Wafa Dastyar

Experience

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  Zhiwar Student Center (seasonal & part-time)

  Dec 2012 - Mar 2015

  Translator and Student Consultant

  - English-Persian translator and vice versa. Subjects: engineering, science, management articles, etc.- Advising students throughout their final year project from an early stage of literature review and setting objectives to assisting them in their experiments. Subjects: (I) The study of the industrial plants feasibility, (II) CFD modeling of a linear heat exchanger, (III) Photo-catalytic wastewater treatment, etc.

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  Kurdistan Water and Wastewater Treatment Co.

  Jul 2013 - Sept 2013

  Internship (part-time)

  - Learning water quality analysis: COD, BOD, pH, conductivity, turbidity, color, hardness, TDS, elemental analysis (P, S, Ca, Mg, Cl, nitrate, fluoride, heavy metals, etc.)

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  University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj

  Oct 2013 - Apr 2014

  Undergraduate Research Assistant (unofficial position)

  - Dr. Teimour Amani's Research Group: Accomplishing the second phase of the undergraduate project and contributing research papers. The first phase was the design and start-up of a set-up for leachate treatment.

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  Tsinghua University

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2019

  Graduate Research Assistant
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  University of Alberta

  Sept 2019 - Jul 2021

  Graduate Research Assistant

  - Ph.D. program switched to M.Sc.

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  University of Miami

  Jan 2023 - Apr 2023

  Teaching Assistant

  - Water Quality in Engineered Systems (CET440 - Undergraduate Course)- Course focused on water chemistry, as well as water and wastewater treatment technologies.

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  University of Miami

  Aug 2023 - Nov 2023

  Teaching Assistant

  - Scanning Electron Microscopy (BME622 - Graduate Course)- Course focused on gaining hands-on skills on professional operation of JEOL (JSM-6010LA) scope equipment for obtaining SEM and EDS (Elemental Diffusion Spectroscopy (X-Ray Spectroscopy)) images and accurate analysis of images and data. - Students were trained on how to use sputter coater or do dehydration and critical point drying for collecting better results depending on the type and nature of various specimens.

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  University of Miami

  Jan 2024 - now

  - Water-Quality Control in Natural Systems (CET 533 - Undergraduate Course)- Course focused on water quality regulations, fate and transport processes, water-quality control in rivers, lakes, wetlands, oceans, and ground water.

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    Aug 2021 - now

  • Teaching Assistant

    Jan 2024 - Apr 2024