EDUCATION:

 

·           PhD in EE: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 1972.

·           MS in EE: University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, PA, 1970.

·           BS in EE: American University of Beirut , Lebanon, 1968. (with Distinction and Honors).

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

            Academic:

·           Florida 21st Century Chair and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering

and Computer Science, University of Central Florida (09/08-date)

·           Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida (01/10-07/12) 

·           Interim Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida (01/09-12/09) 

·           Professor, Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering, Secondary

Joint Appointment (09/08-date)

·           Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, (05/08 –date)

·           Bell of PA/Bell Atlantic Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, (09/89-05/08)

·           Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, (07/91-01/98)

·           Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, (09/85-08/08))

·           Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, (01/76-08/85)

·           Visiting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign, (09/72-05/74)

 

Industrial:

·           Technical Consultant; Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (04/85-12/88)

·           Technical Consultant; Gulf R & D Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (06/79-12/84)

·           Research Engineer; Shell Development Company, Houston, Texas, (06/74-12/75)

·           Member of Technical Staff; Bell Telephone Laboratory, Columbus, Ohio, (05/70-08/70)

·           Member of Technical Staff; English Electric Leo-Marconi Computers Ltd, England (05/66-08/66)

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

 

            Control Systems, Game Theory, and Optimization Methods:

·           Cooperative Control of Teams of Semi-Autonomous Systems

·           Agile Control of Military Operations in the Presence of an Adversary

·           Stackelberg Leader-Follower Strategies in Dynamic Games

·           Control of the Artificial Heart and Left Ventricular Assist Devices

·           Control and Optimization of Metal Rolling/Cooling Processes

·           Flow and Congestion Control in Networks with Competitive Users

 

Signal Processing:

·           Geophysical Signal Processing, Deconvolution

·           Multichannel Array Processing

·           Seismic Imaging and Interpretation, Pattern Recognition

·           AI and Knowledge-Based Signal and Image Processing

·           Multi-Target Tracking

 

Telecommunication:

·           Array Signal Processing

·           Adaptive Antenna Arrays, Beamforming

·           Interference Attenuation

·           Flow and Congestion Control in Networks with Competitive Users

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

 

·           National Academy of Engineering (NAE) - Member

·           Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - Fellow

·           American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Fellow

·           American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) - Fellow

·           Electromagnetics Academy (EMA) - Fellow

·           Phi Eta Sigma (National Freshmen Honor Society) - Honorary Member

·           Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) - Active Member (Silver Certificate)

 

 

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION:

 

·           Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania

 

 

SELECTED RECENT AWARDS:

 

·           University of Illinois, College of Engineering: Award for Distinguished Service in Engineering, 2008

·           IEEE Education Society Achievement Award, 2007

·           Elected Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 2005

·           Elected to Membership, National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 2000.

·           Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science ( AAAS ), 1999.

·           Prize Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 1999.

·           Distinguished Alumnus Award, ECE Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995.

·           Beitle-Veltri Memorial Teaching Award, School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1990.

·           Elected Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE ), 1988.

·           Best Technical Paper Award, Sigma Xi, Alcoa Chapter, for paper published in Pattern Recognition, 1988

·           Board of Visitors Faculty Award, School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1986.

·           Transaction Best Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1985.

·           Elected Honorary Member, Phi Eta Sigma (National Freshmen Honor Society), 1983.

·           Eta Kappa Nu, University of Pittsburgh Outstanding EE Professor, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984.

 

 

SELECTED RECENT EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:

 

·            Series Editor, Advances in Geophysical Data Processing, JAI Press (01/83-12/92)

·            Co-Editor, Journal of Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing, MSSP (01/89 - 12/04)

·            Member of Editorial Board, IEEE Press (01/90-12/93)

·            Member of Editorial Board, Proceedings of the IEEE (01/92-12/00 and 01/06 - 12/11)

·            Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, JOTA (01/86 - 04/12)

·            Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, GRS (09/86-03/90 and 08/01 - 12/11)

·            Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-Part II, CAS (7/97-10/99)

·            Associate Editor, Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers (01/93-08/99)

·            Editorial Advisory Board, Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, ICAE (09/03 - date)

·            Member of Editorial Advisory Board, IEEE  Systems Journal, SYSJ (01/06 - date)

 

 

SELECTED RECENT IEEE ACTIVITIES:

 

·            Publicity Chairman, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Houston, TX (12/75)

·            Counselor, IEEE Student Branch, University of Pittsburgh (09/78-08/80 and (09/83-06/87)

·            Chair, Public Relations Committee, IEEE Control Systems Society (01/79-05/81)

·            Division I Rep to IEEE EAC Continuing Education Committee  (01/80-12/84)

·            Member, IEEE Publications Board (01/85-12/87)  

·            Advisory Board, IEEE Potential Magazine (04/85-02/87)

·            Member of Editorial Board, IEEE Press (01/90-12/93)

·            Member of Editorial Board, Proceedings of the IEEE (01/92-12/00 and 01/06 - 12/11)

·            Member, IEEE Prize Paper & Fellowships Awards Committee (01/01- 12/04)

·            Member, IEEE Fellow Committee (01/90-01/93 and 01/02-12/04 and 01/10-date)

·            Member, IEEE James Mulligan Education Medal Committee (01/10-date)

 

 

SELECTED RECENT OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

 

·           IFAC World Congress, International Program Committee, San Francisco, CA (1996)

·           Member, AACC Bellman Control Heritage Award Subcommittee (1994-95)

·           Chair, AACC Education Award Subcommittee (1996-97)

·           Chair, AACC Awards Committees (1997-99)

·           Chair, AACC Education Committee (1999 - 2004)

·           Secretary, Engineering Section (Section M), American Association for the Advancement of Science: AAAS-M (2004-date)

·           Member of Steering Group, Engineering Section (Section M), American Association for the Advancement of Science: AAAS-M (2004-date)

·           EE Program Evaluator,  ABET (1993-98 and 2000-07)

·           NAE, Electronics Engineering Section Peer Committee (2004-06), Committee Chair (2006)

·           NAE, Committee on Membership (2007-10)