2012

	Name	Location	Phone	E-mail
President	Amir Mehrmanesh	JEF 07B49	X-03351	Amir.Mehrmanersh@uspto.gov
Vice President	Arash Beheshti Shirazi	JEF 10A44	X-03396	Sayedaresh.Beheshtishirazi@uspto.gov
Treasurer	Arvin Eskandarnia	RND 03B76	X-03205	Arvin.Eskandarnia@uspto.gov
Secretary	Noosha Arjomandi	Hotelling	X-29784	Noosha.Arjomandi@uspto.gov
Webmaster	Pegeman Karimi	Hotelling	X-1712	Pegeman.Karimi@uspto.gov

2011

	Name	Location	Phone	E-mail
President	Mohammad Ghayour	JEF 02A79	X-23021	Mohammad.Ghayour@uspto.gov
Vice President	Shahriar Behnamian	KNX 10D64	X-03197	Shahriar.Behnamian@uspto.gov
Treasurer	Amir Mehrmanesh	JEF 07B49	X-03351	Amir.Mehrmanersh@uspto.gov
Secretary	Arvin Eskandarnia	RND 03B76	X-03205	Arvin.Eskandarnia@uspto.gov
Webmaster	Arvin Eskandarnia	RND 03B76	X-03205	Arvin.Eskandarnia@uspto.gov

2010

	Name	Location	Phone	E-mail
President	Michelle Banihashemi	JEF 10D24	X-05157	Michelle.Banihashemi@uspto.gov
Vice President	Pegeman Karimi	KNX 10D24	X-01712	Pegeman.Karimi@uspto.gov
Treasurer	James Marandi	KNX 06B21	X-01843	James.Marandi@uspto.gov
Secretary	Maryam Monshipouri	REM 02D21	X-20932	Maryam.Monshipouri@uspto.gov
Webmaster	Arvin Eskandarnia	RND 03B76	X-03205	Arvin.Eskandarnia@uspto.gov

2009

	Name	Location	Phone	E-mail
President	Michelle Banihashemi	JEF 10D24	X-05157	Michelle.Banihashemi@uspto.gov
Vice President	Amir Mehrmanesh	JEF 07B49	X-03351	Amir.Mehrmanersh@uspto.gov
Treasurer	Maryam Monshipouri	REM 02D21	X-20932	Maryam.Monshipouri@uspto.gov
Secretary	Nadia Khoshnoodi	RND 02B65	X-23825	Nadia.Khoshnoodi@uspto.gov
Co-Secretary	Shila Abyaneh	RND 05C71	X-07403	Shila.Jalalzadeh@uspto.gov
Webmaster	Arvin Eskandarnia	RND 03B76	X-03205	Arvin.Eskandarnia@uspto.gov

A Winning Way to Deal With Waste

Posted on May 21, 2013 by admin

Engineers at Cal Tech, including Asghar Aryanfar, have–at the urging of the Gates Foundation–created a new toilet for the developing world that will help stop disease and also generate power, even in the most remote locations.
PhD Student and Research Assistant Asghar Aryanfar is the first prize recepient of the ‘Reinvent the toilet’ challenge, a universal competition initiated by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He did the design and flow analysis for the unit.
A solar-powered toilet that turns urine and feces into hydrogen and electricity has won a $100,000 first prize in the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The prize was announced at the foundation’s “Reinvent the Toilet Fair” in Seattle, Washington, which showcased dozens of projects that aim to create an inexpensive and eco-friendly alternative to the flush toilet.
This invention was featured on CNN. Please click here to watch the news on CNN.