Biography

Dr. Fleur T. Tehrani is a tenured professor of electrical engineering at California State University, Fullerton, USA. She holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology (formerly known as Arya-Mehr University), Tehran, Iran, a D.I.C. from Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from University of London, UK. Dr. Tehrani has published numerous articles in the field of biomedical engineering and is the sole inventor on 14 US and foreign patents. She is the inventor of metabolic rate monitors and several respiratory assist devices including one of the most advanced respiratory control systems known as Adaptive Support Ventilation. Two of her patented inventions have been licensed to industry and are presently used in practice worldwide. She has been a reviewer of many books and scientific journals and has served as an invited panelist for the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Health, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of California and has received two NASA fellowships. Dr. Tehrani is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a Fellow of the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering (IAE), and a National Life Member of Graduate Women in Science (GWIS).


Research Interest

Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Engineering, Systems Control, Medical Devices, Respiratory Assist Devices, Mechanical Ventilators.