ALI EYDGAHI, PH.D.

Dr. Ali Eydgahdi is a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.  He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Wayne State University.  Dr. Eydgahdi earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Wayne State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Detroit Institute of Technology.  He is a Certified Manufacturing Technologist and holds a CMfgT Certification from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
                                                                                                         
Dr. Eydgahi started his career as a faculty member at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1985.  Since 1986 and prior to joining University of Maryland Eastern Shore he has been with the State University of New York, Oakland University, Wayne County Community College, and Wayne State University. He has taught a number of different undergraduate and graduate courses and laboratories including Control  Sys­tems,  Digital Control Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Computer  Aided  Design,  Robotics, Digital Logic, Circuit Analysis, Numerical Techniques, Microprocessors, and Micro-controllers. Dr. Eydaghi, who is a Senior Member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Senior Member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), has also  been working  on  different research topics in these  areas  and  has supervised a number of graduate thesis and undergraduate projects. A recipient of the Dow outstanding Young Faculty Award from American Society  for Engineering Education in 1990, the Silver Medal for outstanding contribution from International Conference on Automation in 1995, UNESCO Short-term Fellowship in 1996, and three faculty merit awards  from  State University of New York, Dr. Eydgahi has developed the following undergraduate courses Digital Control Systems,  Robotics,  Computer Aided Circuit Design, Computer-Aided  Control System Analysis and Design.  He has also developed the following undergraduate laboratories: PC-Based Digital Control Applications Lab, Advanced Communication Lab, and Robotics & Automation Lab.

Dr. Eydgahi 's awards include the Dow outstanding Young Faculty Award from American Society  for Engineering Education in 1990, the Silver Medal for outstanding contribution from International Conference on Automation in 1995, UNESCO Short-term Fellowship in 1996, and three faculty merit awards  from  State University of New York.   

An active reviewer for a number of  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and other reputedly international journals and conferences, Dr. Eydgahi has served as a regional and chapter chairman of IEEE and Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) in New York.  He also has served as a session chair and a member of scientific  and international  committees for many international conferences and is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Senior Member of SME and a member of ASEE.   Dr. Eydgahi has published more than ninety papers in peer reviewed international and national journals and conference proceedings such as IEEE in the past twenty years.

Dr. Eydgahi’s research and development grants include:

• Principal Investigator, "Integrating Service-Learning Activities With Student Projects in the Programming Concepts for Engineers Course", Office of Access and Success, UMES, 2001.
• Co-Investigator, "Internet-Based Recruitment And Retention Of Minority Students In The Collaborative Engineering Program At SSU And UMES", University System of Maryland, 2000.
• Team member, “UMES-AIR Project to Stimulate Learning and Assist in Recruitment and Retention of Minority and Economically Disadvantaged Students in MSET Curricula at UMES”, USM, 2000.
• Team member, "Design and Development of Tethered Blimp-Borne Multi-Spectral Imaging Devices", NASA at Wallops Island, 1999, 2000, 2001.
• Team member, "Defense Information Systems Agency Minority Institutions Technology Support Services", Department of Defense, 1999.
• Principal Investigator, "Using Internet Tools to Enhance the Collaborative Electrical Engineering Program at UMES, SSU, UMCP, and FSU", University System of Maryland, 1999.
• Principal Investigator, "Infusing Service-Learning Activities into Computer Programming Course", Institute for Service Learning, SSU, 1999.
• Co-Investigator, "SLOPE: Service-Learning Opportunities in Physics and Engineering", Institute for Service Learning, SSU, 1998.
• Principal Investigator, "DSP Applications in Control Systems Design", Motorola Inc.,   Austin, TX., 1988. 

• Co- Investigator, "Overflow Embedding in VLSI Routing", IBM, Kingston, NY, 1987.
• Principal Investigator, "Robot Controller Design Using DSP Chips", Texas Instruments Inc., Houston, TX. 1987. 

Dr. Eydgahi’s teaching and laboratories development grants include:

• Principal Investigator, "SystemView Software for Web-based Communication Laboratory Design", Elanix Inc., 2000.
• Principal Investigator, "Measurement Equipment for Digital and Analog Electronic Laboratory", Agilent Technology, 1999.
• Principal Investigator, "Laboratory Development for the Electrical Engineering Program at UMES", Coordination Committee for Collaboration, UMES/SSU, 1999.
• Principal Investigator, "Laboratory Development and Instructional Enhancement for the Collaborative Engineering Program”, Coordination Committee for Collaboration, UMES/SSU, 1998.

• Principal Investigator, "PC-Based Digital Control Laboratory Development", Feedback Inc., Berkeley Heights, NJ, 1990; 
• Principal Investigator, "Digital Design Projects Systems",  Motorola Inc., Austin, TX,  1989; 
• Principal Investigator, "Computer Aided Control Systems Design on Workstations", Boeing  Company, Seattle, WA., 1988; 
• Principal Investigator, "Computer Applications in Control Courses", Department of  Defense, Wright-Patterson Base, OH, 1987.

Over the years, Dr. Eydgahi has designed and developed a plethora of projects which include the following software and hardware packages:

I.  Software Packages Developed:

• EXPP:   An Expert System for Manipulator and Mobile Robot Path Planning, Used C++ Language, 1996-7.
• MatMot:   A toolbox for DC Motor Design, Used MATLAB software, 1996.
• FUZZYFRAME:  An Object-Oriented Framework for Design of Fuzzy Controllers, Used C+ Language, 1995.
• DGTools:  A Software Tool  for Digital Control Systems, Used MATHEMATICA Language, 1994.
• Sym Cir:  A Tool box  for Circuit Design, Used MATHEMATICA Language, 1993.
• CIRCAD:  A Software Package for Circuit Simulation, Design and Analysis,  Used C Language, 1993.
• EDCON:   A Software Package for Design and Analysis of Control Systems,  Used C Language, 1992.
• ROBOTSIM:  A CAD Package for Design and Analysis of Robots, Used C Language, 1990-1.
• ROUTER: A software for determining Overflow Embedding in VLSI Routing, Used BASIC Language,1988.

II. Hardware Systems developed and Implemented:           

• Designed an ISDN End-Terminal using Motorola Micro-controllers, 1994-1995.
• Designed  and developed a three degree of freedom finger with corresponding control systems for pressure,  thermal, and tactile sensing using  Intel  microprocessors and DSP chips, 1993 -1996.
• Designed  robot controllers based on  Motorola DSP 56000 and TI  TMS  Development  Systems, 1987-8.