1. Ali Dawood Dashti
Mechanical Engineer
KEO DESIGN
KEO INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS Ali D. Dashti - 1 of 3
EDUCATION
Masters of science in
University of Southern
California,
Los Angeles, USA, 2015
Bachelor of Engineering in
Mechanical Engineering,
Pennsylvania State
University,
Pennsylvania, USA, 2012
PROFESSION
Mechanical Engineer
NATIONALITY
Kuwaiti
MEMBERSHIPS
The Khaleeji Student
Association/Kuwaiti Student
Association
LANGUAGES
English
Arabic
SUMMARY
Mr. Dashti is a recent graduate at the University of Southern California. He hopes
to contribute to innovative projects that will generate growth around the world.
He is a recent employee at KEO starting beginning of April. He believes that KEO
has a great impact on the middle east and hopefully around the world. His daily
experience on the different projects such as the waste to energy project is
solidifying his interest in the opportunities that KEO will offer. My experience
working with diversified teams will be utilized in KEO’s innovative and
collaborative environment.
During his experience at AirLiquide, he was granted a merit scholarship to pursue
his master’s degree in mechanical engineering. While at USC, he directly worked
for Professor Micheal Kessner to perform two research projects. The first
project’s goal was to successfully perform compression and tensile tests using
an Instron machine model 8500. The age of the machine caused complications
in computer interface connectivity, the actuator, and the hydraulic system. He
worked individually to research the machines functions and testing methods,
which has provided him with the capability to perform compression and tensile
testing, a vital component in material science research. Later, he was assigned
to work with Professor Michael Kessner’s Phd candidates to observe the
behavior of a grade II Titanium specimen. Using what he had learned from his
prior research on Instron machines, he performed a compression test along the
z-direction of the specimen, which is perpendicular to the rolling direction of the
sheet. The goal of the research project was to observe the compression behavior
of the material up to a 200% strain using the trues stress-strain curves generated
by the tests. This research provides greater understanding to the impacts of
compression testing on micro specimens. It also provides additional clarity to
experimental requirements on length to diameter ratios of specimens not listed
in the ASTM standards (09).
He hopes to contribute to innovative projects at a company that prides itself on
its collegial and energetic culture. He anticipates facing exciting challenges and
utilizing the many opportunities that KEO has to offer.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
KEO International Consultants, Kuwait
Mechanical Engineer, April 2016-Present
Mr. Dashti's duties and responsibilities includes conducting preliminary design
studies, perform all HVAC related calculations, receiving analyzing and verifying
reports from other sub-consultants, co coordinating with other disciplines,
developing and assuring quality on drawings and assisting his seniors in
executing the job.

2. Ali Dawood Dashti
Mechanical Engineer
KEO DESIGN
KEO INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS Ali D. Dashti - 2 of 3
His consultancy service during construction phase includes attending site meetings, receiving and responding
to RFI’s, provide support to site during the construction process.
He has had chance to work on the following projects during his stay in KEO:
Mr. Dashti collaborated with Senior Engineer Justin in calculating the man hours for the waste to energy plant.
• Professional Development Initiative scholar. (Fall 2015)
• Signature program developed by the Embassy of the State of Kuwait in the United States.
• Benefit U.S. host companies and Kuwaiti graduates of U.S. universities
• Gain valuable on-the-job experience in an American professional work environment.
• Direct Research Using Tensile and Compressive Testing Machine (Spring 2015)
• Started working on understanding and fixing the 8500 Instron machine. (Prof. Michael Kessner)
• Looking into all its Hydraulic and data acquisition software and understanding how to configure it to the
machine.
• Implementing current knowledge to test a copper specimen and generate a tensile graph.
• F1 Racecar Project (summer 2013)
• Prepare a project proposal and a full Project plan to build a formula 1 racing car for Maserati.
• The project was for a project management class involving a full analysis of all the milestones required to
enable the project to be accomplished.
• The F1 racecar had a set of requirements to meet including a certain horsepower, Budget and 18 months
period of time.
• Implemented all knowledge and applications learned in class to manage the project.
• Chris Fahey’s Orthotic hand Device (Fall 2012)
• Designed a multi-functional orthotic hand device for the projects sponsor Chris Fahey.
• Created with a team of 4 a detail SOW and a full detail design report for the design.
• Won first place for the project in the class and was one of the candidates for the senior design showcase.
• Educational Wind Turbine Project (Spring 2012)
• Designed an educational tabletop wind turbine for student’s ages 8-14.
• Created with a team of three a proposal and a detail design report (available upon request)
• Earned 4 certificates for best efficiency, best instruction manual, best section project, and best safety
(available upon request).
• Presented in the spring 2012 senior design showcase for the school of Engineering.
• Shell’s Engineering Design and Technology Project (Fall 2009)
• Created an affordable, culturally accepted and durable cook stove for Kenya
• Represented our design and problem statement for Shell in the Shell’s expedition that is held annually
every fall.
• Awarded the first place and earned a Certificate from the school of Engineering Design and Technology.
• Lean-Sigma Process Improvement Project (Summer 2011)
• Helped in improving systems in making them more efficient for cooperate companies
• Assisted in writing the purpose, schedule, and participant expectations.
• Overview the continuous Process Improvement, Six sigma tool, lean, and Project Management.
• Research Paper about The cause and kinds of burns (Spring 2012)
• Created a thesis paper for a technical elective class (Fire Safety) about the kind of burns and their causes.

3. Ali Dawood Dashti
Mechanical Engineer
KEO DESIGN
KEO INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS Ali D. Dashti - 3 of 3
ACTIVITIES & AWARDS
• Lean-Sigma Certificate- (Summer 2011).
• End of the course engineering leadership worked on a Lean Sigma project.
• Proved that the project was efficient and improved the ER process in the hospital.
• Earned a certificate from the professor teaching the class to prove use of lean sigma.
• Full merit scholarship- from the Ministry of Higher Education of Kuwait for
• Scholarship included both bachelors and master’s degree in top 25 schools in the states.
• Earned 5 certificates from the Kuwait Culture office for having a GPA above 3.5 throughout my under
graduate studies.
• The Khaleeji Student Association/Kuwaiti Student Association (Spring 2012)
• Worked with both associations affiliated with Penn State.
• Volunteered as event and Budget manager for a $2000 budget event for the Kuwait National day and
had 200 people attending.