"In the name of the Almighty"
Student-Scientific Association of the Faculty of Chemistry, Amirkabir University of Technology

Introduction
What is a Student Scientific Association?

As the name of the Student Scientific Association suggests, the association is a student organization that works in the scientific field. The Student Scientific Association is a place for voluntary scientific activities in the form of a working group. Students come together with scientific and specialized goals, and by working in the Student Scientific Association, they promote and deepen the scientific atmosphere in universities, providing the ground for their growth. The Student Scientific Association, in addition to being a place for deepening and promoting science in the university environment, is also an opportunity to implement what has been learned and observe its results in action. Therefore, it is not far-fetched to think that an active student in the scientific association is an individual who is much more capable and experienced than his classmates. Capabilities include teamwork skills, turning ideas into action, communication, management, and implementation, securing financial costs, collaboration, free-thinking, and critical thinking. As mentioned above, those capabilities and skills make the output of universities more worthy and capable in practice.
The Faculty of Chemistry's Scientific and Student Association was established in late 2020. The Central Council of the Faculty of Chemistry's Scientific and Student Association consists of 5 main members and two alternate members. Every year in March, students of the Faculty of Chemistry participate in the elections of the Scientific and Student Associations held by the Administration of Scientific and Student Associations of Amirkabir University of Technology, and they elect five members of the Central Council from among students of different academic levels of the Faculty of Chemistry who declare their candidacy. Students interested in becoming members of the Scientific Student Association can volunteer for the Scientific Association Management Council by completing the candidacy form and submitting it to the faculty cultural expert. After the election results are determined, the new members of the Central Council determine the positions of each member of the Central Council in their first meeting together. The members of the Central Council work in various sectors, including education, research, innovation, scientific competitions and visits, educational workshops, etc. The members of the Central Council also participate in the International Festival Harekat (means Movement) held nationwide by the Cultural and Social Deputy of the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology every year and bring honors to themselves and the faculty.
Every year, at the same time as the elections of the Scientific Student Associations are held, the faculty Scientific Association Advisory Professor is also selected from among the respected faculty professors and accompanies the members of the association throughout the year.
Activities of the Faculty of Chemistry Student-Scientific Association

1. Holding a virtual workshop on ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-VIS).
2. Holding a course on the importance and position of chemistry in the field of cosmetics and health (instructor: Dr. Majid Abdouss)
3. Holding a practical workshop on the use of surfactants and emulsifiers in cosmetics and health products (instructor: Dr. Ali Peikari, lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
4. Holding an entrepreneurship course on the formulation and manufacture of herbal soaps using the cold process
5. Holding a practical workshop on the manufacture of lip care products (lipstick, balm and lip gloss)
6. Webinar on getting to know photocatalysts (instructor: Dr. Zahra Shariatinia)
7. Publishing the first issue of the scientific and cultural journal Stereochemistry
8. Holding a training course on writing articles from scratch (instructors: Dr. Zahra Shariatinia and Dr. Fatemeh Nejabat)
9. Holding a practical and theoretical training course on working with a gas chromatography (GC) device (instructor: Dr. Fatemeh Nejabat)
10. Holding a practical and theoretical training course on high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) apparatuses (instructor: Dr. Hossein Salaramoli)
11. Visit to MY Cosmetics Company in Qom Province
12. Visit to the Iranian Research Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (CCERCI)
13. Visit to the Iranian Research Institute of Polymer and Petrochemistry (IPPI)
14. Visit to Poshan Plastic Company in Qom Province
15. First AUT-Talk of the Faculty of Chemistry with a speech by Dr. Soheila Salahshour Kordestani, Chief Executive of Kitotech Company
16. Visit to the CinnaGen Pharmaceutical Factory
17. Visit to the Science and Technology Towers of Amirkabir University of Technology
18. Scientific and Research Competition of the Faculty of Chemistry
19. Visit the Daropakhsh Pharmachem Chemical Factory
20. Publication of the second issue of the Stereochemistry Scientific and Cultural Journal

• Creating a suitable environment for the formation of an active general assembly and holding elections for the scientific-student association in the next period
• Planning for periodic and annual activities of the association
• Attracting interested and creative students and creating motivation and interest in scientific research activities among all students
• Institutionalizing spontaneous activities and extracurricular activities of students to create a lively scientific atmosphere at the faculty and university level
• Increasing the level of student participation in scientific-group and collective activities
• Establishing continuous communication with similar scientific-student associations in other universities through cultural and extracurricular management
• Creating investigative research nuclei and groups with the participation of outstanding educational and research students and planning for the implementation of research-student projects
• Utilizing the scientific potential of students to strengthen the university's links with various social and executive sectors
• Identifying elite and distinguished students and utilizing their participation in improving the scientific atmosphere of the faculty
• Cooperating with the faculty's educational vice-chancellor to improve students' scientific
• Holding and cooperating in the implementation of festivals, conferences, scientific competitions, and preparatory exams for entering postgraduate courses
• Cooperating with university officials in planning and organizing scientific visits to scientific, industrial, and cultural centers of the country
• Producing and publishing scientific journals, computer software, scientific-educational films and organizing specialized workshops independently or in cooperation with other disciplines and universities
• Maintaining and preserving the association's equipment and facilities and submitting a report on the association's performance every 3 months to the Council of Secretaries and the Central Office of Scientific-Student Associations