Professor Ali Meghdari

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Awards, Scholarships, and Inventions(^)
 

  • Recipient of "DAAAM International Oral Presentation Award" at the “17th DAAAM International Conference and Symposium" Vienna, Austria. 11/2006
  • Recipient of the Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering Award, By the Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME), Isfahan, Iran. 4/2005
  • Recipient of 2nd Place Award at the “Real Resque Robot League”of the 7th International RoboCup Competitions & Conferences, RoboCup2003, Padova, Italy. 7/2003
  • Recipient of the MIT’s Learning International Networks Consortium (LINC) Travel Award to present a speech on Sharif Virtual University at the Center for Advanced Educational Services, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA. (Travel Award: $2000). 2/2003
  • Recipient of the TIT Centennial Commemorative International Academic Grant to visit the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. (Travel Award: 301,500 Yen). 3/2003
  • Recipient of the Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering Award, By the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran. 2002
  • Prize Recipient as an Exemplary Researcher, Sharif University of Technology, Iran. 2001
  • Recipient of the 1997 ISESCO Prize in Technology ($5000 + Travel Award) for Outstanding Achievements in Research & Education in Technology; among nominees from Islamic Nations.
    ISESCO: Islamic Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization, Rabat, Morocco. 1998
  • Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers(ISME) Award for Supervising the best M.Sc. Thesis in Mech. Engr. during 1997-98 academic year in Iran; entitled "Design and Fabrication of a Series of Modular Robotics Grippers Equipped with a Quick-Change System", Iran. 1998
  • Listed in: Who is Who in the World, 15th Ed., USA. 1998
  • Listed in: Who is Who in America; Finance & Industry, 31st Ed., USA. 2000
  • Mechanical Engineering Exemplary Professorship Award, S.U.T., Iran. 1996
  • Research Prize Recipient from Sharif University of Technology, Iran. 1995
  • Prize Recipient from the Supreme Council on Scientific Research, Iran. 1991
  • Prize Recipient as an Exemplary Researcher, Sharif University of Technology, Iran. 1990
  • Y.C. HSU Memorial Award ($750) for Excellence in Graduate Work, USA. 1987
  • Universal Oil Scholarship ($1200), USA. 1980
  • International Work Scholarship ($500), USA. 1980
  • Reader's Digest Scholarship($1000), USA. 1979
  • "Geometric Adaptability in Artificial & Cybernetic Hands", Iranian Patent Office, Patent Invention Book No. 24220, Iran. 12/23/1990
  • "Dual-Arm Cam-Lock Manipulators",US Patent pending,UC#93-353-1, USA. 11/9/1993
  • "Design and Fabrication of a Knotting Mechanism to Duplicate Traditional Persian Carpet Weaving", Iranian Patent Office (pending), Iran. 2/10/1995
  • "A Novel Design in Quick-Change Systems", Iranian Patent Office (pending). 1/12/1997
     


♦ Memberships ♦ (^)
 

  • Member: Board of Editors,  Int. Journal of Robotics. 09/2008-present

  • Member: Board of Editors, Int. J. of Advanced Robotics Systems (ARS), Austria. 1/2005-present
  • Member: Board of Editors, Int. Journal of Mechanics and Solids(IJMS), India. 11/2004-present
  • Member: Board of Editors, SCIENTIA IRANICA, Iran. 1/2003-present
  • Member: Editorial Advisory Board, ISME Journal of Mechanical Eng., Iran. 1/2002-present
  • Member: IASTED Technical Committee on Robotics, CANADA 5/2001-5/2004
  • Member: Iranain Construction Engineers Organization, Tehran. 3/2001-present
  • Member: Int. Sci. Com., World Manufacturing Congress, WMC'99, and WMC’2001, 1998-2001
  • Member: Editorial Advisory Board, Int. Journal of Engineering, Iran. 8/1988-present
  • Member: Editorial Board, Sharif Journal of Science & Research, Iran. 9/1992-present
  • Member: The Tau-Beta-Pi (τβπ) National Engineering Honor Society, USA. Life-Time
  • Fellow: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), USA. 09/2001-present
  • Member: Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME), Iran. 10/1991-present
  • Reviewer: Iranian Journal of Science & Technology, Shiraz, Iran.
  • Reviewer: ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, USA.
  • Reviewer: 1994 & 1995 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics & Automation, USA & JAPAN.
  • Reviewer: Journal of Robotics Systems, John Wiley & Sons, USA.
  • Reviewer: Journal of Intelligent & Robotics Systems, Klewer Academic Pub., The Netherlands.
 

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