Curriculum Vitae for Ali, Mohammod

Biographical Profile Interest Background International Activity Facilities Professional Preparation Memberships & Professional Activities Positions & Appointments Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
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Ali, Mohammod

Department Chair/Professor

Dr. Ali's specializations and research interests include: Reconfigurable antennas, conformal antennas, wireless sensors, wireless power transfer, nondestructive evaluation (NDE), wireless systems, wearable antennas, bioelectromagnetics, aircraft antennas and antenna arrays, metamaterials

Biographical Profile

College
College of Engineering & Comp.
Department
Electrical Engineering
Tenure Status
Tenured

International Activity

International Activities
Yes
Type of Activity
Research, Other (Collaborative research projects with the Austrian Research Center in Siebersdorf, Austria and Tblisi State University, Georgia)
Countries
Austria, Georgia, Sweden
Institutional Focus Areas
Science and Engineering (Other)
Extended Residence in Foreign Country
No
Speaks Non-English Language
Yes (Bengali)

Interest Background

Do you include students in your research?
Undergraduates and Graduates
Interest Keywords
Reconfigurable antennas, conformal antennas, metamaterials, wireless sensors, bioelectromagnetics, RF circuits
Institutional Focus Areas
Science and Engineering (Other)
Personal Focus Areas
Antennas, wireless, electromagnetics

Professional Preparation(Education & Training)

Dates Institution Location Degree Field of Study
1997 University of Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
1994 University of Victoria Victoria, British Columbia M.A.Sc. Electrical Engineering
1987 Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka, Bangladesh B.Sc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Memberships & Professional Activities

Dates Type Description Institution/Entity
Membership Senior Member of the IEEE
Membership Associate Editor, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
2019 Professional Activity Program Director in the Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber, Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation National Science Foundation's Visiting Scientist, Engineer, and Educator (VSEE) Program
2008 Professional Activity Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, San Diego
Professional Activity Proposal Reviewer and Panelist for the National Science Foundation, Army Research Office, NSERC (Canada), National Institutes of Health
Professional Activity Conference Session Chair for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium
2006 Professional Activity Technical Program Committee 2006 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology, White Plains, NY
2009 Professional Activity Co-Chair, Technical Program Committee, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Charleston, SC

Positions & Appointments

Dates Description Institution/Entity
01/1988 - 09/1991 Lecturer, Permanent, Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Chittagong
09/1991 - 09/1992 Assistant Professor, Permanent, Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Chittagong
01/1998 - 08/2001 Staff and Senior Staff Engineer, Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC
08/2001 - 07/2007 Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina
06/2004 - 08/2004 Visiting Research Scientist, Motorola Corporate Research Laboratory, Plantation, Florida
08/2007 - 12/2012 Associate Professor, Tenured, Electrical Engineering, University of South Carolina University of South Carolina
06/2010 - 08/2010 Summer Faculty Fellow, AFRL, WPAFB/RBSA
01/2013 - 07/2021 Professor University of South Carolina
07/2019 - 07/2021 Program Director National Science Foundation
08/2021 - Present Professor and Chair University of South Carolina

Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Dates Type Description Foundation/Entity
2003 Award National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Award
Award Recognition for Technical Program Co-Chair, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society and International Radio Science Union (URSI) International Symposium, Charleston, SC
Award Young Investigator Award, College of Engineering and Information Technology, University of South Carolina
Award Research Progress Award, College of Engineering and Computing
Award Ericsson Management Award for outstanding performance in simultaneous multiple projects
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Facilities

Laboratory
Dr. Ali is the Director of the Microwave Engineering Laboartory. The laboratory has microwave circuits, antennas and sensors fabrication and characterization facilties. Currently we have vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzer, power meter, multiple high power amplifiers, Standard gain antenna, signal sources, and other pieces of equipement and components.
Animal
No
Clinical
No
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