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
August 2012–September 2013
Post Doctoral Fellow, Applied Nanao Materials and Clean Energy Lab., University of
Waterloo, Canada
September 2008–August 2010
Visiting Researcher, National Research Council (NRC), Canada
Education
- PhD, 2012, University of Waterloo, Canada
- MSc, 2002, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
- BSc, 2000, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran, 2000
Research
Dr. Farhad’s research integrates sustainable manufacturing, advanced materials recycling, energy technologies, and AI-enabled manufacturing systems. His group develops experimental platforms, sensing and data-acquisition methods, materials-processing workflows, and physics-guided modeling tools for circular polymer manufacturing, battery and electrochemical systems, materials recovery, smart manufacturing, and digital-twin-enabled process optimization.
- Sustainable and Smart Manufacturing
- Advanced Recycling and Remanufacturing
- Battery and Electrochemical Systems Manufacturing
- Circular Polymer and Additive Manufacturing
- Modeling, AI/ML, and Digital Twins
- Energy Conversion and Storage Systems
Professional Service
- Chair – Mechanical Engineering Division – ASEE, 2025
- 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.
Selected Publications
- A. Nazari and S. Farhad, “Heat generation in lithium-ion batteries with different nominal capacities and chemistries,” Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 125, pp. 1501–1517, 2017.
- H. Al-Shammari and S. Farhad, “Heavy liquids for rapid separation of cathode and anode active materials from recycled lithium-ion batteries,” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol. 174, Art. no. 105749, 2021.
- I. Kay, S. Farhad, A. Mahajan, R. Esmaeeli, and S. R. Hashemi, “Robotic disassembly of electric vehicles’ battery modules for recycling,” Energies, vol. 15, no. 13, Art. no. 4856, 2022.
- R. Esmaeeli and S. Farhad, “Parameters estimation of generalized Maxwell model for SBR and carbon-filled SBR using a direct high-frequency DMA measurement system,” Mechanics of Materials, vol. 147, Art. no. 103367, 2020.
- S. Farhad and A. Nazari, “Introducing the energy efficiency map of lithium-ion batteries,” International Journal of Energy Research, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 581–588, 2019.
- E. 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, vol. 15, no. 13, Art. no. 4886, 2022.
