About
Dr. Rouhollah D. Farahani is a Research Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnique Montreal. Dr. Farahani, with a PhD degree obtained from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Polytechnique Montreal, is the project manager of the FACMO2 project in collaboration with Safran Group and Dyze design. He has expertise in advanced additive manufacturing of composite materials for aerospace industry. Past contributions include the development of multifunctional materials (e.g., carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics, abradable thermosets, and electrically conductive materials) for advanced composites manufacturing processes (e.g., six-axis non-planar AM, multi-material multi-process AM, freeform printing, thermoforming, induction welding) mainly for aerospace applications. Dr. Farahani worked or is working on many collaborative research projects with partners such as Safran Group, Bombardier Aerospace, Bell Textron Canada, Dyze Design, Solaxis Ingenious Manufacturing, Mëkanic, and National Research Council Canada (NRC).
Diplomas
PhD, Polytechnique Montreal, 2012.
Research Category
Additive manufacturing of multi-functional composite materials
Expertise
– Additive Manufacturing
– Polymer composites
– Nanocomposites
– Conductive coatings
– Induction welding and thermoforming of thermoplastic composites
Awards and Honors
NSERC Award for a postdoctoral fellowship (2014-2017)
Research Papers
Farahani, R. D., Dubé, M., & Therriault, D. (2016). Three-dimensional printing of multifunctional nanocomposites: Manufacturing techniques and applications. Advanced Materials, 28(28), 5794-5821.
Farahani, R. D., Dalir, H., Le Borgne, V., Gautier, L. A., El Khakani, M. A., Lévesque, M., & Therriault, D. (2012). Direct-write fabrication of freestanding nanocomposite strain sensors. Nanotechnology, 23(8), 085502 (10 pages).
Farahani, R. D., Dalir, H., Le Borgne, V., Gautier, L. A., El Khakani, M. A., Lévesque, M., & Therriault, D. (2012). Reinforcing epoxy nanocomposites with functionalized carbon nanotubes via biotin–streptavidin interactions. Composites Science and Technology, 72(12), 1387-1395.
Farahani, R. D., Chizari, K., & Therriault, D. (2014). Three-dimensional printing of freeform helical microstructures: a review. Nanoscale, 6(18), 10470-10485.
Diouf Lewis, A., Farahani, R. D., Iervolino, F., Pierre, J., Abderrafai, Y., Lévesque, M., Piccirelli, N., & Therriault, D. (2022). Design and characterization of carbon fiber-reinforced PEEK/PEI blends for Fused Filament Fabrication additive manufacturing. Materials Today Communications, 31, 103445.