A Sample of Professional Activities
- Developing a research services agreement between the University of Bridgeport and Advanced Robot Solutions (ARS) to develop Mobile Service Robots (2017-2019).
- Launching a Dual Enrollment Credit Program with 20 schools district, 2016-present.
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Establishing and designing the web-based
electronic assessment system for performing
assessment of the undergraduate engineering programs
at UB, in addition to providing the system to other
UB schools as a standard platform for performing
program assessment of objectives and student
outcomes. The e-assessment system has been fully
developed, implemented and coded at the School of
Engineering.
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Partcipated in presenting a workshop on the
Future of Engineering Education in Egypt, at the
Engineering Sector Council Conference, Cairo, Egypt,
October 2009
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Founding and managing the Weekend Masters
program in Computer Science at the Stamford campus
of UB.
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Participating in restructuring and developing
the new curriculum and requirements for the Masters
of Science programs in Computer Science, Computer
Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Technology
Management and Bio-Medical Engineering at the
University of Bridgeport.
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Establishing the electronic content project at
the School of Engineering for storing all course
materials for all the classes offered by the School.
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Developing a concentration track (and class
sequence) in Robotics and Automation for the Masters
of Science programs in Computer Science and Computer
Engineering, at the Department of Computer Science
and Engineering, University of Bridgeport.
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Initiating the efforts to establish 2
internet-based M.S. programs in Computer Science and
Technology Management as distance-learning degrees
at the University of Bridgeport.
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Developing Web-based control of robotic
manipulators at the University of Bridgeport as a
tool for distance learning (regular degree and
certificate programs) and continuing education
classes to be offered. The tele-operated robot
global control allows the introduction of
laboratory-based classes like control, robotics, and
automation into a distance-learning curriculum.
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Creating the interdisciplinary laboratory:
"Robotics, Intelligent Sensing, and Control (RISC),"
at the Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, University of Bridgeport.
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Starting up development activities for a number
of projects with commercial potential, with the
eventual goal of marketing the product or service.
The projects include: controller/simulator/monitor
software package and prototyping systems for
manipulators, the reverse engineering and inspection
center, the graphical objects software package, a
tire-changing robotic manipulator, reverse
engineering applications in dentistry, a class
scheduling tool, and several others.
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Initiating and starting up continuing technical
education classes (on and off-site) at the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
University of Bridgeport, for industry
professionals. Classes included: "Electronic
Printing and Postscript," "Digital System Design
Using VHDL," "JAVA Programming," "Object Oriented
Programming Using C++ and Visual C++," "Networks
Basics," and "Factory Automation and Robotics in
Industrial Applications''.
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Leading the efforts to define a vision
statement, mission, goals, objectives and a
strategic plan for Engineering at the University of
Bridgeport.
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Leading the efforts to assess the technology and
computing needs at the University of Bridgeport and
formulating a technology Master plan, currently
adopted by the University.
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Established a technical report series for the
University of Bridgeport.
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Starting up a joint project with the Polytechnic
University (New York), Civil and Environmental
Engineering Department, on Robotics and Automation
in Support of Construction Engineering Research
(Basic and Applied).
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Developing funding programs, research and
development cooperation activities, donations, co-op
and internships programs with many companies and
industries.
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Establishing Student recruiting and joint
research and development activities with the
cultural missions of the embassies of Turkey, Oman,
Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab
Emirates, Egypt, Jordan, China and Libya.
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Work on developing international sites for the
University of Bridgeport in Dubai (United Arab
Emirates), Saudi Arabia, India, Egypt, Jordan, China
and Libya for "assisted" distance learning, 2 plus 2
programs and graduate distance learning (Computer
Science and Technology Management).
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Developing a Ph.D. Program in Computer Science
and Computer Engineering at the Department of
Computer Science and Engineering, University of
Bridgeport.
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Cooperating with the APIC Group, Egypt, and the
Swiss Manufacturing Precision Company, Switzerland,
to construct a center for precise inspection and CAD
model recovery from range data.
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Organizing a workshop (by invitation) on
discrete event and hybrid systems for the IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 1997.
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Organizing a workshop (by invitation) on
prototyping design and automation for the IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation,
San Francisco, California, April 2000.
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Starting up "Misr Net," an Internet on-line
service provider company, based in Cairo, Egypt.
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Developing the Utah Robotics Kit and Prototyping
Environment, currently being used in Mechanical
Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer
Science classes and projects in Robotics,
Automation, Control Theory, Systems Programming,
Software Engineering, and Microprocessors.
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Leading the efforts to develop the commercial
version of the Utah Robotic Kit (URK).
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Specifying a system for assisting brain surgery
by localizing the 3-D position of the surgical
instrument, Department of Surgery, University of
Utah Hospital.
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Active Participation in the Following K-12
School Programs:
Gear-Up
Upward Bound
Project Lead the Way (PLTW)
ConnCAP
CPEP
(Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program)
CPEP Day
Inroads
NACME
Science Fair -
Yale University
Bridgeport School District
Science Fair
LEGO League, First LEGO
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Presented weekend robotics seminars for
Pre-Engineering Bridgeport Public High School
students (ConnCAP Program).
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Consortium Member, European Union, Tempus
Program, "Development of an Educational Web-Based
Trans-National Laboratory Network".
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Organized the first Connecticut Engineering
Deans Meeting at the University of Bridgeport:
"Engineering Deans and Business Leaders", December
2004. Members of the School of Engineering Industry
Advisory Board, the Engineering Deans of the other
Universities in Connecticut, the Governor
representatives and various Connecticut industries
met at the University of Bridgeport to discuss and
formalize plans for collaboration between the
involved company representatives, Universities and
the school districts that the Universities work with
(in the areas of science, engineering, technology,
math and computing education,)
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Developing articulation agreements with more
than twenty universities in India, China, Taiwan,
Egypt, England, Jordan, United Arab Emirates,
Pakistan and Libya for joint programming, 2+2
programs, 4+1 programs, faculty exchange and other
joint ventures.
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Reviewer for many Journals and Conferences on
AI, Computer Vision, Robotics, Control and
Automation.
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Reviewer for IEEE and ACM Multimedia Journals
and Conferences.
- Reviewer for IEEE Press Books.
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Reviewer for the Encyclopedia of Life Support
Systems (EOLSS).
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Surveyed the Discrete Event Dynamic Systems
(DEDS) area for the IEEE Robotics and Automation
Society Technical Committee on DEDS.
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Working with the Consulting Office for
Integrated Systems (COINS) and the International
Traders Group, Ltd. in defining a system for rapid
prototyping for manufacturing and automation
applications.
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Tau Beta Beta Utah Chapter (Utah Alpha) Advisor.
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Coordinating with the Science and Technology
Satellite News agency in New York to broadcast a
program on the Utah Robot Kit (URK) development.
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Reviewer for the quarterly Journal Digest of
Middle East Studies (DOMES).
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Participant as an advisor in the undergraduate
research opportunities program (UROP) at the
University of Utah.
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Participant in the Faculty mentoring program at
the University of Utah to help incoming freshmen.