ALPHA TEAM

Company

Saeed Memarzadeh

Founder & CEO

An entrepreneur and engineer with academic backgrounds in mechanical and aerospace engineering, focused on R&D, innovation and translating scientific knowledge into practical engineering solutions.

Education

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering

Thermal & Fluids

University of Tabriz · 2012–2017

M.Sc. Aerospace Engineering

Space Engineering

University of Tabriz · 2018–2020

Expertise

  • Research & development
  • Aerospace and space systems
  • Astronomy
  • Remote sensing
  • Artificial intelligence and programming
  • Solar power engineering
  • Motorsport and performance components
  • Project management and entrepreneurship

Professional experience

Founder & CEO

Pishgaman Novandish Fannavargostar Keyhan · Aug 2023–present

R&D strategy, team leadership, networking and delivery of technology-focused projects.

Board Member & Content Director

Rahpouyan Atlas Aseman · 2018–2019

Science communication, training, R&D strategy and industry networking.

Selected project experience

CanSat

2024

Alpha Team participation in a CanSat project with a sensing-communications mission.

CubeSat

2023

Alpha Team participation in a 1U CubeSat sensing-communications project.

CBS

2020

Leadership of a binary-star timing and analysis project resulting in an international publication.

Remote Sensing Projects

2019

Analytical projects using Landsat 8 and Sentinel-1/2 satellite imagery.

Space Radiation & Earth Shielding Study

2020–2021

CME analysis and satellite-protection strategies for space-radiation and Earth-shielding research.

APTO

2019

Collaboration with Khajeh Nasireddin Tusi Observatory, University of Tabriz, on lunar occultation analysis.

Skills

  • Quadcopter pilot
  • Ultralight aircraft pilot
  • HSE instructor & consultant
  • Solar power plant design
  • Astronomy
  • Business startup ideation
  • Network & information security
  • Programming
  • Financial management
  • Networking
  • Project management
  • R&D

Languages

  • English: Good level
  • Arabic: Lower-intermediate
  • Turkish (Istanbul): Lower-intermediate
  • Russian: Lower-intermediate
  • French: Lower-intermediate

Professional memberships

  • Astronomical Society of Iran — since 2011
  • Ayaz Tabriz Astronomy Society — since 2012
  • Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers — 2014
  • Iranian Aerospace Society — since 2019

Courses & certificates

  • CanSat & CubeSat — Aerospace Research Institute
  • Space 4.0
  • Remote Sensing I & II — Iranian Space Agency
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • 4th Space Radiation Conference
  • Eclipse Phenomena
  • Binary & Variable Star Occultation Timing
  • Astronomy & Passive Defense
  • Astrophotography
  • Fundamentals of Aerospace
  • HSE — National Iranian Gas Company
  • Meteoritics
  • Amateur Astronomy

Public profiles

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Scientific publications

New Ephemeris of BZ Leo, V2545 Cyg and V0402 Gem

Journal of Occultation and Eclipse (JOE), No. 7 · 2020

A. Poro, L. Shirzadi, A. Safary, S. Memarzadeh

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New Ephemeris of BZ Leo, V2545 Cyg and V0402 Gem

Article abstract

The new ephemerides of the three eclipsing binary systems BZ Leo, V2545 Cyg, and V0402 Gem are presented. The observations were made with a CCD through the C filter. These three W UMa systems were studied for the first time, so the Czech Astronomical Society database was used to extract raw data from the complete light curves and obtain the times of minimum, allowing O−C values to be calculated with the new ephemerides.

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O-C Study on 545 Lunar Occultation Events of 13 Binary Stars

Journal of Occultation and Eclipse (JOE), No. 6 · 2019

A. Poro, S. Memarzadeh and collaborators

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O-C Study on 545 Lunar Occultation Events of 13 Binary Stars

Article abstract

In this article, reports of lunar occultations made by the project's observing teams (named APTO) are studied in comparison with other observations of the objects. Thirteen binary stars were selected for this study, and all previous observations of these stars were also collected. Finally, an O−C analysis of all reports was performed.

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