Akbar Adibi

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Akbar Adibi
Late Prof. Akbar Adibi (1939-2000) Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)
Born	1939 Iran, Songhor
Died	2000 Iran, Tehran
Residence	Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Fields	Electronics and Semiconductors (VLSI)
Institutions	Amirkabir University of Technology
Known for	Father of Electronics in Iran Creator of the first Solar-Cell in Iran
Notable awards	Kharazmi National Prize, 1995 The Most Recognized and Elite- University Professor of Iran, 1996

Professor Akbar Adibi (Persian: اکبر ادیبی Akbar Adībī) (1939 - 2000) was an Iranian scientist.

1 Biography
2 References
3 See also
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[edit] Biography

Professor Akbar Adibi was born on February 2, 1939 in the city of Songhor, in North East of province Kermanshah in Iran. He received his Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering Department from Tehran University in 1965 and he was offered a position as a university instructor at the Tehran Polytechnic (Amirkabir University of Technology).

Professor Akbar Adibi continued his studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in 1973, where he achieved two Master of Science Degrees, the first degree in Microprocessor-based Computer Systems and the second degree in Solid State and Semiconductor Devices in 1975. He then achieved his Doctoral Philosophy degree in Semiconductors in 1977. His dissertation title was “Schottky Barrier Solar Cell”.^[1]

Professor Akbar Adibi's academic career started at Tehran Polytechnic University of Technology (which later changed name to Amirkabir University of Technology)[1], as an Assistant Professor [2] and as a senior researcher at the Material and Energy Research Center (MERC) in Tehran.^[1]

His notable achievements are: The creation of Iran’s first Solar Cell in 1978^{[citation needed]}, creation of Amirkabir University's Graduate Studies in 1984, supervising Dr. Hassan Kaatuzian^[2], who became Iran's first Ph.D. graduated in electronics in 1994, publishing more than 100 internal and international publications, earning the title of “Full Professor” in year 1995, earning the respected Kharazmi National Prize^[1] for his contribution as one of the best projects in 1995,^[1] earning the respected title of “The Most Recognized and Elite University Professor of Iran” in 1996^[1], where he was awarded a prize from the hand of the President of Islamic Republic of Iran in 1996.^{[citation needed]}, becoming a senior member of IEEE in 1996, and earning the respected title of “The Father of Electronics and VLSI in Iran" by the academia and the media^{[citation needed]}.

He was a member of numerous academic societies, namely; New york Academy of Sciences, New York Planetary Society, Optical Society of America, Iran's IEEE Student Branch Counselor, etc. He was involved in many industry-based projects, namely; the design and implementation of a 32 channel PCM system (in cooperation with the Iranian Communication Research Center "ICRC"), the design and construction of a DSP-based high voltage network protection system (in coopration with Tavanir research and technology center), and the design of a DCS-based control system (in cooperation with Bethat Power Plant) [3].
Professor Adibi is the author of several technical books (Pulse Technics, published by Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran Iran, 1987, Theory and Technology of Semicoductor Devices, published by Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran Iran, 1995, Digital Electronics published by Amirkabir University of technology, Tehran Iran) and translated the book Undergrand Excavations in Rock, by Hook & brown, from English to Persian^[1]

He truly believed that electronics and VLSI technology could help Iran lower its dependencies to oil and this way Iran would be able to join the frontier of hightech exporters. His wish was never fully realized as he was never granted the entire budget needed to create Iran's first operational VLSI lab^{[citation needed]}.

His career continued until the time he passed on, on August 26th, 2000 at 6:30 p.m. local time due to heart failure.

Currently an auditorium in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Amirkabir University of Technology is named after him^{[citation needed]}.