IAAP is pleased to announce launch of the 2024 cycle of its flagship Scholarship Program. Award selection criteria will solely be based on academic achievements and services to Iranian and Iranian American communities. The scholarships will include an IAAP certificate of outstanding achievements and a monetary award of $500 or $1000. Each degree (BSc, MSc/MSE, PhD, MD, and DDS/DMD) will have a dedicated number of awards. Since 2020, IAAP has also established the Dr. Farideh Toorany Memorial Scholarship, which will be awarded each year based on the aforementioned selection criteria to students in medical and health-related fields. Dr. Toorany was a surgeon and a member of the IAAP Board of Directors who tragically passed away in 2020.

The exact amount available for awards is currently unknown. The IAAP Fundraising Committee will make every effort to maximize the funds available for awards this year. IAAP invites businesses, legal entities, and individuals to make charitable donations to its tax-exempt funds to establish an IAAP scholarship in their name. Interests should be emailed to admin@iaapdc.org.

IAAP may be able to match some of the awardees with local IAAP members who are willing to provide lodging for out-of-town guests to make their travel to the awards ceremony more affordable.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted until March 12, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET or until nominally 75 applications are received, whichever comes first.

Please find the application at https://iaapdc.org/2025-2/

When:  Thursday, October 31, 7:30–9:00 pm

Where: Humanities Building (HU), Room HU009, Montgomery College

Synopsis of the talk:

Are you interested in healthcare innovation or the challenges of solving real-world health problems? Don’t miss IAAP Talk #119, featuring Dr. Youseph Yazdi, a leading expert in healthcare innovation and Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design (CBID).

Drawing on decades of experience, Dr. Yazdi will present the Johns Hopkins innovation model, discussing how innovation projects, especially in healthcare, can fail, and what can be done to overcome these challenges.

Dr. Youseph Yazdi

Dr. Youseph Yazdi, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins and lead of the faculty team at the Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design (CBID). His expertise covers a wide range of innovations, from neonatal monitoring systems to personal protective equipment for Ebola caregivers. He has designed and implemented premier educational programs that focus on training the next generation of innovators in healthcare solutions, mentoring hundreds of students. He has also significantly contributed to healthcare innovation through his mentorship and advisory roles guiding the development of numerous medical device startups, including Cortical Concepts, CervoCheck, and BOSS Medical.

When:  Friday, September 6, 7:30–9:00 pm

Where: Humanities Building (HU), Room HU009, Montgomery College

Synopsis of the talk:

Are you passionate about the future of energy, concerned about climate change, or interested in investing in the energy sector? Don’t miss IAAP Talk #118, featuring Dr. Ebrahim Fathi, a leading expert in sustainable energy solutions. With over $2M in research projects, Dr. Fathi will explore the evolution of energy demand, innovative strategies for reducing greenhouse gases, and the role of the emerging carbon market.

Dr. Ebrahim Fathi

Ebrahim Fathi is an associate professor at West Virginia University. He is an experienced engineer and geoscientist with expertise in petroleum engineering, geosciences, computational fluid dynamics, artificial intelligence and deep learning technologies, algorithms and tools. He has experience in developing, managing, and leading big multidisciplinary projects. His experience includes +6 years in applied data science and machine learning in different engineering problems, scientific programing using Fortran and Python and +10 years in unconventional reservoir development, hydraulic fracturing and computational fluid dynamics.

Fathi has received 2014 The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers Rossiter W. Raymond Memorial Award. In 2016 Fathi published a book, titled “Hydraulic Fracturing in Unconventional Reservoirs: Theories, Operations, and Economic Analysis”. The book was a huge success and well received by industry and academia such that he published the second edition in 2019 enhanced to include today’s newest technologies, such as machine learning and the monitoring of field performance. He authored 18 peer reviewed publications and 20 conference paper presentations since 2008. He received SPE’s Outstanding Technical Editor Award in 2018 and 2013.