CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Hamed Tavakoli Personal Data Family name: Tavakoli First name: Hamed Date of Birth: February-13-1985 Nationality: Iranian Marital Status: Single Town: Arak Province: Markazi Country: Iran E-mail: h-tavakoli@araku.ac.ir htavakoli1985@gmail.com Education University Degree: Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery University: University of Tehran, Iran Years of study: 2009-2014 - 1 - CV of Dr. Tavakoli
Dissertation title: Non-destructive detection of nitrogen status under drought stress in winter wheat during the growing season using active and passive crop sensors University Degree: M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery University: University of Tehran, Iran Years of study: 2007-2009 Thesis title: Evaluation and Optimization of a Straw Thresher Machine Equipped with a Discharge System. University Degree: B.Sc in Agricultural Machinery Engineering University: University of Urmia, Iran Years of study: 2003-2007 Employment University/Institution: Arak University Faculty: Faculty of Agriculture Department/Section: Mechanical Engineering of Biosystems Present position: Faculty Member Present post held since: January 01, 2015 Work address: Department of Mechanical Engineering of Biosystems, Arak University, Shahid Beheshti St. Town: Arak Province: Markazi Country: Iran Post code: 38156-88349 Tel.: +98-86-32777400-4 E-mail: h-tavakoli@araku.ac.ir Web: www.araku.ac.ir Professional Awards Selected as one of the best researchers in College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Iran, 2009. Distinguished M.Sc Thesis of Agriculture sector in University of Tehran, Iran, 2009. - 2 - CV of Dr. Tavakoli
Second position winner of M.Sc entrance exam (Konkur) for Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery, among all undergratuated students (B.Sc) of this field in Iran, 2007. First position winner of Ph.D entrance exam (Konkur) for Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery, among all gratuated students (M.Sc) of this field in Iran, 2009. A supported member of Iran s National Elites Foundation, from 2011 to present. Selected Publications Tavakoli, H., S.S. Mohtasebi, R. Alimardani, R. Herbst, R. Gebbers. Interference of mild drought stress on the assessment of nitrogen status in winter wheat by proximal crop sensors. (under review). Tavakoli, H., S.S. Mohtasebi, R. Alimardani, R. Herbst, R. Gebbers, 2014. Evaluation of different sensing approaches concerning to nondestructive estimation of leaf area index (LAI) for winter wheat. International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, 7(1): 337 359. Zareiforoush, H., M.H. Komarizadeh, M.R. Alizadeh, H. Tavakoli, M. Masoumi, 2012. Effects of moisture content, loading rate and grain orientation on fracture resistance of paddy (Oryza Sativa L.) grain. International Journal of Food Properties, 15: 89 98. Komarizadeh, M.H., M.A. Ghazavi, M.R. Alizadeh, H. Zareiforush, H. Tavakoli, M. Masoomi, 2011. Power Requirements for Paddy (Oriza sativa L.) Grains Handling with Screw Augers. Applied Engineering in Agriculture (ASABE Publication), 28(1): 73-78. Zareiforoush, H., M.H. Komarizadeh, M.R. Alizadeh,M. Masoumi, H. Tavakoli, 2010. Performance evaluation of screw augers in paddy grains handling. International Agrophysics, 24(4): 389-391. Tavakoli, H., S.S. Mohtasebi, A. Jafari and M. Nazari Galedar, 2009. Some Engineering Properties of Barley Straw. Applied Engineering in Agriculture (ASABE Publication), 25(4): 627-633. Tavakoli, H., S.S. Mohtasebi and A. Jafari, 2009. Physical and mechanical properties of wheat straw as influenced by moisture content. International Agrophysics, 23(2): 175 181. Tavakoli, H., S.S. Mohtasebi, A. Jafari and D. Mahdavinejad, 2009. Power requirement for particle size reduction of wheat straw as a function of straw threshing unit parameters. Australian Journal of Crop Science, 3(4): 231-236. - 3 - CV of Dr. Tavakoli
Conference Presentations Tavakoli, H., S.S. Mohtasebi, R. Gebbers. An image processing based approach for detection of nitrogen status in winter wheat under mild drought stress. 7 th International Conference on Information and Comunication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment, 17-20 September 2015; Kavala, Greece. Gebbers, R., H. Tavakoli, R. Herbst. Crop sensor readings in winter wheat as affected by nitrogen and water supply. 9th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, 7-11 July 2013; Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. Tavakoli, H., S.S. Mohtasebi and A. Jafari. Effect of moisture content on shearing strength of wheat straw, 4 th International Conference on Innovations in Food Processing Technology and Engineering, ICFPTE' 08, AIT, 19-20 January 2009, Bangkok: Thailand. Tavakoli, H., S.S. Mohtasebi and A. Jafari. Effect of moisture content on shearing strength of barley straw, 4 th International Conference on Innovations in Food Processing Technology and Engineering, ICFPTE' 08, AIT, 19-20 January 2009, Bangkok: Thailand. Research Projects Cooperation Title: Identification of different cultivars of bean using digital image processing Executive: Dr. Hamed Tavakoli Institute: Arak University, Arak, Iran. Duration: July first, 2015 to July first 2016. Title: Evaluation of proximal crop sensors for precision agriculture and developement of new camera based algorithms with respect to the assessment of the effects of nitrogen and water supply on winter wheat. Executive: Dr. Robin Gebbers (E-mail: rgebbers@atb-potsdam.de). Institute: Leibniz-Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Potsdam, Germany Duration: January 23 th, 2012 to October 26 th, 2012. Title: Determination of bending and shearing strength of wheat and barley stems Executive: Prof. Seyed Saeid Mohtasebi (e-mail: Mohtaseb@ut.ac.ir) Institute: University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. Duration: 2009. - 4 - CV of Dr. Tavakoli
Teaching Experiences Landscape Equipment, University of Tehran, Fall semester of 2010/2011. Statics, Arak University, since Spring semester of 2013/2014 (continued). Dynamics, Arak University, since Spring semester of 2013/2014 (continued). Design of Agricultural Machines, Arak University, since Spring semester of 2013/2014 (continued). Thermodynamics, Arak University, since Spring semester of 2013/2014 (continued). Industrial or Engineering Drawing, Arak University, since Spring semester of 2013/2014 (continued). C++ Programming, Arak University, since Spring semester of 2015/2016 (continued). Areas of Research Interests Precision Agriculture Image Processing in Agriculture Application of intelligent Systems in Agriculture Computer (Software) Skills Microsoft Office (Word-Excel-PowerPoint-Access) SAS EndNote Matlab SolidWorks C++ Programming Foreign Language Skills English Speaking: advanced Listening: advanced Writing: advanced Reading: advanced German: Beginner Turkish: advanced - 5 - CV of Dr. Tavakoli