Curriculum Vitae

Educations

The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Ph.D in Bioengineering, December 1992
Dissertation title: ‘The Design of Microwave Antennas for use in Cardiac Catheter Ablation’
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Kenneth Foster
Dissertation Co-Advisor: Dr. Nader Engheta
M.S.E.E. in Electrical Engineering, August 1991
M.S.E in Bioengineering, August 1991

Bradley University, Peoria, IL

The Catholic University of America, Washington DC

Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1992-1997
Associate Professor with Continuous Tenure, Department of Electrical Engineering 1998-present
Chairman, Department of Biomedical Engineering 2001-2003
The Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi MD, Sabbatical, 2000-2001
The Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi MD, Sabbatical, 2006-2007

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD), Bethesda MD

Senior researcher in electromagnetic signatures directorate, 2002-present

The University of Delaware, Newark DE

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2009-present
Director of Educational Outreach, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2009-present
Secondary Appointment Biomedical Engineering, 2010-present

Undergraduate Courses Taught

Graduate Courses Taught

Masters Dissertations

David Stovall, 1994 ‘Advanced Signal Processing Methods for the Analysis of Structural Damage to Bridges’
Tom Conway, 1996 ‘Specific Absorption Measurements and Modeling of Radiofrequency Electrodes used in Catheter Ablation of the Heart’
Labib Knafer, 1999 ‘Numerical Modeling of RF Power Absorption during Magnetic Resonance Imaging using an Anatomically Accurate 3D Human Model’
Brandon Good, 2008 ‘Optimal Design of Moth-eye Coatings at Millimeter Wave Frequencies’
Fikru Gennene, 2009 ‘Image Dehazing using Multi-aperture Fly’s Eye Camera’

Ph.D. Dissertations Directed

Dr. Isaac Chang, completed 1998 (co-directed with Dr. Kenneth Foster of The University of Pennsylvania) ‘Dielectric Properties of Healthy and Chronically Infarcted Myocardium’
Dr. Uyen Nguyen, completed 2001 ‘Numerical Modeling of Heating during High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging’
Dr. Jerry Smith, completed 2004 ‘Electromagnetic Forward Scattering over Maritime Environments’
Dr. Terry Walsh, completed 2005 ‘Three Dimensional Reconstruction of Multi-electrode Heart Catheters using Biplanar Fluoroscopy’
Dr. Joseph Krycia, completed 2005 ‘Electromagnetic Scattering from Composite Materials’
Dr. Gregory Behrmann, completed 2008 ‘Fiber-based Optical Strain Sensor for In-Vivo Tendon Measurements’
Dr. Rocco Arizzi, completed 2011 ‘Biologically Inspired Electrolocation’
Mr. Paul Ransom, in progress ‘Iterative Design of Anti-reflective Coatings at Millimeter wavelengths’
Mr. Tom Miller, in progress ‘Millimeter wave modeling and characterization of advanced composites'

IEEE Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering
EMBS Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
BMES Biomedical Engineering Society
IEEE COMAR Committee Member - Committee on Man and Radiation (longest standing IEEE committee)
OSA Optical Society of America
Associate Editor of International Journal on Modeling and Simulation
DOD Graduate Fellowship Selection Panelist
NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) site visit evaluation team member (2008)
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), Food and Drug Administration Center for Device Evaluation and Radiological Health (2008-present)
Associate Editor of Optical Engineering (2009-present)

1988-1990 University Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
1987 Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Societies
1993-2000 Army Research Laboratories Summer Faculty Fellowship
1997 Maryland Science Center Distinguished Young Engineer Award
1997-1998 Teacher of the Year Award, School of Engineering, Catholic University of America
1997 Alpha Delta Gamma Fraternity, Instructor of the Month Award, The Catholic University
2002 The Catholic University of America, Charles H. Kaman Award for Excellence in Teaching
2004 The Catholic University of America, Charles H. Kaman Award for Excellence in Research
2011 5-Star Rating on Rate My Professor
2011 Recipient of the H.A. Wheeler Prize from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society for the best applied paper of 2010.

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