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Dr. Abbas Ghassemi is currently the Executive Director of WERC, a Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Development, at New Mexico State University. The Consortium members include: The University of New Mexico, New Mexico Tech, New Mexico State University, and Dine College in collaboration with Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories. As the Executive Director of WERC, he is the Chief Operating Officer for programs of over $5 million annually in education and research, managing activities between 4 academic institutions, 2 National Laboratories and several industrial organizations. He is responsible for administrative duties, operation, budget, planning, and personnel supervision for the program. Dr. Ghassemi is also responsible for formulation, coordination, and implementation of WERC�s activities. In addition, he is responsible for interaction and involvement of seventy (70) industrial and government agencies in all aspects of the WERC programs. Prior to joining NMSU/WERC in 1989, Dr. Ghassemi was employed for over 10 years by Monsanto, a major chemical company, and its subsidiary, Fisher Controls, Intl., a major process control company. Dr. Ghassemi was involved in activities ranging from project and technical, to marketing management. He was responsible for managing a number of programs in sensors and environmental control systems. Dr. Ghassemi served as the technical director for the measurement instrumentation division where he was responsible for design, development, testing, and evaluation of measurement instruments including transmitters, sensors, transducers, and other measurement equipment. For five years prior to joining NMSU, Dr. Ghassemi was in charge of worldwide technical marketing for sensors and environmental control equipment and other products. In the early to mid 80's, Dr. Ghassemi served as a technical consultant in process control instrumentation for many world areas including the Far East and Mideast countries. He also served as application specialist for chemical/petrochemical and pulp and paper industries. | 