According to the Public Relations Office of Qom University of Technology, the Research Week commemoration ceremony, accompanied by the recognition of top researchers and technologists, was held at Qom University of Technology with the presence of Dr. Ebrahimi, Deputy Coordinator for Economic Affairs of Qom Province, Engineer Ashtiani, CEO of Qom Industrial Estates Company, Engineer Ali Asgari, CEO of Novzarf Company, and Engineer Amani, CEO of Imen Polymer Shimi Company.
The event highlighted the university’s commitment to strengthening research, innovation, and industry–academia collaboration through engagement with provincial executive bodies and industrial stakeholders.
At the beginning of the ceremony, Dr. Fadaei welcomed the distinguished guests and presented a report on the university’s research achievements and outcomes in the field of research and innovation.
Then, Engineer Ali Asgari, CEO of Novzarf Company of Qom, introduced the company’s capacities and highlighted available solutions and approaches in the production process.
Dr. Ebrahimi also emphasized the importance of research, particularly at the provincial level, during the meeting. He added that the province of Qom has unique capacities that should be given special attention.
At the end of the ceremony, a number of top researchers, technologists, and outstanding students of Qom University of Technology were honored. The list of awardees is as follows:
* **Dr. Hamidreza Bahrami** and **Dr. Ali Kohistani** as the University’s top research leaders in 2024–2025.
* **Dr. Hadi Ziani** and **Dr. Hamid Karimi** as Highly Cited Researchers (top 2% worldwide, 2024).
* **Dr. Ali Attarzadeh** as a distinguished faculty member in industrial research projects.
* **Dr. Jafar Ghanbari** as top researcher of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty.
* **Dr. Jafar Khademzadeh** as top researcher of the Faculty of Engineering.
* **Dr. Seyed Firouzbakhsh Zarei** as top researcher of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty.
* **Dr. Behjat Pooramiri** as outstanding researcher in independent academic groups.
* **Dr. Mohsen Najafi** for supervising the highest number of demand-driven theses.
* **Dr. Ehsan Heydarian** as distinguished in Scopus-indexed publication metrics.
* **Dr. Meysam Yadgar** for excellence in publishing Q1 Scopus journals.
* **Dr. Khadijeh Rabi’i** for excellence in citation impact of Scopus-indexed publications.
* **Dr. Saeed Hasanzadeh** as outstanding inventor.
* **Dr. Fazel Hajizadeh** for excellence in research grant acquisition.
* **Engineer Mehdi Jabbari** as distinguished staff researcher.
* **Amirkabir Metal Processing Company** as the selected technology unit at the Qom University of Technology Growth Center.
* **Mr. Reza Adelkhani** as outstanding PhD student researcher.
* **Mr. Hadi Nematollahi** as outstanding Master’s student researcher.
* **Mr. Ali Asghar Abadi-Fard** as outstanding Bachelor’s student researcher.
