Saeed Behzadipour
Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
Sharif University of Technology
Director of the faculty affairs office
Areas of expertise: Rehabilitation Engineering, Medical Robotics, Cable-driven mechanisms, Kinematics and dynamics of multi-body systems
Contacts:
Email: behzadipour(at)sharif.edu
Phone: +98-21-66165542
Address: Sharif University of Technology, Azadi St., Tehran, Iran
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Academic Background
- Professor Mechanical Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology
- Assistant Professor 2005 - 2011, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Alberta, Canada
- NSERC/CSA Post doctoral fellow, May-July 2005, Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo
- Ph.D. May 2005, Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo Canada
- MSc. August 2000, Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- BSc. August 1998, Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Research Interests
- Smart Technologies for Neuro-Rehabilitation
- Rehab robotics
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GAIT analysis and motion
indices
- Gaming technologies and rehab applications
- Tele-rehab systems
Courses
University of
Alberta
- Engineering Physics
- Dynamics
- Dynamics of Machine
- Robotics
- Linear Control
Sharif University
of Technology
- Design of Machine
Elements I
- Design of Machine
Elements II
- Robotics
- Surgery Robotics
- Dynamics of Machine
- Seminar (biomechanics
and mechatronics)
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Awards
1. Bests lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, 2019
2. KANZ best prize winner, Moustafa Foundation, 2018
3. Best Technologist, National festival of research and technology, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, 2017
4. Freudenstein/General Motors Young Investigator Award, by ASME Design Engineering Division - Mechanisms and Robotics for a prize winning paper on "Tensionability of an Arbitrary Two-link Mechanism", 2009
5. NSERC postdoctoral fellowship, 2005-2007
6. Canadian Space Agency fellowship supplemental to NSERC-PDF, 2005-2007
7.
Meritorious Award for Best
Paper Presented in Bar Product Process Technology, 43rd Conference in
Mechanical Working and Steel Processing,
8. Mechanical Engineering Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, University of Waterloo, Fall 2003
Research Funding
1. Mega National Poject: Development of Wearable Devices for tele-rehaibilitation, Vice-presidency for Science and Technology (Iran), 2020
2. Mega National Project: Tele-rehabilitation center, Vice-presidency for Science and Technology (Iran), 2018
3. Balance Rehabilitation Robot, Iran National Science Foundation, 2013
4. Mega National Project: Smart Rehabilitation Devices, Vice-presidency for Science and Technology (Iran), 2011
5. NSERC-Discovery grant 2010 (Canada)
6. NSERC-Collaborative Research & Development grant, 2009-2010, (Canada)
7. CFI-Leaders Opportunity Fund, 2007-2008, (Canada)
8. MITACS internship grant, 2006-2007, (Canada)
9. NSERC-Discovery grant, 2006-2011, (Canada)
10. NSERC-Research Tools and Instrument grant, 2006, (Canada)
11. University of Alberta Startup research fund, 2005-2009, (Canada)
Patents
P1. Alireza Mirbagheri, Farzam Farahmand, Alireza Alamdar, Saeed Behzadipour, Borna Ghannadi, Hamed Jamshidifar, Seyedhamidreza Seyedhashemi, Seyedhamidreza Seyedhashemi, Seyedhamidreza Seyedhashemi, “Robotic system for tele-surgery”, US Patent 15/261,958
P2. F Farahmand, A Mirbagheri, S Behzadipour, A Alamdar, S Hanifeh , “Adapting manual laparoscopic surgical instruments for robotic telesurgery applications”, US Patent 15/151,869
P3. M. Azadi, S. Behzadipour, G. Faulkner, “Variable Stiffness Spring Using Tensegrity Prisms”, US provisional patent, 61/352,474
P4. S. Behzadipour, “A Cartesian Manipulator with Stationary Actuators”, US provisional patent, 61/084,583
P5. Khajepour, S. Behzadipour, R. Dekker and E. Chan “Light Weight Parallel Manipulators Using Active/Passive Cables”, US 7,172,385 B2