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Bio

Prof. Mohammad S. Alam serves as the Dean of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET), and as a Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Robotics Engineering at the Minnesota State University (MSU), Mankato, Minnesota. Prior to joining MSU, he served as the Dean of the Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering, Special Assistant to the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, Interim Executive Director of the High-Performance Computing Center (HPCC), Interim Executive Director of the Eagle Ford Center for Research, Education, and Outreach (EFCREO), and as Division Head of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) at Texas A&M University - Kingsville (TAMUK). Before joining TAMUK, he served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and as the first Warren H. Nicholson Endowed Chair Professor at the University of South Alabama. He also served on the faculty of the University of Alabama, Purdue University - Fort Wayne, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and as a graduate faculty member of Purdue University and Indiana University. Prof. Alam has 23+ years of proven track record as an academic administrator at multiple institutions.

His research interests include image processing, artificial intelligence, and renewable energy. He authored or co-authored over 570 publications (200+ journal papers, 350+ conference publications, and 19 book chapters). Over 10,600+ citations (h-index: 50, i10-index: 192) of his work have been reported in Google Scholar and 50,600+ reads in ResearchGate. He received numerous excellence in research/teaching/ service awards including the 2016 Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding Engineering Educator Award from Region 3 of IEEE. Prof. Alam served as the PI or Co-PI of many research projects totaling over $17M, funded by federal/state agencies and private industry. He presented over 150 plenary/keynote addresses, invited papers, seminars, and tutorials at international conferences and research institutions all over the world. He supervised the research work of 55+ Masters/Ph.D. students, 16 post-doctoral students, and 8 visiting scholars.

Prof. Alam serves as an ABET evaluator for domestic and international institutions. He is an elected Fellow of 11 professional societies including the IEEE, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Optical Society of America (Optica), SPIE - the International Society for Optical Engineering, Institute of Physics (IoP), Society for Imaging Science & Technology (IS&T), International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), and American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS). He served as the President of the Southeastern ECE Department Heads Association (SECEDHA) during 2005-2006.