Lecture Series

Lecture 15: Monism; The Scientific Study of The Nature of The Human’s Nature

Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, 7:30 pm.
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By: Taghi Asadi Kimyai, MD

Neurologist, Washington Hospital

 Synopsis:

This lecture includes a brief review of the evolution of the human thoughts about the nature of his own mind. Dr. Asadi will talk about the human genetic structure, proteins as building block of life, then he will discuss the structure of human brain. The division of labor of the brain and some slides showing images of the working brain in active human are other parts of this presentation. It will be shown how neurologists’ studies suggest that there is no need for any metaphysical phenomenon in the brain. In other words, there is no receptor in the brain for the metaphysics. Every action or thought has a center in the brain and the brain is sophisticated enough to do everything we do.

About the Lecturer:
Dr. Taghi Asadi is an adult neurologist, specialized in diseases of the nervous system (brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles). His subspecialty is electro-diagnostic medicine, which is the study of electrical activities of the brain, the nervous system and the muscles. He is also interested in “Cognitive Science”, which is the study of human’s behavior, and thoughts. The latter is the basis of this lecture, which is an introduction to his recent book “Creation and Evolution of Human’s Brain and Psych”. This book has more than 40 chapters dealing with most aspects of human’s mind and psych, from the big bang to present. He graduated from Tehran University, Medical School in 1974. Then he moved to US and studied for 4 years in medicine and neurology here and one more year in Canada. He has 27 years of professional experience both in Iran and US. 5 years of academic work at the “Shahid Beheshti University” of Tehran and 22 years as a neurologist in Washington, DC. He is author of a text book in Neurology.

Location:

Montgomery Community College (Rockville Campus)- Humanity Building (HU), Conference Room 009

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Dues: $15 per person, $5 for students (including dinner)

Lecture 14: New Horizons in RFID; Innovative applications in RFID technologies

Thursday, January 8, 2009, 7:30 PM

By: Mr. Mohammad Soleimani, MSc.
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Kastle Systems

Synopsis:

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) has been around and in common use for many years. RFID tags generally come in two broad technologies, Passive (without battery) and Active (with battery).  An example of passive format is contactless building access cards while an example of active tag is toll road transponders used in automobiles.

Recently, however, there is significant new interest in RFID as new standards have emerged that promote universal interoperability and enhance the functionality in many industry and consumer applications.

In this presentation, a broad review of the new standards and some of the emerging applications will be discussed.

About the Lecturer:

Mohammad Soleimani is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Kastle Systems where he is responsible for all aspects of Technology development and IT efforts.

Mohammad has served as Chairman of the Board for SoleNet, Inc., an engineering services company focused on developing state of the art communications equipment, prior to his current position. Ha has also served as Vice President Engineering for RFID at Motorola, Inc. His responsibilities included advanced development and architectural design of Radio-frequency identification (RFID) equipment. Mohammad served as Vice President of Engineering at Matrics, Inc/Symbol Technologies from 2004 to 2006, where he was responsible for SW and HW development of RFID readers. Before joining Matrics, Inc/Symbol Technologies, Mohammad founded Sole Net, Inc. in 2001 and co-founded BitCom, Inc. in 1998. Mohammad also spent fifteen years as Senior Director for Hughes Network Systems (HNS), where he obtained tremendous leadership experience.

Mohammad obtained his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology and Master’s degree with honors from George Washington University. He holds more than 10 patents.

Location:

Montgomery Community College (Rockville Campus)- Humanity Building (HU), Conference Room 009

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Dues: $15 per person, $5 for students (including dinner) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lecture 13: Dulles Automated People Mover Tunnel

Thursday, December 11, 2008, 7:30 PM

By: Mr. Hamid Riahi, PE
Vice President of HALEY & ALDRICH Consulting Firm
 

 

Synopsis:
This lecture is a case study of the tunnel network and maintenance facility for an Automated People Mover (APM) system, located at Dulles International Airport (IAD) in Washington, DC. The project is for an approximate 13-mi network of tunnels that include two APM systems (domestic and international), a baggage tunnel, a tug tunnel, a utility tunnel, and an extension to the pedestrian walk-back tunnel between Tier 1 and 2.  All of the underground systems were designed to support an aircraft loading of 1.5 million lb gross weight on the operation surfaces above. The tunnels were constructed by a combination of cut-and-cover and two different tunneling methods. For mined tunnel sections, the new Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM), and Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) were used. 

For this project Mr. Riahi led the field investigations and evaluations of ground conditions and development of comprehensive geo-technical reports consisting of a Geotechnical Reconnaissance Report (GRR), Geotechnical Data Report (GDR), Geotechnical Design Memoranda (GDM), and a Geotechnical Baseline Report (GBR). The project subsurface investigations consisted of test borings, laboratory rock testing, and in-situ field testing. The GRR presented the results of review of readily available background subsurface data relevant to the design and construction of APM tunnel system.

About the Lecturer:
Mr. Hamid M. Riahi has over 25 years of experience as a Officer-in-Charge and project manager of major underground engineering projects.  His experience includes highways and bridges, tunneling, government and private buildings, industrial facilities, pipelines, communication towers, water and wastewater treatment plants, landfills, underground and above ground storage tanks, and elevated water storage tanks. Mr. Riahi has expertise in managing detailed geotechnical investigations and final design for deep foundations in congested urban environments. Mr. Riahi holds professional registration in ten states.

Location:
Montgomery Community College (Rockville Campus)- Humanity Building (HU), Conference Room 009

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Dues: $15 per person, $5 for students (including dinner)