Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Education

• Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, December, 1985

• M.E. Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, August, 1982

• B.S. Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, May, 1981

Research Activities

Neural Networks

• Theory and Application

• Optical Implementation of Associative Memories, 1986 - present

Teaching Interests

• Photonics

• Neural Networks

• Dynamical Systems

Courses Taught

Undergraduate level

• Electric Circuits

• Electromagnetic Fields

• Linear Systems, Electronics

• Laser Electronics

• Solid-State Devices

• Digital Signal Processing

Graduate level

• Dynamical Systems

• Random Systems Modeling and Analysis

• Neural Networks

• Optical Information Processing

Short-Courses Taught

• "Neural Networks for Engineers," SPIE Midwest Conference, Chicago, 1993 and 1995

• "Artificial Neural Networks," SPIE Midwest Conference, Chicago, 1990 and 1992

• "Fundamentals of Learning," Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering Conference, St. Louis, 1991, 1992, and 1993

Current Graduate Students

Ph.D. Level

• John Eynon, "A Learning Technique for Feedforward Neural Networks"

• Ronald Marusarz, "Image Transmission Through Optical Fiber"

M.S. Level

• Darren Zenn, "Optical Associative Memories"

• Kassandra Haak, "Fractional Fourier Transform"

Alumni

Ph.D. Level

• R. Athinarayanan, "A Dynamical-System Approach to classification and Recognition of Analog Input Information," 1994

M.S. Level

• N.S. Haider, "On the Modification of Hopfield Model as an Associative Memory," 1988

• R. Athinarayanan, "Pattern Classification in Artificial Neural Networks," 1990

• M. Abbasi, "A Class of Learning Algorithms for Multi-layer Perceptron," 1990

• X. Yuan, "Study of Diffraction Efficiency of Volume Hologram in LiNbO3," 1991

• I. Suhrawardy, "Electronic Implementation of Hopfield-type Neural Networks," 1991

• A. Banergee, "Implementation of a Multi-mode Fiber Optic Smart Sensor Through the Use of Neural Networks," 1992

• P. Varangis, "Mode Competition in Resonators," 1992

• B. Arianlou, "Analysis of Intensity Distribution of Multi-mode Fiber Optic Strain Sensor Based on Ray Tracing," 1993

• P.K. Dhali, "Texture Segmentation Using Clustering Algorithms and Khohonen Network," 1993

• M. Greatline, "Neural Network Based Autopilot," 1993

• S. Ahmed, "Simple Multiplexing of Multimode Fiber Optic Strain Sensors Using Artificial Neural Networks," 1994