Under which ministry 's power is the funding and management of this research system mainly conducted ?
Sharif University was appointed as a Center of Excellence ( : fa:قطب علمی ) by Iran 's Ministry of Science and Technology in the fields of " Advanced Materials " , " Aerospace Systems " , " Biological Process Engineering " , " Communication " , " Design , Robotics , and Automation " , " Energy Conversion " , " Earthquake Engineering " , " Mathematics " , " Physics " , " Power System Management and Control " and " Telecommunications " .