Biography

Farhad is a Principal Research Scientist at Autodesk Research working on the Simulation, Optimization, and System team. Farahd’s main interests are in computational mechanics, optimization, computer graphics, and machine learning. During his years at Autodesk, he has contributed to several projects including Mx3D bridge, Project Galatea, Barc (light weight beam solver), assembly sequence planning, contact modelling, and more. Farhad has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University and held several industry and research positions before joining Autodesk.