11-15, 2007, Washington, USA

10. Maryam Gharebaghi and Ibrahim Sezai, " Numerical investigation of PCM module with fins" , ASME-JSME Thermal Engineering Conference and Summer Heat Transfer Conference, July 8-12, 2007, Vancouver, Canada