Mehdi Sadaghdar (born 13 January 1977), is an Iranian-Canadian electronics engineer known for his humorous educational YouTube channel ElectroBOOM.
Sadaghdar was born in Iran on 13 January 1977 and resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1999
He was conferred a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Tehran in 1999 and, after moving to Vancouver, a Master of Applied Science from Simon Fraser University in 2006.
He married his wife, Sara Nafisi, on 16 September 1999.
They have a daughter together, who is featured in some of his videos as a pianist or assistant, whom he refers to as ElectroCUTE.
Sadaghdar's videos are mainly focused around comedic electronics tutorials and education.
He intentionally creates situations where a shock, fire or explosion (often caused by capacitors) occurs for comedic effect, demonstrating the dangers of electricity when not properly handled.
His most viewed video, "How NOT to make an electric guitar", has over 20 million views and demonstrates the hazards of mains electricity.
