Background
Heger, Arlen Sharif was born on December 25, 1955 in Abadan, Iran. Son of Mansoor Sharif and Saadat Homayoun. came to the United States, 1974.
Heger, Arlen Sharif was born on December 25, 1955 in Abadan, Iran. Son of Mansoor Sharif and Saadat Homayoun. came to the United States, 1974.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University Texas, 1978; Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering, University Texas, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Engineering, University Texas, 1989.
Teaching assistant/research assistant, University Texas, Austin, 1978-1982, 85-89;
research engineer, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, 1979-1982;
project engineer, Institute Nuclear Power Operations, Atlanta, 1982-1983;
senior engineer, Nuclear Plant Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Atlanta, 1983-1985;
associate professor nuclear engineering, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, since 1989. Associate director National Aeronautics and Space Administration Center Autoriomous Control. Engineering; consultant Georgia Power Company, 1983-1984, Southwest Research Institute, 1981-1982.
Advisor Public Svc. Company of New Mexico, 1991. Member senior consultant group for low power and shut-down accidents frequency program Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1990-1993. AffiliateLos Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory.
Member American Nuclear Society (Trinity section chairman, secretary and member Executive Committee, member nuclear reactor safety division committee, Glen Seaborg Award subcommittee, honors and awards committee, Executive Committee biology & medicine), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), American Society Engineering Education, American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Mary Catherine Heger, May 21, 1980.