TEHRAN (ISNA)- An Iranian oil engineering professor Iraj Ershaghi has become a member of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE).Ershaghi, an Iranian oil engineering program professor at the University of South California was selected as a member of the NAE.
Ershaghi holds BA in mineral engineering at Tehran University. He also holds MSc and PhD in oil engineering at the University of South California.
Ershaghi, a petroleum engineering graduate of the University of Tehran, has made innumerable contributions to the university over the past four decades. Among his many distinctions and awards, in 2012 he received the Society of Petroleum Engineers highest distinction, the Honorary Member Award, and in 2010, the John Franklin Carll Medal. Under his leadership of over 27 years as its chair, the USC Petroleum Engineering Program has become one of the most renowned in the nation.
An internationally known expert in petroleum technology, Ershaghi also helped establish a number of innovative programs in the curriculum, including the nations first and only masters in petroleum engineering in smart oilfield technology.
As co-director of CiSoft, a partnership between USC Viterbi and the Chevron Corp.
Ershaghi has played an integral role in its success by helping to build teams of university scholars, scientists and students to undertake important research. In recognition of its educational impact, the Orange County Engineering Council last year named CiSoft as its Engineering Project of the Year.
The NAE was established in 1964 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. Members have distinguished themselves in business and academic management, in technical positions, as university faculty, and as leaders in government and private engineering organizations. Members are elected to NAE membership by their peers (current NAE members).
By ISNA
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