Sharif University of Technology

In Sharif University, focus of bachelor program in civil engineering lies on structural engineering. Therefore, it was not until the 7th semester that I was introduced to the flied of transportation. It was then that my whole perception pf academic life changed. I did not care about Micro-Cracks of concrete in plastic state, but I was impressed with the ability to assess value of time, or value of time spent at bus stop for a person with specified characteristic. Therefore, instead of running away

Physics, and Chemistry. The same year, I found one of my enjoyable hobbies, programming, for the first time by learning BASIC programming language. In the last year of high school, like any other students in Iran, I prepared myself for the National University Entrance Exam (known as Konkoor) as the main

rP os t For the exclusive use of M. Sepehri 9-610-022 NOVEMBER 5, 2009 GARY PISANO PAMELA ADAMS op yo VF Brands: Global Supply Chain Strategy It was August 2009. Chris Fraser, President, Supply Chain International for VF Brands, was driving to his office just outside of Milan near Lake Como. On this sunny morning, the sparkling lake was a picture of tranquility, a striking contrast to the turbulence of the global apparel industry. In the shorter term, the economic crisis of 2008-09 was taking

Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, (Punjabi, Urdu: میاں محمد نواز شریف) (born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician who was Prime Minister of Pakistan twice. He served two non-consecutive terms (November 1990-July 1993 and February 1997-October 1999). He leads the political party, Pakistan Muslim League (N). He was Chief Minister of Punjab from 1985 to 1990. He owns Ittefaq Group, a private steel mill enterprise. He is a wealthy businessman and a conservative politician. His first term was shortened

Fundamental Questions’, written by Dr. Mehdi Golshani is selected to be discussed. Mehdi Golshani was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1939. He graduated from Tehran and then California Berkeley University with a B.S. and Ph.D. in Physics with specialization in particle physics. He is professor of physics at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran in which he founded the Faculty of the Philosophy of Science in 1995, and has been its chairman since then. In his thought there is no separation between the Science

mathematics. She is famously known for writing a mathematics text book about calculus and being the first female appointed professorship at a university. Maryam Mirzakhani, born May 3, 1977, is one of the more recent significant women in Mathematics. Mirzahkani was born in Iran where she also attended school at the Tehran Farzanegan School and Sharif University of Technology. She was very successful in school. She won many prizes and obtained several

environmentalist look at the problem as “How can we stop this?”. Authors Khan, ABM S; Clark, Nigel N; Gautam, Mridul; Wayne, W Scott; Thompson, Gregory J and Lyons, Donald W from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University in Morgantown have written an article for the “Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association” on the topic of vehicle emissions. The article is titled Idle emissions from medium heavy-duty diesel and gasoline trucks, the most of the contents

Although family law and official discourse still remain patriarchal, however, globalization, women’s movement activities, improving levels of education, improving new communication technologies and the implementation of modernization’s policies, have led Iranians to confront dominant sexual discourse through a modern life-style and they also try to customize the traditional perceptions of sexuality with new attitudes. These transformations are remarkable enough to some scholars who called it a

student for the world of post secondary academics, it is also beneficial to take note of how video games effect the earlier stages of education as there is a direct relationship between success's in elementary and post-secondary. According to Iman Sharif and James D. Sargent in their article "Association Between Television, Movie, and Video Games Exposure and School Performance" a research study on those between nine and fifteen years of age suggests that out of the seven percent of students who reported

“Globalization is not just one impact of the new technologies that are reshaping the economies of the third millennium” (Thurow 19-31). When speaking of globalization, most people will not have a complete understanding as of what it actually means or what aspects of the world it affects. Globalization promotes free trade and creates jobs. The capital markets attract investors, resort cheap labor, and leads to job losses in some areas of higher wage. While all of this is happening, the world economy