Dr. Bahman Rezaie of St. Mary's University

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Biography:

Dr. Bahman Rezaie received BS in Physics from Pars College (1971) and another BS in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University (1978), an MS and Ph.D. also in Electrical Engineering from SMU in 1980 and 1984 respectively. The results of his thesis (on image registration and pattern recognition) were published as a paper in IEEE transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems in November 1984.
After teaching for three years at Southern Methodist University, Dr. Rezaie joined St. Mary’s University where he is currently Piper Professor in the Engineering Department. He has served as the Engineering Department Chair for 25 years and during the spring semester of 2000, he served as the Acting Dean of the School of Science, Engineering, and Technology. While at St. Mary’s, Dr. Rezaie was awarded $300,000 research grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) from 1985 through 1987. The research was entitled "Rotation Invariant Image Registration," and geared to investigate rotation invariancy of certain features on different images in order to develop a class of fast algorithms to detect and register rotated objects within the image scene. He was also co-investigator on $137,000 research grant through the U.S. Department of Education entitled "Development of Academic Program and Acquisition of Equipment for Manufacturing Engineering Degree." He co-authored a $2.1 Million Title V grant awarded to the St. Mary’s University by the U.S. Department of Education entitled “St. Mary’s University’s Plan to Improve Academic Programs through Instructional Technology,” 1999 through 2004.
At St. Mary’s University, he has taught variety of electrical and computer engineering courses both at graduate and undergraduate levels such as Digital Signal Processing, Digital Image Processing, Computer-Aided Circuit Design, Microcontrollers, Signals and Systems and Microelectronics. His areas of specialization are signal processing, pattern recognition, robotic vision, medical imaging, adaptive filtering, microcontrollers, and embedded systems.
Dr. Rezaie is a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi honorary societies of engineering. He is the recipient of Distinguished Faculty Award, (School of Science, Engineering and Technology), at St. Mary's University, academic year 1987-88; recipient of Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award at St. Mary's University, academic year 1991-92; Recipient of Distinguished Faculty Award, (Graduate School), at St. Mary's University, academic year 1993-94. In 2001, Dr. Rezaie has been selected as a Minnie Stevens Piper Professor in the State of Texas.

Email:

Address:St. Mary's University, , San Antonio, United States, 78228