Name :	Hamid D. Taghirad
	Home Address:	#41, 206 west, Tehranpars, Tehran, Iran
	Interest :	Book reading, soccer, swimming
	E-mail:	Taghirad@kntu.ac.ir
	Fhone :	+ 98 21 88462174-7 Ext.  292
	Fax :	+ 98 21 88462066

Biography:

I was born on January 27, 1967 in Tehran, Iran. I am married and have tasted the smell of heaven through my eleven-years-old daughter, named Matineh (visit her photo gallery). Iran (Known as Persia) is well known for its fine persian carpets, famous Poets (Ferdowsi, Saadi, Hafez and Molana,  ancient Perspolis) and unique Caviar abroad. However, what make me more delighted in Iran, is her nice and friendly people. People who live while possesing their family values and they are talented people with hospitality. I have enjoyed teaching students from many different origins, and I found the Iranian students, talented, with well prepared background, and usually with nice and friendly behavior.

I have finished my elementary school, in Tehran, stared my secondary in German School in Tehran (Deutsche Schule Teheran), and obtained my high school diploma from Shariati High school, Tehran in 1984. I have obtained my B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 1989. During my studies, I was ranked always the first or the second student in  my class, although I had to work while I am studying, and I always enjoyed, learning new things. The most gracious thing I learned during my studies in Tehran, was the ability of analytical thinking, and the self confidence that: "I can do it, and do it right!". After two years experience in different sector of industries, and with my background part time jobs during studies, I planned to continue my education toward Ph.D.  in the field of systems and control. Therefore, I applied at McGill University, and started my Master's in Center of Intelligent Machines (CIM). My thesis was to design and build a one-legged hopping robot, and to implement energy-based control algorithms on it. This thesis provides me with a valuable mechatronics experience, and a good taste of electromechanical design, and software programming. I decided to continue my Ph.D. at McGill, but in Electrical Engineering, with the major of Robust control, the favorite topic of interest of  Late Prof. Zames. I enjoyed the teachings of Prof. Belanger, and Prof. Zames during my four year Ph.D. studies, and I graduated from McGill, in 1997. My postgraduate studies, enforced my previous valuable asset of analytical thinking, and self confidence, in a more practical manner.

I returned to Iran, and started my career as an assistant professors, in the Control Group of the Department of Electrical Engineering of K.N. Toosi University of Technology. I have enjoyed teaching more than 15 courses, supervising about 75 thesis, writing two books and about ninety papers from my research and teaching till now. I had the pleasure to meet many Professors and students, and the pleasure working with many research teams, in my university, and other universities in Tehran (Sharif, Amirkabir and Petroleum Universities of Technologiy). Another valuable experience I obtained, was initiation of a research center of excellence named Advanced Robotics and Automated Systems (ARAS), whose name is an acronym of what we are planning to do in it, as well as, the name of a river in Iran.  After eight years of teaching and research in Iran, I spent my one year Sabbatical leave in McGill University, and enjoyed working with a group of researchers at CIM.

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