The Physical Society of Iran (PSI) (انجمن فيزيک ايران) is

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

's professional and academic society of physicists. PSI is a non-profit organization aimed at establishing and strengthening scientific contacts between physicists and academic members of the country's

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in the field of

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

. The society has over 10,000 members inside and outside Iran. In addition to its awards scheme and publications programme, the Physical Society of Iran holds annual conferences in several different fields, including

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and

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. The society has proved instrumental in improving the state of

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and research in physics throughout the country. The society organizes annual meetings and it is an active member of

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. It has also close collaboration with the

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. In October 2003 APS and PSI jointly sponsored a school/workshop on

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in Tehran. The society's main journal is the ''

Iranian Journal of Physics Research The ''Iranian Journal of Physics Research'' ( fa, مجله پژوهش فيزيک ايران) is a quarterly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal of physics published by the Physics Society of Iran. It was established in 1995, with S. Moha ...

'', which is published via the

Isfahan University of Technology Isfahan university of technology (IUT) ( fa, دانشگاه صنعتی اصفهان) ''Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Esfahān'') is one of the pioneers among Iran's public universities and is located near the city of Isfahan, Isfahan province. IUT has 1 ...

Press, and is recognized by the

Ministry of Science of Iran The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) is the government ministry of science, research and technology in the Islamic Republic of Iran. State-run (non-medical) universities of Iran are under the direct supervision of Iran's Minis ...

. PSI was a sponsor of the 2007 International

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, which was hosted by

History

The Physical Society of Iran was established in 1963 by Iran's elite physicists and engineers. Among the founders was

Yusef Sobouti Yousef Sobouti ( fa, یوسف ثبوتی , born 23 August 1932 in Zanjan (city), Zanjan, Iran) is a contemporary Iranian Astrophysicists, astrophysicist, Theoretical physicists, theoretical physicist. Biography He got his undergraduate degree ...

, currently chancellor of

IASBS Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS) (Persian language, Persian: دانشگاه تحصیلات تکمیلی علوم پایه زنجان, ''Daneshgah-e Tehesilât-e Tekimili-ye Olum-e Paih-e Zanjaan'') also known as Zanjan ...

. The first Annual Physics Conference of Iran was inaugurated in 1973 at

Sepah Bank Bank Sepah ( fa, بانک سپه, ''Bānke Sepah''), the first banking and Insurance in Iran, Iranian bank, was established in 1925 (corresponding to 1304 in the Iranian Calendar). Its first branch, in Tehran, opened that year. The bank also has b ...

's arboretum, followed by Iran's second national conference on Physics the next year at

Shahid Beheshti University Shahid Behesti University ( fa, دانشگاه شهید بهشتی , Dāneshgāh-e Shahid Beheshti) (formerly known as the National University of Iran) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. The university offers many programs at Bache ...

. Activities of the society suffered a setback during the early years of the revolution, but picked up in 1983 and have been gathering momentum ever since.

Presidents

Yousef Sobouti Yousef Sobouti ( fa, یوسف ثبوتی , born 23 August 1932 in Zanjan, Iran) is a contemporary Iranian astrophysicist, theoretical physicist. Biography He got his undergraduate degree from Tehran University. In 1960 he received his MSc d ...

(1988–91 and 1996–99) *

Reza Mansouri Reza Mansouri ( fa, رضا منصوری, born 1948) is an Iranian physicist and a retired professor of physics at Sharif University of Technology. Biography Reza Mansouri received his Ph.D. in 1972 from the University of Vienna under the super ...

* Hessamaddin Arfaei * Ezatolah Arzi * Hadi Akbarzadeh * Shahin Rouhani *

Mohammad Reza Ejtehadi Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...

(current)

Awards

The following are awarded annually by PSI to selected recipients during the Annual Physics Conference awards ceremony:

General

* The

Mahmoud Hessabi Mahmoud Hessabi (or Hessaby, fa, محمود حسابی, February 23, 1903 – September 3, 1992) was an Iranian nuclear physicist and senator. He was the Minister of Education of Pahlavi Iran in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosadde ...

Award (جايزه حسابی) * The PSI Award (جايزه انجمن فيزيک ايران) * The Educational Apparatus Award (جايزه ساخت دستگاه آموزشی) * Best Physics Sci-fi Essay Award (جايزه بهترين داستان علمی تخيلی فیزیک) * Best Physics Teacher Award (جايزه دوسالانه دبير فيزيک برگزيده) (bi-annual) * Best Conference Poster Award (جايزه پوستر برگزيده کنفرانس فيزيک) * Best Student Poster Award (جايزه پوستر برگزيده همايش دانشجويی فيزيک)

Secondary Level (high schools)

* Rouzbeh Award (جايزه روزبه) * Best Proposal Award (جايزه بهترين طرح مسأله) * Best Scientific Report Award (جايزه گوياترين گزارش کار) * Best Detailed Investigation Award (جايزه دقيق‌ترين توجه به جزئيات) * Award for Best Instrumental Application (جايزه مناسب‌ترين بکارگيری ابزار) * Award for Best Error Calculation and Analysis (جايزه صحيح‌ ترين محاسبه و تحليل خطا) * Best Conclusion Award (جايزه کامل‌ ترين نتيجه‌ گيری)

References

External links

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IranPhO (Iran Physics Olympiads)
{{authority control Physics societies Professional associations based in Iran 1963 establishments in Iran