IAAP student scholarship ceremony for the year 2014 was held on Thursday Nov. 13 2014.
The main objective of Student Scholarship:
- To recognize the outstanding academic achievements and excellent service to the Iranian and Iranian-American Communities by Iranian college students attending universities in the DC area and the Eastern United States.
- To promote the financial support of these scholarships among the large Iranian community in the area.
Program Agenda:
7:00 Registration
7:15 Opening Remarks by Dr. Aram Hessami, Vice President of Planning
7:20 Dinner
8:00 Presentation of IAAP Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Hossein Razavi by Mr. Mohsen Shirazi
8:15 Traditional Music / Avaz
8:30 IAAP, and the Scholarship Award Selection Criteria, Dr. Manouchehr Farkhondeh, President, IAAP
8:45 Summary of the 2014 Student Scholarship Program and introducing the awardees by Hossein Ebneyousef, Chair of Scholarship Committee
9:00 Short presentations by recipients of 2014 scholarship awards
10:45 Closing Remarks
Scholarships Awarded
| Year |
Number |
| 2011 |
5 |
| 2012 |
10 |
| 2013 |
21 |
| 2014 |
24 |
Pool of Qualified Applicants 2014 (By Gender)
| Group |
Level |
No. of Applicants |
Percent |
M |
F |
| Group I |
Bachelor |
9 |
13.8 |
2 |
7 |
|
Master |
17 |
26.2 |
8 |
9 |
| Group II |
PhD/Postdoc |
39 |
60 |
23 |
16 |
|
Total |
65 |
100 |
33 |
32 |
Review Committee
- Dr. Farkhondeh
- Dr. Ardeshirpour
- Dr. Javan
- Dr. Mosleh
- Dr. Memarsadeghi
- Mr. Ebneyousef
- Dr. Hessami
Ranked Contributions to 2014 Awards (In the order received)
| Rank |
Name |
Rank |
Name |
| 1 |
SoleNet |
12 |
In honor of Faez Dashtestani |
| 2 |
Amarex |
13 |
Dr. Javid Javan |
| 3 |
Shadman/Shahin FC Soccer Club |
14 |
Ms. Mahmonir Rahimi |
| 4 |
Dr. Payam Aghassi |
15 |
Mrs. Mahin Ghanbari |
| 5 |
Dr. Cyrus Tahmassebi (RIP) |
16 |
Mr. Mohammad Farhandi |
| 6 |
Dr. Hossein Razavi |
17 |
Mr. Babak Tahmassebi |
| 7 |
Remembering Shiraz |
18 |
Mr. Darioush Tahmassebi |
| 8 |
Mr. Firooz Soltani |
19 |
Dr. Mohammad Hossein Dashti |
| 9 |
Lions Club of Potomac |
20 |
Mr. Bahram Sheikholeslami |
| 10 |
Dr. & Mrs. Farkhondeh |
21 |
Dr. Mohammad Alijani |
| 11 |
Dr. Iraj Saadat |
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Geographic Distribution of the Recipients of 2014 Awards (By State)
| Rank |
State |
Number of Awards |
Percent |
| 1 |
MD |
9 |
37.5 |
| 2 |
DC |
4 |
16.67 |
| 3 |
WV |
3 |
12.5 |
| 4 |
MA |
2 |
8.33 |
| 5 |
PA |
2 |
8.33 |
| 6 |
VA |
2 |
8.33 |
| 7 |
NY |
2 |
8.33 |
| Total |
|
24 |
100 |
Geographic Distribution of the Recipients of 2014 Awards (By School)
| Rank |
Learning Institutions |
No. of Awards |
| 1 |
University of Maryland |
5 |
| 2 |
Johns Hopkins University |
3 |
| 3 |
George Washington University |
3 |
| 4 |
West Virginia University |
3 |
| 5 |
Penn State University |
2 |
| 6 |
Howard University |
1 |
| 7 |
Harvard |
1 |
| 8 |
MIT |
1 |
| 9 |
Columbia |
1 |
| 10 |
Virginia Tech |
1 |
| 11 |
Towson |
1 |
| 12 |
University of Virginia |
1 |
| 13 |
Stony Brook |
1 |
| Total |
|
24 |
Top Performers 2014 (By Gender)
| Degree |
Male |
Female |
Total |
Overall Performance |
Top Performer |
| BS |
1 |
4 |
5 |
4:1 F |
M |
| MS |
5 |
2 |
7 |
5:2 M |
M |
| PhD |
5 |
2 |
7 |
5:2 M |
M |
| MD/Postdoc |
2 |
3 |
5 |
3:2 F |
F |
| Total |
13 |
11 |
24 |
13:11 M |
3:1 M |
Recipients of IAAP 2014 Student Scholarship Awards (Group I – BS)
| Rank |
Name |
Major |
School |
| 1 |
Ali Roghanizad |
ME/BioMedical |
Virginia Tech |
| 2 |
Leili Zamini |
Chemistry |
Towson |
| 3 |
Gelare Ghajar-Rahimi |
Biology |
UVA |
| 4 |
Parandis Nejati |
Biology |
Stony Brook |
| 5 |
Faezeh Ranjbaran |
Biology |
WVU |
Recipients of IAAP 2014 Student Scholarship Awards (Group I – MS)
| Rank |
Name |
Major |
School |
| 1 |
Babak Manouchehrifar |
City Planning |
MIT |
| 2 |
Hoda Nikpour |
Animal & Nutritional Sci. |
WVU |
| 3 |
Roozbeh Jabbarizadeh |
Law |
Harvard |
| 4 |
Fatemeh Nasrollahi |
Islamic Studies |
GWU |
| 5 |
Afshin Farhadi |
Construction Engineering |
Columbia |
| 6 |
Kayvan Zamani |
International Law |
GWU |
| 7 |
Armin Niaki |
Industrial Engineering |
WVU |
Recipients of IAAP 2014 Student Scholarship Awards (Group II – PhD)
| Rank |
Name |
Major |
School |
| 1 |
Mohammad Alizadeh |
Mechanical Engineering |
UMD |
| 2 |
Arefeh Nasri |
Transportation Engineering |
UMD |
| 3 |
Bahareh Nojabaei |
Petroleum Engineering |
PSU |
| 4 |
Seyd Mehdi Kamali |
Energy & Min. Eng. |
PSU |
| 5 |
Ehsan Jahangiri |
Electrical Eng. & Computer Science |
JHU |
| 6 |
Mohammad Rastegari |
Computer Science |
UMD |
| 7 |
Yousef Ebrahimi |
Computer Engineering |
UMD |
Recipients of IAAP 2014 Student Scholarship Awards (Group II – MD/Postdoc)
| Rank |
Name |
Major |
School |
| 1 |
Faezeh Razjouyan |
Medicine, MD |
Howard |
| 2 |
Parastoo Chamanrokh |
Microbiology |
UMD |
| 3 |
Hamid Ferdosi |
Public Health |
GWU |
| 4 |
Shahin Sefati * |
Vision, Dynamics |
JHU |
| 5 |
Saeedeh Mirbagheri * |
Neuroradiology, MD |
JHU |
| * Postdoc Fellow |
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