Behnaam Aazhang
Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringRice University, USA
Behnaam Aazhang received his B.S. (with
highest honors), M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in
electrical and computer engineering from
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
in 1981, 1983, and 1986, respectively. From
1981 to 1985, he was a Research Assistant
in the Coordinated Science Laboratory,
University of Illinois. In August 1985, he
joined the faculty of Rice University, Houston,
Texas, where he is now the J. S. Abercrombie
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering and the Director of Center for Multimedia Communications.
His research interests are in the areas of communication
theory, information theory, and their applications with emphasis
on multiple access communications, cellular mobile radio communications,
and optical communication networks. Dr. Aazhang is a
Fellow of IEEE, a recipient of the Alcoa Foundation Award 1993,
the NSF Engineering Initiation Award 19871989, and the IBM
Graduate Fellowship 19841985, and is a member of Tau Beta Pi
and Eta Kappa Nu. He is currently serving on Houston Mayor's
Commission on Cellular Towers.
Biography Updated on 8 March 2002
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