The head of the UNESCO chair on engineering education is appointed among the faculty members of the College of Engineering, with the rank of full professor. The president of the University of Tehran appoints the selected head for a period of four years.
Duties:
- Present initiatives, and programs, and conduct research activities to achieve the goals of the chair.
- Administer the chair based on the rules and regulations approved by the Steering Committee.
- Propose the members of the Steering Committee to the president of the College of Engineering to issue a ruling.
- Follow up on the approvals of the Steering Committee and the suggestions of the advisory board.
- Coordinate and manage the meetings of the Steering Committee of the chair
- Form and evaluate the performance of specialized working groups within the chair.
- Communicate and hold meetings with the advisory board of the chair.
- Prepare and present the annual performance report of the chair to the University of Tehran and UNESCO.
- Propose the organizational structure of the chair, to the head of the College of Engineering, for review, approval, and execution order.
In 2009, the initial proposal for the establishment of a UNESCO Chair on Engineering Education was raised in the College of Engineering. Following consultative meetings in the National Commission of UNESCO, on 4 May 2010, a letter of proposal for the establishment of the chair, along with justifications and necessary documents, was sent to UNESCO in Paris. On 2011/7/12, this proposal was approved by UNESCO. After that, on 8 April 2012, the president of the University of Tehran appointed professor Hossein Memarian, who was the initiator supporter of this proposal from the beginning, as the chairholder of UCEE (here). This appointment is renewed every four years (here).
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Dr. Hossein Memarian holds a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of Tehran, a master's degree in engineering geology from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and a doctorate degree in rock fracturing from the University of Wollongong, Australia. He has several years of professional work experience in Kerman Province coal mines as well as oil-rich areas in the south of Iran. Dr. Memarian is a full professor of geoengineering at the College of Engineering of the University of Tehran and an affiliated member of the Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He is the author of 25 books and has published more than 300 research papers in national and international journals and conferences, among which, 6 books and more than 40 articles are in the field of engineering education. His last seven books have been awarded and appreciated as the book of the year of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iran Best Academic Books of the Year. Memarian's research interests cover a wide range of topics in engineering education, as well as rock fracturing, geotechnical exploration, petroleum geomechanics, and natural hazards. He is a founding member and board member of the Iranian Society of Engineering Education (ISEE) and the Iranian Institute for Accreditation of Engineering Education (IIAEE).
