Faculty

Ali Bonakdar Ph.D.

MetalTech Additive Lab Director

Dr. Ali Bonakdar currently holds the position of Associate Professor within the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science as well as the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) at UNC Charlotte. Prior to joining UNC Charlotte in August 2023, he has been working at Siemens Energy Canada, in the gas turbine engines division, where […]

Marjan Molavi-Zarandi Ph.D.

MetalTech Additive Lab Associate Director

Dr. Marjan Molavi-Zarandi is a Research Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Prior to joining UNCC at 2023 she has worked as Research Scientist at the Automotive and Surface Transportation Centre of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in Montreal, Canada since 2016. Upon completion of her doctoral studies in […]