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Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Syracuse University, NY, 1985
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Syracuse University, NY, 1981
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Syracuse University, NY, 1979
Biography
Nasser H. Paydar was chancellor of IU Indianapolis and executive vice president of Indiana University until he retired in 2022. Later that year he became assistant secretary for postsecondary education with the U.S. Department of Education.
An IU faculty member for more than 30 years, he held various administrative and executive leadership positions at the university.
Paydar joined IU Indianapolis in 1985 as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the School of Engineering and Technology. From 1989 to 2003 he held a number of positions in the school, including chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, associate dean for graduate programs, associate dean for academic programs, and executive associate dean. In 2004 he became vice chancellor and dean of what was then Indiana University–Purdue University Columbus, a position he held for three years.
Paydar was appointed chancellor of Indiana University East in 2007, serving in that role until he returned to IU Indianapolis in 2012, when he was named the campus’s executive vice chancellor and chief academic officer. He became IUI’s fifth chancellor in 2015, succeeding Charles R. Bantz.
Paydar earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from Syracuse University in 1979, 1981, and 1985, respectively. As an IUI faculty member, he has served as principal and co-principal investigator on research grants from federal and state agencies and private companies, including Cummins Electronics, DePuy, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Army, and the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center. His research in the area of solid mechanics, with applications in biomechanics and electronic packaging, has been published widely in scientific journals.
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