Farrah Farhadi

About Farrah Farhadi

I am a multi-talented senior materials scientist with extensive career and academic experience coordinating the analysis of physical properties, overseeing product development projects, and working cooperatively with colleagues, senior leadership, and customers. Professional focal points include innovative product development, cross-functional collaboration, documentation and reporting, improvement opportunities, full lifecycle project management, complex systems analysis, requirements gathering, process optimization, experiment design, R&D leadership, problem solving, and test strategy. Most recently, I was Materials Scientist II with Steel Dynamics Inc./NanoAL. I drove excellence at Steel Dynamics through meticulous planning, organization, and supervisory skills. I also delivered exceptional metallurgical testing and analysis, aiming to meet and exceed performance targets for my varied product development projects. I exhibited skill at foreseeing challenges and leveraging opportunities to maintain production forecasts, ensuring operational quality. My role involved supervising and mentoring team members, defining reporting standards, and steering strategic initiatives to improve processes and outcomes. I exceled in conducting complex metallurgical tests, contributing significantly to strategic planning, budgeting, and regulatory compliance. My proactive approach in predicting production trends and crafting forecasts underscored my commitment to operational efficiency. Colleagues describe me as a progressive, driven, down-to-earth, materials science and engineering expert with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Materials Science and Engineering who can be relied on to offer superior outcomes on time and within project parameters. I am pursuing new opportunities and can be reached through this profile, or by Email at: f••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Materials Scientist ll

   Nanoal Llc

   Jul 2022 — Present · US

   Led multiple development projects as R&D Core Team Leader, planned and coordinated all technical facets of projects, proposed milestones, and resources for completion of the projects.•Gathered requirements for ongoing projects and organized details for management use.• Involved in all phases of new metal scrap sorting technology, including concept, architecture, documentation, design, prototype, test, supplier interfaces, and optimization.•Enhanced the value of Al scraps using trace element additive during casting, defined design requirements based on limitations of in-house characterization methods, recommended alternative testing and characterization methods to verify the performance of the proposed solution, characterized final product using electrical conductivity, material strength, and optical microscopy, validated final product against user requirements using SEM, EDS, and WDS.•Optimized additive manufacturing parameters using the design of experiment and statistical analysis of historical data on 3D printing of aluminum alloys, characterized powder, and printed part properties•Led the design and development of sensor systems (Artificial intelligence (AI) assisted sorting system and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) sorting system) to sort metal scraps.• Verified scrap sorting prototype performance against design inputs. Wrote verification plans and procedures, performed testing, analyzed and interpreted test data, and wrote and presented verification reports•Created design of experiments, test strategies, and design verification and validation strategies for characterization and sorting aluminum alloys using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, providing technical support and leadership with cross-functional team members.•Interface directly with suppliers and internal groups to identify suitable equipment for various characterization, optical, and mechanical applications. Recommended design, process, and supplier quality-related solutions

Education

• Kent State University

  Master's degree, Chemical Physics

  2012 — 2014

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Metallurgical Engineering (Materials Science & Engineering)

  2016 — 2022