Farshid Ghezelbash
Research Scientist
Biomechanical Scientist
Mechanical Engineer
Vision
My vision is to create novel computational-experimental frameworks, and leverage such tools to understand human biomechanics, and innovate cutting-edge technologies and products.
Summary
Expert in computational and experimental biomechanics
Published 27 journal papers (citations: 563; h-index: 13)
Filed 1 patent (pending)
Recipient of 4 prestigious scholarships and fellowships
Awarded ~$210K of research funding
Research Scope
Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
I have extensive experience in musculoskeletal modeling-experiments, finite element modeling as well as tissue-level modeling-experiments.
Designing Auditory Wearables
I developed a data-driven framework to design auditory wearables leading to 3 patents at EERS.
Machine Learning
I have applied machine learning to the musculoskeletal biomechanics research, material modeling, and designing wearables.
Honors & aWARDS
Postdoctoral fellowship FRQNT, $90K, Canada (2023-2024)
Postdoctoral fellowship, Mitacs Elevate, $65K, Canada (2020-2022)
Awarded beamline time at CLS - the only synchrotron facility in Canada (2021)
Postdoctoral fellowship, Merit Scholarship, FRQNT, $9K, Canada (2020)
Doctoral scholarship, Merit Scholarship, FRQNT, $49K, Canada (2016-2018)
Ranked 4th among 24,000 candidates, National MSc Entrance Exam, Iran (2012)
Top student, Mechanical Engineering Department, K.N.T.U., Iran (2011)
Education
MSc, Computer Science (OMSCS), Georgia Tech (2024-now)
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal (2015-2019)
MSc, Mechanical Engineering, Sharif U. of T. (2012-2014)
BSc, Mechanical Engineering, K.N.T.U. (2007-2011)