My Story
Cascading dominoes. Rube Goldberg machines. Fuse boxes. Fighter jets. Unmanned vehicles. Welcome to my life!
After graduating from the University of California at Irvine with an engineering degree that I created there, I joined the aerospace industry and worked on military and commercial flight control systems.
But the strict processes and procedures we had to follow had me craving a fun, creative outlet. Then Red Bull gave me wings.
Through the power of networking, I teamed up with them to build a half-human, half-mechanical kluge at the old El Toro air base (California). The resulting video, The Athlete Machine, has racked up more than 37 million views, and counting! It also led to me competing in 2022 on “Domino Masters,” a TV series devoted to elaborate displays of falling rectangular blocks.
During COVID, I switched my focus from aerospace to electricity, pivoting from head
of engineering to project management to work on circuit breakers, fuses, and other power management products and services.
My various roles and experiences in engineering as well as my passion for empowering my direct reports naturally set me on a path of guiding others down their own engineering journeys and mentoring budding engineers.
Drawing upon decades of experience and lessons learned, I’ve created unique courses that offer comprehensive overviews of what it takes to be an engineer as well as the nitty gritty of how to get there and then make shifts.
Change and success happen outside of the comfort zone. I empower engineers and aspiring engineers with the knowledge, tools, and strategies to confidently engineer and steer their own careers.
Are you ready to engineer your career?
UCI Features
Featured in UCI Magazine’s Fall 2022 Issue (page 49):
https://issuu.com/ucimagazine/docs/uci-magazine-fall-22-for-the-greater-good
Featured in UCI Henry Samueli School of Engineering article:
https://engineering.uci.edu/news/2022/9/engineering-alumna-farah-bajwa-competes-debut-season-domino-masters
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Interviewed in SWE’s Podcast: Diverse (Ep 185: Domino Master’s Wonder Women Team):
https://alltogether.swe.org/2022/06/swe-diverse-podcast-domino-masters-wonder-women-team/
Chain Reaction and Domino Adventures
Competed on Domino Masters: Season 1, Episode 4: Movie Night:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJzlTY7s_Q4
Interviewed LIVE on FOX San Diego regarding Domino Masters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pHW-8gBLBs
Joined Syynlabs as a “Syyngeneer” to create Red Bull’s Athlete Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0jmSsQ5ptw
See Farah’s other projects on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fantasticfarah/
She supports these two non-profits
Founded by her friend, Meymuna, to help refugees:
https://www.tiyya.org/
Founded by her family friend, Dr. Chuck Tozzer, and partially run by her brother:
https://www.dentalcareforchildren.org/
A Woman-Owned Company
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