MEHDI SALEHI

Drone Experience Designer

[email protected]

 

EDUCATION

Parsons School of Design, The New School, 2012- 2014, New York

Program: Design and Technology, Masters (MFA)

University of Thessaly, 2004- 2011, Volos, Greece

Program: Architecture Engineering, Bachelor’s of Science (B.Sc),

and Masters of Science (M.Sc)

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Online courses, 2018

 

EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Drone Faculty, 2018- present

Communications Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Adelphi University

 

Adjunct Drone Faculty, 2014- 2019

MFA Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design

School of Constructed Environments, Parsons School of Design

 

Research Fellow, 2019

Levermore Global Scholars, Adelphi University

 

Founder, Drone Labs (Good Drones LLC), www.dronelabs.co

Design and building drones, aerial 2D/3D mapping, R & D, aerial data collection and analysis.

October 2014- present, New York

 

Consultant, Drone Engineer (Third party contracts)

United States Army, Design and build training drones, Thermal imaging, NJ, 2017

SeeTree, Design/ build & deployment, Agriculture, Aerial sensing, California, 2017

Elsight, Assembly & flight test on M600, Multichannel live video transmission, 2017

Easy Aerial Inc, Design and build drones, Security, NJ, 2017

 

Design and Technology Lab, Manager

Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design,

September 2015- September 2016, New York

 

Digital Fabrication Technologist, Production Manager

Fabberz Lab, Startup, September 2014- August 2015, New York

 

Digital Fabrication Technologist

School of Constructed Environments (SCE), Digital Fabrication Lab,

Parsons School of Design. February 2012- August 2014, New York

Facilitated rapid prototyping workshops and operated and maintained 22 fabrication machines including: Objet24 3D printer, Zcorp 3D printer, Mcore Iris 3D printer, Universal laser cutters, Makerbot Replicator, NextEngine 3D scanners

 

SKILLS

Design & building drones, Drone 2D/3D mapping, FAA Part 107 pilot (Apprx. 900 hours), Pix4D, Agisoft Photoscan, Pixhawk, DroneDeploy, Rhino, Arduino, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe (Premier, Illustrator, Photoshop, Lightroom), Mission Planner, User Experience Design, Rapid prototyping, Aerial sensors (Seqouia, SlantRange, Lidar, Flir IR thermal)

 

AWARDS

 

CLIENTS (Drone Services)

The Weather Channel, New York Post, Accenture, FOX, WNYC, U.S. Army, L’Oreal, Fjord, Walmart, FedEx, HGTV, Extended Stay America, Reconstruct Inc., Uplift Data Partners, Fantasy, Viktor & Rolf, Walters Homes, Javits Center, The New School, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Socialure, Designity, CBRE Group, Elsight, SeeTree, Easy Aerial, Adelphi University, Chulalonggkorn University (Bangkok)

 

DRONES FOR SOCIAL GOOD (projects)

 

MEDIA (Drones for Refugees, www.dronesforrefugees.com)

BBC, Business Insider, Deutsche Welle, AFP, Vocativ, USA Today, HighTech, TV5 Monde, WNYC, Yahoo News, Greek Reporter, SpaceDaily, Popular Science, China Daily, Science Daily, Silicon Valley, Voice of America, Tribune de Geneve

 

LANGUAGES

 

CONFERENCES (Public engagements)

 

PORTFOLIO

 

 

 

PAST PROJECTS AND EXPERIENCE

 

Participatory City / City Forward : IBM

2012, New York, User Experience Researcher and Visual Designer

 

Afghanistan Pavilion for 2015 Milan Expo

2011, Architect, Designer, User Experience

A contemporary interactive monument of Afghan culture and tradition.

Directed the concept development, user experience, design process, architectural model, architectural renders and project proposal.

 

Architect / Digital Fabrication

Splash House Project: Pool Pavilion for HighBridge Pool and Recreation Center in Washington Heights, NY

Parsons Design and Build studio.

May 2012 – August 2012 New York

 

Freelance Product and Art Design

2009-2011, Athens and Volos, Greece

 

Digital Fabrication Lab Developer

Digital fabrication laboratory, Architecture department,

2009- 2011, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

 

Visual Designer and Editor

2008 Volos, Greece

 

User Experience / Strategy Designer

Maria Papdimitriou : EU- Roma a social impact project with theme the Roma Housing Developments in Europe

January 2007 – June 2009, Volos, Greece

 

Architectural Model Designer

Manolis Brahas Architects

February 2003 – July 2005 (2 years 6 months) Volos, Greece.

 

User Experience and Strategy Designer

Going Public 05: Communities and Territories. Research, design and exhibition for the temporary habitation of Pontian-Greek minority in Farkadona. Theme: Emergency-case situations, From typography to Social Scapes.

2004-2005 Farkadona, Greece.

Role: observation, listening, research and identified, proposed solutions, design the showcase

 

Projects, Public Engagements, Exhibitions

2010, Exhibition and sale of lighting design products, Benaki Art Museum, Athens.

2009, Exhibition, The second Gypsy Roma Traveler Month- Screening, Autograph ABP gallery, London, England, project On_line.

2009, Exhibition EU-ROMA Dwelling, Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA, London, project On_line.

2009, Exhibition Design 2009: New technologies, new materials, a Challenge for design and thinking, Cyprus House, Cyprus Embassy, project Fink Bubbles Table.

2009, Exhibition Beyond Media, Florence, Italy, project On_line.

2009, Participation, 10th Biennale Lyon, T.A.M.A project, collaboration with artist Maria Papadimitriou, project On_line.

2009, Conference “Between Filoxenia and Xenophobia” organized by Polis 21 and the European Alternatives, Speaker.

2009, Exhibition “Supersurfaces” The Archive_Episode 3, Thessaloniki, project “Remains surfaces”.

2007, Participation, International Annual Movie Festival of Canada CIAFF (Canadian International Annual Film Festival) in Ontario, Movie “Jostojou”.

2004, Represented the Afghan community in the European Parliament in Brussels in the conference of ECRE (European Council on Refugees and Exiles) with the topic of Repatriation of Refugees.

2010, Directed the Transframing workshop “Intensive workshop of parametric design and construction”, Architecture school University of Thessaly.

2009, Project Management, “From Persian to Greek-Crossing the Boundaries”

Performance-Installation in Monastiraki public square, Athens, with: Network Nomadic Architecture and European Alternatives.

2009, Research project- by Cultural Institute of Piraeus, redesigning and renovating historical buildings of Pelion area, collaboration with architect Kostantinos Adamakis.

2007, Project management, prototyper, concept development, at “[Κ]onstruction” investigating the material and structural characteristics of the architectural artifact.

Developed these projects:

Projects workshops and presentation

 

Afghanistan Pavilion for 2015 Milan Expo, Proposal

Title: Designer, Architect, Modeler, Concept development