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Professor Akbar Adibi was born on February 2, 1939 in the city of Songhor , in North East of province Kermanshah in Iran . Due to family issues, and simultaneously working and studying, he ended his schooling at the age 22 and he attended the National University Entrance Examination and despite of all sorts of shortages and difficulties in his life, he was admitted to the best university and field, University Of Tehran , field of Electrical Engineering . He finished his 4 years of study successfully with distinction and was awarded Master of Science by the university and he was offered a position as a university instructor at the Tehran Polytechnics ( Amirkabir University Of Technology ), a well known technical university in Tehran , where he served for 7 years, starting from 1966. He got married in September 1969 and his first child, Sasan Adibi , was born in October 1970. He attended the National Bursary Competition for Oversea Graduate Studies in both languages, French and English, where he prepared for about 6 months and he scored 10 out of 1200 applicants and he was admitted to several French and American universities for his graduate studies, which he chose University Of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He went to the USA with full scholarship in the year 1973. He embarked the journey to UCSB in Spring 1973 and his family joined him in Fall 1973. He began a difficult road of climbing the highest mountains in academic pursues and he reached the top soon. His 4 years of hard-working, full-dimensional study period ended with huge success. He achieved two Master of Science Degrees, first in Digital and Computer Systems based on Microprocessors and the other one was in Solid State and Semiconductor Devices, two totally different fields, both with distinctions. He also received his Doctoral Philosophy Degree in Semiconductor field with distinction. His achievements were so notable that he was announced an outstanding scholar and the representative of his class. His Dissertation title was “ Schottky Barrier Solar Cell ”. Meanwhile Professor’s second child, Mahsa Adibi was born in July 1976 He returned to Iran right after his graduation and started teaching in the Tehran Polytechnic University of Technology (later changed name to Amirkabir University of Technology), where he was employed as an Assistant Professor in 1977. He was also employed as a researcher in the Material And Energy Research Center (MERC) in Tehran, where the most sophisticated equipments could be found and the most cutting-edge technologies were used. Professor created Iran’s first Solar Cell in year 1978 and in year 1980 he became the Vice Dean of MERC. In year 1983 Professor Adibi established the Graduate Study department in the Electrical Engineering Department of Amirkabir University for the first time and they began admitting people at the Master of Science Degree for the first time. He became the Head of Graduate Studies in that year. Professor was permitted to go on a Sabbatical Leave , visiting University Of Adelaide in year 1987 and he was involved in the Semiconductor Research Group there with the cooperation of Professor K. Eshraghian and in May 1988 they presented a revolutionizing journal paper “ A New Approach To Gallium Arsenide System Design ”, which was published and presented by Professor Akbar Adibi in the 7th Australian Microelectronics Conference , University Of Sydney , NSW, which was a huge success for both University of Adelaide, Professor Adibi and Amirkabir University of Technology, which granted Professor his Associate Professor title in 1988. University of South Australia tried very hard to have Professor’s permission to extend his visit with a noticeable salary. In a letter to the Immigration Office of Australia and to Amirkabir University, they emphasized that Professor Akbar Adibi’s presence was very much needed and vital to the continuum progress of the Research Center, however Amirkabir University didn't agree to issue the permission, as they stated that his presence was very much needed back home and Professor along with his entire family returned to their homeland Iran in 1988. From 1988 till 1996 Professor began a brilliant path, which resulted so many distinctions, recognitions, publications, and so many others. Dr. Hassan Kaatuzian , who became Iran’s first Ph.D. graduated in Electronics in 1994 was Professor’s student. Professor Akbar Adibis published more than 100 internal and International Conference and Journal Papers in most recognized Conferences. He was elected as a Committee Member of many Conferences. He earned the title “Full Professor” in year 1995. He earned the respectful Kharazmi National Prize for the best project in 1995. He earned the title of “ The Most Recognized And Chosen University Professor Of Iran ” and he earned a valuable prize from the hand of the President Of Islamic Republic Of Iran in year 1996. He became a Senior IEEE Fellow in the same year and for his entire contribution to the society of Electronics, he was titled “ The Father Of Electronics And VLSI In Iran ". His career continued until his death on August 26th, 2000 at 6:30 PM local time due to the heart failure and world lost a valuable intellectual, whose life was well spent towards making difference to every one of us. All of the 20,000 engineers, intellectuals, professors and educated people who have been served by Professor Akbar Adibi’s enrich educational treatment will always remember his words, ideas, wishes and goals. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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