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Curriculum Vitae

Name:	ATAM PRAKASH DHAWAN
Present Position:	Chairperson and Professor Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ, 07102-1982
Mailing Address:	Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology 323 Martin Luther King Blvd. Newark, NJ, 07102-1982
Phone Numbers:	Office: 973-596-5442 Fax: 973-596-5680
E-Mail:	dhawan@adm.njit.edu
Citizenship:	US Citizen
Area of Active Research Interest:	Knowledge-Based Image Analysis and Interpretation, Medical Imaging, Wavelets, Data Security Protocols, Genetic Algorithms, Pattern Recognition, 3-D Image Reconstruction, Artificial Neural Networks.
Other Expertise:	Microprocessor Systems, Computer Engineering.

Education

Ph.D. - Electrical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1985.
M.S.E.E. - Electrical Engineering, IIT-University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, 1979.
B.S.E.E. - Electrical Engineering, IIT-University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, 1977.

Employment

Chairperson and Professor (With Tenure), Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT): 2000-present.
Professor (Joint Appointment), Department of Biomedical Engineering, NJIT: 2000-present.
Director, New Jersey Center for Wireless Networking and Internet Security: 2002- present.
Director, New Jersey Center for Multimedia Research: 2000-2002.
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Engineering, University of Toledo: 1998-2000.
Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies, College of Engineering, University of Toledo, 1998.
Professor (With Tenure), Department of Bioengineering, University of Toledo, 1998-2000.
Adjunct Professor, Radiology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, 1998-2000.
Professor (With Tenure) and Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 1996-1997.
Professor (With Tenure), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 1996-1998.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 1996-1998.
Professor (With Tenure), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 1995-1996.
Professor (Joint Appointment), Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati, 1995-1996.
Graduate Program Director, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1993- 1996.
Director, Center For Intelligent Vision Systems, University of Cincinnati, 1990-1996.
Collateral Faculty, Ohio Aerospace Institute: 1989-1996.
Director, Knowledge-Based Computer Vision Laboratory, University of Cincinnati, 1988-1996.
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 1990-1995.
Associate Professor (Adjunct), Dept. of Radiology, University of Cincinnati, 1993-1995.
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, 1988-1990.
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, 1985-1988.
Research Assistant, Image Analysis Laboratory, Department of Radiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 1983-1985.
Senior Engineer and Group Leader, Microcomputer Products, Universal Electric Ltd., Faridabad, India, 1982.
Faculty Member (Lecturer), Department of Electrical Engineering, The YMCA Institute of Engineering, Faridabad, India, 1979-1981.
Research Assistant, Digital Circuits Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, India, 1975-1978.

Continuing Engineering & Medical Education

Advanced Techniques in Effective Teaching Course, University of Cincinnati, Spring 1994.
Diploma in Synthetic Aperture Radar Technology, University of Michigan and OAI, Dec. 15-17, 1993.
Diploma in Knowledge-Based Systems, MIT-ASEE/Faculty Development Program, Summer, 1989.
Diploma in Contemporary Optics, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Summer 1984.
Diploma in Dermapathology, and Structures and Functions of Skin, special course at the 43rd Annual Meeting of American Academy of Dermatology, Washington, DC, 1984.
Special Courses on Medical Imaging, NMR Imaging, and Neuroradiology, at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Soc. of North America, Washington, DC, 1984.
Diploma in Automated Diagnostic Cytology, at the 4th International Conf. on Automation of Diagnostic Cytology, Montreal, 1983.

Awards, Honors, and Fellowships

Recognition

Who's Who in the World: 2004, 2005
Who's Who in America: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Who's Who in Engineering: 2001, 2002, 2003
Who's Who Among America Teachers: 2003, 2004
Who's Who in Education: 2002

Honors and Awards

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE): 2004-
The Dorman Distinguished Lectureship Award, University of Toledo: 1999.
IEEE 1995 Engineering in Medicine & Biology Early Career Achievement Award, IEEE 17th Annual EMBS International Conference, Montreal, 1995.
Faculty Achievement Award, University of Cincinnati, 1994.
Sigma-Xi Young Investigator Award, University of Cincinnati, 1992.
NIH F.I.R.S.T. Award, National Cancer Institute, 1988-1993.
Distinguished Progress in Research Excellence Award, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1989.
ASEE/Faculty Development Program Scholarship, Summer 1989.
Martin N. Epstein Award, and the $1000 First Prize, Student Paper Competition at the Symposium of Computer Applications in Medical Care, Washington, DC, 1984.
Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship at the University of Manitoba, 1982-85.
University Grants Commission Fellowship at the University of Roorkee, 1977-79.

Professional Editorships and Recognition

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2004-present.
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 1996-2002.
Associate Editor, International Journal of Pattern Recognition, 1999-present.
Assistant Editor, IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering, 1994-2002.
Editor, International Journal of Computing Information and Technology, 1997-present.

Workshops/Symposium Chaired

Conference Chair, IEEE 2006 International Conference of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, New York, 2006.
Chair, Workshop on Medical Image Analysis: Principles to Recent Advances, IEEE 26th International Conference of Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, San Francisco, 2004.
Chair, Workshop on Medical Image Analysis: Principles to Recent Advances, IEEE International Conference of Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, Cancun, 2003.
Chair, Workshop on Homeland and Cyber Security, Newark, 2003.
Chair, Symposium on Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering, World Congress Frontier in Med Phy. Bio Eng., Chicago, 2000.
Member, Program Committee, IEEE 1997 International Conference of Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, Chicago, 1996-97.
Chair, IEEE EMBS Emerging Technology Committee, 1998-1999, 1999-2000
Workshop Chair, Intelligent Biomedical Image Analysis, IEEE 1996 International Conference of Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, Chicago, 1997.
Workshop Chair, Intelligent Biomedical Image Analysis, IEEE 1996 International Conference of Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, Amsterdam, 1996.

Review Panels

Chair, NIH Special Review Section SSS-9, Multidisciplinary Biomedical Computing, October 2003.
Chair, NIH Bioengineering Research Partnership Review Panel, SSS-M (53), July, 2003.
Member, Reparative Medicine Study Section, SSS-M (1), July 2003.
Member, NIH Special Study Section and Site Visit Team, SSS-9(40), National Biomedical Computation Resource, June 2003.
Chair, Site Visit and Special Study Section Team, SSS-9, National Biomedical Simulation Research Resource, University of Southern California, March 2003.
Member, NIH Special Study Section SSS-9, Biomedical Informatics, March 2003.
Chair, NIH Special Study Section SSS-M (2), Reparative Medicine, July 2002.
Chair, Special Study Section SSS-9 (38), Shared Instrumentation, June 2002.
Member, Site Visit and Special Study Section Team, SSS-H(02), National Simulation Resource in Circulatory Mass Transport, March 2002.
Chair, NIH Special Study Section SSS-M (2), Reparative Medicine, November 2001.
Chair, NIH Special Study Section SSS-9, Biomedical Informatics, March 2001.
Chair, NIH Special Study Section SSS-9, Biomedical Computing and Informatics, November 2000.
Chair, NIH Special Study Section SSS-9, Biomedical Computing and Informatics, 1998-2000.
Member, NIH Special Study Section # 9: 1990-present.
Member, NIH Special Review Panels for Various Site Visits, BTRR Program: 1988-present.
Member, Site Visit and Special Study Section Team, SSS-H(02), National Simulation Resource in Circulatory Mass Transport, March 1997.
Member, Site Visit and Special Study Section Team, National Research Resource in Biomedical Computing, March 1996.
Member, NIH Special Review Panel, Human Brain Project, 1996.
Member, NSF Engineering Research Centers/SIUCRC Review Panel, ERC: 1995.

Professional Society Memberships

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE): 2004-present.
Senior Member of the IEEE: 1990-2003.
Member, SPIE: 1988-present.
Member, Eta Kappa Nu and Sigma Xi.