In the name of God University of Tehran Tehran, Iran Mohammad Karamouz, Ph.D. PE, Fellow ASCE Professor, University of Tehran 1 Contents Academic Internalization Motivations Strengths Weaknesses (Hurdles/ Barriers) Certain academic programs with high potential Background Information – Relevant international Programs A pilot Program Concluding Remarks 2 Academic Internalization Iran has a unique position to offer international programs Elements of preparedness: Resources; Education medium; Know how’s – Practice Medium 3 Motivation Moving towards more international outreach (Coming out of isolation) Investing in regional education with high monitory and non-monitory returns Regional and Global Diplomacy Talented and creative local (Iranian) students – Peer Pressure /competition Highly developed engineering culture/specialized human resources: faculty/professors, engineers, scientists 4 Motivation Connecting with the world – Education Diplomacy Bringing resources to the country (A Business Approach) Through cultural Commerce, Tourism, Incentives exchanges and Good will training programs Academic International Investment exchange programs programs Knowledge Returns in Seed money dissemination Investments Long term investment in academic internationalization 5 Strengths Academic resources- Labs- Computer facilities Relatively low cost of education/low cost of living! Outstanding faculty 6 Strengths Water and Environment Research & Development (WERD) 1. Operation since 1993 An off UT site for research & development of graduate students residents (attendees) 2. Location and facilities - 160 square meter research facility in the heart of Tehran - Sarve-saee Tower, Suite 905, Vali asr Avenue, Tehran, Iran143389-4579 - Computer facilities: 14 Core i7 and i5 high speed desktops with all peripheral equipment advanced server with high speed internet – The server and data base system contains 25 years of R & D including data, software and publication of 30 National project, 98 Theses and PhD dissertations. 3. Professional activities Over 30 national and international projects with the contracts of over $3M resulted in 110 peer reviewed papers and 7 text books (4 in English). 7 Strengths Water and Environment Research & Development (WERD) An Environment for learning! 8 Strengths Water and environment Research & development (WERD) Students (Ms.sci.): Current & graduated Sanaz eimen Mahdi Dehghani Ahmadreza Ghavasie Ramin Akramiafshar Mahdis falahi Mohammad Ali Sherafat Mina Malekazari Mojtaba tajziyechi Peyman pour Qasememi Mohammad reza Seyed abadi Nahid Oloomi Amirreza ahmadi Ana Hoseyn pour Erfan Goharian Amir poor Majid Saberi Navideh Nouri Mohsen Yousefi Ghadir Mohammadnejad Shayan Sabznavid Ehsan Daneshvar Tavakoli far Ehsan Akbarian Majid nikkhooy Ehsan Ahmadi aval haqi Hamid Khodabandeloo Asghar Elyasi Sedighe Torabi Pelt Ali razmi Shahab Araghinejad Saleh Ahmadi nia Heliyeh Abasi Banafshe Zahraie Khamsi Mahdi Alikhani Farzad Emami Elham Rasoul nia Freydoon Jahandide Sepide Toami Behzad Rohani Forough Ahmadvand Leyla khodapanah Banafshe Zahraie Mahdi Ranjbar Amin Zeynol abedin Valiollah Moradi Ali Heydari Saleh Semsar Soroush Zanjani Mojtaba Mahmoodian Masood Mahootchi 9 Strengths Water and environment Research & development (WERD) Students (Ms.sci.) Current & graduated Kourosh Behzadian Sara Nazif Leyla Zarei Reyhaneh Rahimi Amin HagNegahdar Amir KhajehZadeh Paniz Mohammad Pour Zahra Heydari Amin KourehPazan Hossein Mohammadi Pouya Khalili Helia Farzaneh Diana Forman Faride Ramezani Mahkameh Taheri Mojtaba Karimi Ahad TikPanah Koushan Mohammadi Farshid Zolfagar Masih Akhbari AzadehYousefi Reza Saleh Alipour Mahmood Hamdpour Maryam Astarabi Imani Javad Teymoori Arash Ghomlaghi Masoud Asadzadeh Rama Hashemi Olya Nahid Katebi Hesam Barkhourdari Bahareh Hafez Aziz Abesi Alireza Raei Nasrin Agaey Ali YazdanPanah Saman Razavi Maryam Rahimi Ali Vegdan Farahani Mina Shahraki Ali Mojahedi Sina Rasaei Kabir Rasouli 10 Strengths Water and environment Research & development (WERD) Students (PhD) Current & graduated Sara Nazif Seyed Jamshid Musavi Masood Taheriyun Banafshe Zahraii Zahra Zahmatkesh Sedighe Torabi Mohammad Fereshtehpour Reza Kerachian Mohammad Ali Olyaei Shahab Araghinejad Davood Mahmoodzadeh Abolfazl Ansari Arman Ganji Elham Ebrahimi Ali Moridi Mahta Nazari Azadeh Ahmadi Mehri Dolatshahi 11 Weaknesses (Hurdles/ Barriers) English language Visa issues- Social/Policy issues Faculty/Instructor ability to communicable in English (Internal PhDs) Institutional infrastructure, staff, dorms, foreign affairs Visa 12 Certain areas with high potential Development Challenges: Integrated Water & Water Energy Management OBJECTIVE : RESTORATION & TRANSFORMATION DEGRADED ENVIRONMENT OF WATER & ENERGY RESOURCES Energy CONTROLLED PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THROUGH BEST ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY MGMT. PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 13 Certain areas with high potential Energy Iran is among the countries with rich oil and energy resources in the world – Surrounded by other major players There has been many development projects, petro-chemical companies, and electric power plants Academic Electrical/Energy related programs are outstanding Energy-diplomacy * Water is the focus of this presentation 14 Certain areas with high potential Water Iran has become a real world laboratory for water development University professor in this area are well know internationality Hydro diplomacy has a great potential in regional collaborations Water programs’ international ranking is quite high 15 Strengths Academic ranking of world university 16 Iran – A real world laboratory for water development Water Conveyance System of Tehran Metropolitan Area Mazandaran Irrigation Networks Karaj river Lar Dam Karaj Dam Sohanak Tunnel Kalan Powerplant TEHRAN Latyan Dam W.T.P No. 5 Pipeline (40 km) Telloo Tunnel Bilaghan W.T.P. W.T.P. No. 3,4 (20 km) No. 1,2 Damavand River Karaj Irrigation Lands Varamin Irrigation Network 17 Zayandeh rud, Isfahan, Iran 18 Leading Projects on Teleconnections: Prediction of rainfall over Europe and the Middle East 19 Development Challenges: Preparedness Planning – Flood & Disaster management Phase 1 Phase 3 Phase 5 omlAamdne Crises danger Alarm Normal Phase 2 Phase 4 20 Harvard Water Program Background ** Harvard’s first international Water program in the 1960’s was a turning point in this field - in path-breaking interdisciplinary work on water, involving primarily engineers, economists and political scientists. New Harvard Water Program Now Harvard envisions a major, long-term engagement in the area of water security and education. The Program has initial commitments to five-year funding to $2 million from an anonymous donor and $1 million from PepsiCo. 21 New Harvard Water Program Background Funding will be sought for specific research topics (for capacity building and education) in : Specific places such as effect of glacier melt on hydrology of the Indus River Overall country programs such as for the Pakistan program Specific themes in different countries such as the use of information technology 22 Background Environmental Engineering & Science A lean & mean program for NYC practitioners and the world 23 IHE Delft Institute for Water Education is the largest international graduate water education facility in the world MSc Programs: o Water Management and Governance IHE Delft offers four 18-month Master of Science programs o Urban Water and Sanitation consisting of: o Environmental Science a fifth, 12-month Master of Science program, which focuses o Water Science and Engineering on non-sewered sanitation. The structure of the MSc Curricula: 106 ECTS credit points formed from: The18-month curricula of the MSc Programs consist Taught Part (61 ECTS credit points) of Thesis Research Part (45 ECTS credit points). : On average, one ECTS credit point equals between 25-30 working hours. NYU and the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Background Innovations in international program offering Graduation Requirements Two Core Colloquia, Core courses Four Core Competency Courses, one Writing Seminar each in the four categories. General electives Capstone project Additional requirements Quantitative Reasoning Experimental Inquiry Islamic Studies requirement. 25 Cornell university-Sharjeh, United Background Arab Emarats Curriculum Students enroll in five classes per semester: 1 elective with a Gulf or Middle Eastern focus 4 additional elective courses Arabic Language All participants in this program are required to take at least one Arabic language course. 26 National University of Singapore Background M.Sc. (Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management) hosted by the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering The program accepts both full time and part time students Students now have an option to participate in an exchange program with Delft University of Technology (TUD) The program is now supported under Skills Future Study Award (EDB), Clean Tech. Singapore Wave Hydrodynamics and Physical, Oceanography Offshore Moorings and Risers Coastal Processes and Sediment Transport Environmental Engineering Principles Hydroinformatics Water Treatment Processes River Mechanics Environmental Risk Assessment Project Environmental Management Systems Groundwater Hydrology Environmental Technology Engineering Economics and Project Evaluation Decision Analysis Topics in Hydraulic & Water Resources - Environmental Hydraulics Water Policy and Governance Design of Floating Structures Dynamic