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Dr. Abbas Ghassemi is the director at the Institute for Energy and Environment (IE&E) and
professor of chemical engineering at New Mexico State University. He oversees the operations of
WERC: A Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Development, the Southwest
Technology Development Institute (SWTDI) and the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring &
Research Center (CERMC). As the director of Institute for Energy and Environment, Dr. Ghassemi
is also the chief operating officer for programs worth over $10 million annually in education and
research, and outreach in energy resources including renewable energy, water quality and quan-
tity, and environmental issues. He is responsible for administrative duties, operation, budget,
planning, and personnel supervision for the program. Dr. Ghassemi has authored and edited
several text books and has many publications and papers in the areas of energy, water, waste
management, process control, thermodynamics, transport phenomena, education management,
and innovative teaching methods. His research areas of interest include risk-based decision mak-
ing, renewable energy and water, energy efficiency and pollution prevention, multiphase flow, and
process control. Dr. Ghassemi holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Chemical Engineering with minors
in mathematics and experimental statistics from University of Oklahoma and New Mexico State
University, respectively, and serves on a number of public and private boards, editorial boards,
and peer review panels.

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