1. Sirous Asgari is an Iranian materials scientist and academic known for his research in lithium ion batteries, phase transformation and diffusion in solid materials.
10 Facts About Sirous Asgari
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Sirous Asgari is currently a full professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, Iran.
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Sirous Asgari is a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran.
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Sirous Asgari then returned to Iran and became a Professor, Department of Engineering and Material Science, Sharif University of Technology where he taught Structure of Materials, Electronic Properties of Materials, Phase Transformations, Physical Metallurgy, Materials characterization Techniques, Diffusion in Solids and Advanced Materials.
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Sirous Asgari is known for being an instructor with high impact teaching skills and his compendium for the course Physical Properties of Materials was said to be the best in the field among the material science students in Iran.
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Sirous Asgari was arrested in 2013 by the FBI on charges of stealing trade secrets, among others.
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Sirous Asgari was charged with stealing trade secrets, employment, and visa fraud and arrested by the FBI.
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Sirous Asgari was then tried at a Federal Court where he was acquitted from all charges.
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The FBI accused Sirous Asgari of being connected to the Iranian government due to a paper published by a PhD student at the same university but in a different campus.
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Sirous Asgari was allegedly shuttled from Louisiana to Texas, New Jersey and back on chartered flights full of migrants.