Amirkabir - USC

Amirkabir University of Technology

(Tehran Polytechnic)

Sustainable Development Pioneer in Iran

Amirkabir University of Technology

(Tehran Polytechnic)


AUT Amirkabir University of Technology

IRAN

International academic collaboration with the culturally rich country

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Notas de la presentación

Iran is culturally rich, it has luxurious and historical places around the country.



Asociacion De Amistad Irano Espanola

• Strong relationship between Iran and Spain over centuries – Philosophy, math, music, literature, astronomy, art

• Exchange of knowledge via scholars – Ebnesina, Farabi, Zakaria Razi, Ebn e Arabi

• Recent relationship – Barcelona, Politechnic Madrid, Santiago de

Compostela, …



Welcome to Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT)

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Let’s watch a quick clip about Amirkabir University of Technology, its main campus, students, and honors.



AUT Campuses

Garmsar

Mah Shahr

Bandar Abbas

Tehran

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AUT has four campuses in different cities in Iran which is the main campus is in Tehran what we are in right now.



AUT in Brief

Founded in 1958

First Rank between Technological Universities in Iran

More than 35000 alumni since 1977

16 faculties/schools

16 Centers of Excellence

32 Research Centers and Institutes

16 National Macro (Mega) Projects

4 in Minister Post served by faculty members

Papers published since 2012 (5779 ISI, 18326 conference)

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Let’s briefly look at the facts and figures about AUT



Current Students

Bachelors 5345

Masters 6188

PhD 1220

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About 13,000 students are studying at AUT at the moment which about 50% of which are Master students.



Alumni

Bachelors 22032

Masters 10771

PhD 366

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More than 35,000 students have been graduated from AUT from which over 67% have been Bachelors



Faculty

Professor 110

Associate 172

Assistant 190

Lecturer 38

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More 510 faculty members have been serving in different departments at AUT from which 110 are full professors.



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National journal papers 83 108 154 154 143 85 432 814 583 585 604 710

International journal papers 30 34 35 44 50 395 805 884 1420 1198 1220 1250

ISI Papers 129 186 240 289 332 419 435 502 984 1105 1126 1139

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The number of papers published at AUT have drastically increased over 10 past years. The increasing trend is depicted both numerically in the table and graphically in the chart. The number of patents registered by the faculty members have gradually increased over recent years as shown in the table and chart.



AUT in Brief

First Rank between Universities (in engineering) in Iran 2014

Top 150-200

CWTS Leiden Ranking 2014

First Rank between Universities in Iran 2014

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According to Leiden and QS global university ranking, AUT has proudly achieved the first rank among the Iranian universities for two consecutive years: 2013 and 2014.



Departments and Faculties

Engineering Aerospace Engineering Biomedical Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Electrical Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science Computer Engineering and Information Technology Mining Engineering Petroleum Engineering Energy Engineering and Physics Polymer Engineering and Colour Technology Textile Engineering Marine Engineering Mechanical Engineering

Pure Science Physics

Chemistry

Mathematics

Social Science Master of Business in Engineering

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AUT has three different faculties: Engineering, Pure Science, and Social Science. AUT is a technological university so it offers a variety of engineering fields of studies from which AUT was pioneer in Iran such as Biomedical Eng., Textile Eng., Marine Eng.



E-Learning Programs

Industrial Eng.

• Systems Management and Productivity Engineering

• Social and Economic Systems

Civil Eng.

• Marine Engineering

• Construction Engineering Management

Chemical Eng.

• Advanced Chemical Engineering

Biomedical Eng.

• Biomedical- Biomaterial Engineering

• Medical Information Technology

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Beside the usual programs that are offered at AUT, AUT has honored to successfully offer two other programs called E-Learning and international programs that the instruction is in English. Several Master programs are offered at AUT. The instructors sit behind the PC and teach. The students attend the class virtually from home, office, or anywhere else. One in a month, students should participate in a face-to-face session at AUT. So, the E-Learning is a combination of virtual and face-to-face classes.



E-Learning Programs

Computer Eng.

• Information Technology

• Information and Communication Technology

• Computer Architecture Engineering

• Computer Networks

• Artificial Intelligence

Physics

• Nuclear Engineering

Electrical Eng.

• Electrical Energy Management

• Electrical Engineering and Communication

Polymer and Colour Eng.

• Polymer Engineering

• Colour Technology



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• Applied Mechanics • Chemical Engineering • Control and Power • Information Technology (IT) • Biomechanics • Construction Engineering &

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PhD • Civil

Engineering • Mechanical

Engineering • Electrical

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AUT offers a variety of programs in different levels: Bachelors, Masters, and PhD at the international campus. The instruction of these programs is in English that is the instructors teach in English and all course materials are provided in English. Students are supposed to communicate with the instructor in English. Also, assignments and exams are in English. Other programs can be added to the current programs based on the students’ demand.



Centers of Excellence

Biomedical Engineering

Petrochemical Engineering

Power Systems

Radio Communications

Energy and Control

Textile Engineering

Computational Aerospace

Retrofitting & Optimization of Structures and Lifelines

Thermo-Elasticity

Strengthening and Optimization of Buildings, Virtual Structures, and Roads

Biomechanics

Interactive Fiber Structures and Environmental Enhancement

Material Forming Processes

Digital Processing Systems

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There are 16 centers of excellence working hand-in-hand with departments. Professors and students are employed in theses centers to conduct research projects.



Research Centers and Institutes

Institute of Science Technology and Nano Engineering

Institute of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Food Processing and Biotechnology Research Center

Institute of Space Science and Technology

Institute of Energy and Process Design

Institute of Petroleum

Institute of Gas and Petrochemical

Environmental Research Institute

New Technology Research Center

Institute of Telecommunications, Technology and

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There are 32 research centers and institutes at AUT which working together with associated departments. These institutes are accredited by Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology.



Research Centers and Institutes

Applied Electromagnetics

Secure Network Operations Center

Institute of Advanced Textile, Materials and Technology

Research Institute for Radiation Processing

Institute of Optics, Lasers, and Photonics

Institute of Transportation and Intelligent Systems

Research and Concrete Technology Center

Industrial Research and Productivity Center

Department of Surveying and Spatial Information



National Macro (Mega) Research Projects

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AUT is famous for its strong relationships with industry. There are several mega projects which have been conducted by AUT. Mega projects are budgeted by government and implemented at the national level. The budget assigned to these project are usually hundreds of million dollars. The list of these projects are expressed in next slides.

Development of 100-150 Passenger Aircraft


Design of Spaceship Carrying Live Entities


Access to the technology needed to send a spacecraft into orbit carrying live entities Keeping it in orbit for at least one week and returning it safe

National Electrical Intelligent Network

Bidirectional flow of electricity and information with creating a telecommunication platform with the ability to control and data processing

Intelligent Transportation System


Architecture of intelligent transport systems in urban and suburban Designing Laboratories to test intelligent transportation systems to extract Standards

Small Cyclotron Design & Manufacturing


Energy: 9-13 MeV A suitable lead shield Using the third generation of magnet

National Platform For Automobiles


Chassis Transmission Suspension Brake

Power System Protection Numerical Relay AUT Amirkabir University of Technology

Underground Storage Of Gas And Oil


Acquiring technical knowledge of underground storage of oil and gas

Mapping the country's total oil underground storage

Provide guidance and instruction design of underground oil and gas reservoirs

National Cyber Defense Center

Design and create cyber defense center Design and manufacture of hardware Infrastructure of cyberspace Setting up laboratories for analysis of events Independence in the field of cyber defense

Secure Software Base Platform


Production and securing basic software such as operating system, data base and web browser

South Pars Gas Field Integrated Management


Satellite ”Autsat“

The weight is about 85 kg ECSS Standard Engineering Model Completed and Approved Flight Model near Completion



Most Recent Mega Projects

Design and Implementation of a Constellation of Telecomm. Satellites

Design of Implementation of the Launch Vehicle Propulsion Subsystem

National Information Network



International Collaborations

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AUT has had international collaboration with several universities around the globe from Asia, USA, Canada, Europe, South America, and Australia.



International Collaboration

Memorandum of

Understanding

Memorandum of Agreement Joint Program Joint

Supervision Joint Course Joint conference

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Our international collaboration can be divided into different tasks as follows: Signing MOU Signing MOA Conducting Joint PHD and MSc programs Supervising Joint Students Instructing Joint Courses Organizing Joint Conferences



Memorandum of Understanding

University Country Sukhoi University Belarus Belarusian State Technological University Belarus Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Brazil Eastern Mediterranean University Cyprus University of Bolton England Valenciennes University France Hochschule Furtwangen University Germany Hochschule Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences Germany University of Bayreuth Germany Steinbeis University Germany




University Country Bandung Institute of Technology Indonesia University of Karbala Iraq University of Kufa Iraq University of Babylon Iraq University of Basrah Iraq Islamic University College Iraq Politechnic of Milan Italy University of Camerino Italy Salahaddin University Kurdistan University of Malaya Malaysia




University Country Multimedia University Malaysia University Technology Malaysia Malaysia MAHSA University Malaysia Tomsk State University of Control System and Radio Electronics Russia Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Slovakia Politechnic of Madrid Spain University of Barcelona Spain University of Santiago de Compostela Spain California State University of Saint Marcos USA



Memorandum of Agreement

University Technology Malaysia, Malaysia

University of Malaya, Malaysia

Multi Media University, Malaysia

University of Bayreuth, Germany

Steinbeis University, Germany

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AUT signed MOAs with different universities on organizing joint Phd and Master programs called 2+2 or 1+1 programs.



Joint-Course, Joint-Supervision, and Webinars

Joint Course

University of Waterloo, Canada

University of Montreal, Canada

Joint Supervision

University of Burgundy, France

Eastern Mediterranean

University, Cyprus

Leuven University, Belgium

University of Groningen, Germany

Webinar

Iowa State University, USA

Stanford University, USA

Queensland University, Australia

City University, UK

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We have collaborated with other universities in terms of Joint-course, Joint-supervision and Joint conferences and Webinars.



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