Hodjat Ghadimi is Associate Professor in School of Design and Community
Development at the Davis College of West Virginia University. Professor Ghadimi is
also a Faculty Research Associate in the Regional Research Institute. He received
his Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning focusing on international development planning
from the Ohio State University (Ph.D. 1993, MCRP 1987, Ohio State University, and
BS 1979, Architecture, Lawrence Technological University). Professor Ghadimi’s fields
of interests are in development planning, technology-energy-environment-economy interaction
modeling, economic development in energy-rich regions, and creativity and innovation
in urban and regional economies. Among his current areas of research are using geo-technologies to measure comprehensive regional wealth, analyzing development
patterns of energy-rich regions (ERRs) around the world, the transition of exhaustible resource-based
economies to a diversified and creative economy, and design and development of sustainable cities and regions. He also has acquired significant expertise in computable
general equilibrium (CGE) modeling, and he is interested in the interface between
the rigor of the social sciences and the creativity of design. Dr. Ghadimi’s recently
completed research include PI on a NSF funded project titled “
The Technology, Energy, Economy, and Environment (TEEE) Chain: Integrated Modeling
for Technology Transition in Energy-Rich Regions” and co-PI on a USDA-funded
project titled "Economic and Environmental Impacts of Woody Biomass Utilization in
the Central Appalachian Region."