Saeed Sohrabpour

Saeed Sohrabpour (Persian: سعيد سهراب پور‎), (born in 1943 in Tehran), full professor Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, has been the vice president and chief adviser of Islamic Republic of Iran’s National Elites Foundation since 2011. He has also been elected as Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame and was the chancellor of Sharif University of Technology from 1997 to 2010. He is a member of the board of trustees of Iran’s National Library and Archives of I.R.. Furthermore, during his professional life, Sohrabpour has published prolific number of scientific papers on variety of high ranked journals. Prof Sohrabpour is the president of Research Institute for Science, Technology and Industry Policy Making at Sharif University of Technology, the chairman of the board for Iran Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award (MAKE), Center for Knowledge-based Management, and the chairman of the board for Iran EFQM Representative as well. Beside a variety of honors and awards, he has been the fellow of Academy of Sciences of Islamic Republic of Iran.

Saeed Sohrabpour
Chancellor of
Sharif University of Technology
In office
1997–2010
Preceded bySayed Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhaad
Succeeded byReza Roosta Azad
Chancellor of Imam Khomeini International University
In office
1994–1996
Preceded byMohammad Taqikhani
Succeeded byRasoul Kazempour
Personal details
Born1943
Tehran, Iran
ResidenceTehran, Iran
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
University of California, Berkeley
ProfessionProfessor, Sharif University of Technology
Websitesharif.ir/~saeed/

Early life

Saeed Sohrabpour was born in Tehran, Iran in 1943. In 1965, having completed his bachelor in mechanical engineering with the top-grade in Tehran University, College of engineering, he was awarded a scholarship of Iran’s government at that time, and continued his education in M.S. and Ph.D. level in mechanical engineering at The University of California, Berkeley.

Career

After returning to Iran in 1971, he started teaching at the University of Shiraz, faculty of mechanical engineering as an assistant professor. To spend his first sabbatical, he was admitted to the University of California at Los Angeles in 1976. He was the vice chancellor for student affairs and later took over the position of vice chancellor for development at University of Shiraz in 1978-1981.

Sohrabpour became the vice president of Imam Khomeini International University while he was transferring as the associate professor and faculty member to the Sharif University of Technology in 1989. Having completed his second sabbatical in 1990 at the University of New Mexico, he was appointed to the development vice chancellor of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education and a member of the Academy of Sciences. In 1994 he was appointed as the construction vice chancellor for the Ministry of Culture and Higher Education. Sohrabpour was elected as the president of Imam Khomeini International University in 1995. In 1997 he was appointed as the vice president for the ministry of Culture and Higher Education.

In 1998, the minister of Culture and Higher Education, appointed Sohrabpour as the president of Sharif University of Technology, recommended by the faculty members of the university and stayed in the position from 1997 to 2010 until his resignation. He is the only president of a public university in Iran to keep the position for several years in more than one governmental presidency of the country and terminate his official role upon his own decision. This demonstrate his positive contribution in the advancement of the university and his high position among all parties and communities in Iran.[1] Many experts believe that during his university presidency, the University had high stability and upward trend that paved the way for the university to develop in terms of scientific, cultural, educational and physical features and turned it as the country’s highest education index.

Sohrabpour was the head of mechanical engineering group in the Academy of Sciences in 1998. He is also the chairman of the board for Iran Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award (MAKE), Center for Knowledge-based Management since 2011 and Iran EFQM Representative since 2016 that are helping and guiding more than 500 Iranian companies. Sohrabpour is also the president of Research Institute for Science, Technology and Industry Policy Making at Sharif University of Technology. He is a member of the board of trustees of Iran’s National Library and Archives of I.R. Sohrabpour has published a large number of scientific papers.

In February 2019, Sohrabpour was elected a foreign associate of the US National Academy of Engineering "for establishing Sharif University as an academic Center of Excellence and advancing engineering and science education in Iran."[2]

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References
  1. http://www.daneshmandonline.ir/
  2. "National Academy of Engineering Elects 86 Members and 18 Foreign Members". National Academy of Engineering. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Mohammad Taqikhani		 Chancellor of Imam Khomeini International University
1994–1996		 Succeeded by
Rasoul Kazempour
Preceded by
Sayed Khatiboleslam Sadrnezhaad		 Chancellor of Sharif University of Technology
1997–2010		 Succeeded by
Reza Roosta Azad
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