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Professor Mohammad Ataul Karim
Professor Mohammad Ataul Karim

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Professor Dr. Mohammad A. Karim
Vice President for Research
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia

Biography

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Minors: Physics and Mathematics), University of Alabama, 1982
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Alabama, 1979
M.S. in Physics (Thesis Area: Biophysics), University of Alabama, 1978
B.Sc. Honors in Physics, First Class (Minors: Mathematics and Statistics), University of Dacca, 1976
Fellow, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Elected, 2009)
Fellow, The Institute of Physics (Elected, 2006)
Fellow, The Institution of Engineering & Technology (Elected, 2006)
Fellow, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (Elected, 2002)
Fellow, The Society of Photo Instrumentation Engineers (Elected, 1995)
Fellow, Optical Society of America (Elected, 1993)
Fellow (Honoris Causa), Independent University of Bangladesh (2007)
Distinguished Engineering Fellow, The University of Alabama (2004)
Outstanding Engineering Research Award, University of Dayton (1998)
Outstanding Scientist Award, Engineering & Science Foundation of Dayton (1994).
Alumni Award in Scholarship, University of Dayton (1991)
Up and Comers Education Award (1990)
NASA Tech Brief Award (1990)
NCR Stakeholder Award (1989)
2004-present Vice President for Research
Professor (with tenure), Electrical and Computer Engineering
Old Dominion University

Old Dominion University (ODU), consisting of 6 colleges and 4 campus centers, is a public, Carnegie research extensive university with over 23,500 students, and 717 full-time and 449 part-time faculty members. It offers 70 bachelors, 60 masters, 36 doctoral, and 2 educational specialist programs. The portfolio of Vice President for Research includes 1245 persons (206 faculty researchers, 264 non-faculty professionals, 398 research assistants, and 377 others).

2000-2004 Dean of Engineering
Professor (with tenure), Electrical Engineering
City College of New York (CCNY) of the City University of New York (CUNY)

The CCNY, with over 15,000 students, is the “flagship” campus of the CUNY (with 23 campuses and over 225,000 degree-seeking students). Engineering offered 8 bachelors, 6 masters and 6 doctoral programs and had an involvement of 100+ faculty members, and 2300+ undergraduate and 750+ graduate students.

1998-2000 Head, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor (with tenure), Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Tennessee – Knoxville (UTK)

UTK is a public, Carnegie doctoral research extensive university and flagship campus of the UT system, with over 27,000 students. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering had an involvement of 25 faculty members, 450 undergraduate students and 150 graduate students. The Department offered two undergraduate programs, an MS program, and a Ph.D. program.

1986-1998 Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (1994-1998)
Founding Director, Electro Optics Program (1991 1998)
Professor (1993), Associate Professor (tenure 1988), Assistant Professor (1986)
University of Dayton (UD), Ohio

UD is a private, doctoral university in Ohio, with over 11,000 students, ranked amongst top 30 for federally-funded research. Electrical & Computer Engineering and Electro-Optics together offered two undergraduate, two MS, and three doctoral programs and had an involvement of 35 faculty members, and ~300 undergraduate and ~150 graduate students. Electro-Optics involved faculty members from sciences and engineering, as well as staff of the University of Dayton Research Institute.

1988-1990 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellow, Avionics Directorate
Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio

1983-1986 Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas

1981-1982 Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Engineering & Technology
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas
Has 155 publications in professional journals, 127 conference papers; supervised 31 Master students, 17 Ph.D. students; wrote books, 7 book-chapters, edited 9 special issues of journals, reviewed 10 books published by well-known publishing houses; held two patents namely, (a) Trinary Associative Memory, US Patent No. 5,257, 387, October 26, 1993 and (b) Fiber Optic Coupling System, US Patent No. 4, 798, 428, January 17, 1989.
Fellow of Society of Photo-Instru- mentation Engineers; Fellow of the Optical Society of America; Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers; Member, American Society of Engineering Education; Received "Outstanding Engineering Research Award," University of Dayton (1998).

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