Siamak Farhad

Professor

Biography

August 2024-Present
Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee

March 2021-July 2024
Director of Timken Foundation Center for Precision Manufacturing

August 2023-July 2024
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron

August 2019-July 2023
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron

October 2013-July 2019
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron

2012- 2013
Post Doctoral Fellow, Applied Nanao Materials and Clean Energy Lab., University of
Waterloo, Canada

2008- 2010
Visiting Researcher, National Research Council (NRC), Canada

Research

• Energy Materials
• Energy Conversion and Storage Systems
• Sustainable and Smart Manufacturing
• Recycling and Remanufacturing
• Precision Manufacturing  

Education

Ph.D., 2012, University of Waterloo, Canada

M.Sc., 2002, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

B.Sc., 2000, South-Tehran ‒ Azad University, Iran

Professional Service

Chair – Mechanical Engineering Division – ASEE

ASME (Life Member)

SME (Life Member)

Awards and Recognitions

• Breakthrough Research - National Science Foundation (NSF), 2020.
• Best Paper Award, ASME Energy Sustainability Conference, Florida, 2018.
• Best Idea Award, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC), 2010.

Publications

• Dunham, J. Carfang, C.Y. Yu, R. Ghahremani, R. Farahati, and S. Farhad, Ionic Conductivity of Li₆PS₅Cl_0.5Br_0.5 Argyrodite Electrolyte at Different Operating and Pelletizing Pressure and Temperatures, Energies, 2023.
• Hassan, M. Amiriyan, D. Frisone, J. Dunham, R. Farahati, and S. Farhad, Effects of Coating on the Electrochemical Performance of a Nickel-Rich Cathode Active Material, Energies, 15:4886, 2022.
• Kay, S. Farhad, A. Mahajan, R. Esmaeeli, and S.R. Hashemi, Robotic Disassembly of Electric Vehicles’ Battery Modules for Recycling, Energies, 15:4856, 2022.
• Al-Shammari, S. Farhad, Heavy Liquids for Rapid Separation of Cathode and Anode Active Materials from Recycled Lithium-Ion Batteries, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 174:105749, 2021.
• Nazari, S. Farhad, Effects of Nominal Capacity and Electrode Materials on Heat Generation in Lithium-ion Batteries, Applied Thermal Engineering, 125:1501-1517, 2017.