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Dr. Mohsen
Kavehrad, is the W. L. Weiss Professor of Electrical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He received
his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic University
(formerly; Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute) in 1977. Between 1978 and 1981, he worked for
Fairchild Industries (Space Communications Division) and GTE (Satellite
Corp. and Labs.). In December 1981, he joined Bell Laboratories where he worked in
research, development and systems engineering areas. In March 1989, he
joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at University
of Ottawa, as a Full Professor
where he was at the same time the Director of Broadband Communications
Research Laboratory. He was also the Director of Photonic Networks and
Systems Thrust and a project leader in the Communications and Information
Technology Ontario (CITO),
a project leader in the Canadian Institute for Telecommunications Research
and the Director of Ottawa-Carleton Communications Center for Research
(OCCCR). He was an academic visitor (senior technical consultant) at NTT Laboratories, Japan,
in summer 1991. He spent a six months sabbatical term as an academic visitor
(senior technical consultant) at NORTEL,
Ottawa, in 1996. In January
1997, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania
State University as the W. L. Weiss
(AMERITECH)
Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering. In August 1997 he was
appointed as the founding Director of Center
for Information and Communications Technology Research (CICTR).
During 1997-1998 he was also the CTO and a Vice President at Tele-Beam Inc.,
State
College, PA. He
visited, as an academic visitor (senior technical consultant), Lucent ( Bell Labs.) in
New
Jersey, in the summer of 1999. He spent a six
months sabbatical term as an academic visitor (senior technical consultant)
at AT&T Shannon Research Labs.,
Florham Park, New Jersey, in 2004. He has
also served as a consultant to a score of major corporations and government
agencies.
Dr. Kavehrad's
research contributions have been in the fields of: Satellite
communications, Fixed radio communications, Portable and Mobile
radio communications, Atmospheric Laser communications, Fiber optic
communications and fiber optic networks. His current research
interests are in the areas of
technologies, systems, and network architectures that enable the vision of
the information age; e.g., Broadband Wireless
Communications Networked Systems and Optical
Communications Networked Systems. Since the start of his academic
career, these research topics and others have led to significant graduate
research. He has supervised to completion several doctoral dissertations and
all his students hold positions in the top industry and academia. He was
elected a Fellow of the IEEE in January 1992 for his contributions to Digital
Wireless Communications and Optical Fiber Systems and Networks.
He received 3 Exceptional Technical Contributions awards while working at
Bell Laboratories for his works on Wireless Communications Systems, the 1990
TRIO Feedback award for his patent on a "Passive Optical
Interconnect" and the IEEE VTS Neal Shepherd best propagation paper
award and 3 IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society best paper awards
and a Canada NSERC PhD-thesis gold medal award, jointly with his former
graduate students for their works on wireless and optical systems. He has lectured worldwide as an IEEE
Distinguished Lecturer, and as plenary and keynote speaker at leading
conferences. His works have been published in over 300 refereed journal and
conference papers, several books and book chapters, and he holds several key
issued patents in these areas. He was cited by the Canadian Parliamentary
Secretary to the Minister of Industry, as a leader in the development of Canada's
information highway, to serve in Canada's
first Community Center for Information Access in March 1994.
Dr. Kavehrad's
professional activities include being on the Advisory Committee of the Department of Electrical Engineering
at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI )
in MASS (1998-2003), serving as a
reviewer and panelist for the National Science Foundation, has chaired review
panels for NSERC-Canada and served as a reviewer for multiple technical
journals and conferences. He is a former Technical Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Communications
Magazine and the IEEE Magazine of Light-wave Telecommunications Systems.
Presently, he is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of
Wireless Information Networks. He served as the General Chair of leading IEEE
conferences and workshops. He has chaired, organized and been on the advisory
committee for several international conferences and workshops.
Dr. Kavehrad has been quoted in such internationally
circulated publications and media as the New York Times, Electronics
Times, IEEE Communications Society Industry News Cache, Science
Daily Magazine, iG - NY TIMES, ICON New, Wireless News Factor, Uni-Science,
Photonics Spectra, TRN News, INFORMATICA
2.0, EE TIMES in UK and the BBC in London.
Awards & Honors:
- 2001: The IEEE VTS Neal Shepherd Best
Propagation Paper Award.
- 1991-1995: Three
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society "Best Paper" awards
with his former graduate students.
- 1995: NSERC
CANADA PhD Thesis Gold Medal was awarded for "Properties and Applications
of Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Amplifiers and Lasers" under Kavehrad's
supervision, University of Ottawa.
- 1992:
Elected as IEEE Communications Society "Distinguished
Speaker".
- 1992:
Elected to the rank "Fellow of the IEEE" for
Contributions to Wireless Communications and Optical Networking.
- 1990: TRIO
Feedback Award for "Passive Interconnect Device" Patent.
- 1981-1989: Three Exceptional Technical
Contributions Awards from Bell Laboratories, New
Jersey for research on Wireless Communications
Systems.
- 1989-1993: Member, Editorial Board, IEEE
Lightwave Communications Magazine.
- 1987: Guest Editor, IEEE Communications
Magazine, Special Series on Mobile Communications.
- 1987-1991: Member, Editorial Board, IEEE
Trans. on Communications.
- 1983-1986: Member, Editorial Board, IEEE
Communications Magazine.
- 1973: B.S. Degree with High Distinction.
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