DR. NAZEER AHMED, BE, MS, AeE, PhD, MBA, PE, Chief Mentor, RankStudent.com
Founder of RankStudent Our Chief Mentor
Dr. Nazeer Ahmed is a scientist, educator, inventor, historian, legislator and community leader with an international reputation. Born in Tumkur Karnataka in 1939 into a farming family he soon showed his metal as a brilliant student. He achieved the first rank to the state in the public examination of 1952 and won the Maharaja of Mysore gold medal. Maintaining his rank status throughout his academic career, he proceeded to the California Institute of Technology in 1961 as Institute Scholar and as a Tata Scholar. He obtained his MS and AeE degrees from Caltech. In 1964-65 he worked in Huntsville, Alabama on the Saturn,Apollo and Lunar Land Rover Projects at the Marshall Space Flight Center. In 1967 he obtained a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University. He studied management under Peter Drucker at New York University and obtained an MBA from Rider University, New Jersey. In 1977, he returned briefly to India and was elected a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the 57th constituency. Dr. Ahmed worked as project manager on the Hubble Space Telescope.
He designed, assembled, tested and delivered diffraction-limited performance in its secondary mirror assembly. Ahmed holds twelve U.S. patents in advanced composites and space-based lasers. He was a chairman of the AIRAPT conference in high pressure physics in Denver, Colorado in 1977. He has published papers in several scientific journals. EDUCATION Ph.D. (Applied Mechanics), Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. June 67 Ae.E. (Aeronautics), Caltech, Pasadena, CA, June 64 M.S. (Aeronautics), Caltech, Pasadena, CA, June 62 M.B.A. (Management), Rider University, Trenton, NJ. June 75 BS (Engineering), University of Mysore, India, June 61 PE, State of California Dr. Ahmed has taught at several universities in the United States and has served as advisor to HMS Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India. Dr. Ahmed was elected a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 42nd Congressional District in California in 1988. He was a candidate for US Congress, 46 CA Congressional District in 1992. In India he set up a scholarship fund in the late 1990s called 'Rank Nazeer Foundation' which has helped thousands of poor students.
He has built schools, mosques, and a unique eidgah, contributing substantial sums for community infrastructure. POSITIONS Senior Adviser, World Organization for Resource Development and Education, Washington, DC Chief Mentor, RankStudent.com Chairman Delixus Executive Director, American Institute of History and Culture, California PATENTS IN SPACE SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
1. US Patent 4806027
2. US Patent 4242897
3. US Patent 4856172
4. US Patent 4369083
5. US Patent 4271790
6. US Patent 4341580
7. US Patent 4220029
8. US Patent 4096721
9. US Patent 4076335
10. US Patent 4177658
11. US Patent 4015765
RELEVANCE TO THE RANKSTUDENT.COM PROJECT Dr. Ahmed has combined his extensive experience with NASA and with educational institutions in India and the United States to design the RankStudent.com Learning Modules. This method using Learning by Testing uses digital technologies to educate, train, coach, test, evaluate and guide students towards continuous improvement. It is designed for the rural masses in India as well as the most sophisticate students in the large metropolitan areas. The method is comprehensive, flexible and easily adaptable to languages besides English.
Founder of RankStudent Our Chief Mentor
Dr. Nazeer Ahmed is a scientist, educator, inventor, historian, legislator and community leader with an international reputation. Born in Tumkur Karnataka in 1939 into a farming family he soon showed his metal as a brilliant student. He achieved the first rank to the state in the public examination of 1952 and won the Maharaja of Mysore gold medal. Maintaining his rank status throughout his academic career, he proceeded to the California Institute of Technology in 1961 as Institute Scholar and as a Tata Scholar. He obtained his MS and AeE degrees from Caltech. In 1964-65 he worked in Huntsville, Alabama on the Saturn,Apollo and Lunar Land Rover Projects at the Marshall Space Flight Center. In 1967 he obtained a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University. He studied management under Peter Drucker at New York University and obtained an MBA from Rider University, New Jersey. In 1977, he returned briefly to India and was elected a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the 57th constituency. Dr. Ahmed worked as project manager on the Hubble Space Telescope.
He designed, assembled, tested and delivered diffraction-limited performance in its secondary mirror assembly. Ahmed holds twelve U.S. patents in advanced composites and space-based lasers. He was a chairman of the AIRAPT conference in high pressure physics in Denver, Colorado in 1977. He has published papers in several scientific journals. EDUCATION Ph.D. (Applied Mechanics), Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. June 67 Ae.E. (Aeronautics), Caltech, Pasadena, CA, June 64 M.S. (Aeronautics), Caltech, Pasadena, CA, June 62 M.B.A. (Management), Rider University, Trenton, NJ. June 75 BS (Engineering), University of Mysore, India, June 61 PE, State of California Dr. Ahmed has taught at several universities in the United States and has served as advisor to HMS Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India. Dr. Ahmed was elected a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 42nd Congressional District in California in 1988. He was a candidate for US Congress, 46 CA Congressional District in 1992. In India he set up a scholarship fund in the late 1990s called 'Rank Nazeer Foundation' which has helped thousands of poor students.
He has built schools, mosques, and a unique eidgah, contributing substantial sums for community infrastructure. POSITIONS Senior Adviser, World Organization for Resource Development and Education, Washington, DC Chief Mentor, RankStudent.com Chairman Delixus Executive Director, American Institute of History and Culture, California PATENTS IN SPACE SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
1. US Patent 4806027
2. US Patent 4242897
3. US Patent 4856172
4. US Patent 4369083
5. US Patent 4271790
6. US Patent 4341580
7. US Patent 4220029
8. US Patent 4096721
9. US Patent 4076335
10. US Patent 4177658
11. US Patent 4015765
RELEVANCE TO THE RANKSTUDENT.COM PROJECT Dr. Ahmed has combined his extensive experience with NASA and with educational institutions in India and the United States to design the RankStudent.com Learning Modules. This method using Learning by Testing uses digital technologies to educate, train, coach, test, evaluate and guide students towards continuous improvement. It is designed for the rural masses in India as well as the most sophisticate students in the large metropolitan areas. The method is comprehensive, flexible and easily adaptable to languages besides English.
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