Hamed Khalkhali

President, Swift Engineering, California, USA

HAPS and its Aerodynamics Challanges

Biography

Hamed Khalkhali has over 30 years of experience in Aerospace/Defense and Automotive industry. Hamed is the President of Swift Engineering located in San Clemente, CA. Swift Engineering is a small company focused on UAV R&D and manufacturing of composite aerospace platforms. Hamed has worked in AeroVironment as the Global Vice President of Engineering and Program Management before joining Swift Engineering. Before that, he worked in Safran Electronics & Defense, Parker Aerospace Flight Control System, and General Motors. Hamed is an adjunct faculty in Mechanical Engineering Department in Cal Poly Pomona, CA since 2006. He has earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from SUT, a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Wright State University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In addition, he has obtained his MBA from Cal Lutheran University. He considered himself a system engineer with strong appetite toward system modeling and simulation.