EDUCATION:
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PhD
in EE: University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, IL 1972.
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MS
in EE: University of Pittsburgh ,
Pittsburgh, PA, 1970.
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BS
in EE: American University of Beirut ,
Lebanon, 1968. (with Distinction and Honors).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Academic:
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Florida
21st Century Chair and Distinguished Professor of Electrical
Engineering
and Computer Science, University of Central
Florida (09/08-date)
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Dean,
College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida
(01/10-07/12)
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Interim
Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central
Florida (01/09-12/09)
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Professor,
Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering, Secondary
Appointment (09/08-date)
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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)
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Chairman,
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, (07/91-01/98)
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Professor
of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, (09/85-08/08))
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Associate
Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, (01/76-08/85)
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Visiting
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Illinois @
Urbana-Champaign, (09/72-05/74)
Industrial:
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Technical
Consultant; Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
(04/85-12/88)
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Technical
Consultant; Gulf R & D Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (06/79-12/84)
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Research
Engineer; Shell Development Company, Houston, Texas, (06/74-12/75)
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Member
of Technical Staff; Bell Telephone Laboratory, Columbus, Ohio, (05/70-08/70)
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Member
of Technical Staff; English Electric Leo-Marconi Computers Ltd, England
(05/66-08/66)
SELECTED
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
(CECS) AT UCF:
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RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Control
Systems, Game Theory, and Optimization Methods:
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Control
and Performance Optimization of the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
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Cooperative
Control of Teams of Semi-Autonomous Systems
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Agile
Control of Military Operations in the Presence of an Adversary
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Dynamic
Games with emphasis on the Stackelberg
Leader-Follower Strategies
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Control
and Optimization of Metal Rolling/Cooling Processes
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Flow
and Congestion Control in Networks with Competitive Users
Signal Processing:
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Geophysical
Signal Processing, Deconvolution
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Multichannel
Array Processing
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Seismic
Imaging and Interpretation of the Earth subsurface
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Pattern
Recognition
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AI
and Knowledge-Based Signal and Image Processing
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Multi-Target
Tracking
Telecommunication:
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Array
Signal Processing
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Adaptive
Antenna Arrays, Beamforming
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Interference
Attenuation
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Flow
and Congestion Control in Networks with Competitive Users
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS:
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National
Academy of Engineering (NAE) - Member |
·
Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Life Fellow |
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American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Fellow |
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American
Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) –
Life Fellow ·
American
Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) - Fellow ·
National
Academy of Inventors (NAI) -
Fellow ·
Electromagnetics
Academy (EMA)
- Fellow |
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Phi
Eta Sigma (National Freshmen Honor Society) -
Honorary Member |
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Society
of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) - Active
Member (Silver Certificate) |
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PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION:
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Registered
Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania
SELECTED RECENT AWARDS:
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Elected
Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), 2015
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Elected
Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2014
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Received
the Award for Distinguished Service in Engineering, College of Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008
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Received
the IEEE William E. Sayle II Award for Achievement
in Education, 2007
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Elected
Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE),
2005
·
Elected
to Membership in the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 2000.
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Elected
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ( AAAS ), 1999.
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Received
the Prize Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 1999.
·
Received
the Distinguished
Alumnus Award, ECE Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
1995.
·
Received
the Beitle-Veltri Memorial Teaching Award, School of
Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1990.
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Elected
Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE ), 1988.
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Received
the Best Technical Paper Award, Sigma Xi, Alcoa Chapter, for paper published in
Pattern Recognition, 1988
·
Received
the Board of Visitors Faculty Award, School of Engineering, University of
Pittsburgh, 1986.
·
Received
the Transaction
Best Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1985.
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Elected
Honorary Member, Phi Eta Sigma (National Freshmen
Honor Society), 1983.
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Received
the Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding EE Professor, University
of Pittsburgh, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984.
SELECTED RECENT
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:
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Series
Editor, Advances in Geophysical Data Processing, JAI Press (01/83-12/92) |
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Co-Editor,
Journal of Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing, MSSP (01/89 - 12/04) |
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Member
of Editorial Board, IEEE Press
(01/90-12/93) |
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Member
of Editorial Board, Proceedings
of the IEEE (01/92-12/00 and 01/06 - 12/11) |
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Member
of Editorial Board, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, JOTA (01/86 - 04/12) |
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Associate
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, GRS (09/86-03/90 and 08/01 - 12/11) |
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Associate
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-Part II, CAS (7/97-10/99) |
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Associate
Editor, Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers (01/93-08/99) |
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Editorial
Advisory Board, Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, ICAE (09/03
- date) ·
Member
of Editorial Advisory Board, IEEE
Systems Journal, SYSJ
(01/06 – 01/21) ·
Member of Editorial Board, IEEE
Access, (10/12 – 10/19) |
SELECTED RECENT IEEE ACTIVITIES:
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Publicity
Chairman, IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Houston, TX (12/75) |
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Counselor,
IEEE Student Branch, University of Pittsburgh (09/78-08/80 and (09/83 -
06/87) |
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Chair,
Public Relations Committee, IEEE Control Systems Society (01/79 - 05/81) |
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Division
I Rep to IEEE EAC Continuing Education Committee (01/80 -12/84) |
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Member,
IEEE Publications Board (01/85 -12/87) |
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Advisory
Board, IEEE Potential Magazine (04/85 - 02/87) |
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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) |
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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 -12/14) ·
Member, IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education
Medal Committee (10/10 - date) ·
Chair, IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education
Medal Committee (10/12 - 10/14) |
SELECTED RECENT OTHER PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES:
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IFAC
World Congress, International Program Committee, San Francisco, CA (1996) |
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Member,
AACC Bellman Control Heritage Award
Subcommittee (1994-95) |
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Chair,
AACC Education Award Subcommittee (1996-97) |
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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) ·
Member,
Committee on Sections, American Association for the Advancement of Science
(02/12 - 02/14) ·
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) |
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