Nariman Farvardin was born on July 15,1956 and is an Iranian-American engineer and educator, currently serving as president of Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Nariman Farvardin holds bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Nariman Farvardin was made a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for contributions to source coding and quantization, holds seven US patents and has co-authored more than 150 technical papers in industry journals and conference proceedings.
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Zagros Networks, which shared the same name as a mountain range in Iran where Nariman Farvardin was born, developed computer chips for networks.
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Nariman Farvardin has been honored with the National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator Award, the George Corcoran Award for Outstanding Contributions to Electrical Engineering Education and the Invention of the Year Award from the University of Maryland.
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Nariman Farvardin has cited Claude Shannon as his foremost historical influence.
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In July 2011, Nariman Farvardin left the University of Maryland to become the seventh president of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Nariman Farvardin joined Stevens at the close of a challenging period in the university's history, during which the New Jersey attorney general investigated the institution's leadership for mismanagement.
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Nariman Farvardin was tasked with ensuring that the university adhered to the terms of a settlement between Stevens and the attorney general's office in 2010 in addition to developing and meeting the goals of the university's new ten-year strategic plan, The Future.
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Nariman Farvardin has become a vocal advocate for achieving a better return on investment in American higher education.
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Nariman Farvardin gave several state and national interviews, including to Fox News and NBC, when Stevens became one of the first institutions to mandate vaccination for students, faculty and staff to return for on-campus instruction and work.
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Nariman Farvardin has received several other awards recognizing his leadership as Stevens president.