Rahmat Shoureshi

Rahmat Shoureshi
President of Portland State University
In office
August 2017 – May 2019
President of the New York Institute of Technology
Interim
In office
January 2017 – August 2017
Personal details
NationalityIranian, American
Alma materSharif University of Technology (B.S.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D, M.S)
OccupationUniversity administrator

Rahmat Allah Shoureshi (Persian: رحمت‌الله شورشی) is an Iranian American former university administrator, most prominently at Portland State University (PSU) from 2017 to 2019. In January 2017, Shoureshi began serving as interim president of New York Institute of Technology,[1] where he had previously served as provost and professor. On May 15, 2017 in an email to students, he was officially named as president of Portland State University and took office in August of that year. In March 2019, The Oregonian reported that ethical issues and staff mistreatment caused his future as PSU's president to be uncertain.[2] He was pressured to resign two months later, days before a university board legislative session was scheduled to assemble to discuss his continued employment.[3]

Career

For eight years, Shoureshi served as dean of the School of Engineering and Computing Science at the University of Denver. He also taught mechanical engineering and conducted research at Wayne State University, Purdue University and the Colorado School of Mines. He received his B.S. degree from Sharif University of Technology,[4][5][6] and his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and completed a program in Marketing and Industrial Dynamics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Rahmat Shoureshi, Ph.D., Begins Role as Interim President of New York Institute of Technology".
  2. ^ "Ethical issues, staff mistreatment leads to uncertain future for PSU president". March 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "Portland State President Shoureshi resigns under pressure". May 10, 2019.
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  5. ^ "Colorado School of Mines : 2000-2001 Undergraduate Bulletin" (PDF). Cde.state.co.us. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  6. ^ "Colorado School of Mines : 2003-2004 Undergraduate Bulletin" (PDF). Inside.mines.edu. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  7. ^ "Office of the President". New York Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  8. ^ "Researcher, engineer is new NYIT provost". Newsday. August 19, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  9. ^ "University of Denver MagazineRahmat Shoureshi | University of Denver Magazine". Magazine.du.edu. June 20, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  10. ^ "Lawrence J. Ellison - Executive Bio, Compensation History, and Contacts - Equilar Atlas". People.equilar.com. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  11. ^ "AAUP at NYIT : Upcoming Events" (PDF). Aaupatnyit.org. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  12. ^ "Intelligent Control in Practice, Hawthorne 2 Rahmat Shoureshi, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO". Web.mst.edu. January 20, 1995. Retrieved March 31, 2016.