Introduction by:
Dan Berg
Distinguished Research Professor of Engineering,
Department of Industrial Engineering, and
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Miami
Dr. Mo Jamshidi, Ph.D, DEgr (h.c)
Fellow, IEEE, ASME, AAAS, TWAS, NYAS, AF, AIAA
Lutcher Brown Endowed Distinguished Chaired Professor
Member, U Texas System Chancellor's Council Department of Electrical and Computer Engr.
University of Texas at San Antonio
Presentation Topic: "The VI-P c Engineering Education Model for America’s Ethnic Minorities"
M. Mo Jamshidi is F-IEEE, F-ASME, AF-AIAA, F-AAAS, F-TWAS F-NYAS. He received BSEE (Cum Laud) at Oregon State University in 1967, the MS and Ph.D. in EE from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in June 1969 and February 1971, respectively. He holds honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Waterloo, Canada, 2004, Technical University of Crete, Greece, 2004 and Odlar Yourdu University, Baku, Azerbaijan in 1999. Currently, he is the Lutcher Brown Endowed Distinguished Chaired Professor at the University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA. He has over 850 technical publications including 74 books (11 textbooks), research volumes, and edited volumes in English and five foreign languages. He is the Founding Editor or co-founding editor or Editor-in-Chief of 5 journals. He has graduated or advising 65 PhD and 85 MS students. Among them four PhD’s among Native Americans, ten PhDs among Hispanic and eight PhD’s among African Americans. His former students are successful professionals in 22 nations around the world. Moreover, he has advised over 120 US Ethnic Minority students at MS and Ph.D. and over 850 undergraduate students. Some of his honors include, US Army Service and Achievement Medal, IEEE Centennial Medal, IEEE-USA Lifetime Award in Systems Engineering, among many other awards and honors. He is a member of the UTX System Chancellor’s Council.
