Amir Baserinia

San Francisco Bay Area,

I am a mechanical and software engineer based in the Bay Area. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Currently, I’m the co-founder and CTO of Ellipsoid AI, focusing on physical AI and autonomous systems.

Experience

Cofounder and CTO

Ellipsoid AI, El Cerrito, CA
Sep 2024 - Present

Principal Simulation Software Engineer

Acubed by Airbus, Sunnyvale, CA

Acubed is the Silicon Valley innovation center of Airbus. My role at Acubed is to develop simulations for ML/AI training.

May 2022 - Sep 2024

Founder

Mithric, Walnut Creek, CA

I started Mithric to address some of the challenges that industry faces in using CAD systems. This will have major implications for automated manufacturing and virtual reality.

March 2022 - Present

Principal Software Engineer

Atomic Machines, Berkeley, CA

Atomic Machines is building the next-generation manufacturing platform for building MEMS devices. My role at Atomic Machines is to develop software for simulating and running the platform.

September 2020 - February 2022

Mechanical Simulation R&D Engineer

Plethora, San Francisco, CA

Plethora is a CNC machine shop aiming at rapid prototyping and fast-turnaround manufacturing. At Plethora, I work in the Computational Geometry group where I created algorithms to analyze CAD parts for subtractive manufacturing and instant quoting. Currently, I'm working on automatic repair of defective parts.

September 2017 - August 2020

Senior CFD Engineer

Ennova Technologies, Berkeley, CA

Ennova creates mesh solutions for complex CAD geometries. At Ennova I created tools for data visualization and physics setup.

November 2012 - August 2017

Aerodynamics Engineer

Harvistor Canada, Picton, ON, Canada

Harvistor was a startup to design small-scale vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT). My role at Harvistor was to optimize the aerodynamic performance of the turbine.

November 2011 - August 2012

Industrial Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

I developed a computational model to simulate the direct-chill (DC) and Fusion processes, used for casting aluminum alloys.

June 2008 - October 2011

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Specialized in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Thesis: Residual-Based Isotropic and Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation for Computational Fluid Dynamics

M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Specialized in Aerodynamics
Thesis: Stability Analysis of Boundary Layer over Airfoils using Parabolized Stability Equations (PSE)

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering

Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Specialized in Aerospace