Chaired by Prof. Mohammad Reza Mokhber Dezfouli, the 137th meeting of the General Assembly of the Academy was held on Thursday, December 28th.
In this meeting, Prof. Mohammad Ali Zulfigol, Minister of Science, Research and Technology and fellow of the Academy, presented a report on the "Activities of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology". Then, Prof. Mansour Kabganian, fellow as well as the director of the Center for Science and Technology Studies of the Academy, gave a speech on the "Perspective and Future of the Iran's Space Science and Technology". Afterwards, the lecturers answered to the questions posed to them by the audience.
Finally, the proposal of associate membership of Prof. Ebrahim Vasheghani Farahani, full professor of Tarbiat Modares University and invited scholar of the Chemical Engineering Division of the Engineering Sciences Department of the Academy for a four-year term was raised. After introducing him and his activities as the invited scholar by the chairman of the Department and exchanging opinions, Prof. Vasheghani Farahani’s associate membership was approved by written vote.