Ali Safaei
Senior AI ML Specialist at Ford Motor Company
East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolAli Safaei is a Senior AI/ML Specialist with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and over a decade of experience applying physics-informed and deep learning methods to real-world problems. Now at Ford Motor Company, he has progressed from intern to senior specialist, translating academic research from Michigan State and University at Buffalo into production AI solutions for the automotive sector. His background in computational mathematics and applied mechanics gives him a strong footing in modeling complex physical systems, while his work bridges research-grade methods and deployable ML pipelines. Based in East Lansing, he combines rigorous theoretical training with hands-on engineering—an asset for teams tackling simulation-driven AI and sensor-rich vehicle applications. An observant collaborator, he brings both teaching and research experience to cross-disciplinary projects that demand clear translation between domain science and machine learning.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering at University at BuffaloMaster of Science - MS, Applied Mechanics, Master of Science - MS, Applied Mechanics at Isfahan University of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering - Computational Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering - Computational Mathematics at Michigan State University
English, Persian
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Github Skills (16)
terrain10
mass10
digital-elevation-model10
modeling9
amr9
avalanche9
agent-based-modeling9
jstree9
hpc8
spectral7
apache-spark6
hash6
pyspark6
python6
dataframe6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
aliakhav/titan2d
May 2017 - Apr 2021
Contributions:21 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 11 months
FMATH-Group/PSc_HIT3D
Dec 2020 - Dec 2020
Contributions:67 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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