Islamic Azad University’s Researcher Wins 2nd Medal from IFIA
Mehdi Moharrampour won the second place by competing with 1,500 participating inventions from 50 countries.
Moharrampour, who is the managing director of a knowledge-based firm stationed at the growth center of Islamic Azad University’s Boueen Zahra branch, had also won the gold medal of the competition last year by presenting a smart subsurface irrigation product.
Moharrampour participated in the annual competition last year with his subsurface irrigation product (Fixed Discharge-Rate drip Irrigation Emitter Anti-Clogging Device).
As many as 1,500 inventors who are members of the International Federation of Inventors’ Association (IFIA) INV competed in the online event.
All Moharrampour's inventions that have been achieved with the support and investment of IAU Boueen Zahra university are now in industrial production phase.
Given the high performance of the manufactured products compared to foreign equivalents, they have received bids from international companies for cooperation and representation, and so far companies from the UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Germany and Iraq have been granted sales representatives.
The manufactured products are among the few emitters licensed by the Iranian Agricultural Engineering Research Institute (IAERI), and free loans are granted to farmers.
Moharrampour is now working in the field of water and agricultural sciences and has won several international and national awards in this field with three international inventions in the field of irrigation.
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