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OUR CONSULTING STAFF
Farhad Niami: Ph.D. - Vice President,
Empire Management, Inc.
Jay Jayawardana: Ph.D.
- Vice President, Empire Management, Inc.
Morris Sade: Ph.D.
-Research Project Manager
Reza
Mirshams: Ph.D. - Research Project Manager
Asghar
Nazcmzadeh: Ph.D. - Research Project Manager
Charles
Prejean PhD Candadate - Research Project Manager
Q1.
Farhad Niami, Ph.D. - Vice President, Empire Management, Inc.
Name: Farhad Niami, Vice Pres. (E.M.I.), Director of Research
Education: Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State
University - 1987
M.A. Economics, University of Oregon -1981
B.A. Economics, National University of Iran -1979
Q2.
Jay Jayawardana, Ph.D. - Vice President, Empire Management, Inc
Name: Jay Jayawardana, Vice Pres. (E.M.I), Assistant Director of
Research
Education: Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, Louisiana State University -
1988
M.S. Agricultural Economics, Louisiana State University - 1983
B.A. Geography, University of Ceylon - 1964
Dr. Jay Jayawardana is a specialist in financial and economic
evaluation of port investments and transportation policy analysis. He
has more than 20 years of experience in port management, marine
terminal operations, planning, and transportation policy analysis. He
has published and prepared many technical reports and papers.
Experience gained in various port assignments provides him unique
abilities in port investment analysis. He held senior management
positions in public service in Sri Lanka and was responsible for
planning food marketing and distribution logistics at the national
level for many years. As a consultant to the Louisiana Department of
Transportation and Development, Dr. Jayawardana developed and
implemented a benefit-cost methodology to evaluate projects under the
Louisiana Port Commission and Development Priority Program. During the
last seven years he has evaluated more than 120 capital investment
projects totaling more than $200 million under this program for port
infrastructure development. He was a member of the technical committee
that developed Louisiana State- wide Intermodal Planning Study in 1996.
Q3. Morris Sade, Ph.D. -Research Project Manager
Name: Morris Sade (Research Project Manager)
Education: Ph.D. Environment, Soil & Water Resources
Engineering, University of Illinois 1989
M.S. Environment and Water Resources Engineering, University of Arizona
- 1981
B.S. Water Resources Engineering, University of Tabriz (Iran) - 1971
Dr. Morris Sada is a professional Engineer and a registered
Professional Hydrologist certified by the American Institute of
Hydrology. He has extensive experience in water resources and
environmental engineering, planning and management. His diverse and
multi-disciplinary education in Civil/Agricultural engineering and his
professional experiences in the United States and overseas makes him
one of the prominent international engineer's in the field of water
resources and environmental technology. He is listed in the
International Who's Who of Professionals. Dr. Sade has published and
prepared many technical reports and papers. He has an established
knowledge and practical experiences in physical and environmental
aspects of Surface and Groundwater Technology. He also has a broad
background in computer modeling and simulation techniques for GIS
(Geographical Information Systems) and designs of hydrologic and
hydraulic design.
Q5.
Reza A. Mirshams, Ph.D. - Research Project Manager
Name: Reza A. Mirshams (Research Project Manager)
Education: Ph.D., School of Materials & Metallurgy, University
of Birmingham, England 1980.
M.S., Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Tehran,
1973
B.S., Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Tehran,
1972
Professor, Assistant Professor, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at
Southern University (Baton Rouge, La.), Louisiana State University
(Baton Rouge, La.) and Hofstr University (Long Island N.Y.). His
responsibility has included coordinating undergraduate research,
advisement and mentoring for 20 students, teaching "Deformation and
Fracture in Engineering Materials" and developing new alloys for high
temperature wear resistance application. He has also prepared a
feasibility study and designed a quality control process for a new
steel-manufacturing complex.
Q6.
Asghar Nazcmzadeh, Ph.D. - Research Project Manager
Name: Asghar Nazcmzadeh (Research Project Manager)
Education: Ph.D. Economics, Florida State University - 1983
M.A. Economics, University of Houston - 1978
B.A. Economics, Pahlavi University - 1972
Dr. Nazcmzadeh is the Economics Coordinator at the University of
Houston-Downtown and oversees the Finance, Accounting, and Computer
Information Systems (FACIS). Since 1981 Dr. Nazemzadeh has served as a
teaching instructor of economics at Louisiana State University, Florida
State University, Southeastern Louisiana University and the University
of Houston-Downtown. The subjects he has taught include Principles of
Economics, Money and Banking, Intermediate and Graduate Micro/Macro
Economics, International Economics, Business Fluctuations and
Forecasting, Managerial Economics and Public Finance Comparative
Economic Systems. He has published and prepared many (more than 50)
technical reports and papers.
Q7.Charles Prejean,Sr. Research Project Manager Name: Charles Prejean, Sr.
(Research Project Manager)
Education: Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, Atlanta University
(Present)
M.A. Political Science, Atlanta University (Atlanta, Georgia) 1976
B.A. Humanities, University of Southwestern, Louisiana (Lafayette,
La.)1963
Mr. Prejean has enjoyed a diverse experience throughout his career. He
has served as Southern Cluster Director for the Corporation for
National Service. As a White House (President Clinton) appointee, Mr.
Prejean provided supervisory, management and representational
Responsibilities over programs and personnel in ten states. He has also
served as Director of the Mayors Office of Education (Atlanta, Georgia)
and visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame, Indiana (Department
of Government). As Assistant Professor at Xavier University of New
Orleans, La., Mr. Prejean served as Director of the Institute for
Social, Economic, and Political Studies (Drexel Center for Extended
Learning). Consultant assignments have included work for the Office of
the President of the Atlanta city council; Atlanta Municipal court,
Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in engineering, Georgia
Institute of Technology; and National Center for Appropriate
Technology. Mr. Prejean is widely known for his success in serving as
Executive Director of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives, a
regional (11 states) rural socioeconomic development corporation. He
developed a regional service program and its corresponding
organizational structure, created a 10-year financial plan for the
programmatic and administrative support, including $10 million for
programmatic and administrative support and an additional $40 million
in debt and equity capital for the members' businesses.
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