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Mohammad A. Karim, Ph.D.
Vice-President for Research
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia
Mohammad A. Karim is Vice President for
Research at the Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk,
Virginia, and as such he oversees its research enterprise, that
incurs $100M in research and development expenditures, and
involves six colleges, 20+ research centers, 650+ faculty and
6000+ graduate students. He has been serving as chair of the
International Program Committee of the International Conference
on Computing and Information Technology (ICCIT) since 2001 and
as chair of the Technical Committee of the International
Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation (IETA)
since 2005. Karim is North American Editor of "Optics and Laser
Technology," an Associate Editor of "IEEE Transactions of
Education," and serves on the editorial boards of both
"Microwave and Optical Technology Letters" and "World Journal of
Modeling and Simulation." He has guest edited 24 journal special
issues.
Prior to joining ODU, Mohammad Karim served as Dean of
Engineering at the City College of New York of the City
University of New York (2000-2004), Head of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at the University of Tennessee (1998-2000),
and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering (1994-1998) and
Founding Director of Electro-Optics (1990-1998) at the
University of Dayton in Ohio.
Karim is author of 15 text and reference books, over 325
research papers, 7 book chapters, 10 book reviews, 3 US patents,
and of numerous technical reports and editorials. His books
Digital Design: A Pragmatic Approach (1987), Electro-Optical
Devices and Systems (1990), Optical Computing: An Introduction
(1992), Electro-Optical Displays (1992), Continuous Signals and
Systems with Matlab (2001, 2009), and Digital Design: Basic
Concepts and Principles (2008) are used in numerous universities
and institutions throughout the world at both undergraduate and
graduate levels. He is an elected fellow of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Optical Society
of America (OSA), the Society of Photo-Instrumentation Engineers
(SPIE), Institute of Physics (InstP) of United Kingdom,
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) of United
Kingdom, and Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS) and a
Distinguished Engineering Fellow of the University of Alabama.
Karim’s area of research encompasses optical computing,
information processing, pattern/target recognition, night
vision, displays, electro-optical systems, and sensors. The list
of his past and current research sponsors include US Air Force,
Naval Research Laboratory, US Army, National Science Foundation,
NASA, US Department of Education, Ohio Aerospace Institute, US
Department of Defense, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
During his academic career, Karim served as research mentor of
over 57 MS/PhD. students.
Born in 1953, Mohammad Karim completed his pre-university
education at Faujdarhat Cadet College and Sylhet Government
College in Bangladesh, and received his BS Honors degree in
physics from the University of Dacca in 1976, and MS in physics,
MS in electrical engineering, and Ph.D. in electrical
engineering degrees from the University of Alabama respectively
in 1978, 1979, and 1981. Karim was ranked first among the 39,488
students who took the Bangladesh’s Higher Secondary Certificate
Examination in 1972, and fourth among the 64,432 students who
took the Secondary School Certificate Examination in 1969.
Dr. Karim is recipient of numerous awards: Outstanding
Engineering Research Award (1998), Outstanding Scientist Award
(1994), Alumni Award in Scholarship (1991), NASA Tech Brief
Award (1990), Up and Comers Education Award (1990), and NCR
Stakeholder Award (1989). He has been listed in American Men and
Women in Science, Marquis International Who’s Who in Optical
Science & Engineering, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering,
Who’s Who in America, Outstanding People of the 20th Century,
Dictionary of International Biography, and 2000 Outstanding
Scientists of the 20th Century.
Dr. Karim and his wife Setara lives in Virginia Beach, VA, have
a son, Lutfi, and two daughters, Lamya, and Aliya.
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