Akbar Shahsavand

Ph.D.  in Chemical Engineering

Research Deputy of Faculty of Engineering

Ferdowsi University

Mashad - Iran

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Biography
2003- Research Deputy of Faculty of Engineering
2002 - 2003 Head Of Chemical Engineering Department
2000 - Assistant Professor
1996 - 2000

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Unis - England)

Thesis title "Optimal and Adaptive Radial Basis Function (RBF) Neural networks"
1993-1995 Financial Deputy of Engineering Faculty
1991 - 1995 Lecturer
1988 - 1990 Military Service
1985 - 1987

M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (SHARIF University, Tehran, Iran)

Thesis title "Dynamic Simulation of Packed Separation Processes"

Production Engineer of ABYEK Cement Factory

1983 - 1984

Lecturer in Abadan Institute of Technology (A.I.T.) [Petroleum Refining Processes and Unit Operation Lab.]

Production Engineer of KUPAL Production Unit
1979 - 1982 Abadan Institute of Technology (A.I.T.) [B.Sc. In Refinery Engineering -First Rank]
1975 - 1978 EBNE YAMIN High School (Mashad, Iran)
1973-1974 NADER SHAH High School (Mashad, Iran)
1968 - 1972 BADAYE NEGAR Primary School (Mashad, Iran)
1961 Entering This World

Teaching Activities
2003- Advanced Mass Transfer (M.Sc.)
2002 - Modeling and Simulation of Food Processing equipments (M.Sc.)
2002 - Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics (B.Sc.)
2001 - Advance Engineering Mathematics (M.Sc.)
2000 - 2001 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (B.Sc.)
1993 - 1995 Flame and Combustion (B.Sc.)
1993 - Mass Transfer (B.Sc.)
1992 - Material and Energy Balance (B.Sc.)
1991 - 1993 General Chemistry (Mechanics) (B.Sc.)
1983 - 1984 Refining processes - Unit Operation Lab (A.I.T.)

Research Interests

  1. Feed-forward Radial Basis Function Neural Networks

  2. Modeling and Simulation of Chemical Engineering Processes

  3. Optimization of Chemical Engineering Processes

  4. Environmental Applications of Nanotechnology

  5. Regularization Theory and its application for determination of pore size and energy distributions

  6. Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbon Mixtures

  7. Disposal of Solid wastes

Selected Publications
  1. Shahsavand, A., Ahmadpour, A., Hamed Mousavian, M.T., "Employment of Linear Regularization Theory for Prediction of Pore Size Distributions in Heterogeneous Adsorbents", Seventh National Conference of Chemical Engineering, October 2002, Tehran, Iran  
  2. Shahsavand, A., Ahmadpour, A., Shahverdi, M.R., "Future Environmental Applications of Nanotechnology", Fourth Biannual Congress of Environmental Specialists, February 2003,Tehran, Iran 
  3. Shahsavand, A., Ahmadpour, "The Role of Nanotechnology on Environmental sustainable Development", First National Congress on Developement of  Environmental Environmental Culture, July 2003,Tehran, Iran 
  4. Ahmadpour, A., Shahsavand, A.,  Shahverdi, M.R., "Present Environmental Applications of Nanotechnology", Fourth Biannual Congress of Environmental Specialists, February 2003,Tehran, Iran
  5. Hamed Mousavian, M.T., Shahsavand, A., Ahmadpour, A.,  " Drainage of Residual Liquids From Packed Towers" Seventh National Conference of Chemical Engineering, October 2002, Tehran, Iran  
  6. Javadpour, F.G., Jamialahmadi, M., A.shahsavand " Design and Development of an Artificial Neural Network for Estimation of Minimum Miscibility Pressure", SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia, 20-22 April 1999  

Contact Address
E-mail

shahsavand@ferdowsi.um.ac.ir

ashahsavand@yahoo.com
Tel.

+98 511 8616840

+98 511 8629540

+98 511 8615100 (10 lines)
Fax

+98 511 8629541
Address

Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering

Ferdowsi University, Mashad, Islamic Republic of Iran