N.I.O.C. Chair in Petroleum Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Education
- Doctoral Degree, Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis
- Bachelor's Degree, Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran
Biography
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1984
B.S., Chemical Engineering, the University of Tehran, 1977
Research Summary
* Effective Properties of heterogeneous and porous materials
* Characterization and modeling of porous media
* Multiphase flow, transport, reaction, adsorption and deformation in heterogeneous porous media and materials
* Nanotoube and other nanoscale materials
* Atomistic modeling of materials
* Deep-learning approach to complex media
Awards
- 2016 Vierbi School of Engineering Northrup Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2015 International Society for Porous Media Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2009 USC Senior Faculty Research Award
- 2008 Who's Who in America listed in Who's Who in America
- 2008 American Physical Society/American Institute of Physics Outstanding Referee
- 2005 USC The NIOC Chair in Petroleum Engineering
- 2005 Endow Chaired Professorship
- 2003 UN UNESCO/Government of Iran Khwarizmi International Award for distinguished achievements in science
- 2002 NASA/JPL NASA/JPL Faculty Fellow
- 1999 Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Foreign Member
- 1999 Russian Academy of Natural Science Kapitza Gold Medal
- 1997 Emory University Visiting Scholar
- 1997 Department, USC Best Professor
- 1993 Department of Chemical Engineering, USC School of Engineering Best Teacher
- 1993 HLRZ-KFA Supercomputer Center Visiting Professor
- 1993 University of Porto Visiting Professor
- 1993 Phi Kappa Phi Society Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Membership
- 1992 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Hunboldt Foundation Research Fellowship Award
- 1991 Dep. of Mathematics, University of Melbourne Visiting Professor
- 1990 HLRZ-KFA Supercomputer Center Visiting Professor
- 1990 USC Junior Faculty Research Award
- 1985 Sigma Xi Sigma Xi Honor Society membership
- 1978 Atomis Energy Organization of Iran Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Fellowship
- 1977 The University of Tehran Summa Cum Laude
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