{"id":228,"date":"2025-05-06T14:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:56:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:56:57","slug":"siamak-farhad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/faculty\/siamak-farhad\/","title":{"rendered":"Siamak Farhad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">Siamak Farhad<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><em><em>Professor<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-columns-reverse alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading orange-mark\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 2024\u2013Present<br><\/strong>Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 2021\u2013July 2024<br><\/strong>Director of Timken Foundation Center for Precision Manufacturing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 2023\u2013July 2024<br><\/strong>Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August 2019\u2013July 2023<br><\/strong>Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 2013\u2013July 2019<br><\/strong>Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>August<\/strong> <strong>2012\u2013September 2013<br><\/strong>Post Doctoral Fellow, Applied Nanao Materials and Clean Energy Lab., University of<br>Waterloo, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September<\/strong> <strong>2008\u2013August 2010<br><\/strong>Visiting Researcher, National Research Council (NRC), Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD, 2012, University of Waterloo, Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSc, 2002, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BSc, 2000, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran, 2000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Farhad\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sustainable and Smart Manufacturing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advanced Recycling and Remanufacturing\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Battery and Electrochemical Systems Manufacturing\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Circular Polymer and Additive Manufacturing\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Modeling, AI\/ML, and Digital Twins\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Energy Conversion and Storage Systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chair \u2013 Mechanical Engineering Division \u2013 ASEE, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASME (Life Member)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SME (Life Member)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards and Recognitions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Breakthrough Research &#8211; National Science Foundation (NSF), 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best Paper Award, ASME Energy Sustainability Conference, Florida, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best Idea Award, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (TMMC), 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A. Nazari and S. Farhad, \u201cHeat generation in lithium-ion batteries with different nominal capacities and chemistries,\u201d\u00a0<em>Applied Thermal Engineering<\/em>, vol. 125, pp. 1501\u20131517, 2017.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>H. Al-Shammari and S. Farhad, \u201cHeavy liquids for rapid separation of cathode and anode active materials from recycled lithium-ion batteries,\u201d\u00a0<em>Resources, Conservation and Recycling<\/em>, vol. 174, Art. no. 105749, 2021.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I. Kay, S. Farhad, A. Mahajan, R. Esmaeeli, and S. R. Hashemi, \u201cRobotic disassembly of electric vehicles\u2019 battery modules for recycling,\u201d\u00a0<em>Energies<\/em>, vol. 15, no. 13, Art. no. 4856, 2022.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R. Esmaeeli and S. Farhad, \u201cParameters estimation of generalized Maxwell model for SBR and carbon-filled SBR using a direct high-frequency DMA measurement system,\u201d\u00a0<em>Mechanics of Materials<\/em>, vol. 147, Art. no. 103367, 2020.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>S. Farhad and A. Nazari, \u201cIntroducing the energy efficiency map of lithium-ion batteries,\u201d\u00a0<em>International Journal of Energy Research<\/em>, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 581\u2013588, 2019.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>E. Hassan, M. Amiriyan, D. Frisone, J. Dunham, R. Farahati, and S. Farhad, \u201cEffects of coating on the electrochemical performance of a nickel-rich cathode active material,\u201d\u00a0<em>Energies<\/em>, vol. 15, no. 13, Art. no. 4886, 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pull-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-stack-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dbf27b9b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column utkwds-stack has-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-146c2e40 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/siamak_farhad.jpg\" alt=\"Siamak Farhad\" class=\"wp-image-273\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--orange);border-bottom-width:5px;aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/siamak_farhad.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/mae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/05\/siamak_farhad-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4c0ddf3a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>403 Dougherty Engineering Building<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong><br>865-974-7202<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<br><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:sfarhad@utk.edu\">sfarhad@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=4vOhZGsAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" id=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=4vOhZGsAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siamak Farhad Professor Biography August 2024\u2013PresentProfessor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee March 2021\u2013July 2024Director of Timken Foundation Center for Precision Manufacturing August 2023\u2013July 2024Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron August 2019\u2013July 2023Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron October 2013\u2013July 2019Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":111,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"no-title","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-228","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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