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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 overseas its research enterprise, that
conducts $50M in research expenditures, and involves six
colleges, 20+ research centers, 600+ faculty and 5000+ graduate
students. Karim serves on the Governor’s Virginia Research and
Technology Advisory Commission (VRTAC), and on the board of the
Southern Universities Research Association (SURA). Since 1999, he
has been serving as chair of the International Program Committee
of the International Conference on Computing and Information
Technology (ICCIT). Karim is North American Editor of Optics
and Laser Technology, an Associate Editor of IEEE
Transactions of Education, a Member of the Editorial Board of
Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. He has served as
guest editor of 16 technical journal 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 8 text and reference
books, over 325 research papers, 6 book chapters, 10 book
reviews, 2 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), and Contemporary Digital Design (2005)
are used in numerous universities and institutions throughout the
world at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He is an elected
fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA), the Society of
Photo-Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 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 55 MS/PhD. students.
Mohammad Karim was born in 1953, 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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