President's
Welcome
Hello everybody and welcome to Islamic Azad University, Boroujerd Branch. People
can make a university great, thus if you are a newcomer, current student, graduate,
postgraduate, student's parent, teacher, professor, researcher, staff member, visitor,
or neighbour, your concern and enthusiasm are much more valued and appreciated.
Ahmad Seif,
President of Islamic Azad University, Boroujerd Branch
Associate Professor of Chemistry (signature)
Ahmad
Seif:
Biography
Dr. Ahmad Seif was admitted as the 5th President of the Islamic Azad University,
Boroujerd Branch on March 2009. He is one of the most active and intellectual presidents,
whose potentialities, as a scientist, were and are well-known.
Dr. Seif, BSc (1993), MSc (1995), PhD (2009), studied Chemistry at the Shahid Beheshti
University, Tehran, Iran. He won a scholarship to Germany and passed an academic
year in Frankfurt University in 2000.
In 2000, he served as the head of department of Chemistry at IAUB. During these
four years (2004), he continued his academic teachings and careers. In 2009 after
finishing his PhD, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Boroujerd
University. In 2010, he worked as the Dean of Postgraduate College
for two years.
His great achievements during his time as Dean of Postgraduate departments included
the re-establishment of some new departments. During his career as the president
he established the dental college and some new fields of studies. He has also reformed
the tenure process and enhanced the IAUB especially the postgraduate curriculum.
His research interests lie at the centre of various branches of modern chemistry.
In 2008 and 2009, he has been selected as the best researcher at IAUB, and in 2009,
as the best researcher of the universities of Fifth Region. In 2009,
he has been selected as the best researcher in nanotechnology by the vice-president
of technology. In 2010, he has been selected as the best professor by Ministry of
Science, Research, and Technology. Since 2002, he was the member of Expert Society
in Iran.
His academic achievements have been extensively recognized even internationally.
In 2008, he has participated in an International Conference of science and technology,
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (Paris, 4-6 July).
He has translated and published four books in cooperation with his colleagues. He
has published twenty-five articles:
1. Carbon and silicon substitution in (4,
4) aluminum nitride nanotube — Density functional study of 27Al and 14N electric
field gradient tensors
Ahmad Seif, Mehran Aghaie, Hossein Aghaie
Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2008, 86(8): 745-750,
10.1139/v08-066
2.
Density functional calculations Al-27 and N-14 quadrupole coupling constants in
the H-capped (10, 0) and (4, 4) single-walled aluminum nitride nanotube Original Research Article
Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, Volume 862, Issues 1–3,
15 August 2008, Pages 118-121
Ahmad Seif,
Mehran Aghaie, Kavosh Majlesi
3.
The C-doped zigzag AlN nanotube: A computational NMR study Original
Research Article
Chemical Physics Letters, Volume 461, Issues 4–6, 20 August 2008,
Pages 246-248
Mahmoud Mirzaei, Ahmad Seif, Nasser
L. Hadipour
4.
Density functional study of zigzag BN nanotubes with equivalent ends Original Research Article
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, Volume 40, Issue 10,
September 2008, Pages 3060-3063
Mahmoud Mirzaei, Nasser L. Hadipour,
Ahmad Seif,
Masoud Giahi
5.
A computational NMR study on zigzag aluminum nitride nanotubes Original Research Article
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, Volume 41, Issue 2,
December 2008, Pages 209-212
Ali Bodaghi, Mahmoud Mirzaei,
Ahmad Seif,
Masoud Giahi
6.
Lithium-doped (4,4) Boron nitride nanotube: Density functional theory study of N
and B nuclear magnetic shielding and electric field gradient tensors Original Research Article
Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, Volume 895, Issues 1–3,
15 February 2009, Pages 82-85
Ahmad Seif, Asadollah
Boshra, Majid Seif
7.
Influence of Boroxol ring doping on the N-15 and B-11 NMR parameters
in zigzag boron nitride nanotube: A DFT study Original
Research Article
Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, Volume 895, Issues 1–3,
15 February 2009, Pages 96-99
Ahmad Seif, Asadollah
Boshra
8. A
boroxol ring doped zigzag boron nitride nanotube: a computational DFT study of the
quadrupole coupling constant
Asadollah Boshra,
Ahmad Seif
Published on the web 31 July
2009.
Canadian Journal of Physics, 2009, 87(6): 647-652,
10.1139/P09-040
9.
Effect of nanotube length on the aromaticity and CSI parameters of finite length
single-wall zigzag and armchair boron nitride nanotubes Original
Research Article
Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, Volume 906, Issues 1–3,
30 July 2009, Pages 63-67
Asadollah Boshra, Mohammad Mehdi Dehshiri,
Ahmad Seif,
Reza Jafari
10.
Influence of Mn-doping on the chemical shielding tensors of 71Ga and
15N in the armchair GaN nanotubes: A DFT study Original
Research Article
Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, Volume 911, Issues 1–3,
15 October 2009, Pages 19-23
Ahmad Seif, Temer
S. Ahmadi, Ali Bodaghi, Javad Hosseini
11.
A DFT study of the nuclear magnetic response of the zigzag AlN–BN and BN–AlN nanotube
junctions Original Research Article
Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, Volume 913, Issues 1–3,
15 November 2009, Pages 126-130
Morteza Farahani, Temer S. Ahmadi,
Ahmad Seif
12. The Fluorinated (10,
0) Boron Nitride Nanotube: A Computational Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Nuclear
Quadrupole Resonance Study
Seif, Ahmad; Boshra, Asadollah; Bodaghi,
Ali
Source: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volume 10, Number 1, January
2010 , pp. 474-478(5)
13.
A computational NPA and NMR study of Li-capped armchair GaN nanotubes
Ahmad Seif, Temer S. Ahmadi
August 2010, Volume 8,
Issue 4, pp 913-918
Central European Journal of Chemistry
14.
Computation of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Parameters of H-Capped Zigzag and
Armchair Single-Walled SiC Nanotubes
Seif, Ahmad; Ahmadi, Temer S.; Rouzbehani, Goudarz
M.
Journal of Computational and Theoretical
Nanoscience,
Volume 7, Number 10, October 2010 , pp. 2008-2012(5)
American Scientific Publishers
15.
Kinetic, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies for the removal of lead (II) and
copper (II) ions from aqueous solutions by nanocrystalline
Original Research Article
Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 48, Issue 6, December 2010,
Pages 577-591
Fatemeh Rashidi, Reza Sadeghi Sarabi, Zinab Ghasemi,
Ahmad Seif
16.
The influence of NH3 -attaching on the NMR parameters in the zigzag BN
nanotube Original Research Article
Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 49, Issue 2, February 2011,
Pages 169-175
Ehsan Zahedi, Ali Bodaghi, Ahmad Seif, Asadollah
Boshra
17.
The X (X = C, Si and Ge) doped BN nanotube: A computational study Original Research Article
Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 50, Issue 1, July 2011,
Pages 14-20
Ahmad Seif
18.
Influence of anodization parameters on the morphology of TiO2 nanotube
arrays Original Research Article
Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 50, Issue 1, July 2011,
Pages 26-39
Hamid Omidvar, Saba Goodarzi,
Ahmad Seif,
Amir R. Azadmehr
19.
Adsorption of NH3 and NO2 molecules on C48B6N6
heterofullerene: A DFT study on electronic properties Original
Research Article
Physica B: Condensed Matter, Volume 406, Issue 19, 1 October 2011,
Pages 3704-3709
Ehsan Zahedi, Ahmad Seif
20.
Effect of tube radius on the electronic and magnetic properties of finite boron
nitride zigzag nanotubes using DFT Original
Research Article
Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, Volume 44, Issue 1,
October 2011, Pages 179-185
Ehsan Zahedi, Ahmad Seif
21.
A DFT studies of structural and quadrupole coupling constants properties in C-doped
BeO nanotubes Original Research Article
Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 50, Issue 5, November 2011,
Pages 539-548
Ahmad Seif, Ehsan
Zahedi
22.
Exohedral chemical functionalization of C48B6N6
with NH3: Binding energies and electronic structures of C48B6N6–(NH3)n=1−6 Original Research Article
Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 51, Issue 2, February 2012,
Pages 290-299
Ehsan Zahedi, Ahmad Seif
23.
A computational investigation of carbon-doped beryllium monoxide nanotubes
Ahmad Seif,Ehsan Zahedi, Goodarz M. Rozbahani
February 2012, Volume 10,
Issue 1, pp 96-104
Central European Journal of Chemistry
24.
A computational NMR study of nitrogen substitutional impurity in the armchair BeO
nanotube Original Research Article
Superlattices and Microstructures, Volume 51, Issue 3, March 2012,
Pages 363-Goodarz Mohseni Roozbahani,
Ahmad Seif
25.
Thermodynamic and kinetic studies for the adsorption of Hg(II) by nano-TiO2
from aqueous solution Original Research Article
Advanced Powder Technology, Volume 23, Issue 2, March 2012,
Pages 148-156
Zinab Ghasemi, Ahmad Seif, Temer
S. Ahmadi, Behroze Zargar, Fatemeh Rashidi, Goodarz M. Rouzbahani
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President's
Opening
Year
Address
The sweet smell of kindness of beginning a new educational year is coming from the
university. As the supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said: "This
year would hopefully be the year of the epic saga of political and economic improvements"
(12.30.1391, 14.33, our translation). Therefore, in order to fulfill the requirements of the
supreme leader, we should try very hard to improve the science, reduce the gaps,
produce knowledge, and reach scientific independency more than ever, which are essential
for economical, political, and social independency. With the highest respect and
best congratulations, I want to draw the students’ attentions to some particular
points.
1.
One of the best results of Islamic Revolution
is the establishment of Islamic Azad University which has become one of the major
principles of education in Iran.
2.
If the students just think about getting
a degree, and becoming teachers and professors, or later teaching others, this will
result in a closed repetitious circulation in educational system. Therefore in
order to overcome such a problem, the interaction between the universities and industry
must be expanded.
3.
Man is ambitious to be immortalized or wants
to leave behind an important eternal work after his death. To produce such a great
work is not easy but is certainly possible by hardworking and trusting in God. Therefore
besides scientific attempts, all should trust God, who is our only support in life.
Metaphorically, by means of two wings of trust in God and scientific attempts man
would be equipped to produce an eternal creation.