Service Activities of Jamal Rostami

Academic and Professional Services:

• Representative of Mining & Exploration Div. in oversight committee of Mining Engineering Magazine, Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers (SME), March 2006 to present.


• Chair of Geomechanics Unit Committee, Mining & Exploration division, Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers (SME) 2006,


• Member of Underground Construction Subcommittee, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Jan 2006 to present.


• Founder and Vice President, Iranian Academic Association (IAA), Washington Dc. Chapter, 2002 to present.


• Co-Chair, 1st International Conference on Traffic Accident (TAC2005), December 17-18, 2005, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.  (Co sponsored by IAA-DC chapter).


• Member of Board of Directors, Institute of Advance Drilling, USA, Since Spring 2004.


• Member of Board of Directors, Iranian Society for Rock Mechanics 1999-2001


• Member of Executive committee of the First Iranian Rock Mechanics Conference, January 29-30 of 2002.


• Member of Executive committee of the 5th Iranian Tunneling Conference, fall of 2001.


• Member of Jackling and Rock Mechanics Award Committee, Mining & Exploration division, Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers (SME)


• 1998 Chairman of Mechanical Mining Unit Committee, Mining & Exploration division, Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers (SME)


• Member of Mechanical Mining Unit Committee, Mining & Exploration division, Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Engineers (SME)


• First ranking graduate in class of mine extraction engineering, 1987, Univ. of Tehran.


• Recipient of a scholarship from Ministry of Higher Education of Iran in mining Eng. 1987.


• Graduate student representative in mining Dept., CSM, academic year 1992-93.

Professional Memberships:

• SME-AIME, Society of Mining, Exploration, and Metallurgical Engineering, (SME)


• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)


• American Underground-Construction Association (UCS of SME)


• Iranian Society of Mining Engineers


• Iranian Society for Rock Mechanics


• Univ. of Tehran-Engineering Faculty Alumni Association

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