Ahmad Yasser Afagani, Senior Expert

Ahmad Yasser Afagani

Senior Expert

Tetra Tech

Location
Türkiye - Konya
Education
Doctorate, Intelligent Interaction Technologies (Robotics)
Experience
13 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 7 Months

Senior Expert at Tetra Tech
  • Great Britain (UK) - London
  • My current job since February 2023

- Managing and supervising an engineer’s team to complete 8 projects related to smart farming for the Smart Technologies Design Development and Prototyping Centre (STEDECH).

- Assisting the center in developing patent-worthy ideas for all projects intended for international submission.

Mechatronics Engineering Asistant Professor (Robotics) at KTO karatay university
  • Türkiye - Konya
  • September 2015 to December 2022

I am an assistant professor at Mechatronics Eng. Dept.

•Teaching many courses related to mechatronics such as Industrial Control, Industrial Robotics, Mechatronics Design, Mechatronics Measurement, and Computer Aided Drawing.
• Teaching Japanese language course to different departments.
• Extending the perception knowledge of the students to prepare them for practical engineering life.
• Supervisory of many research projects of the undergrad and graduate students.

Instructor at University of Aleppo
  • Syria - Aleppo
  • September 2008 to March 2009

Taught “Electronic Sensors” subject and did many experiments relating to this practical subject.

local engineer in middle east at TECNOGAMMA
  • Italy
  • June 2006 to March 2009

• Completed 4-month training in Italy at TECNOGAMMA.S.P.A relating to locomotive inspection system which uses high technology non-contact sensors.
• Participated in assembling some parts of the inspection system.
• Taught a team of Syrian engineers the essential parts of the system to be installed in Syria on the railways.
• Negotiated with customers about installation Issues and found solutions.
• Translator (Eng-Arab) for comfort communication between Italian experts and Syrian railway managers.

Salesman at Tcheleby agency
  • Syria - Aleppo
  • August 2005 to June 2006

• Studied the requirements of the market and the competitors.
• Made many connections and relationships with the customers.
• Convinced the customers with our textile needles products and its functionality over the time.
• Improved the marketing in few months.

Cellphone Repairman at Technoword agency
  • Syria - Aleppo
  • July 2004 to April 2005

• Completed an advance course in "Oman Academia" Institute-Syria relating to cell phones repairing.
• Repaired HW and SW of mobile phones

Programmer at Rabie.co
  • Syria - Aleppo
  • December 2003 to December 2004

- Designed kids-friendly interface for the book called “400 Questions” written by Rabie.co.

- Programmed a successful quiz program in fancy way which consists of 400 questions suitable for kids between 6 and 12 years old.

Education

Doctorate, Intelligent Interaction Technologies (Robotics)
  • at University of Tsukuba
  • March 2015

Dissertation: “On-Line Collision and Deadlock Avoidance of n-Robot PTP Command-Based Industrial Manipulators using Advanced Collision Map” Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yasumichi Aiyama

Master's degree, Intelligent Interaction Technologies (Robotics)
  • at University of Tsukuba
  • March 2012

Thesis: “Design and Implementation of Control System for an Omni-Directional Mobile Robot with Three Active Caster Wheel. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Shin’ichi Yuta

Diploma, Intelligent Interaction Technology(Robotics)
  • at University of Tsukuba
  • March 2010

- Studied fundamentals of robotics, specifically mobile robot fundamentals. - Learned how to utilize SH4 Microprocessor and laser rangefinder with mobile robot. - Attended high level Japanese language classes.

Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Industrial Control and Automation
  • at Aleppo University
  • September 2005

Completed a program that prepares students for a career in industrial field. Graduation Project: “A Study and Implementation of Computer-Based Control System for Single Phase Induction Motor Using PWM”. Supervisor: Dr. Salah Nader

Specialties & Skills

Robotic Systems
Robotics
Industrial Controls
Solid work
Visual Basic
Eclipse IDE
Photoshop
C Porgramming Language
Windows OS (7,Vista, XP....)
Eagle PCB Software
Microsoft Office(Word- Excel-PowerPoint-Visio)
SolidWork
Linux OS
RT-middleware(robot platform software)

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
Japanese
Expert
Turkish
Expert
Italian
Beginner

Memberships

Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Participant
  • January 2014

Hobbies

  • Tennis
  • Basketball
  • Photographing
  • Ornamental Fish