Majid Khayat Khalghi

Professor

Update: 2025-02-20

Majid Khayat Khalghi

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources / Irrigation and Reclamatio Eng. Department

Journal Paper

  1. "Post-Treatment of Reclaimed Municipal Wastewater through Unsaturated and Saturated Porous Media in a Large-Scale Experimental Model"
    Reza Tahmasbi, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Mohsen Najarchi, Abdolmajid Liaghat, Reza Mastouri
    Water, Vol. (7)14, No 1137, pp.1-15, 2022
  2. "Groundwater quality assessment in two shallow aquifers with different hydrogeological characteristics (case study: Lenjanat and Babol–Amol aquifers in Iran)"
    Seyedeh Mona Tabandeh, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Seyed Abbas Hosseini
    Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol. 80, No 12, pp.1-19, 2021
  3. "Participatory approach in Aquifer Storage and Recovery management in Arid zones, does it work?"
    Mehdi Bagheri, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Seiyed Mossa Hosseini, Farshad Amiraslani, Abd Al Hosein Hourfar
    Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Vol. 10, No 100368, 2020
  4. "Development and testing of a rainfall-runoff model for flood simulation in dry mountain catchments: A case study for the Dez River Basin"
    Amir Samadi, سارا صدرالاشرافی , Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere, Vol. 109, pp.9-25, 2019
  5. "Impact of climate variation and human activities on groundwater quality in northwest of Iran"
    Masoumeh Khalaj, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Bahram Saghafian, Javad Bazrafshan
    AQUA-Water Infrastructure Ecosystems and Society, Vol. 68, No 2, pp.121-135, 2019
  6. "application of Bayesian Decision Networks for Groundwater Resources Management Under the Conditions of High Uncertainty and Data Scarcity"
    Hadis Mohajerani, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Abolfazl Mosaedi, Raziyeh Farmani, Amir Sadoddin, Markus Casper
    WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, Vol. 31, No 31, pp.1859-1879, 2017
  7. "Rainfall Trend Analysis of Hydrological Subbasins in Western Iran"
    Mahsa Farhangi, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Ali Chavoshian
    JOURNAL OF IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE ENGINEERING, Vol. 142, No 10, 2016
  8. "Geophysical, isotopic, and hydrogeochemical tools to identify potential impacts on coastal groundwater resources from Urmia hypersaline Lake, NW Iran"
    Vahab Amiri, Mohammad Nakhaei, Razeyeh Lak, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Vol. 23, No 16, pp.16738-16760, 2016
  9. "Investigating the salinization and freshening processes of coastal groundwater resources in Urmia aquifer, NW Iran"
    Vahab Amiri, Mohammad Nakhaei, Razieh Lak, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT, Vol. 188, No 4, pp.1-23, 2016
  10. "Assessment of seasonal groundwater quality and potential saltwater intrusion: a study case in Urmia coastal aquifer (NW Iran) using the groundwater quality index (GQI) and hydrochemical facies evolution diagram (HFE-D)"
    Vahab Amiri, Mohamad Nakhaei, Razyeh Lak, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    STOCHASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND RISK ASSESSMENT, Vol. 30, No 5, pp.1473-1484, 2015
  11. "Groundwater recharge simulation using a coupled saturated-unsaturated flow model"
    Mohammad Moazemi, Sadat Feyz Nia, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Arash Malekian
    Journal of Applied Hydrology, Vol. 1, No 2, pp.1-9, 2014
  12. "Comparison of Binomial and Power Equations in Radial Non-Darcy flows in Coarse Porous Media e"
    Jalal Sadeghian, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Abd Al Hosein Hourfar, جلال بازرگان
    journal of water sciences research, Vol. 5, No 1, pp.65-75, 2013
  13. "Simulation of nitrate transport and wastewater seepage in groundwater flow system"
    رضا لاله زاری, محمد حسن طبا طبا یی, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 10, No 6, pp.1367-1376, 2013
  14. "Optimal Planning for Water resources allocation ( case study : Hableh Roud basin Iran )"
    Arash Malekian, Mohammad Mahdavi, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Gholamreza Zehtabian, Mohsen Mohseni Saravi, حامد روحانی , ن نقیبی
    DESERT, Vol. 17, No 1, 2012
  15. "Numerical and Meta - Modeling of Nitrate Transport Reduced by Nano - Fe/Cu Particles in Packed Sand Column"
    Seiyed Mossa Hosseini, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Hassan Vagharfard
    TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA, Vol. -, 2012
  16. "Aquifer vulnerability assessments using DRASTIC, Weights of Evidence and the Analytic Element Method of Evidence and the Analytic Element Method"
    Soroush Abbasi , Kourosh Mohammadi , Majid Khayat Khalghi, Ken Howard
    HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL, Vol. 58, No 1, pp.1-12, 2012
  17. "Nitrate reduction by nano-Fe/Cu particles in packed column"
    Seiyed Mossa Hosseini, Behzad Ataei Ashtiani , Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Desalination, Vol. 276, pp.214-221, 2011
  18. "Bench-Scaled Nano-Fe0 Permeable Reactive Barrier for Nitrate Removal"
    Seiyed Mossa Hosseini, Behzad Atiye Ashtiyani , Majid Khayat Khalghi
    GROUND WATER MONITORING AND REMEDIATION, Vol. 31, No 4, pp.82-94, 2011
  19. "Application of artificial neural network ensembles in probabilistic hydrological forecasting"
    Shahab Araghi nezhad, Mohammad Azmi, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, Vol. 4-1, No 407, 2011
  20. "Soil hydrologic group detection based on geomorphologic facieses and slop ( Case study : Taleghan watershed )"
    Farhad Daliri , Hasan Seyed Seraji , Majid Khayat Khalghi, H Ahmadi
    DESERT, Vol. 16, No 16, pp.69-75, 2011
  21. "multimodel data fusion for hydrological forecasting using K - nearst neighbour method"
    Mohammad Azmi , Shahab Araghi nezhad, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    IRANIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TRANSCATION B: ENGINEERING, Vol. 34, pp.81-92, 2010
  22. "COMPARSION OF gROUNDWATER LEVEL ESTIMATION USING nEURO - FUZZY ORDINARY KRIGING"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi, Mosa Hosseini
    ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING & ASSESSMENT, Vol. 14, No 6, pp.729-737, 2009
  23. "Optimal Cultivation rules in multi crop irrigation areas"
    Omid Bozorg-Haddad, M Moradi Jalal , M Mirmomeni , Majid Khayat Khalghi, M A Mariño
    IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE, Vol. 58, No 1, pp.38-49, 2009
  24. "Integrated modeling for flood hazard mapping using watershed modeling system"
    Seyedeh S Sadrolashrafi , Thamer A Mohamed , Ahmad R B Mahmud , Majid Khayat Khalghi, Amir Samadi
    Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol. 1, No 2, pp.149-156, 2008
  25. "estimation of Aquifer Transmissivity Using Kriging neural Networks and Neuro - Fuzzy Models"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi, Seyyed Mosa Hosseini
    Journal of Spatial Hydrology, Vol. 6, No 2, pp.68-81, 2006
  26. "Treated wastewater quality improvement through the unsaturated and saturated zones in an aquifer storage and recovery system (laboratory scale)"
    Morteza Moogooei, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Abd Al Hosein Hourfar, Abdolmajid Liaghat
    Iran Soil and Water Reasearch, Vol. 55, No 1, pp.131-143, 2024
  27. "The Performance of the Evidence Weighting in GIS for Determining the Effective Factors on the Land Subsidence in Qazvin Plain"
    Mahdieh Janbazfotamy, Majid Khayat Khalghi, عبدالنبی عبده کلاهچی, Mah Asa Roustaee
    Iran-Water Resources Research, Vol. 19, No 3, pp.118-135, 2023
  28. "Arsenite Reduction in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Saturated Soil Column Using Iron Nanoparticles"
    Mahdieh Janbazfotamy, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Abd Al Hosein Hourfar
    Iran-Water Resources Research, Vol. 18, No 3, pp.31-45, 2022
  29. "Evaluating the Clogging of Porous Media in Aquifer Storage and Recovery System Using Treated Wastewater"
    Morteza Moogooie, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Journal of the Hydraulics, Vol. 18, No 1, pp.51-61, 2022
  30. "Evaluation of using different climatic datasets for estimation of evapotranspiration by WEAP model"
    mahdi vaziri, Nozar Ghahreman, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Journal of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (JMAS), Vol. 5, No 2, 2022
  31. "Assessment of Land Subsidence due to Groundwater Exploitation by Using Differential Radar Interferometry Technique, Case Study: Qazvin Province"
    Mahdieh Janbazfotamy, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Abdolnabi abdeh Kolahchi, mah sima Roostaei
    Iran-Water Resources Research, Vol. 16, No 3, pp.135-149, 2020
  32. "Experimental Investigation and Modeling of Bioremediation Process of Petroleum Contamination in Groundwater"
    somayeh janat rostami, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Hoseinali Alikhani, Abd Al Hosein Hourfar, Kourosh Mohammadi
    Iran-Water Resources Research, Vol. 1, No 16, pp.29-42, 2020
  33. "Investigation about climate change and human activity effects on groundwater level and groundwater quality in semiarid region"
    معصومه خلج, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Bahram Saghafian, Javad Bazrafshan
    Iran-Water Resources Research, Vol. 15, No 2, pp.278-290, 2019
  34. "Optimization and development of groundwater-level monitoring network in Eshtehard Plain"
    Fahimeh Mirzaei-nodoushan, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Watershed managment Journal, Vol. 11, No 1, pp.273-282, 2019
  35. "Efficiency evaluation of infiltration equations in....."
    Mohammad Moazemi, Sadat Feyz Nia, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Arash Malekian
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 70, No 1, pp.235-246, 2017
  36. "Monitoring"
    Fahimeh Mirzaei-nodoushan, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Iran Soil and Water Reasearch, Vol. 47, No 2, pp.345-354, 2016
  37. "Determination of Rainfall-Runoff Threshold in Hydrological Modelling of Arid and Semi Arid Regions"
    Mahsa Farhangi, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Ali Chavoshian
    Iranian Dam and Hydroelectric Powerplant, Vol. سوم, No 8, pp.56-66, 2016
  38. "Evaluation of cokriging and neurofuzzy model performance in estimating the nitrate concentration in karaj aquifer"
    Elaheh Poor Farahabadi, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Iran-Water Resources Research, Vol. یازدهم, No 3, pp.182-186, 2016
  39. "Sensitivity Analysis and Aquifer Vulnerability Assessment Using Hydrogeological Criteria Case Study: (Aquifer Sarkhoon Hormozgan)"
    Ahmad Nohegar, Fatemeh Riyahi, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Hasan Vagharfard
    Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 13, No 3, pp.103-112, 2015
  40. "Molecular diffusion and infiltrations effects on conrection schem in fractured porous media"
    Marzie Malmir, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Hamid Reza Naseri, Abd Al Hosein Hourfar
    Iran Soil and Water Reasearch, Vol. 46, No 2, pp.363-370, 2015
  41. "Experimental study on Non-Darcian radial Flow in coarse alluvial beds"
    Jalal Sadeghian, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Abd Al Hosein Hourfar, جلال بازرگان
    Iranian Water Research Journal, Vol. 8, No 15, pp.11-21, 2014
  42. "Development of operation management model of groundwater according of nitrate contamination"
    Elaheh Poor Farahabadi, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Korosh Mohammadi
    Journal of water and wastewater, Vol. 25, No 4, pp.13-20, 2014
  43. "GIS sarkhon"
    Ahmad Nohegar, Fatemeh Riyahi, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Hasan Vagharfard
    Desert Ecosystems Engineering Journal, Vol. 2, No 3, 2014
  44. "Development of a graphical interface for groundwater management model to manage groundwater utilization (case study in Shahrkord plain aquifer, Iran)"
    Somayeh Janatrostami, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Korosh Mohammadi
    Iran-Water Resources Research, Vol. 9, No 3, pp.47-58, 2014
  45. "Experimental study on effect of iron non-particle on arsenic remediation in water media"
    Mahdiyeh Janbaz Footemi, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Abd Al Hosein Hourfar, داود حق شناس
    Journal of Environmental Studies, Vol. 39, No 4, pp.149-156, 2013
  46. "Modification and optimization of DRASTIC model using the salinity factor for vulnerability assessment of SARKHON plain aquifer"
    Fatemeh Riyahi, Ahmad Nohegar, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Hasan Vagharfard
    Iranian Water Research Journal, Vol. سال هفتم/ شماره دوازدهم/ بهار و تابستان ١٣٩, pp.185-192, 2013
  47. "Duantitative groundwater management"
    حدیث مهاجرانی, Majid Khayat Khalghi, ابوالفضل مساعدی, امیر سعدالدین, مهدی مفتاح هلقی
    Journal of water and soil, Vol. 26, No 6, pp.1522-1534, 2013
  48. "reservoir optimum operation in sudden pollution condition using quality-quantity compromising approach"
    Soheyla Beigi, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Journal of Soil and Water , Vol. 5, No 26, 2013
  49. "ranking"
    Omid Bozorg-Haddad, یاسمن بلوری‌یزدلی , نوید قاجارنیا , الهه فلاح مهدی‌پور , Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal-CEIJ, Vol. 45, No 5, 2011
  50. "تخمین دمای هوا با استفاده از روش شاخص پوشش گیاهی - دما ( TVX )"
    پرویز لاله , Majid Khayat Khalghi, پرویز ایران نژاد , Shahab Araghi nezhad, خلیل ولیزاده
    Journal of Science and Technology of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Soil and Water Sciences, Vol. 15, No 56, pp.21-33, 2011
  51. "An Assessment of the Integrated Variable Infiltration Capacity and Routing Model in the Sefidroad River Basin"
    پرویز لاله , Majid Khayat Khalghi, Parviz Irannejad, Shahab Araghi nezhad, خلیل ولیزاده
    Journal of water and soil, Vol. 25, No 3, pp.570-582, 2011
  52. "Laboratory Investigation of Nitrate Reduction In Water Using Fe/Cu Nano Particles"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi, محمد مهدی باقری محققی , Seiyed Mossa Hosseini, هزاد عطایی آشتیان
    Journal of horticulture science, Vol. 25, No 1, pp.103-94, 2011
  53. "y1"
    Fereshteh Modaresi, Shahab Araghi nezhad, Kumars Ebrahimi, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Journal of water and soil, Vol. 24, No 3, pp.476-489, 2010
  54. "بررسی اهمیت تیپ رگبار و گیرش اولیه در تعیین دبی اوج سیلاب"
    فرهاد دلیری , Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Iran-Water Resources Research, Vol. 5, No 3, pp.59-63, 2010
  55. "پیش بینی جریان سالانه رودخانه با استفاده از مدل خودهمبسته میانگین متحرک و رگرسیون فازی"
    پرویز لاله , Majid Khayat Khalghi, احمد فاخری فرد
    Water and Soil Science, Vol. 19, No 1, pp.65-82, 2009
  56. "شبیه سازی حرکت آب و نمک ها در سامانه زهکشی زیرزمینی با استفاده از روش تحلیل پویایی سیستم"
    حامد نوذری , Abdolmajid Liaghat, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Iranian Journal of lrrigation and Drainage, Vol. 3, No 2, pp.28-39, 2009
  57. "پیش بینی کم ابی ماهانه با استفاده از یک مدل استوکستیک و سیستم استنتاج فازی مبتنی بر شبکه تطبیقی"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi, افشین اشرف زاده , مرضیه مالمیر
    Iran-Water Resources Research, Vol. 5, No 2, pp.16-26, 2009
  58. "آنالیز حساسیت روش شاخص - همپوشانی DRASTIC در فرایند آسیب پذیری سفره آب زیرزمینی ( بررسی موردی:دشت قزوین )"
    احسان روشنی , رضوان تاکی , Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 62, No 3, pp.353-362, 2009
  59. "شبیه سازی سیستمهای زهکش زیرزمینی در شرایط غیر ماندگار با استفاده از تکنیک تحلیل پویایی سیستم"
    حامد نوذری , Abdolmajid Liaghat, Majid Khayat Khalghi, عسگر صدیقی
    Journal of Agricultural Engineering, Vol. 10, No 2, pp.86-71, 2009
  60. "اصلاح روش IUDRN به منظور شبیه سازی استوکاستیکی دبی سالانه رودخانه ها"
    فرهاد دلیری , Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Iranian Journal of Watershed Management Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, No 6, pp.1-8, 2009
  61. "استفاده از روش تفکیک کننده در پیش بینی جریان رودخانه"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi, پرویز لاله
    Iranian Journal of Watershed Management Science and Engineering, Vol. 2, No 3, pp.20-29, 2008
  62. "برنامه ریزی منابع اب در اراضی کشاورزی جنوب تهران 2 - طراحی گزینه ها"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi, محمدحسین نوری قیداری , مسعود شفیعی فر
    Journal of Agricultural Engineering, Vol. 7, No 26, pp.15-26, 2006
  63. "برنامه ریزی منابع اب در اراضی کشاورزی جنوب تهران 1 - آنالیز سیستم ها"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi, محمدحسین نوری قیداری , مسعود شفیعی فر
    Journal of Agricultural Engineering, Vol. 7, No 26, pp.1-14, 2006
  64. "بهره برداری بهینه از مخزن با استفاده از مدل برنامه ریزی خطی و کاربرد آن در سد وشمگیر"
    محمدرضا نجفی , Majid Khayat Khalghi, جعفر هاشم پور
    Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources of Gorgan University, Vol. 12, No 12, pp.17-26, 2006
  65. "تولید داده های طولانی مدت دبی متوسط ماهانه ( مطالعه موردی رودخانه دز )"
    افشین اشرف زاده , Majid Khayat Khalghi, سعید موسوی ندوشنی
    manabe tabie iran, Vol. 58, No 3, pp.493-501, 2005
  66. "توسعه و کاربرد یک مدل ناپارامتری برای شبیه سازی دبی جریان رودخانه"
    افشین اشرف زاده , Majid Khayat Khalghi
    Iranian Journal of Agriculture Science, Vol. 36, No 4, pp.999-991, 2005
  67. "الویت بندی زیر حوضه ها در اجرای سدهای اصلاحی"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi
    دانش کشاورزی, Vol. 14, No 3, pp.1-10, 2004
  68. "ارزیابی روشهای زمین آمار در برآورد هدایت هیدرولیکی خاک در مناطق شیب آب و پشت آب پایین دشت سیستان"
    معصومه دلبری , Majid Khayat Khalghi, محمدحسین مهدیان
    Iranian Journal of Agriculture Science, Vol. 35, No 1, pp.1-12, 2004

Conference Paper

  1. "Removal nitrate, arsenic and cadmium pollution by iron nano particles in groundwater"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi, Seiyed Mossa Hosseini, Mahdiyeh Janbaz Footemi, Sara Lotfi, Mohaddeseh Taheri
    Groundwater modelling and management under uncertainty, 2013
  2. "gROUNDWATER optimal withdrawal management in urban area"
    Somayeh Janatrostami, Majid Khayat Khalghi, کورش محمدی
    IAH 2012 Congres, 2012
  3. "Estimation of Land Subsidence due to groundwater level decline using Remote sensing (Case study: Ghazvin plain)"
    Mahdieh Janbazfotamy, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Abdolnabi abdeh Kolahchi, Mah Asa Roustaee
    The 4th Nation Iranian Conference on Hydrology, 2022
  4. "Climatic Change"
    Babak Zolghadr-asli, Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Majid Khayat Khalghi
    2nd International conference on sustainable development, strategies and challenges With a focus on Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism, 2016
  5. "Well head protection zone evaluation"
    Seyed Ahmad Sajadi, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Babak Zolghadr
    14 Hydroulic Conffrence Iran, 2015
  6. "Extraction"
    Omid Bozorg-Haddad, Elman Athari, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Elahe Fallah-mehdipour
    tenth, 2015
  7. "add84"
    Seyed Jalaledin Mirnezami, Shahab Araghi nezhad, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Abdolmajid Liaghat
    5th Conferennce on Water Resources Management, 2014
  8. "Decision support system in groundwater management in Systan Balouchestanprovince"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi, Hamed Ali Yari, Somayeh Janatrostami
    7th National Congres on Civil Engineering, 2013
  9. "investigation of non linera flow"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi, Jalal Sadeghian, Abd Al Hosein Hourfar, جلال بازرگان
    11th Iranian Hydraulic Conference, 2012
  10. "Analysis of results of oench solution"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi, Samaneh Ghafoori Kharaneq, Abd Al Hosein Hourfar
    water flow and pollution, 2012
  11. "groundwater management in critical conditions"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi, Somayeh Janatrostami, کورش محمدی
    Water Flow and Pollution, 2012
  12. "Simulation of Daily Rainfall-Runoff in Kajoo Watershed Using Hec-Hms Model"
    Seiyed Mossa Hosseini, Majid Khayat Khalghi, علی دانکو
    3rd Symposium on Climate Change & Dendrochronology, 2012
  13. "experimentala analysis of nano particle for nitrat reduction in soil media"
    Majid Khayat Khalghi, Sara Lotfi, داود حق شناس
    1st nano geobio national conference, 2012
  14. "add9"
    Purya Ranjbaran, Majid Khayat Khalghi, Abd Al Hosein Hourfar, Shahab Araghi nezhad
    add9, 2010
  15. "add-100"
    Laleh Parviz, Majid Khayat Khalghi, خلیل ولیزاده, Shahab Araghi nezhad, Parviz Irannejad
    add100, 2010
  16. "add24"
    Laleh Parviz, Majid Khayat Khalghi, خلیل ولیزاده, Shahab Araghi nezhad, Parviz Irannejad
    add23, 2010
  17. "The future and principles of watershed management of urban basins and dams with a systems engineering perspective"
    فرهاد دلیری, Ali Salajegheh, Majid Khayat Khalghi, حسن سیدسراجی
    The 5th National Conference on Watershed Science and Engineering in Iran, 2009