On February 7th Board 10 conducted a General Meeting with members on Zoom. More than 93 members attended this meeting and quorum was established. Here is the report presented by the President of the board Mr. Farrokh Malihi:

Here is a link to this portion of the Zoom Meeting:

https://youtu.be/M2KRB5k7IqI

Dear SUTA Members

We cordially invite you to attend SUTA’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) which will be held on Sunday, February 7^th at 12:00 pm EST via the Zoom platform. The program will include the following segments and will be about 60 minutes.

- Report of the treasurer

- Report of the president

- Committee reports

- Q & A Session

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

When: Feb 7, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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https://zoom.us/j/96105170630?pwd=M2xtZWJWNUN2eWJsL3ErOExrOS9HZz09

Abstract: Beneath all of the complex and formidable mathematical structures that formulate physical laws rest simple but deep nuggets of truth. It is these simple truths, and not the complicated technical details, that scientists strive for when uncovering the laws of nature. Fortunately, these core ideas can often be illustrated with simple mathematical puzzles. In this talk I discuss examples of these simple mathematical puzzles and show how they can shed light on some of the deepest concepts in physics. Audience will be asked to participate in solving the puzzles! (based on my book ``Puzzles to Unravel the Universe'' which is designed for the general public, and does not require extensive background in mathematics or physics—just a sense of curiosity!)

اعضای انجمن سوتا بشرح زیر با صرف وقت داوطلبانه در سال جاری در برنامه های انجمن سوتا همفکری و همکاری کردند.  بدینوسیله از همه این عزیزان تشکر و قدردانی می کنیم. دوستان چنانکه علاقمند به همکاری در برنامه های انجمن سوتا هستید لطفا با آدرس info@suta.org با ما تماس بگیرید

فرخ ملیحی-  رییس هیات مدیره انجمن سوتا

(فریبا آریا (تدوین برنامه راهبردی سوتا - تدوین آیین نامه ها - خبرنامه)

(سیمین ابن سجاد (برنامه های انجمن سوتا در تهران

(مهشید آژیر (تدوین برنامه راهبردی سوتا - تدوین آیین نامه ها - بورد انتخابات

(بابک اسگویی (برنامه شعرخوانی سوتا

(مسعود الفت (سخنران وبینار تخصصی سوتا - خبرنامه

(الهه انسانی ( سخنران وبینار تخصصی سوتا – کمیته جوایز سوتا

(محبوب بلندی (بورد انتخابات – خبرنامه سوتا

(هومن بدایتی (شاخه محلی سیاتل – خبرنامه سوتا

(کیوان حجری (ادمین گروه تلگرام سوتا

(علیرضا حمزه لویی (مدیریت جلسه اعضای سوتا

(بهرخ خوشنویس (سخنران وبینار تخصصی سوتا

(احمد تفقدی (برنامه های انجمن سوتا در تهران

(مجید ذولفقاری (شاخه محلی سوید – خبرنامه سوتا

(فرزین رادکانی (ادمین گروه تلگرام سوتا

(مهرداد زنگنه حبیبی (ادمین گروه تلگرام سوتا

(مهرداد سرفراز (شاخه محلی واشنگتن

(نیلوفر شاداب (تدوین برنامه راهبردی سوتا

(زاهد شیخ الاسلامی (تدوین آیین نامه ها - سخنران گروه تلگرام – خبرنامه سوتا

(فیروزه عباسیان (شاخه محلی تورنتو- تدوین آیین نامه ها- مدیریت جلسه اعضا

(محمود عالم رجبی (بورد انتخابات

(مژگان علیون (ادمین گروه تلگرام سوتا

(شایان قطبی (خبرنامه سوتا - آمار گروه تلگرام سوتا

(ندا صالحی راد (تدوین آیین نامه ها

(بهرام ظهیر اعظمی (کمیته جوایز سوتا - تدوین آیین نامه ها – خبرنامه سوتا

(فروزنده طبیبی (ادمین گروه تلگرام سوتا

(بهنام کامرانی (تدوین برنامه راهبردی

(جلیل کمالی (کمیته جوایز سوتا - تدوین آیین نامه ها – خبرنامه سوتا

(سهیلا کمال (خبرنامه سوتا

(رضا کیانمهر (برنامه جوایز سوتا در تهران

(فرخ محمدی (سخنران وبینار تخصصی سوتا – خبرنامه سوتا

(نجم الدین مشکوتی (خبرنامه سوتا

(نگار متوریان (تدوین برنامه راهبردی

(داود نواییان (شاخه محلی سوید

(فریماه وهابزاده (شاخه محلی کالیفرنیا

Dear SUTA Members

The following is a summary progress report for SUTA Board of Directors during 2019-2020

- Board held twenty monthly meetings during 2019 and 2020 for planning, decision making, organization and coordination of ongoing projects, and approvals of board decisions. Minutes of these reports are available for all members on SUTA website  www.suta.org.

- Registration of SUTA as a non-profit organization in the state of California was renewed.

- With assistance from our accountant Federal and State taxes for 2018 and 2019 were paid and past due taxes were taken care of. We are now current with all Federal and State taxes.

- Over $6000 was raised from donations provided by SUTA members in the US.

- Quarterly Financial Reports were prepared. These reports are available for members on SUTA website www.suta.org

- Membership increased by 40% during 2019-2020 period.

- Board coordinated the start of a new SUTA chapter in Germany and re-start of activities for Vancouver and Northern California Chapters. Other active chapters include Toronto, Sweden, Washington DC and Seattle.

- A virtual ceremony was held on Zoom for celebration of 20^th Anniversary of SUTA for SUTA members, and SUT alumni and faculty.  This program is available on YouTube.

- SUTA Awards ceremony was held in October to recognize notable alumni, faculty and staff of our university. Awards Committee include: Dr. Jalil Kamali, Dr. Bahram Zahir, Dr. Elahe Enssani, and Farrokh Malihi.

- A new project was initiated to support graduate students with financial aid and travel expenses to attend professional and scientific meetings.

- A proposal by Dr. Fariba Aria former SUTA president and her team for future programs of SUTA was submitted and approved by the board. This proposal included ideas and programs for mentorship to help younger members.

- Documents for operating procedures for SUTA elections and roles and responsibilities of board executives was prepared by SUTA advisers and sent to the Election Board.

- Educational programs including five webinars were held on Zoom during 2020. Guest speakers include: Dr. Behrokh Khoshnevis (CEO, Contour Crafting Corp., Professor USC, Dr. Farrokh Mohamadi, CEO Tialinx Ltd, Dr. Elahe Enssani, Professor California State University, and Dr. Masoud Olfat (Director, Federated Wireless Co.).  Our Final speaker of this year was Dr. Mehdi Zarghamee, Sr. Principal SGH Inc., and former Chancellor of Sharif University (SUT).  These presentations were attended by many SUTA members, SUT faculty and alumni and are available on YouTube.

- Three quarterly Newsletters were published which cover news and events from our board, SUTA chapters and articles of interest to our members

- SUTA website www.suta.org was improved and new sections were added to include educational programs and webinars, SUTA Awards, and introduction of notable SUT alumni

- SUTA presence was expanded in professional and social media. SUTA Linkedin group currently has over 2400 members and is dedicated to news and events from SUTA and Sharif University and sharing of informative articles and videos.  Currently two Telegram groups (SUTA Telegram Network, and SUTA members) are approved and are active providing a forum to connect over 1100 SUTA members and Sharif University alumni worldwide.

- Planning and coordination of elections for the upcoming SUTA board was completed in December 2020.

Best regards,

Farrokh Malihi, President SUTA Board of Directors

December 2020

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Developing Science and Technology in Iran

By Mehdi Zarghamee

In early 1970s, Iran had just started industrialization, but the desire to develop true science and technology in Iran was a dream of the many members of the faculty of our university of other universities in Iran. My talk will cover a brief historic presentation of conditions that prevailed in Iran during sixties and seventies, the mandate set in the founding of our university. I will describe our thoughts about how we thought we could realize this dream. The challenge was how to inculcate in the minds of our young faculty a sense for scientific culture and technological innovation, which had become deep rooted in the West and had advanced their societies and was totally unknown in Iran. What was done and where we succeeded to realize part of this dream and where we failed, what changed in the following decades, and finally what does the future hold for the younger generation of Iranian scientists and engineers.

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تشکر و قدردانی از همکاران انجمن سوتا
دوستان زیر با صرف وقت داوطلبانه در سال جاری در برنامه های انجمن سوتا همفکری و همکاری کردند.  بدینوسیله از همه این عزیزان تشکر و قدردانی می کنیم. دوستان چنانکه علاقمند به همکاری در برنامه های انجمن سوتا هستید لطفا با آدرس info@suta.org با ما تماس بگیرید
هیات مدیره انجمن سوتا

فریبا آریا

مهشید آژیر
سیمین ابن سجاد
مسعود الفت
الهه انسانی
بهرخ خوشنویس
احمد تفقدیان
مجید ذولفقاری
فرزین رادکانی
نیلوفر شاداب
زاهد شیخ الاسلامی

ندا صالحی راد
بهرام ظهیر اعظمی
مژگان علیون
فروزنده طبیبی
بهنام کامرانی
جلیل کمالی
سهیلا کمال
فرخ محمدی
نجم الدین مشکوتی
نگار متوریان

 
تشکر و قدردانی از حامیان انجمن سوتا
دوستان زیر در سال جاری با حمایت مالی خود در برنامه های انجمن سوتا مشارکت کردند.  بدینوسیله از همه این عزیزان تشکر و قدردانی می کنیم.  دوستان چنانکه علاقمند به حمایت مالی از برنامه های انجمن سوتا هستید لطفا با آدرس info@suta.org با ما تماس بگیرید.  شما میتوانید از طریق وبسایت سوتا www.suta,org نیز مستقیما حمایت مالی خود را ارسال نمایید.
هیات مدیره انجمن سوتا

علی احراری
الهه انسانی
محمد اکبر
بهرخ خوشنویس

بابک پرویز

منصور کرامت

شهرام تفضلی

شهریار مکارچی
جلیل کمالی
فریدون هژبری

فرخ ملیحی 

رئیس هیئت مدیرۀ بورد دهم سوتا

Abstract:

In this talk, we will present the use cases and application motivating the invention of 5G Wireless Technologies, as one of the building blocks of new Industry 4.0 innovation. The concept used in the design and development of 5G technologies 5G have revolutionized the role of wireless technologies in the lives of people. Due to potential diversity of the interest of audiences, the talk will focus on the use cases, applications, and the way 5G is revolutionizing the communication technology more than the technical details of 5G technologies. THe talk will provide a short description of current deployment and device status and potential opportunities around the world (including Middle East countries), and briefly outlines potential future development of the wireless ecosystem.

Dr. Masoud Olfat

Dr. Masoud Olfat has received his B.Sc from Sharif University of Technology in Electrical Engineering, and completed his M.Sc, PhD and post-Doctoral studies in wireless communications in 2003 at University of Maryland at College Park. In addition to few years of work experience in Iran in the field of computer network engineering, his work and research experiences has started with multimedia communications, and WiFi technology, and continued through design and development of 4G technologies such as WiMAX, 3GPP LTE in companies like Nextel, Sprint, Clearwire, and Lightsquared. Since 2015 he has been the Senior Director of Technology development in Federated Wireless focused on 5G design and development, and innovative Spectrum Sharing models in 5G wireless framework.

In addition to being an invited speaker to several conferences, Dr. Olfat has published and presented several research articles in different publications, conferences, and Technology Standard communities. He owns 32 nationally and internationally registered patents and has filed 28 more patents, all in the field of wireless communications. In addition to conducting several 4G and 5G related courses for several industry organizations, he has been an adjunct faculty at University of Maryland, while conducting several student research and Master projects.

Dr. Olfat has also been engaged in numerous social activities. He has been SUTA board of director twice, President of SUTA's 8th board of directors (2015-2016), has founded SUTA chapter in Washingtin DC, and has been board member and president of SUTA Chapter in Washington DC.

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