Education

Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, University Park Pa, 1994.

M.S. in Computer Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, University Park Pa., 1990.

B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas, Austin, Tx., 1986.

Work History

Assistant Chair, Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown, Sept. 2005 through Present.

Professor of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Houston Downtown, Houston, Texas, 2010 through present.

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown Sept. 2001 through 2010.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown Aug. Aug. 1993 through May 1995 and Aug. 1997 through Aug. 2001.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Ecole Préparatoire d’Ingénieurs , Monastir Tunisia  Sept. 1996 through May 1997.

Technical Director, Brett/Aster Computers Inc., Tunis, Tunisia, November 1995 through June 1996.

Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University Assistant Aug. 1989 through May 1993.

System Administrator, Software Engineering Laboratory Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, Aug. 1988 through Jan. 1991.

Research Interests

Wireless Sensor Networks (with emphasis on area and barrier coverage, data fusion), distributed simulation systems (with emphasis on data distribution management and relevance filtering), applications of fuzzy logic, and computer architectures.