Biography - Ali Samsam Bakhtiari

EnviroEngr · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 8:43 pm Post subject: Biography - Ali Samsam Bakhtiari

Biography

Ali Samsam Bakhtiari holds a PhD in chemical engineering and is currently Senior Expert attached to the Director's office in the Corporate Planning Directorate of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). He began his employment with NIOC in 1971 as Project Engineer at its Research Centre. In 1974, he joined the National Petrochemical Company as Project Engineer in its Projects Evaluation Department, and in 1977 he moved to its Corporate Planning Division. He returned to the NIOC Research Centre in 1985, where he headed several departments, and then moved up to Deputy-Director in charge of Special Projects. Between 1990 and 1995, he was Senior Expert in Technology and Development at the NIOC Corporate Planning Directorate, Senior Project Assayer, coordinator of NIOC's international seminars in Iran, and secretary of several internal technical committees. From 1996 to 1998, he was Senior Expert in Technology and Environmental Affairs in the NIOC Corporate Planning Directorate. In 1999, he was managing editor of The Journal of the Iranian Petroleum Institute. He has also been a part-time lecturer in the Chemical Engineering Department at Tehran University, has published numerous articles, and is the author of Peaks and Troughs (London: Minerva Press 1996) on the history of modern Iran.

Also: Ali Morteza Samsam Bakhtiari is a senior expert in the Corporate Planning Division of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Tehran, Iran. He specializes in questions related to the global oil, gas and petrochemical industries, with special emphasis on the Middle East. Formerly, he lectured on design and economics at the chemical engineering department of Tehran University’s Technical Faculty. Dr. Samsam Bakhtiari holds a PhD in chemical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.

http://www.samsambakhtiari.com/
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EnviroEngr

I found out last Spring about the untimely passing of Dr. Bakhtiari in October of last year. I am deeply saddened because he and I kept in regular personal contact and he was always kind & understanding. I miss him greatly. He was a most excellent man, and like my many Iranian friends, had a good heart and a profound respect for the human project.

I will make updates here soon.
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Aaron

I can only second this sentiment... a true loss.

I miss his insightful correspondence & understanding nature.

A great intellect & a credit to humanity.
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