Profile:
Dr. Parviz
Yavari is currently a professor in the Department of Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering at California State Universitiy, Long
Beach. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Shiraz
University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Materials Science
from the University of Southern California.
Dr. Yavari has been teaching, consulting, and performing research
in the areas of materials, manufacturing processes, simulation,
and advanced quality processes. He has published 23 technical
papers in refereed journals, presented technical papers in over
60 conferences, and published over 100 technical reports for
aerospace industries, the Air Force and the Navy. He holds two
patents on process modeling/manufacturing processes.
Dr. Yavari has received a number of CSULB teaching and research
awards, including the Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching
and Scholarship Award, Overall Outstanding Faculty Member of
the College of Engineering, Outstanding Manufacturing Engineering
Technology Faculty, and Outstanding Quality Engineering Technology.
He is currently the undergraduate advisor and coordinator for
the Manufacturing Technology Program.
Dr. Yavari has over 20 years of engineering and management experience
in aerospace industries. He has been the program manager/principal
investigator for major Air Force and Navy contracts such as
"Metal Forming Simulation" - $2.1M, "Stretch
Forming Simulation" - $1.3M, "Advanced Aluminum Fighter
Structures" - $8M, "Advanced Light Weight Airframe
Structures" - $14M, and "J-UCAS Metalworking Technologies"
- $2.0M.
