Professional Activities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 1989 - Present.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 7/83 - 5/89.

Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 8/82 - 7/83.

Consultant to the Minister of Power for the Reorganization of Companies manufacturing Electrical Equipments Including Transformers, High Voltage Electrical Porcelain, Circuit Breakers, Electrical Switches, Cables, and Electric Meters, 9/80 - 7/82.

Member, Board of Directors of Alumteck Corporation (Manufacturer of Aluminum Cables and Profiles), Joint Venture with B. I. C. in England, 9/81 - 7/82.

Member, Board of Directors Maneh, Electrical Porcelain Co. (Manufacturer of High Voltage Electrical Porcelain), Joint Venture with Prague-Invest in Check Republic, 9/81 - 7/82.

Member, Board of Directors of Pars Switch (Manufacturer of Circuit Breakers, and various types of electrical switches), Joint Venture with Delle Alsthome in France, 9/81 - 7/82.

Chairman, Board of Directors of Ira-Transfo (Manufacturer of Power Transformers), Joint Venture with Siemens in West Germany, 9/81 - 7/82.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Arya-Mehr University, 9/79 - 9/81.

Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 9/78 - 9/79.

Department Head and Consultant to the University President in Development of a New Campus in Isfahan, Arya Mehr University, 5/76 - 6/78.

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Arya Mehr University, 1/73 - 6/78. 

Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley, California, 6/69 - 12/70.
 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Member of American Filtration Society

Member of Committee on Aerospace Heat Transfer

Session Organizer and Chairman of more than forty sessions in the ASME National Heat Transfer Conferences and the ASME Winter Annual Meetings