Nationality Iranian Name Hazhir Rahmandad | Doctoral advisor John Sterman | |
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Institutions Virginia Tech
MIT Sloan School of Management Notable awards Gold Medal International Chemistry Olympiad, Moscow (1996) Alma mater Sharif University of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Fields Systems engineering, Management, Organizational behavior | ||
Residence United States of America | ||
Hazhir rahmandad the 2015 jay wright forrester award winner presents his paper
Hazhir Rahmandad (Persian: هژیر رحمان داد ) is an Iranian Scientist and Engineer. Dr. Hazhir Rahmandad is a dynamic modeling expert. His research applies dynamic modeling to a broad range of problems in public health as well as management.
Contents
- Hazhir rahmandad the 2015 jay wright forrester award winner presents his paper
- Education
- Career
- Awards and honors
- References
Education
Rahmandad obtained his B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the Sharif University of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2005), where he worked under the supervision of the John Sterman.
Career
Rahmandad is a Visiting Associate Professor in the System Dynamics group at MIT Sloan School of Management where he teaches simulation modeling and system dynamics, systems engineering process, product development, and project management. The courses he teaches at MIT include:ENGR 5104- Systems Engineering Process Core Course and ISE 5984- Advanced Dynamic Modeling.
Rahmandad is an Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech Hazhir also contributes to expanding the system dynamics modeling toolbox through advancing parameter estimation and validation methods for dynamic models. He has published in diverse journals including Management Science, Organization Science, Epidemiology and Infection, International Journal of Obesity, and System Dynamics Review among others. He has been a reviewer for over 20 NIH and NSF panels and over a dozen different journals, and his research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and multiple private sector firms, among others.
Awards and honors
Gold Medal, International Chemistry Olympiad, Moscow (1996)