1. The University of Mississippi

Ole Miss Engineering

University of Mississippi

Farhad Farzbod

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, General Engineering

farzbod@olemiss.edu
662-915-5698
201A Carrier Hall, University, MS 38677
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Experience

University of Mississippi – Associate Professor, 2021-current
University of Mississippi – Assistant Professor, 2015-2021
Air Force Research Lab – Summer Faculty Fellow, 2017-2018
Google[X] lab – Research Engineer, 2013-2015
Idaho National Laboratory – Research Engineer/ Postdoctoral Fellow , 2010-2013

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology – Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2010
Georgia Institute of Technology – M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2010
Georgia Institute of Technology – M.S., Mathematics, 2009
University of Toronto – MASc, Mechanical Engineering, 2003
University of Tehran – B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2000

Research interests

Farzbod’s lab works on different projects including:

  • Design and fabrication of novel electromechanical actuators such as flexible actuators using liquid metals, flexible pumps and omnidirectional speaker
  • Analysis and fabrication of active and passive acoustic metamaterials, by using electrostatic forces and applying AI in the design
  • Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy: improving the sensitivity of the method