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This event will take place on Saturday, January 24th, 2026 at Kanoon. We look forward to seeing you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/1588880712923-TVQYCAU4RZAAA7ADB3PQ/Screen+Shot+2020-05-07+at+3.43.19+PM.png Home - How to Get Involved POOIA offers a range of ways to be involved as an Iranian-American professional. You can donate, attend our events, and even request your own event for the community. Be sure to sign up for our mailing list to learn about upcoming events, or click below to learn more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/9b2b4386-a919-432f-a211-b15432004645/Board.png Home - What We Do POOIA organizes community events to highlight and utilize the skills and knowledge of Atlanta-based Iranian-American professionals. Click the button below to see a list of past and upcoming events. https://www.pooia.net/about-pooia daily 0.75 2022-07-10 https://www.pooia.net/meet-the-board daily 0.75 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/d994c47e-d548-42e8-bec0-a7787c44593a/02A1AAD8-80AF-4D65-BB67-048B3494E396.jpeg Meet the Board - Abdi Modarressi, Ph.D. Member of the Board of POOIA Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/743881d7-0269-428f-bbb6-1c995062983f/POOIA+Website+2022+-+Vahid+Samimi++Picture.JPG Meet the Board - Vahid Samimi, MS EE Member of the Board of POOIA Vahid Samimi has an MS in Electrical Engineering from the College of Technology, University of Tehran. He has 35 years of experience in teaching at universities, doing exclusive industry research in Iran and as well as the US. His expertise in power electronics and control systems design and implementation has directed him to R&D positions, product development, and industrial development projects. These industries and institutions in Iran include: Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Petroleum, Ministry of Industries, University of Tehran, and Maadiran company and in the US: Cingular wireless, Microdepot, and ProSys Information Systems. Some of his achievements in design and implementation are: Lowshan power plant Burner Management System, SAIPA car manufacturing automated paint line and process, Automatic Voltage Regulator for 3-phase generators, DC/AC power inverter with minimized harmonics, Continuous Fast Static VAR Compensation (SVC) for arc furnaces, air de-dusting filter for cement and metal-melting pollution reduction, Non-destructive test system (NDT) for resistance welding, automated computer monitor production lines for 2000 units per day capacity, fully automated state-of-the-art plastic injection manufacturing plant, ESD project for SMD lines, R&D of LCD monitor, and teaching Pulse technique, and Electronic measurement and instruments courses. Also, member of technical committee of ISIRI for developing national IT standards for safety and ergonomics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/5c68bf87-93bb-474e-8a7e-ed189d5475d2/D645321D-73F6-4430-8492-4C4967999213.png Meet the Board - Minoo Varzegar, Ph.D. President of POOIA Dr. Minoo Varzegar holds a BA in English Language and Literature and an MA in Psychology from the University of Tehran, an MA in Linguistics from the University for Teacher Education, an MA in Teaching English from the University of Illinois in addition to a Ph.D. in Psycholinguistics and a Postdoctoral in Psycholinguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Dr. Varzegar was full professor and Head of the English Department for 14 years, Director of the College of Human Sciences Language Lab for 9 years, and also Director of the Language Center at Tehran University. She was a visiting professor at the University of Illinois and an adjunct professor at Columbia University and William Paterson University in New Jersey. She then became a professor (14 years) and the Director of the Program in American Language Studies at Rutgers University in New Jersey for 6 years along with the position of Director of IELTS for 4 years. She has been an author and coauthor of 33 books, author of 60 articles, presented 200 papers and talks at international, national and cultural organizations, as well as 24 virtual and radio talks and conducted 24 research projects and directed 100 MA and Ph.D. theses. She has also been an editor of many books and articles. Awards obtained over her career include Distinguished Reading Scholar Award, Woman of Achievement Award, Woman of the Year, Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Researcher, Distinguished Woman in the World, etc. She was also the winner of The Best Book on Reading and Teaching and Teaching and Testing. She was the Vice president of POOIA from 2019-2022 and presently President of POOIA (Professional Organization of Iranian Americans in Atlanta). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/04e9658c-c682-40a5-a7b7-afdc83baca49/Screenshot+2022-07-10+1.33.09+PM.png Meet the Board - Hamid Arabnia, Ph.D. Member of the Board of POOIA Dr. Hamid R. Arabnia received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Kent (England) in 1987. He is currently a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at University of Georgia (Georgia, USA), where he has been since October 1987. He currently (Year 2022) has 8 PhD students working under his supervision. His research interests include HPC/supercomputing, Data Science, Deep Learning, imaging science, and other compute intensive problems. Prof. Arabnia is Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer). He is the book series editor-in-chief of "Transactions of Computational Science and Computational Intelligence" (Springer). He is the editor of annual proceedings of Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (Publisher: IEEE CPS). He is a Senior Adviser to a number of corporations and is a Fellow and Adviser of Center of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence & Organized Crime Research (CENTRIC). Prof. Arabnia has about 280 peer-reviewed research publications as well as 250 edited research books in his areas of expertise (some of these books and journal special issues have received the top 25% downloads in their respective fields). He has been a PI/Co-PI on about $12 Million externally funded projects/initiatives. During his tenure as Graduate Coordinator/Director, Prof. Arabnia secured the largest level of funding in the history of the department for supporting the research and education of graduate students (PhD, MS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/ae16f6e8-95a9-4bb8-a262-657ee4fcb6c0/Dr.+heydari.jfif Meet the Board - Shahryar Heydari, Ph.D. Member of the Board of POOIA Dr. Shahryar Heydari received his Bachelors in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of South Carolina. He completed his Masters degree in Mathematics with concentration in Linear Algebra from USC as well. Prof. Heydari obtained his PhD in Complex Analysis from Florida State University. His research interests include: Special Functions, String Theory, Zeta Regularized Products, eHealth, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science. He has published in several mathematics and statistics publications including the Transactions of The American Mathematical Society. He is the recipient of multiple Teaching Excellence Awards from USC, FSU, Amirkabir University of Technology, and the University of Tehran. As an IT professional, he has provided leadership to the institution for information technology services in support of administrative, student support, and academic services. He provides leadership and vision for the use of information technology as a critical component for the future of the university. He currently serves as Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Special Assistant to the President and Board of Trustees at Piedmont University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/12fb2030-d969-464b-9a85-d86efa924aae/Bh+Pic+with+Tie.jpg Meet the Board Dr. Bahram Hojjatie Member of the Board of POOIA Dr. Bahram Hojjatie received his B.S. in Irrigation and Water Engineering from Jundi Shapur Univ. in Iran, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Mississippi State Univ., Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Univ. of Florida (UF), and Post-doc in Paper Products and Manufacturing from IPST at Georgia Tech. He holds a PE license from the state of Florida. He has worked as a production engineer at a steam electric power plant facility in Jacksonville Florida for three years, as a Biomechanical research engineer in the Dental Materials Dept. at UF Shands Hospital for six years, and after receiving his Ph.D., he served as a faculty member of dental Biomaterials with a joint appointment in the Materials Science and Engineering Dept. at UF for three years. After completing his Post-Doc, he served as a research engineer at Georgia Tech for nine years. He developed a course on Experimental and Finite Element Analyses of thermal stresses in Dental Restorations and taught it in a Lunch and Learning format at many national and international dental conferences. Dr. Hojjatie is currently a Professor and Engineering Program Coordinator at Valdosta State University (VSU). He teaches courses related to mechanics, CAD, and energy systems. He has organized many scientific programs, served as the Technical Director, and Reviewer on numerous scientific conferences and engineering journals for more than twenty years, and has published three book-chapters and more than 80 publications in various international conferences or scientific journals. He has received numerous grants/awards, and recognitions from NIH, NASA, NSF, and Georgia Tech including two world-recognized research awards, also the outstanding research award from UF and outstanding faculty award from VSU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/03b8663b-f715-40e1-a993-5a12385b93e3/557BD7A2-10A8-4BCE-840B-939D118E1FC6.jpeg Meet the Board - Kamelia Alavi, PhD, MFT, PDTP, CAPP Member of the Board of POOIA Dr. Kamelia Alavi has a BA in Economics and Political Science from National University of Iran and an MA in Economics from Tufts University in Medford MA and a PhD in Managerial Economics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY. She started her career as Assistant Professor of Economics at St. John’s University, Queens, NY. Later, for four decades, she taught at Fox College of Business of Temple University in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. She also taught Economics and Strategic Management courses at LaSalle and Drexel Universities both in Philadelphia PA. Dr. Alavi earned her MFT (Master of Marriage and Family Therapy) from the Family Institute of Philadelphia. She also received her PDTP (Adult Psychodynamic Psychotherapy) as well as CAPP (Child and Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy). Since 1994 she has been involved in outreach programs at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia (PCOP) where her roles include organizing outreach programs to educate mental health and business professionals and families about the “psychological impact of immigration on immigrants” as well as “cultural competency.” Moreover, she was also in charge of movie sessions and the treasurer for the two major outreach programs of PCOP namely, SAAF (South Asian American Forum) and APT (Alliance of Psychoanalytic Thought). Dr. Alavi has served as the Board of APT and SAAF. She is also a faculty at PCOP teaching mostly cultural competency. In addition, she has served at AACAP (American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) and APA (American Psychiatric Association) Annual Conferences. Dr. Alavi has been an active member of CAPA (China American Psychoanalytic Alliance) since its inception in 2008 by Yale University. CAPA is a teaching organization in China, devoted to train Chinese therapist in the field of Psychoanalysis. Her duties have been to provide therapy and supervision to the students as well as to serve as a Committee Member in the CAPA Admission Department. Dr. Alavi has worked at different mental health organizations as a psychotherapist, namely Child Advocate Clinic in Philadelphia, PA, INTERC Clinic Philadelphia PA, Manayunk School District, Family Institute of Philadelphia, Business Coaching &amp. Consultation at different corporations. Dr Alavi has served as the President and Board Member of Shabahang (Iranian Cultural Society of America) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has been a Board Member of POOIA (Professional Organization of Iranian Americans) since 2023. She has also been involved in fundraising activities for non-profit organizations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/380db7cb-fd3f-49fe-88ad-455ba725a255/Screenshot+2022-07-26+8.38.22+PM.png Meet the Board - Mohsen Mostajabi, PE. Member of the Board of POOIA Mohsen Mostajabi is a Mechanical Engineer with 40 years of experience in Engineering. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Queen Mary College, London University. Afterwards, he returned to Iran and worked as an Air-conditioning design Engineer. He also worked in Kuwait prior to leaving for USA to continue his studies in Mechanical engineering. After completing his Master’s degree, he attended GA Tech for two years to study Mechanical Engineering at the PhD level. Mohsen is a registered professional engineer in several states, and a member of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning engineers. He has been working as a Consulting engineer in the USA for the past 40 years, the last 27 years of which he has had his own company, namely, MEP Design Engineers, providing Mechanical, Electrical, and plumbing engineering for commercial buildings. Outside work, he is an avid reader, enjoys poetry, traditional Persian music, and travelling. He is one of the original founders of Pooia since 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/32bfc81c-aee3-40d9-96d5-3befd3f96757/Screenshot+2022-07-10+1.22.00+PM.png Meet the Board - Sam Aceil, Ph.D. Member of the Board of POOIA Dr. Sam Aceil has a BS and an MS in physics from the University of Tehran, another MS in Engineering Science and a third MS and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State University and UIUC continued at UMR. His professional experiences include working at the National Research Lab, Industry and mostly over 35 years in academics in the field of nuclear engineering, radiation physics, radiation safety and areas of advanced technologies. He retired as a full tenured professor of advanced technologies after academic year 2017-2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/4bdced9a-efdc-4987-9519-d1e1aa8cbbf1/Screenshot+2022-07-10+1.44.36+PM.png Meet the Board - Hamid Garmestani, Ph.D. Member of the Board of POOIA Dr. Hamid Garmestani, faculty since 1991, is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1989 and after two years as the Associate Research scientist at Yale University, he became a Professor at Florida State University. He joined GATECH as a full professor in 2001. He has organized more than 30 workshops and symposia in the emerging subject of materials design. He has published more than 400 publications with 7700 citations and an H-index of 47 and 4 books in materials science. He was awarded “Superstar in Research” by FSU-CRC in year 2000. He was also the recipient of the 2000 Engineering Research Award of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and recipient of the Faculty Award for Research from NASA. He is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Mechanics of Materials, Computers, Materials and Continua and Theoretical and Applied Multi-scale Modeling of Materials and was in the editorial board of several other journals such as Engineering Materials and Technology and International Journal of Plasticity. He has developed methodologies in Microstructure Sensitive Design (MSD) framework that addresses an inverse methodology and innovations in various aspects of processing, structure-property relationships, simulation-based design of materials, and statistical continuum mechanics for homogenization in composites and polycrystalline materials. He has applied the methodologies above to structural alloys (Al, Ti and Steel) and more recently in Microstructure design of additive manufacturing and machined surfaces. https://www.pooia.net/get-involved daily 0.75 2022-07-09 https://www.pooia.net/events-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5a514d65019f01a2cb2be5/1562687054750-ZJCFVFUNAPLXW8DLPKYY/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Events - Dream it. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5a514d65019f01a2cb2be5/1562687066242-19BNSERJAE0SM6Z38Q9J/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Events - Build it. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.pooia.net/student-scholarships daily 0.75 2025-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/f673821e-954b-4a9e-ac01-9b6c73cfbf39/IMG_6254.jpg Student Scholarships - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/822abd2c-0985-4a7b-a9a5-de5edb45b38e/IMG_6716.JPG Student Scholarships - Make it stand out POOIA Scholarship Program 2025 Flyer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/af4d2591-873a-4e9a-bcb8-1431feea6241/Screenshot+2024-12-07+111027.png Student Scholarships - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/329498d5-d5f0-429b-937a-2c154c1fe5b4/3.png Student Scholarships Please see this poster for more details and information regarding the POOIA Gala Event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/1591831855398-4FECVQWW25GQBPPES6JS/IMG_3856.JPG Student Scholarships - POOIA Scholarship Program Each year, our program selects a select number of outstanding Iranian-American students in the undergraduate or graduate level to receive a merit- based scholarship on behalf of POOIA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb0cd7b25cd645553e442d8/1591831541308-6C9OIMTFDBSAXOISO4M2/scholarship_faq-1.jpg Student Scholarships - Congratulations to our 2019 Scholarship Winners! Ms. Zohreh Galdizadeh, Georgia Southern University Mr. Ehsan Asali, University of Georgia Mr. Abbas Keshavarzi, University of Georgia Ms. Mahsa Shokri Varniab, Kennesaw State University Mr. Farzan Shenavar Masouleh, University of Georgia Mr. Farid Ghareh Mohammadi, University of Georgia Ms. Farzaneh Saeedifard, Georgia Institute of Technology Mr. Milad Ghiasi Rad, Georgia Institute of Technology Ms. Lida Rahimi Araghi, University of Georgia https://www.pooia.net/student-scholarships-2 daily 0.75 2020-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c5a514d65019f01a2cb2be5/1562685656804-Q9GBRN0NAL6DVNVQUCHS/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Student Scholarships - POOIA Scholarship Program Each year, our program selects 5 outstanding Iranian-American students (high school senior, undergraduate, or graduate level) to receive a merit-based scholarship of $1500-2000 each on behalf of POOIA. The applicants need to carefully follow the guideline below and have their application completed by October 15, 2017. Candidates are also expected to have a sustained record of academic excellence. The chosen recipients are required to be physically present during the award ceremony to receive their award check. Selection criteria include academic merit, intellectual curiosity, and philosophical creativity. Students who have overcome obstacles related to health, family, educational or economic disadvantages are also strongly encouraged to apply. Any circumstances that demonstrate strength of character and potential for great achievement should be stated in your application (examples include: professional excellence, community outreach and service, initiative and leadership potential). Application material should include the following: Curriculum vitae (CV) - include contact information A short biography and statement of purpose - Provide relevant information (such as: your background, current academic stage/grade/program, short and long term plans (where do you see yourself 5 years from now), a non-technical description of creative/novel projects/work that you have been involved with, community service, obstacles and how you overcame them, etc.) Miscellaneous and/or supporting documents - Transcript, copy of any awards, etc. Letter of reference - At least one academic letter of reference is to be emailed directly to hra@cs.uga.edu. Important: the letter writers are expected to email the letters to us via their professional email address. All documents listed above should be emailed (as attachments) to hra@cs.uga.edu Application Deadline: The 2019 scholarship winners have already been selected. 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