Dr. Amin Ghafooripour is the founder and president of Padir Consulting Engineers. He was the CEO and founder of Pars Padir Inc. between 1994 and 2013. After moving to the United States, he registered the “Padir Consulting Engineers Corp.” as an engineering design corporation under the law of the State of California in San Jose since 2016.
Padir Consulting Engineers has constantly grown and has had the goal of being exceptional in terms of quality, using advanced knowledge, cutting-edge technologies, solving complex design problems with creative solutions, and approaching complicated engineering concepts that others may not be interested in, with a special engineering management philosophy that is reflected in the following quotes:
Let us create heaven in this world
Let us cooperate and act benevolently
Persian Poet “Ferdowsi” (935 -1020 A.D.); The Epic of Kings
“We choose to go to the Moon, not because it’s easy,
but because it’s hard.”
(President J.F. Kennedy, Rice University, 1962)
Furthermore, he has been a university professor teaching structural engineering and vibration-related courses since 1997. He was a professor at I. Azad University in Iran (1997-2011), Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, United Kingdom/Dubai Campus) (2011-2013), Basis Independent Silicon Valley School in San Jose (2014-2017), Santa Clara University (2017-2020), and currently, he is a professor at San Jose State University in California. He held several academic and managerial positions, including:
His academic and professional positions have taken him to 30 different countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Japan, and have earned him more than 30 years of experience in Engineering Design, teaching, and researching in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Iran, Iraq, and the UAE.
His academic and engineering design philosophy is based on reality, functionality, and application, and the following quotes reflect his idea:
“If you can’t fly, then run; if you can’t run, then walk; if you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”
Rev. Pastor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
He is an accomplished proactive engineer with combined international experience in Structural Engineering, project management, and multidisciplinary management for Buildings, Offshore oil platforms, Bridges, and Industrial projects. His academic background has provided him with knowledge of theories to address irregular structural problems.
Dr. Ghafooripour is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC), the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC), the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI), and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Amin is also an ORCID-registered researcher.
He is a member of the steering committee of the SVIIF (WWW.SVIIF.Com) (Silicon Valley International Invention Festival) in the United States and closely works with IFIA (International Federation of Inventors’ Associations).
His hard work and dedication have earned him several awards and certifications for his professional design works and academic management/research from the US, UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Iran. He has been awarded Excellent Academic Management and Researcher of the Year, has patented four inventions, and has published over 112 papers.
He has been a volunteer for numerous societies and has supported charities, including serving as a trustee of the Christian Church, an active leader of the Boy Scouts of America, and chairman of the ASCE-SEI San Francisco Chapter. He believes in the following quotes as a servant manager:
41, and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.
42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
48 Be ye therefore perfect.
(Matthew, Chapter 5)
“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one who gets people to the greatest things.”
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
This website (www.Padir.US) reflects all his accomplishments.
Please download his full CV
here.
