It's a great honor to announce Dr. Mahmoud Tabrizchi, the faculty member of Isfahan University of Technology ─ Faculty of Chemistry ─ has been reassigned as the Iranian representative in the SESAME Council (Synchrotron Radiation Center for Research and Applied Sciences in the Middle East) for the next two years. This membership has been renewed due to the extensive knowledge as well as the five-year history of his presence in this council as the Iran’s representative with the aim of making this project more known to Iranian researchers.

This newsletter, designed to expand the university's international scientific interactions with academic institutions abroad, aims to inform all faculty, students, and IUT staff about international events, educational opportunities, and research available in international academic spaces, News of visits and conferences, as well as bylaws and circulars related to international affairs, which can affect the international scientific interactions of outstanding academics.

After the approval of the National Headquarters for Fighting Corona on Social Distancing, all face-to-face and educational activities in all universities and higher education centers in the country have been suspended. According to the announcement of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, on April 20, 2020, all educational institutions were required to use online education technologies in order to minimize the damage caused by the cessation of face-to-face education.

Corona's pandemic has shut down universities in 188 countries and caused serious changes in their higher education system. According to UNESCO, more than 1.5 billion students (more than 91% of the world's students) have been affected by the corona pandemic, and their education system has undergone serious changes. Changes that have been made either governmentally or by publicly or by universities and educational institutions.

This symposium was virtually held on May 18, 2020 with the presence of the Minister of Science, Research and Technology, the Deputy Ministers, the presidents of some universities, and research institutes and science and technology parks of the country as well as the international deputies and managers. The main topic of the meeting was about presenting the performance of several universities and research institutes and providing solutions for international scientific collaboration in the post-Corona era.

This newsletter, designed to expand the university's international scientific interactions with academic institutions abroad, aims to inform all faculty, students, and IUT staff about international events, educational opportunities, and research available in international academic spaces, News of visits and conferences, as well as bylaws and circulars related to international affairs, which can affect the international scientific interactions of outstanding academics.

A Memorandum of Understanding between Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) and the  University of Florence, Italy on Exchange program for faculty members and PhD students, initially in the fields of Food Science and Technology , has been signed in April 2020.

The Initiator of this MOU is Prof. Dr. Milad Fathi from the College of Agriculture.

Researchers at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of IUT have designed and manufactured an easy-to-carry portable UV-c Gun portable device that can be used to inactivate viruses, bacteria and harmful microorganisms at all levels and objects.