Engineer Mechanical

Curriculum Vitae

Farid Haddadi

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Address Caroll A. Campbell Jr. Graduate Engineering Centre (CGEC), Clemson University - International

Centre for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), 4 Research Drive, Greenville, SC 2960

Employments

1. Research Scientist, International Centre for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), Clemson University-

Greenville, South Carolina, United States, May. 2014-Present.

The objective of the ongoing Similar/Dissimilar joining, fund raised as a part of the light alloys for

environmentally sustainable transport, is to develop new joining technologies and analysis techniques to

approach lightweighting process for car body structures in order to improve fuel efficiency of vehicles. This

project is involved with thermomechanical joining technology such as friction stir/spot welding and ultrasonic

welding, in addition to hybrid joining which provides greater joint properties for multi-material design technique.

The process is involved with the combination of two or more joining techniques to produce joints with properties

additional to those obtained from a single technique. The most common types of hybrid joint are used for joining

sheet materials and involve an adhesive in conjunction with a point joint such as a fastener (rivet or threaded

device), a clinched joint, self-pierce riveting or a resistance spot weld. Other examples of hybrid joints include a

combination of two different fusion processes (e.g. MIG/MAG augmented laser welding), a combination of two

different types of adhesive (e.g. tape combined with paste). The investigation is involved with joint

characterization as well as deep understanding of the failure process under various type of loading. Further in

details, electron microscopy technique was used for joint characterisation in terms of deformation and the

reaction occur it the interface.

2. Research scientist, Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology (GIFT), Pohang University of Science and

Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea, Feb. 2013- Apr. 2014.

Ultrahigh speed continuous casting of steel in the form of thin slabs can be an alternative to reduce the energy

consumption and thus less CO2 emission with a high consideration of an increase in production volume when less energy

is consumed for rolling slabs to obtain thin sheets used in car body structures. However, the process of thin slab casting of

steel is not straightforward because of considerable number of problems caused in steel during the production. Several

defects such as cracks, deteriorating mechanical properties, has been revealed. Therefore, m ore efficient production

solution is required, which lead to higher quality, and an improved life cycle of products. This will require the

development of new casting technologies for production of thin slab in the steel making plants. In the first step of the

project, the effect of cooling rate has been studied on crack formation during solidification and hot rolling stage as the

preliminary investigation. In addition to texture, microstructural studies were carried out as a function of solidification rate

and chemical composition using high resolution microscopes.

3. Materials Engineer of Behin Zob Co., Isfahan, Iran, Sep. 2006- Feb. 2008.

I was employed as a Materials engineer in The Behin Zob Co. due to my experience in metals casting processes. It was an

experience of casting production and assembly and an excellent experience of computer modelling in casting processes. I

was involved with a busy factory with a big number of employees including, technicians, engineers, and researchers where

I gained a great experience of team work; co-operating with academia and publishing few papers related to my activities

in industry.

4. Production manager in casting factory- Malek-e-Ashtar University of Tech., Isfahan, Iran, Sep. 2005 - Sep.

2006.

It was a small casting workshop in which I used to produce high tech. steel parts used in aircraft engines. It was an

experience of new standard of production, accurate design, research and application of new technologies correlated to

aviation standards. That was a great experience of dealing with different employees and their day-to-day business which I

did all successfully. It was an opportunity which brought me a great self-confidence.

5. R&D engineer of Akhgar Industry Foundary, Mar. 2004 - Sep. 2005.

I was employed as a materials engineer in the area of ferrous alloys. That position was inquiring to achieve new casting

and heat treatment process technologies related to industrial demands. It was a combination of engineering skills and

science achieved from professional experiences and activities at the company. I gained valuable experience in terms of

dealing with problems as they arise and working through such issues which I enjoyed the work challenge and was able to

act quickly and efficiently.

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Education and Qualifications

Sep. 2008 - Dec. 2012 School of Materials, The University of Manchester - United Kingdom.

Ph.D. Thermomechanical Welding Processes

Thesis Title: Interface reaction control in solid state welding of similar/dissimilar metals by friction spot

welding techniques

There are clear drivers in the transport industry towards lower fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions through the

introduction of design solutions involving combinations of different material classes, such as steel, nickel, titanium and

aluminium, sheet, castings, and laminates, in more efficient, multi-material, hybrid structures. Friction Stir Spot Welding

and Ultrasonic Spot Welding techniques can potentially overcome many of the issues associated with joining such difficult

dissimilar material combinations, as well as dramatically reduce the manufacturing energy requirements by over 90%,

relative to traditional processes like resistance spot and laser welding. Effect of different welding parameters on

mechanical and microstructure of the weld have been studied. In this research, effects of different zinc coat steels on the

weld performance were examined. The main aspects of the project were involved with extensive SEM, EBSD and TEM

microstructural studies at the weld interface of aluminium and steel produced by two methods of ultrasonic and friction

stir spot welding processes. The results were applied for Jaguar Land Rover Co. purposes which was supporting the

project financially.

Sep. 2003 - Mar. 2006 Materials Engineering Dept., Najaf Abad Azad University - Iran

M.Sc. in Materials Science Engineering - Awarded with Distinction

Thesis Title Metallurgical parameters studies of rollers, used in flour industry

Sep. 1999 - Sep. 2003 School of Materials Science Engineering, Malek Ashtar University of Technology - Iran

B.Eng. Industrial Metallurgy - Merit

Final-Year-Project: Parameter optimization of high pressure gas compressors produced by casting technique

Project Contributions

1. Optimization of rapid continuous casting process and failure analysis of hot rolled steel products, Graduate

Institute of Ferrous Technology (GIFT), POSTECH University, 2013-2014.

2. Application of dissimilar materials laser welding in automotive car body structures, The University of

Manchester, UK, 2010-2012.

3. Characterisation and failure analysis of dissimilar martensitic steel to Ni-superalloy inertia welding processes

applicable in turbochargers, The University of Manchester, UK, 2008-2012.

4. Microstructural and failure (mechanical) characterisation of friction spot welding processes for dissimilar/similar

materials including Aluminium/Aluminium, Aluminium/Steel, Steel/Steel, and Nickel/Steel, The University of

Manchester, UK, 2008-2012.

5. Studies of the effect of oxide impurities on the electrochemical properties of Aluminium sacrificial anodes, Najaf

Abad University, Isfahan, Iran, 2007.

6. Mechanical and micro structural of chilled cast iron used in aircraft motors, Malek-e-Ashtar University of Tech.,

Iran, 2005.

7. Establishing a Nb-ferritic high temperature resistance steel, Isfahan, Iran 2003.

8. Microstructure and mechanical properties optimizing of compressor body component during casting process of

low alloyed hypoeutectic cast iron, Shiraz, Iran, 2003.

Conference Contributions

1. Materials Science and Technology 2013, Light Alloys Symposium, Montreal, Canada, 2013.

2. National Student Conference in Metallic Materials, The advanced metallic systems centre for doctoral training

(CDT), Sheffield, UK (2011).

140th TMS annual meeting and exhibition, San Diego, California, US, 2011.

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8th International Friction Stir Welding Symposium Timmendorfer Strand, Germany, 2010.

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139th TMS annual meeting and exhibition, Washington, US, 2010.

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Chairman of presentation sessions in 11th annual congress of Iranian Association of metallurgy Engineering and

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19th annual seminar of Iranian Society of casting conference, Isfahan, Iran, 2007.

Skills

1. IT: Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Windows (XP/Vista/7) and most web browsers. Highly computer

literate in numerous software packages including the most elements of Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat,

Photoshop, VMAP, Channel 5, Origin Pro.

2. Electron Microscopy: Proficient at working a number of scanning electron microscopes (SEM) including: Philips

– XL30 FEGSEM, FEI - Sirion FEGSEM., CAMSCAN., Zeiss EVO60 VPSEM and Electron back Scatter

Diffraction (EBSD) technique, FEI FIB (3D EBSD) Philips QUANTA 3D FEG, Transmission Electron

Microscopes (TEM) including Philips CM200, CM30, and Jeol JEM-2100.

3. Techniques: Extensive experience in sample preparation and analysis of mechanical testing. Failure analysis.

Application of Laser on vibration measurement, 3D Tomography, Different thermal measurement methods

including high frequency camera and thermocouples, Differential Scanning Calorimetery (DSC) techniques as

well as thermal modelling processes through Gleeble, Phase identification by X-Ray Diffraction, Application of

laser on surface measurements.

Publication:

List of publications will be delivered on request.

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