Mohammad Dehghani
Mohammad Dehghani | |
|---|---|
| 9th (or 22nd leader) Chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology | |
| Assumed office August 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Christopher G. Maples (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Louisiana State University (BS, MS, PhD) |
| Website | Missouri University of Science and Technology Office of the Chancellor (https://chancellor.mst.edu/) |
Mohammad[1] "Mo" Dehghani (born July 27, 1955) is a higher education administrator who currently serves as chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri. He also serves as president and chief executive officer of the Kummer Institute Foundation, as an advisory trustee to the Southwest Research Institute, and on the visiting advisory board of the Winston Chung Global Energy Center at the University of California, Riverside.
Dehghani formerly served as founding director of the Johns Hopkins University Systems Institute, where he established research and application programs with numerous federal research agencies. In 2013[2], he joined Stevens Institute of Technology, where he served as vice provost for research, innovation, and entrepreneurship[3]. He became chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology, or Missouri S&T, in 2019.
As chancellor at Missouri S&T, Dehghani helped secure a $300 million gift[4] from June and Fred Kummer[5]. This gift, the largest in Missouri higher education history, established the Kummer Institute for Student Success, Research and Economic Development.
Dehghani is married to Mina Saffari, a pharmacologist. They have one son, Devon.
Early Life and Education
Dehghani was born in Tehran, Iran. He immigrated to the United States in 1974. He attended Louisiana State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science (1980), Master of Science (1982), and Ph.D. (1987) in mechanical engineering. While pursuing his Ph.D., Dehghani worked for both Ethyl Corporation and Centerpoint, Inc. (1983-1985). He also held a postdoctoral National Science Foundation and American Society of Engineering Education internship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1988)[6]
Career
Dehghani began his career at Ohio University (1987-1996) where he developed and taught courses for undergraduate and graduate students in engineering design, system design, and design optimization. He also served two terms on the faculty senate. The university granted him two faculty fellowship leaves (1994-1995 and 1996-1997). First with Boeing and then with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Dehghani initiated process modeling projects.[7]
Lawrence Livermore hired Dehghani in 1996 as a systems engineer. He soon became department head of the Engineering Systems Design and Fabrication Group, then deputy division leader of the New Technology Division, and, ultimately, to division leader while also serving as director of External Relations with Academia.
In 2008, Dehghani became professor of mechanical engineering and associate director for engineering, design, and fabrication at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory[8], which had over 4,000 engineers, scientists, and staff. Three years later, Dehghani was the founding director[9] of the Johns Hopkins University Systems Institute.
In 2013, Dehghani joined Stevens Institute of Technology as professor of systems and enterprises and as vice provost for research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. He also served as chair of the Stevens Venture Center Advisory Board and on the board of directors of the Research & Development Council of New Jersey.[10]
Chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2019-present
On August 1, 2019, Dehghani became chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri. The institution began as a land-grant school of mines and metallurgy in 1871 and for nearly a century was a division of the University of Missouri in Columbia. In 1963, renamed the University of Missouri at Rolla, the institution became part of the new University of Missouri System with campuses in Columbia, Rolla, Kansas City, and St. Louis. A technological research university with 101 degrees in 40 areas of study, it became Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) in 2008.[11]
Dehghani became the 9th chancellor, 22nd leader of Missouri S&T. (Prior to 1963, campus leaders held the title of director or dean, but since have carried the title of chancellor.) Like his predecessors, Dehghani reports to the president of the University of Missouri System, a position held by Mun Choi since 2017.
His strategic vision for the campus is to reach three “North Star” goals by 2030: elevate S&T from its current status as a Carnegie R2 institution to a Carnegie R1 institution (very high research activity), achieve a top 100 ranking among national doctoral-granting universities as measured by U.S. News & World Report, and increase campus enrollment to 12,000 with a third of them being master’s and Ph.D. students.[12]
Dehghani led Missouri S&T during its 150th anniversary[13] celebrations in 2020-2021 and during the world’s COVID-19 pandemic[14][15].
Historic $300 million gift
In October 2020, the university received the largest single gift to any university, public or private, in the state of Missouri. The $300 million gift[16] from June and Fred Kummer established a new foundation to create the Kummer Institute for Student Success, Research and Economic Development. The gift also established the Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development at Missouri S&T, develop new areas for research, provide scholarships and fellowships for students, and bolster the Rolla, Missouri|Rolla region's economy.
References
- ↑ "SwRI announces record levels of research, development activities". Southwest Research Institute. 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ↑ "Stevens Indicator - Summer/Fall 2013 by Stevens Alumni Association - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ↑ "Mo Dehghani Reflects on the Rise of Research at Stevens Institute of Technology". Stevens Institute of Technology. 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ↑ McKinney, Roger. "Missouri S&T receives $300 million donation — largest in state history for higher ed". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ↑ Bernhard, Steph Kukuljan, Blythe. "Fred Kummer, founder of HBE Corp. and Adam's Mark hotels, dies at 92". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
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- ↑ Seth Elkin, “Engineering Students Build Cars,” The Post, April 1, 1991, 4, Faculty Fellowship Leaves, 1994-1995, Ohio University, Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Ohio University, April 22, 1994, https://www.ohio.edu/sites/default/files/sites/trustees/files/1994%20April%20Minutes.PDF, accessed May 20, 2022, and Faculty Fellowship Leaves, 1996-1997, Ohio University, Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Ohio University, April 26-27, 1996, https://www.ohio.edu/sites/default/files/sites/trustees/files/1996%20April%20Minutes.PDF, accessed May 20, 2022.
- ↑ "Press Release". www.jhuapl.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ↑ alattes1 (2013-07-28). "Crystal Ball". JHU Engineering Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ↑ Careaga, “Leading into the Future.”
- ↑ Larry Gragg, Forged in Gold: Missouri S&T’s First 150 Years (Marceline, MO: Walsworth, 2020).
- ↑ North Star Goals, Office of the Chancellor, Missouri S&T, https://chancellor.mst.edu/initiatives/north-star/, accessed June 10, 2022.
- ↑ "Missouri S & T celebrates 150th anniversary". Missourinet. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ↑ "Missouri S&T cancels events amid coronavirus concerns". ksdk.com. March 11, 2020. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ↑ Hoffman, Elizabeth (2021-02-23). "A bit of normalcy: Missouri events planned with COVID guidelines in place". KRCG. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
- ↑ "Missouri S&T Looks To A Future With More Private Investment, Less State Funding". STLPR. 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
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