Education

• B.Sc. Eng., Chemical Engineering, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran, 2018

Employment History

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Graduate Research Assistant (GRA), 05/2023-present
• Nebraska Industrial Assessment Center, 05/2023-08/2023

Area of Research and Professional Interest

• Pollution prevention/environmental sustainability for industry
• Environmental impact evaluation
• Data analysis of emissions from the fermentation process
• Mathematical modeling of chemical processes
• Applications of machine learning in chemical processes

Research Experience 

• Detecting contaminated bio-ethanol fermentation batches through gas and liquid concentration analysis using machine learning, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 08/2023-present
• Optimizing energy efficiency in operating conditions for off-gas emission control technologies via machine learning, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 08/2023-present
• Environmental Impact Evaluation of the Food Supply Chain Using Data Envelopment Analysis Methods and Machine Learning Algorithms,  Azad University, Tehran, Iran 03/2021-08/2022

Publications and Presentations

• Mahdavi, M., Rashidi, A., Dvorak, B., Aly Hassan, A., 2026. Review of industrial bioethanol production with a focus on volatile fermentation byproducts. Clean. Eng. Technol. 31, 101200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2026.101200
• Gohoho, H., Rashidi, A., Dvorak, B., Demirel, Y., 2026. Assessments of water and energy consumption metrics in corn-based bioethanol process with Very High Gravity (VHG) fermentation. Bioresour. Technol. Rep. 34, 102762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2026.102762
• Barandehfard, F., Kianpour Rad, M., Hosseinnia, A., Rashidi, A., Tahriri, M., Tayebi, L., 2019. The evaluation of the mechanical characteristics of the synthesized glass-ionomer cements (GICs): the effect of hydroxyapatite and fluorapatite nanoparticles and glass powders. J. Aust. Ceram. Soc. 55, 507–517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41779-018-0257-5