Iranian Entity: Sharif University of Technology
| Entity Name: |
| Sharif University of Technology |
| Also Known As: |
| Arya-mehr University of Technology SHFT SUT |
| Program: |
| Nuclear, Missile |
| Address: |
| - P.O. Box 11365-9161, Tehran - PO Box 11365-8639, Azadi St., Tehran, Iran - P.O. Box 11155-9466, Tehran, Iran (Department of Materials Science and Engineering) - P.O. Box 11365-9466, Tehran, Iran (Department of Materials Science and Engineering) |
| Phone Number: |
| 98-21-918-8287, +98-21-6022727, +98 21 600 5419 (International & Scientific Cooperation Office), 98-21-6602 2721 (Department of Materials Science and Engineering), 98-21-6616 5201 (Department of Materials Science and Engineering), 98-21-6616 5202 (Department of Materials Science and Engineering) |
| Fax: |
| 98-21-601-2983, +98 21 601 2983 (International & Scientific Cooperation Office), 98-21-66005717 (Department of Materials Science and Engineering) |
| URL: |
| www.sharif.ac.ir/en/ |
| E-Mail: |
oisc@sharif.edu (International & Scientific Cooperation Office) |
| Text: |
| Listed by the British government in 2008 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement; listed in an early warning document distributed by the German government to industry in July 2005 as a mainly civilian institution which also conducts military research and development, posing a risk of scientific facilities being misused as cover addresses for military imports; identified by the British government in February 1998 as having procured goods and/or technology for weapons of mass destruction programs (specifically nuclear), in "addition to doing non-proliferation related business;" named by the German government in 1994 as an entity linked to military procurement, including nuclear related material; affiliated with the Physics Research Centre (PHRC - see separate entity record); reportedly conducts secret nuclear activities, according to German intelligence reports; reportedly approached Germany in an attempt to buy specialized magnets used in centrifuges; reportedly received a balancing machine from Germany in 1991; reportedly, according to German intelligence, the University's Jihad-e Daneshgahi Department cooperated on laser enrichment research with the Laser Research Center at the Tehran Nuclear Research Center (TNRC - see separate entity record).
Maintains departments of aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, management and economics, materials science and engineering, mathematical sciences, mechanical engineering, philosophy of science, and physics. Department of Metallurgy: intended recipient of a scanning electron microscope VEGA LMH, the procurement of which was denied on August 1, 2007, by a member state of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG); renamed the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 2000. Department of Mechanical Engineering: also known as School of Mechanical Engineering; intended recipient of a MAS Machining Center model MCV, 750 speed, standard accessories and hand wheel HR41, Heidenhain iTNC 530, the procurement of which was denied on March 29, 2007, by a member state of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG); includes Solid Mechanics Division, Thermo-Fluids Division and Marine Engineering Division; research on computational mechanics, control, energy conversion, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, robotics, solid mechanics, and vibration. Department of Aerospace Engineering: Research facilities include Aerodynamics Laboratory, Combustion Laboratory, Thermodynamics Laboratory, Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Structural Mechanics Laboratory, and Control Laboratory; has access to in-house and industrial facilities in a number of areas, including combustion, turbomachinery and supersonic/subsonic wind tunnels; conducts research on solid propellant rocket motors in multi-stage rockets, involving M. Farshchi, Associate Professor. Associate Professor Mohammad Hassan Saidi of the Mechanical Engineering Department, and Associate Professor Akbar Ghafourian of the Aerospace Engineering Department presented research in July 2007 on vortex combustion engines (in the context of liquid rocket engine chambers); Associate Professor Mohammad H. Saidi and Associate Professor Ali A. Mozafari, of the Mechanical Engineering Department, and Associate Professor Akbar Ghafourian of the Aerospace Engineering Department presented research in July 2007 on bidirectional vortex flows (in the context of liquid rocket engine and propulsion system modeling). Signed a partnership agreement in 2003 with the Aachen-Jülich University of Applied Sciences of Germany; Office of International and Scientific Cooperation promotes joint research and degree programs with academic institutes abroad; offers Doctoral Program in Science and Technology Policy in collaboration with the University of Sussex; offers Master of Science in Maintenance Management and Engineering in collaboration with Lulea University of Technology in Sweden. According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), employed by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) in the research, testing, and production of atomic weapons; according to the NCRI, Dr. Muhammad Bagher Ghofrani, a professor at the university and an ex-official of the AEOI, works with the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to develop an atomic bomb and is a specialist in the enrichment process. Formerly known as Arya-mehr University of Technology; one of Iran's largest engineering universities; established 1966. |
| Date Entered: |
| 1/26/2004 |
| Date Last Modified: |
| 6/30/2008 |