In 2013,[2] he joined Stevens Institute of Technology, where he served as vice provost for research, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

[4] As chancellor at Missouri S&T, Dehghani helped secure a $300 million gift[5] from June and Fred Kummer.

[6] This gift, the largest in Missouri higher education history,[7] established the Kummer Institute for Student Success, Research and Economic Development.

He also held a postdoctoral National Science Foundation and American Society of Engineering Education internship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1988).

In 2013, Dehghani joined Stevens Institute of Technology as professor of systems and enterprises and as vice provost for research, innovation, and entrepreneurship.