1. Recommendation letter
Zahra Mohammadi
I worked intensively with Zahra during five months in the spring of 2014, during the planning and
completion of an international panel visit reviewing the research at the IPR department at
Mälardalen University. Zahra was the manager for the visit at this department and she excelled at its
completion and herself, as well as everyone, involved received a number of recognitions and thanks
for the well-executed event from both external and internal parties, including the international panel
itself, the Vice-Chancellor and the Head of School.
Zahra is a thorough and professional project manager and colleague with a careful attention to detail
and extraordinary ability to manage a complex processes, which in this particular instance, involved a
large number of parties, significant amounts of data and a number of changes and added
information. She lead the team successfully throughout the challenging and uncertain planning phase
and was able to unite wide number of professors and researchers to all work towards one set goal.
In addition, Zahra has a great personality and is fun to work with. She has an ability to make
colleagues feel special and has a motivational character. I would recommend Zahra as a colleague for
most professional positions which require ability to work in complex environments, execution
towards a set goal and careful attention to detail.
Anna Bird
Research Coordinator & Manager for MITC at Mälardalen University

2. October 31, 2014
Reference letter for Zahra Mohammadi
To whom it may concern:
I would like to recommend Zahra Mohammadi as a candidate for a position at your organization.
I have known Zahra for twelve months in my capacity Researcher and PhD candidate at Mälardalen
University. She has been doing industrial research on Lean production and equipment design in the
EQIIP project for one year after her Master degree, and has written one conference paper on the
subject with me as supervising coauthor. Zahra has done an excellent job as in the research project in
the project work package that I coordinate. She is energetic and eager to deliver results and has been
an asset to our research. Based on her effort in EQUIP, her writing and ambitions, I would rate Zahra's
academic performance as high.
Zahra have shown ability to express herself well both in written and verbal communication, she is
organized and a team worker. She is able to follow through to ensure that the job gets done.
In conclusion, I would highly recommend Zahra Mohammadi for employment at your organization. If
her performance as in EQUIP is any indication of how she will succeed, Zahra will be a positive
addition to your organization. If you should need any additional information you can feel free to
contact me at +46 707943130 or by email at martin.kurdve@mdh.se anytime.
Sincerely,
Martin Kurdve
Researcher, Mälardalen University
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
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