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Educational Contributions:<\/h1>\n

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“Professorship is a pant with two legs: research and education” <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Richard A Gallagher, WPI Provost, 1984-1988<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following courses were sample of courses taught by Professor Pahlavan at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute over the years of his career. Although displayed on this site, they are publicly accessible through Canvas in an effort to disseminate knowledge. They are open to curious minds of all backgrounds. A click on the on the images direct the reader to the WPI Canvas site where details of multimedia presentation of the courses are available to public.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Categories” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”-70px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0|0px|54px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||-50px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”9px|10px|10px|11px|false|false” link_option_url=”https:\/\/canvas.wpi.edu\/courses\/29723″ box_shadow_style=”preset1″ box_shadow_color=”#e0ab3a” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”Roboto||||||||” header_3_text_align=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

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