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Khan Iftekharuddin

  • Khan Iftekharuddin
  • Professor
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • 231 Kaufman Hall
  • Norfolk, VA 23529
  • 757-683-3741
  • kiftekha@odu.edu
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  • Dr. Iftekharuddin obtained his B.Sc. degree from Bangladesh Institute of Technology in 1989. He received an M.S. and a Ph.D. both in electrical engineering from the University of Dayton in 1991 and 1995 respectively. Dr. Iftekharuddin was a principal research engineer at Timken Research, Canton, OH before joining to NDSU. There he was involved in research in signal and image processing, neural networks applications, time-frequency analysis, sensors and embedded system design. Prior to Timken, Dr. Iftekharuddin was a senior systems engineer at BDM Federal in Dayton, OH. There he was involved in software development, software process improvement, and automatic target recognition (ATR) research.
  • Education

    University of Dayton, 1995
    Major: Electrical Engineering
    Degree: Ph. D.
    University of Dayton, 1991
    Major: Electrical Engineering
    Degree: M.S.
    Bangladesh Institute of Technology, 1989
    Major: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    Degree: B.S.
  • 2008: 2nd place winner, 20th Annual University of Memphis Student Research Forum
  • 1998: Best Paper Presentation Award, AeroSense’98
  • 2004: Elected Fellow of SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering
  • 2002: IEEE Senior Member
  • Merit Scholarships
  • 1994: New Focus Grant
  • RECOGNITIONS & AFFILIATIONS, SPIE, IEEE INNS, OSA
  • 1993: Research Fellowship
  • 1994: Research Fellowship
  • Research in Optical Retinopathy
  • 2011: Researcher of the Year
  • 2000: Researcher of the Year Award, North Dakota State University's College of Engineering and Architecture
  • Star Award
  • 2003: Who’s who in America, Marquis Who's Who, 57th Ed.
  • 2006: Who’s who in Medicine and Healthcare, Marquis Who's Who
  • Charter Member, NIH BCHI panel
  • Biomedical Engineering Research Award, The Whitaker Foundation
  • Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

  • Intellectual Property

    Multi-Modal Sensor System Integrating COTS Technology for Surveillance and Tracking
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Systems, methods and computer-readable media for detecting and predicting a progression of retinal pathologies
    Patent/Copyright: Patent
    Bearing with wireless self-powered sensor unit
    Patent/Copyright: Patent