THIRTY UNDER THIRTY PROFILES
Farhad Ghadamli Age: 26
University of California Davis, CA
UNDER THIRTY A
lthough Farhad Ghadamli was a transfer student to the University of California Davis from American River College, a commu- nity college in Sacramento, CA, he quickly jumped into campus and department activities, includ- ing reinvigorating the SME student chapter (chapter U231) at UC Davis. Because he was older than the average college student, perhaps he wanted to make up for lost time.
The mechanical engineering senior immediately im-
pressed assistant professor Dr.-Ing. Barbara S. Linke with his outgoing nature and ideas for helping other students improve their knowledge about manufactur- ing. And Linke certainly recognizes enthusiasm for manufacturing, being an SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer awardee in 2013. “Farhad took the challenge to restart the student chapter. He proactively contacted faculty and university adminis- tration and was able to attract many students to the kickoff meeting in July 2013,” said Linke, the student group’s faculty advisor, in her 30 Under 30 nomination letter. Soon the chapter was successfully registered with SME and the university, with Farhad’s “ideas, enthusiasm and dedication essential to its success,” she added.
As a committee officer and then chair, Farhad and other board members organized a string of activities in the short time since the chapter’s forming. A resume workshop, panel discussion with senior researchers, laboratory tours at UCD, industry tours to Google, DMG Mori, FMC Technologies, Schilling Robotics and other local manufacturing companies and a student
“The transition from community college was hard, and I still feel I need more skills in design—mechanical, industrial and product. I would like to see an advanced manufacturing course.”
design competition sponsored by Sandia National Lab were successfully received. In his interview with Manufacturing Engineering, Farhad said, “I greatly admire the support of SME in helping with the chapter. A big thank you for that!” Other engineering-related projects Farhad has helped motivate include the UCD solar car team and addi- tive manufacturing technical team. He continues to spark a 3D solid modeling technical team and the UCD advanced manufacturing community during his final quarters at the university. Farhad has focused on research projects related to the advancement and sustainability of 3D printing tech- nology during his time at UC Davis. He has presented at the Annual Under- graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference and actively attends confer- ences elsewhere related to his area of interest in
additive manufacturing. He also had a research ab- stract accepted for Rapid 2014. “The transition from community college was hard, and I still feel I need more skills in design—mechanical, industrial and product. I would like to see an advanced manufacturing course, if only as a student chapter pro- gram. If I had more time on campus, I would certainly like to organize that,” said Farhad. He may have the chance, as he has applied to graduate school at UCD, among other universities. “I feel I may stay at Davis, which would be great,” he added.
Eventually Farhad would like to work in industry or be
an entrepreneur, definitely in the additive manufacturing arena. As Dr. Linke says, the smile on his face and passion for manufacturing bode well for his future success.
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