Rahmat Allah Shoureshi (

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: رحمت‌الله شورشی) is an

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former university administrator, most prominently at

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(PSU) from 2017 to 2019. In January 2017, Shoureshi began serving as interim president of

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, where he had previously served as provost and professor. On May 15, 2017 in an email to students, he was officially named as president of

and took office in August of that year. In March 2019, ''

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'' reported that ethical issues and staff mistreatment caused his future as PSU's president to be uncertain. He was pressured to resign two months later, days before a university board legislative session was scheduled to assemble to discuss his continued employment.

Career

For eight years, Shoureshi served as dean of the School of Engineering and Computing Science at the

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. He also taught mechanical engineering and conducted research at

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and the

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. He received his B.S. degree from

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, and his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from

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(MIT) and completed a program in Marketing and Industrial Dynamics at the

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References

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