Siamk Farhad

Biography

Dr. Siamak Farhad is currently an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at The University of Akron. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo (Canada) in 2012 in Mechanical Engineering. During his Ph.D. program, he worked two years as a visitor researcher at the National Research Council (NRC) Canada, Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology. After graduation in 2012, he worked one year as a Post-doctoral Fellow in the “Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems” at Ryerson University; and then one year in both “Applied Nano-material & Clean Energy Lab” and “Electrochemical Power Sources Lab” at the University of Waterloo. He has published over 40 research articles in top-tier peer-reviewed journals and major international conferences. He was also the recipient of multiple awards, including the Industrial Fellowship, NSERC (Canada, 2013); Strategic Post-doctoral Fellowship, Mitacs Elevate (Canada, 2012); Toyota Motor Manufacturing (TMMC) Award (Canada, 2010); awarded Poster, Fuel Cell Research and Development Network, UOIT (Canada, 2011); MSc. Thesis Award in mechanical engineering, Ali-Nasab Foundation, Country-wide Competition (Iran, 2002).

Research Interest

Clean Energy Conversion and Storage Systems Multi-physics & multi-scale modeling and computer simulation Prototype design & manufacturing