# Nasrin Taheri, Ph.D. > Deep Tech Engineering Leader| Building Scalable, Reliable Systems Across Energy, Data-Center & Advanced Hardware Industries| Expert in Cross-Functional Design, Structural Integration, Thermal Management, Product Strategy Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nasrintaheriphd ## Work Experience ### Founder @ Stratelligents LLC Jan 2025 – Present Stratelligents, LLC was founded with a mission to bring clarity, strategy, and integrity to engineering decision-making. At Stratelligents, we help engineering and product teams solve complex challenges through strategy, data, and design. Our services span from technical design to decision-making systems and leadership support. www.stratelligents.com ### Sr Manager, Mechanical Engineering @ Bloom Energy Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area Mechanical System Design-Electrical Focus ### Principal Mechanical Engineer and Manager of Mechanical System Design-Electrical Focus @ Bloom Energy Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Manager, Product Design @ Smart Wires Inc. Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 ### Senior Mechanical Engineer @ Smart Wires Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Mechanical Design: Enclosure Design, Transformer Design, I/O components design, etc. Mechanical Simulation (FEA) and Analysis: Vibration Analysis, Structural Analysis, Thermo-Mechanical Analysis Product Design and Development ### Research and Development @ Aperia Technologies Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Aperia Technologies engineers innovation to make transportation more efficient, safer, and better for the environment. The company’s Halo® Tire Inflator and related products improve fuel economy and road safety while reducing tire expenditures and driver downtime for commercial fleets. ### Mechanical Engineering @ KaVo Kerr Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Orange County, California Area Mechanical Design and Analysis of Endodontics Products; Tolerance Stack Analysis; Finite Element Analysis; Medical Device Design Development; V & V ### Postdoctoral Scholar @ UC Irvine Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering Dynamic Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of Teeth under transient loading Damping analysis, Dental BioMechanics ### Research Assistant @ Washington State University Jan 2013 – Jan 2016 | School of Mechanical and Material Engineering Computational Mechanics and Material Science Lab ■ Multiscale modeling of micro/nano scale solids from continuum to mesoscale. ■ Mathematical modeling of dislocations structures under different loading conditions (continuum and discrete dislocation dynamics). ■ Developed a new unique stress-gradient plasticity model leading to an explicit expression for the flow stress. ■ Developed a mesoscopic model to predict spontaneous formation of dislocations spatio-temporal pattern. ■ Collaborated on implementing the stress-gradient model in to a viscoplastic self-consistent model. ### Teaching Assistant @ Washington State University Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | School of Mechanical and Material Engineering Dynamics Mechanics of Materials Lab Machine Design ### Mechanical Engineer and Technical Lead @ Nargan Engineers and Constructors Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 ### Mechanical Engineer and Project Section Lead @ Tarh O Palayesh Engineering Company Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 ### Manufacturing Engineer @ REACTORSAZ Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 | Tehran Province, Iran ## Education ### Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering Washington State University Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 ### Master's Degree Sharif University of Technology Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 ### Bachelor's Degree Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nasrin-taheri --- Source: https://flows.cv/nasrintaheriphd JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nasrintaheriphd/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-07