the province of Hormozgan, which is the center of marine industries in Iran. Garmsar The Garmsar campus of AUT has been constructed in the province of Semnan in order to establish close cooperation and distance with the main campus in Tehran. Library The library and document center at AUT, the largest technical and engineering library in Iran's capital, is one of the richest academic libraries in the technical and engineering field in the region. The library includes a central library and 16 satellite libraries in Tehran and Bandar Abbas. The library houses about 5 million books. Departments AUT has 16 departments including 'management, science and technology', electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, polymer engineering, mathematics and computer science, chemical engineering, industrial engineering, civil and environmental engineering, physics and energy engineering, computer and information technology, mechanical engineering, mining and metallurgical engineering, textile engineering, petroleum engineering, ship engineering, and aerospace engineering. AUT has three educational sites in Garmsar, Bandar Abbas and Mahshahr. Scientific associations Scientific associations exist to help students transform themselves into contributing members of the professional community. Course work develops only one range of skills. Other skills needed to flourish professionally include effective communication and personal interactions, leadership experience, establishing a personal network of contacts, presenting scholarly work in professional meetings and journals, and outreach services to the campus and local communities. University association websites are as: Scientific Association of Physics Presidents Habib Nafisi Prof. Abedi Prof. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi Prof. Bita Prof. Yeganeh Haeri Prof. Mohammad-Jafar Jadd Babaei Prof. Kayvan Najmabadi Prof. Hossein Mahban Prof. Siroos Shafiei Prof. Miri Prof. Mahdi Prof. Hasan Farid Alam Prof. Kamaleddin Yadavar Nikravesh Prof. Hassan Rahimzadeh Prof. Aliakbar Ramezanianpour Prof. Reza Hosseini Abardeh Prof. Mohammad Hossein Salimi Namin Prof. Abdolhamid Riazi Prof. Ahmad Fahimifar Prof. Alireza Rahai (2005–2014) Prof. Ahmad Motamedi (2014–2021) Prof. Hassan Ghodsipour (acting) (2021–present) Research and innovation The university is known as a pioneer in research and innovation in Iran. AUT is a public university, and the government of Iran partly provides its research funding. AUT has cooperation with industrial companies, especially in the oil and gas industries. As a result, many research projects in the university are funded by industrial companies. The Amirkabir University of Technology was appointed as a Center of Excellence by Iran's Ministry of Science and Technology in the fields of Biomechanics, Power Systems, Radiocommunication systems (RACE) and Thermoelasticity. The university houses a supercomputer which has a speed