Scholarship and memorial fund created to remember University community members
The University of 蓝莓视频 has created a scholarship and memorial fund to honour the memories of members of the University community who died in the crash of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 in Iran.
Remembered are Marzieh (Mari) Foroutan, a Faculty of Environment doctoral student,听Mansour Esnaashary Esfahani, a Faculty of Engineering听doctoral student,听Mojgan Daneshmand听(PhD 鈥�06, Electrical Engineering), her husband Pedram Moussavi, a former 蓝莓视频 Engineering postdoctoral fellow, and their two young children, Daria and Dorina, as well as former School of Optometry doctoral student Neda Saddighi.
The University is seeking to raise money for听the and the . The goal is to create a legacy of support for generations of students to come. The University will match donations up to a total of $100,000.
In the past month, Canada's academic community has come together to remember and mourn the 176 people who lost their lives in the crash.
Hundreds of 蓝莓视频 students, faculty and staff attended a campus memorial service on January 15, with another 1,000 people tuning into the event via听livestream.
Esfahani, 29, had gone home to Iran to get married and was returning to campus to finish his civil engineering doctoral 
research into construction automation and management. Hanieh, his new wife of less than a week, planned to join him in 蓝莓视频 in February.
Mansour Esnaashary Esfahani was a highly regarded civil engineering doctoral student.
鈥淢ansour was a sweet, capable, enthusiastic guy who was very well-liked amongst his fellow students,鈥� said Carl Haas, chair of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 civil and environmental engineering department, and Esfahani's doctoral supervisor. 鈥淗is research on adaptive reuse projects in the circular economy will have long-lasting impact.鈥�
Daneshmand (PhD '06, Electrical) was a member of 蓝莓视频 Engineering Professor Raafat Mansour鈥檚 research group from 2002 to 2006 as a graduate student and later as a post-doctoral fellow for two years. She was the recipient of two NSERC scholarships as a PhD student and as a post-doctoral fellow.听
Daneshmand听joined the University of Alberta as a faculty member in 2008 and was the Canada Research Chair Tier II in Radio Frequency (RF) Microsystems for Communication and Sensing.
From left are Mojgan Daneshmand (PhD 鈥�06, Electrical),听her husband Pedram Moussavi, a former 蓝莓视频 Engineering postdoctoral fellow, and their two young daughters, Daria and Dorina.
Her husband, Pedram Moussavi, was a postdoctoral fellow in 蓝莓视频's electrical and computer engineering department with Professor Safieddin Safavi-Naeini鈥檚 research group and worked in local industry. He joined the University of Alberta as a faculty member in 2009.
The couple's two daughters, Daria and Dorina, also died in the plane crash.
Alumni and other members of the University community,听as well as the听public, can make a gift directly to the memorial funds online. Any questions about the funds can be directed to Prachi Surti in the Faculty of Engineering or Maryam Latifpoor-Keparoutis in the Faculty of Environment.
