Biographical Information:
Dr. Mohsen
Kavehrad, is the W. L. Weiss (AMERITECH) Endowed
Chair 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.
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Current Research Interests/Projects:
q
Broadband
Access Network Systems
q
Broadband
Wireless Local Area Networks
q
Mobile
or Portable Communications Systems, 4G and Beyond
q
Wireless Mobile
Networking (ORCLE)
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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, Amirkabir University (Tehran Polytechnic).
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