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Nader Engheta,Proud Iranian-American scientist

  Nader Engheta (Persian: نادر انقطاع) (born 1955 in Tehran) is an Iranian–American scientist. He has made pioneering contributions to the fields of metamaterials, transformation optics, plasmonic optics, nanophotonics, graphene photonics, nano-materials, nanoscale optics, nano-antennas and miniaturized antennas, physics and reverse-engineering of polarization vision in nature, bio-inspired optical imaging, fractional paradigm in electrodynamics, and electromagnetics and microwaves.   Background After earning a B.S. degree from…

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Behnaam Aazhang,Director of the Rice Neuroengineering Initiative

Behnaam Aazhang .(born December 7, 1957) is the J.S. Abercrombie Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University and Director of the Rice Neuroengineering Initiative. Early life and education Aazhang was born in Bandar-Anzali, Iran, and attended Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran from 1975 until 1978. He moved to the United States in…

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Parisa Tabriz ,An Iranian-American computer security expert

Parisa Tabriz Is an Iranian-American computer security expert who works for Google as a Vice President of engineering. She chose the title “Security Princess” on her business card. Early life Parisa Tabriz was born to an Iranian father, a doctor, and an American mother, a nurse, of Polish-American descent.She grew up in the suburbs of Chicago…

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Ali A. Kiafar, An Iranian-American City Planner,Architect & researcher

Ali A. Kiafar holds a master’s degree in architecture and city planning from the National University of Iran and a Ph.D. In urban and regional planning from the University of Southern California. From 1980 on, Dr. Kiafar has taught at the University of Southern California and University of California –…

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