B.S., Sari College (Iran), 1978
M.S., University of Oklahoma, 1982
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1989

Mehran Aminian, Ph.D. joined St. Mary's University in 1988 after graduating from University of Oklahoma with a doctorate in Electrical Engineering. His areas of interest include Computational Intelligence, Optical Communication, Quantum Electronics, Quantum Computing, Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Collision Theory and Semiconductor Devices. He teaches a variety of electrical engineering courses such as Electronics, Semiconductor Devices, Communication Theory, Neural Networks, Optical Communication, Senior Design Project, Electromagnetic Wave Theory, Circuit Theory, Signals and Systems, etc.

He has published numerous papers in Journals such as Physical Review A, Journal of Physics B, IEEE Transactions, Journal of Electronic Testing Theory and Application. He has served in numerous committees such as Campus Technology Committee, Campus Safety Committee, Tenure and Promotion Committees, etc.

B.S., Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 1995
M.S., Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, 1997
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2003

Vahid Emamian received his bachelor's and master's in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran in 1995 and 1997, respectively, and his Ph.D from University of Minnesota in Electrical and Computer Engineering, in 2003. The focus of his Ph.D. thesis was “collaborative communications for cellular wireless systems.” He then joined St. Mary's University in 2003 as an Assistant Professor of Engineering, and was elevated to Associate Professor position in 2008.

Emamian teaches an undergraduate course, Circuit Analysis I, in addition to many graduate level courses: Wireless Communications, Automatic Control Systems, Digital Control, Data Acquisition, Presentation, and Analysis, and Engineering Problem Solving Using Matlab. He established a Control and Data Acquisition lab using a grant from Education Department, and a Wireless Communications lab using a grant from the Department of Defense. He is a Senior Member of IEEE reviews papers for IEEE journals. Emamian has published more than 10 journal and conference papers. He has been an associated editor of the International Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering since 2007.

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.