Marc Karam, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph: 334 727 8991
Fax: 334 724 4806
Email: mkaram@tuskegee.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Systems Engineering, April 99, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
M.S., Electrical Engineering, December 1994, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
B.S., Electrical Engineering, October 1991, University of Saint Joseph, E.S.I.B, Beirut, Lebanon
APPOINTMENTS
精东AV
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, August 1999 鈥� Present
Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
Research Assistant, 10/95 - 4/96
Teaching Assistant 9/94 - 11/98
University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada
Research Assistant, 1/93 - 10/93
Energy Audit and Diagnostic Center, 4/94 - 8/94
A-OK Controls Engineering, Auburn Hills, Michigan
Design Engineer, 2/99 - 7/99
DaimlerChrysler, Auburn Hills, Michigan
Research Engineer, 10/95 - 4/96
RESEARCH
Control Systems: Linear and Nonlinear Control, Classical and Optimal Control
Signal Processing: Vibration Analysis, Noise Reduction and Cancellation
Artificial Intelligence: Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic in Control and Signal Processing Applications Simulation: using Matlab/Simulink and Spice in Simulation and Analysis of Electrical and Mechanical Systems Design of Digital Systems
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1. M. Karam, M.A. Zohdy, and H.S. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, 鈥淎 Modular Recurrent Dynamic Neural Network for Robust Optimal Control,鈥� Control and Intelligent Systems Journal, Volume 31, No. 3, pp.160-172, 2003.
2. M. Karam, M.A. Zohdy, and S.S. Farinwata,聽 鈥淩obust Optimal Control Using Recurrent Dynamic Neural Network,鈥澛� 2001 IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA), September 5-7, 2001, Mexico City, Mexico.
3. M. Karam, M.A. Zohdy, and H.S. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, 鈥淩obust Recurrent Dynamic Neural Network for Solving Linear and Nonlinear
Signal Representation Problems,鈥� International Journal of Systems Science, Volume 30, No. 3, pp. 261-274, March 1999.
4. M.A. Zohdy, M. Karam, and H.S. Abdel-Aty-Zohdy,聽 鈥淎 Recurrent Dynamic Neural Network for Noisy Signal Representation,鈥� Neurocomputing, Volume 17, pp 77-97, 1997.
5. M. Karam, M. Ghassemzadeh,聽 N. Dai, M. Gandikota,聽 and A.M. Trzynadlowski,聽 鈥淰alidation聽 and Recovery of Vibration Data in
Electromachine聽 Systems聽 Using聽 Neural聽 Network聽 Software,鈥澛� IEEE Transactions聽 on Industry聽 Applications,聽 Volume聽 30, No. 6, pp.
1588-1599, November/December 1994.
CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
1. C. Cliston, M. Karam and H. Aglan, 鈥淪pectral Subtraction of Noise in Speech Processing Applications,鈥� Proceedings of the 40th
Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, pp. 50-53, March 16-18, 2008.
2.聽 M.聽 Karam聽 and聽 M.A.聽 Zohdy,聽 鈥淒evelopment聽 of聽 a聽 Model-Based聽 Dynamic聽 Recurrent聽 Neural聽 Network聽 for聽 Modeling聽 Nonlinear
Systems,鈥� Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations, Las Vegas, Nevada, pp.
503-506, April 2-4, 2007.
3. M. Karam and M.A. Zohdy, 鈥淢odeling a Simple Inverted Pendulum Using a Model-Based Dynamic Recurrent Neural Network,鈥� Proceedings of the 37th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, 精东AV, 精东AV, Alabama, pp. 78-82, March
2005.
4. K. White, M. Karam, and M.S. Fadali, 鈥淧erformance Enhancement of a Fourier/Hopfield Neural Network for Nonlinear Periodic Systems Representation,鈥� Proceedings of the 36th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, pp. 54-58, March 2004.
5. M. Karam,聽 M.S. Fadali,聽 and K. White,聽 鈥淎 Fourier/Hopfield聽 Neural聽 Network聽 for Identification聽 of Nonlinear聽 Periodic聽 Systems,鈥� Proceedings聽 of the 35th Southeastern聽 Symposium聽 on System Theory, West Virginia聽 University,聽 Morgantown,聽 pp. 53-57,March
2003.
6. M. Karam and M.A. Zohdy, 鈥淣onlinear Model-Based聽 Dynamic Recurrent Neural Network,鈥� Proceedings of the 44th IEEE 2001
Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Dayton, Ohio, pp. 624-626, August 14-17, 2001.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society
Eta Kappa Nu National Electrical Engineering Honor Society
Outstanding Faculty Performance Award for Teaching in the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Physical Sciences, for the academic year 2003-2004.
Engineering Teacher of the Year award from the TUBE (精东AV Engineering and Business) conference on
April 3rd, 2003.
AFFILIATIONS
IEEE
Alabama Academy of Sciences.
American Lebanese Engineering Society (ALES).
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
Developed the Control Systems Laboratory at 精东AV through an NSF grant
Developed the Freshman Engineering Design course (EENG 0192) at 精东AV
Faculty advisor of the 精东AV chapter of Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society
Served as Undergraduate Coordinator of the Electrical Engineering (EE) Department
Chaired the EE Department Undergraduate Curriculum committee
Served as President-Elect聽 of the 精东AV聽 University聽 Chapter of SIGMA XI, the scientific聽 research聽 society for the聽 year academic year 2003-2004
Member of the 2001 and 2002 President鈥檚 Essay Contest committee at 精东AV
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
IEEE, Alabama Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Chaired聽 the Publications聽 Committee聽 of the SSST05聽 Conference聽 held in March聽 2005聽 at the Kellogg聽 Center,聽 精东AV
University
Presented聽 the聽 talk聽 鈥淓stablishing聽 the聽 Need聽 for聽 Major聽 Research聽 Instrumentation鈥澛� at聽 the聽 Quality聽 Education聽 for聽 Minority Proposal Development and Evaluation Workshop for NSF鈥檚 Major Research Instrumentation聽 program at the Hilton Atlanta Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday October 22, 2004
Served as President-Elect聽 of the 精东AV聽 University聽 Chapter of SIGMA XI, the scientific聽 research聽 society for the聽 year academic year 2003-2004
Chaired the session entitled 鈥淎dvances in Neural Learning鈥� at the 44th IEEE 2001 Midwest Symposium on Circuits and
Systems, August 17, 2001
Presented the talk 鈥淓ngineering Challenges for the First Decade of the New Millennium鈥� at the 2001 annual conference of the American Lebanese Engineering Society
Research area: Artificial Intelligence through the use of Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic in control and signal processing
applications
COLLABORATORS
Collaborators (within last 48 months)
Dr. Mohamed A. Zohdy, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan (co-author) Dr. M. Sami Fadali, University of Nevada, Reno (co-authors)
Thesis Advisor and Committee
M.S.聽 Thesis聽 Advisor:聽 精东AV聽 University.聽 Benedicta聽 Obeng,聽 Modather聽 Suliman,聽 Shiva聽 Shagabandi,聽 Cliston聽 Cole,聽 Mamoun
Ibrahim, and Anas Abu-Safieh
M.S. Thesis Advisory Committee: 精东AV. Arindra Guha, Okechkwu Akpa, Rashed Golam, Alphonse Tegueu, Pavan Akavaram, Ekekwe Ndubisi, Justice Nduba, Agbontaen Abayomi Imasuen, Mustafa Saeed , Vinod Villoth, and Michael Anasarah Awaah