B.S., Istanbul Technical University, 1999
M.S., The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2002
Ph.D., The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007

Research areas of interest:

• Software Engineering
• Component-based development
• Software Metrics
• Information Theory

B.S., University of Bridgeport, 1981
M.S., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1985
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1991

Djaffer Ibaroudene, Ph.D., specializes is in computer engineering. He has taught a variety of courses, including Programming for Engineers, Fundamentals of Logic Design, Digital Systems using VHDL, Microprocessors, Computer Architecture, Parallel Processing, Computer Networking, and Software Engineering. His early research work focused on developing parallel algorithms for 3-D image representation, manipulation and display. His current research interest is in the broad field of computer architecture, parallel processing and computer networking.

Ibaroudene is a Co-PI on a $149,966.00 grant entitled “Building a High Performance Linux Cluster Laboratory for Advanced Computing” from the Army High Performance Computing Research Center. The goal of the grant is to create a Linux cluster laboratory that would provide the infrastructure for innovative teaching and collaborative research in high performance and advanced computing at the undergraduate and graduate levels at St. Mary’ University. The grant covers the time from June 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011.

He also received multiple hardware and software grants totaling in excess of $162,000 from Altera Corporation from 1998 to 2010. In addition, he received 10 Intel IXP 1200 Network Processor Development Systems from Intel Corporation, valued at $27,500.

In the summers of 1997 and 1998, Ibaroudene worked as a consultant with GRC International Inc., Montgomery, Alabama. He participated in the data modeling task orders to build a shared data store for the Civil Engineering, Logistics Module (LOGMOD), and the Cargo Movement Operation System (CMOS) prototype as part of a larger effort to modernize various computer applications and create a shared data environment for the Air Force Global Command and Support System (GCSS).

He also worked as a consultant with the Engine and Vehicle Research Division at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio during the summer of 1996, during which he helped develop the firmware for an M68HC11 micro-controller-based system that controls the ignition of a diesel engine.

In spring 1994, he served as a consultant on an NIH-funded P20 grant entitled "Probabilistic Reference System for the Human Brain" at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). His worked focused on the study and evaluation of a possible implementation of the Octree data structure for efficient storage and fast retrieval of the 3-D images of the human brain along with corresponding probabilistic reference system.

Ibaroudene has been a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) since 1986. He is also a member of the IEEE Computer Society.

He is member Eta Kappa Nu, engineering honor society. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Graduate School at St. Mary's University for the academic year 2007-2008. He has also received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the St. Mary’s University School of Science and Engineering for the academic year 1996-1997.

B.S., Fudan University (Shanghai, P.R. China), 1996
M.S., Fudan University, 1999
M.S., University of New Mexico, 2002
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2003

Wenbin Luo, Ph.D., received his bachelor's in electrical engineering, his master's in electrical engineering and statistics, and his doctorate in computer engineering. In addition, he received the Stanford University Advanced Computer Security Certificate and Software Security Foundations Certificate.

Some of Luo's accolades include the Outstanding Graduate Student Award in the School of Engineering at the University of New Mexico and St. Mary's University Distinguished Faculty Award in 2008. A St Mary's engineering department faculty member since 2003, Luo is an active researcher in the areas of computer security, digital image processing and hashing algorithms.

He has published more than forty peer-reviewed technical papers in leading research journals and professional conferences. In 2009, he received the best paper award at 24th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications.

Since 2006, Luo has been an Associate Editor of International Journal on Computers and Electrical Engineering. He is also an active paper reviewer for twenty-six leading research journals and many conferences. Luo was the publication chair for the 2008 and 2009 IEEE International Conference on System of Systems Engineering and was the local arrangements Co-Chair of IEEE SoSE2007. Luo is an IEEE senior member and a member of Eta Kappa Nu honorary society of engineering and Kappa Mu Epsilon honorary society of mathematics. He is a Senior Level Linux Professional (LPIC-3), Novell Certified Linux Administrator (Novell CLA), and a Ubuntu Certified Professional (UCP).

B.S., Pars College (Iran), 1971
B.S.E.E., Southern Methodist, 1978
M.S.E.E., Southern Methodist, 1980
Ph.D., Southern Methodist, 1984

Bahman Rezaie, Ph.D., earned his doctorate in Electrical Engineering from SMU in 1984. 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, Rezaie joined St. Mary’s University where he is currently Professor and Chair of the Engineering Department. In 1980, Rezaie was awarded a $300,000 research grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The research was titled "Rotation Invariant Image Registration" and was geared to investigate rotation invariance of certain features on different images to develop a class of fast algorithms to detect and register rotated objects within the image scene.

He was also co-investigator on a $137,000 research grant awarded to the Department of Engineering by the U.S. Department of Education titled "Development of Academic Program and Acquisition of Equipment for Manufacturing Engineering Degree" in 1980. Recently, he co-authored a $2.1 Million Title V grant awarded to St. Mary’s University by the U.S. Department of Education titled “St. Mary’s University’s Plan to Improve Academic Programs through Instructional Technology."

At St. Mary’s University, he served as the Acting Dean of the School of Science, Engineering, and Technology in 2000. He has taught a variety of electrical engineering courses both at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including Digital Signal Processing, Digital Image Processing, Computer-Aided Circuit Design, Microprocessors, Signals and Systems and Microelectronics. His areas of specialization are signal processing, pattern recognition, robotic vision, medical imaging, adaptive filtering, microcontrollers and embedded systems.

Rezaie is a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi honorary societies of engineering. He is the recipient of the 1987-1988 Distinguished Faculty Award, (School of Science, Engineering and Technology), at St. Mary's University; recipient of the Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award at St. Mary's University during 1991-1992; and recipient of the 1993-1994 Distinguished Faculty Award, (Graduate School), at St. Mary's University. In 2001, Rezaie was selected as a Minnie Stevens Piper Professor in the State of Texas.