Fariborz maseeh biography
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UT Establishes the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin will reimagine its approach to training civil, architectural and environmental engineering students as society’s designers, with a renewed emphasis on leadership and service needed to solve global challenges. A transformational investment from a UT alumnus will galvanize this approach, which he calls “engineering the big.”
With this commitment, the department has been renamed the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering.
“Technical expertise and leadership will both be required for our cities and broader society to thrive, and Fariborz recognizes the role talented engineers will play in tackling the biggest issues we face,” said President Jay Hartzell. “This monumental investment will enable one of the nation’s top-ranked departments that propelled Fariborz’s success to in turn educate future leaders and pioneers who will design and shape the cities and environment of our future. Through our many meetings and discussions, I have come to consider Fariborz a friend as well as a colleague, and I could not be happier about his commitment to UT as we change the world.”
Traditionally, civil,
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Fariborz Maseeh ScD '90
INTERVIEWER: TodayisDecember4,2015.I'mJoeMcMaster,andaspartoftheMITInfiniteHistoryProject,we'retalkingwithDr.FariborzMaseeh.Anengineerandmathematicianbytraining,Dr.Maseehisapioneerinthefieldofmicro-electromechanicalsystems,aninvestor,atechnologyentrepreneur,andaventurephilanthropist.
BorninIran,Dr.MaseehcametotheUnitedStatesat18.HeearnedaBachelorofSciencedegreeinEngineeringandaMasterofSciencedegreeinAppliedMathematicsfromPortlandStateUniversity,andaMaster'sofSciencedegreeinEngineeringfromtheUniversityofTexasatAustin.HeholdsaDoctorofSciencedegreeinCivilEngineeringfromMIT.
Shortlyafterfinishinghisdoctoratein1990,hefoundedIntelliSense,thefirstcompanyfocusedonthecustomdesign,development,andmanufacturingofnext-generationM-E-M-S,orMEMS,devices.In2001,hefoundedtheMassiahFoundationdedicatedtotheconceptofventurephilanthropy.Andhe'salsothefounderofasuccessfulwealthmanagementfirm.
Dr.Maseeh'sphilanthropicimpactonthelife,campus,andcultureofMIThasbeenprofound.HecurrentlysitsontheMITSchoolofEngineeringDean'sAdvisoryCouncil,andhasbeenamemberoftheMITCorporationsince2012.Welcome.Thanksfortalkingwithus today.
MASEEH: Thankyouforhavingme.
INTERVIEWER: SoIthinkifwecouldbegin,I'dlovetotalkaboutyourpaththatbroughtyoutoMIT.Andaswejustmentioned,youwerefromIranoriginally.
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Fariborz Maseeh Hall
Building on the Portland State University campus in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
This article is about the building at Portland State University. For other uses, see Maseeh Hall.
Fariborz Maseeh Hall is a building on the Portland State University campus in Portland, Oregon, United States.
The first section of the building was completed in October 1961 and was originally known as South Park Hall. It was renamed Neuberger Hall after US Senator Richard L. Neuberger, in 1972.[1] The second section was built as an addition and was completed in July 1969.[2]
The building underwent a $70 million renovation between January 2018 and August 2019. The building was renamed after engineer Fariborz Maseeh, who donated the bulk of money for the remodel, at the completion of the modernization.[2][3] The remodeled building also houses a branch of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.[4]
Name history
[edit]- South Park Hall, 1960–1972
- Neuberger Hall, 1972–2018
- Fariborz Maseeh Hall, September 26, 2019 – present[2]