Rahmat Shoureshi
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{short description|American university administrator}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rahmat Shoureshi
| office = 9th President of Portland State University
| termstart = August 2017
| termend = May 2019
| office2 = President of the New York Institute of Technology (Interim)
| termend2 = August 2017
| termstart2 = January 2017
| nationality = Iranian, American
| alma_mater = Sharif University of Technology (B.S.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D, M.S)
| occupation = University administrator
| predecessor = Wim Wiewel
| successor = Stephen Percy
| predecessor2 = Edward Guiliano
| successor2 = Hank Foley
}}
Rahmat Allah Shoureshi (Persian: رحمتالله شورشی) is an Iranian American former university administrator, most prominently at Portland State University (PSU) from 2017 to 2019. In January 2017, Shoureshi began serving as interim president of New York Institute of Technology,{{Cite web|url=http://www.newswise.com/articles/rahmat-shoureshi-ph-d-begins-role-as-interim-president-of-new-york-institute-of-technology|title=Rahmat Shoureshi, Ph.D., Begins Role as Interim President of New York Institute of Technology}} where he had previously served as provost and professor. On May 15, 2017 in an email to students, he was officially named as president of Portland State University and took office in August of that year. In March 2019, The Oregonian reported that ethical issues and staff mistreatment caused his future as PSU's president to be uncertain.{{cite web | url=https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2019/03/ethical-issues-staff-mistreatment-leads-to-uncertain-future-for-psu-president.html | title=Ethical issues, staff mistreatment leads to uncertain future for PSU president | date=3 March 2019 }} He was pressured to resign two months later, days before a university board legislative session was scheduled to assemble to discuss his continued employment.{{cite web | url=https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2019/05/portland-state-president-shoureshi-resigns-under-pressure.html | title=Portland State President Shoureshi resigns under pressure | date=10 May 2019 }}
Career
For eight years, Shoureshi served as dean of the School of Engineering and Computing Science at the University of Denver. He also taught mechanical engineering and conducted research at Wayne State University, Purdue University and the Colorado School of Mines. He received his B.S. degree from Sharif University of Technology,{{cite web|url=http://todayhistory.hit.edu.cn/7/2003/71210153658/www.pdf |title=Smart Structures & Sensor Technologies and Informatics |website=Todayhistory.hit.edu.cn |accessdate=2016-03-31}}{{cite web|url=http://www2.cde.state.co.us/artemis/ucsmserials/ucsm114internet/ucsm114200001internet.pdf |title=Colorado School of Mines : 2000-2001 Undergraduate Bulletin |website=Cde.state.co.us |accessdate=2016-03-31}}{{cite web|url=http://inside.mines.edu/UserFiles/File/bulletins/2003-2004_Undergrad.pdf |title=Colorado School of Mines : 2003-2004 Undergraduate Bulletin |website=Inside.mines.edu |accessdate=2016-03-31}} and his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and completed a program in Marketing and Industrial Dynamics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.{{cite web |url=http://www.nyit.edu/president/presidents_council/rahmat_shoureshi/ |archive-date=Nov 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108042042/http://www.nyit.edu/president/presidents_council/rahmat_shoureshi/ |website=New York Institute of Technology |language=en |access-date=12 August 2023 |title=Office of the President}}{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/researcher-engineer-is-new-nyit-provost-1.3108872 |title=Researcher, engineer is new NYIT provost |publisher=Newsday |date=2011-08-19 |accessdate=2016-03-31}}{{cite web|url=http://magazine.du.edu/featured-categories/featured-news/rahmat-shoureshi/ |title=University of Denver MagazineRahmat Shoureshi | University of Denver Magazine |website=Magazine.du.edu |date=2014-06-20 |accessdate=2016-03-31}}{{cite web|url=http://people.equilar.com/bio/rahmat-a-shoureshi-colorado-seminary/salary/477233#.Vjci1NKrTMw |title=Lawrence J. Ellison - Executive Bio, Compensation History, and Contacts - Equilar Atlas |website=People.equilar.com |date= |accessdate=2016-03-31}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aaupatnyit.org/Newsletters/November-December_2011.pdf |title=AAUP at NYIT : Upcoming Events |website=Aaupatnyit.org |accessdate=2016-03-31}}{{cite web|url=http://web.mst.edu/~annie/annie96/fnl/node23.html |title=Intelligent Control in Practice, Hawthorne 2 Rahmat Shoureshi, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO |website=Web.mst.edu |date=1995-01-20 |accessdate=2016-03-31}}
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