Purdue University

Professor Farshid Sadeghi expertise include: tribology, fatigue, surface science, dynamics and micro-electro-mechanical-sensors for tribological applications. He is the founder the Mechanical Engineering Tribology Laboratory (METL) at Purdue University, one of the leading tribology laboratories in the world. He has authored and co-authored over 65 archival publications in leading international journals and has given over 200 presentations at various conferences, industries and governmental agencies. He is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his research and teaching contributions, including most recently the 2005 H.L. Solberg Best Teaching Award from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. And 2005 Best Paper award for the paper entitled “Lubrication Regime Transitions at the Piston Ring - Cylinder Liner Interface” from The Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Journal of Tribology, Co-authored by Bolander, N. W., Steenwyk, B., D., Sadeghi, F. and Gerber, G. R.