APSIH Officers
Dr. Mani Firouzian
Dr. Mani Firouzian earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University Pomona and M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental and Civil and Environmental Engineering, respectively, from University of California Irvine. He holds a Professional Engineer license in Chemical Engineering in the state of California and multiple Greenhouse Gas Accredited Lead Verifier licenses from California Air Resources Board.
He has been working in the field of engineering for the past 17 years in different capacities such as Senior and Supervisor Engineering roles. During this period, he served multiple engineering and consulting firms as well as few government agencies including Orange County Sanitation District, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Trinity Consultants Company, B. Braun Medical, Fluor Enterprises, Inland Empire Utility Agency, and Trussell Technologies Company.
Dr. Vahid Balali
Dr. Vahid Balali is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management at CSULB.
Dr. Javad Seif
Assistant Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, College of Engineering Calpoly Pomona
Dr. Mo Sangeladji
Emeritus Professor, Professor at California State University, Northridge
Standing Committee Chairpersons
Dr. Bijan Roboubi
Bijan Roboubi is the founder and principal attorney at Abar Law, a boutique estate planning and business planning law firm based in Long Beach, California. Prior to establishing his law firm in 2020, Dr. Roboubi was a senior construction manager at the Port of Los Angeles, where he managed over $150 million worth of heavy civil and marine construction projects. Dr. Roboubi is a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona and USC, where he earned his Bachelor‘s and Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering, respectively, and he is also a graduate of Loyola Law School.
Dr. Mohammad Navab
Dr. Mohamad Navab is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Cardiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, with 32 years of research experience in the study of atherosclerosis, lipids and artery wall metabolism.
Dr. Jalal Torabzadeh
Professor Jalal Torabzadeh is Chair of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and Coordinator of the Mechanical and Petroleum Engineering programs.
Dr. Kamran Abedini
Professor Kamran Abedini is one of the founding members of APSIH and a former Chair of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Dr. Cyrus Ashayeri
PhD in Petroleum Engineering at USC, Dr. Ashayeri’s research focuses on the energy industry and the application data science and advanced machine learning techniques.
Dr. Tina Givrad
Faculty at California State University, Professional Speaker in Neuroscience of learning and Innovative Thinking
APSIH AWARD
Annual Graduation Ceremony Honoring Academic Achievements by Students of Iranian Heritage
