Dr. Foroudastan serves as the Program Director of the MS-PS Program as well as the Associate Dean of the College of Basic and Applied Science.

His industrial experience focused on the areas of Manufacturing, Research and Development, Design and Analysis, Metal Forming, Material Characterization, Mathematical Modeling and Simulation, and Management of Engineering Projects. He has also achieved U.S. and European patents and published technical papers throughout his industrial career.

His academic experience includes teaching in the area of engineering technology, safety, environmental science and technology, civil and mechanical engineering, and computer science. Furthermore, he has performed extensive externally funded research, instructed several laboratories, and published technical papers. In addition to this, he also reviews papers for journals and conference proceedings and has been a session moderator for several professional conferences. He has also served on committees at the department, college, and university levels. Finally, he has been the faculty advisor for such national competitions as the Solarbike Rayce, the Great Moonbuggy Race, the SAE Formula One Collegiate Competition, Mini Baja, and Solar Boat.

For his concern for students and his dedication to them, Dr. Foroudastan received the 2002-2003 Outstanding Teaching Award from Middle Tennessee State University. Also in the same year he published six technical papers. He published an average of ten papers in 2003-2004 and 2004-2005. Dr. Foroudastan has been nominated for Outstanding Research Award and Public Service Award for 2005. He currently holds full membership in the MTSU Graduate Faculty and serves as a graduate faculty advisor. Finally, he has previously served as the faculty advisor for Mechanical Engineering Technology, Pre-engineering, ASME, SAE , and Tau Alpha Pi Honors Society.

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• Society of Automotive Engineers Excellence in Engineering Education (2010)
• Society of Automotive Engineers Advisor of the Year (2009)
• Middle Tennessee State University Student Organization Advisor of the Year (2007-2008)
• College of Basic and Applied Sciences Overall Excellence Award (2006)
• College of Basic and Applied Sciences Excellence in Publications (2006)
• Middle Tennessee State University Outstanding Public Service Award (2005-2006)
• College of Basic and Applied Sciences Outstanding Faculty Member (2004)
• College of Basic and Applied Sciences Outstanding Service Award (2004)
• Middle Tennessee State University Outstanding Teacher Award (2002-2003)
• Middle Tennessee State University Faculty Advisor of the Year Award (2002-2003)
• College of Basic and Applied Sciences Top Publisher and Presenter (2002-2003; 2003-2004; 2004-2005)

Significant Nominations

• American Society for Engineering Education-South East Outstanding Teaching Award(2004-2005)
• Middle Tennessee State University Distinguished Creative Project Award (2006; 2007; 2008)
• Middle Tennessee State UniversityDistinguished International Service Award (2006)
• Middle Tennesssee State University Outstanding Research Award (2005)
• College of Basic and Applied Sciences Top Undergraduate Research Advisor (2002-2003; 2003-2004)

Honor and Professional Societies

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• Tau Alpha Pi, National Honors Society (TAP)
• Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honors Society
• Phi Kappa Phi, National Honors Society
• Chi Epsilon, National Civil Engineering Society
• Epsilon Pi Tau, International Honorary of Professions in Technology
• Golden Key International Honor Society

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