Kazem Sohraby served as department head and faculty of Electrical, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Telecommunications Management. He also served as associate dean of the College of Engineering and Technology. He has published two textbooks, over 300 journal and conference articles, 22 patents and patent applications. He supervised and co-supervised 12 PhD, 60 MS and over 300 undergraduate students. He received numerous recognitions in engineering and technology, and several best paper awards. Throughout his career, he served as PI, CO-PI and consultant for over $15M in grants and research projects from industry and government agencies, including NSF, ARL, AT&T Research, eBay, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and IBM Research. He was inducted as Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2022 for his inventions and innovative projects that resulted in significant prosperity and economic growth.
Issued Patents_
Patent No. 5539744, Hand-Off Management For Cellular Telephony.
Patent No. 5664007, Method and Apparatus for Providing Continuation of a Communication Call Across Multiple Networks.
Patent No. 594322, (International EP0913771 A2) Autonomous Overload Control for Distributed Real-Time Systems.
Patent No. 6134216, (International EP0913772 A2), Integrated Overload Control for Distributed Real-Time Systems.
Patent No. 6192049, Jitterless and Lossless Switching Fabric with Network Routing.
Patent No. 6253207, Method and apparatus for transporting multimedia information over heterogeneous wide area networks.
Patent No. 6327361, Multivariate Rate-based Overload Control For Multiple-Class Communications Traffic.
Patent No. 6542462, Method and Apparatus for Overload Control for Multimedia Communications in a Hybrid Switching System.
Patent No. 6535313, Dynamically Assignable Optical Signal Access Control Apparatus.
Patent No., 8054746, Resource usage measurement technique for pricing in a communications network.
Patent No., 6512612, Intelligent optical router.
Patent No. 6600583, Optical internet router.
Patent No. 6687223, Delay-Locked Admission Control Scheme in Communication Networks.
Patent No. 6694100, Space Wavelength Time-Division Multiple Access Optical Transmission System.
Patent No. 6600581, Connection Verification in Optical Cross-Connect Arrangements.
Patent No. 7278048, Method, System and Computer Program Product for Improving System Reliability.
Patent No. 7139270, Systems and method for transporting multiple protocol formats in a lightwave communication network.
List of names of some Post-Doctoral and PhD Students_ Served as Major Advisor, Co-Advisor, or Thesis Examiner (dates of graduation/attendance)
S. He, PhD, Computer Science, San Diego State University (2016).
Q. Wang, PhD, Computer Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications and San Diego State University (2016).
A. Morattab, PhD, Electrical Engineering, École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Montréal, Québec, Canada (2012).
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dr. B. Panigrahi, SDSMT (2012-2013).
Visiting Professor K. Moravvej-Farshi, University of Arkansas, Research on Avalanche Photonic Diode (APD) (2009-2010).
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dr. C. G. Wang, University of Arkansas (2004-2008).
C. Amo-Quram, Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, City University of New York (2002).
A. Hossein, PhD, Electrical Engineering, City University of New York (1997).
H. Issa, PhD, Electrical Engineering, 1996, City University of New York (1996).
A. Habib, PhD, Electrical Engineering, City University of New York (1990).
M. Toloo, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen's University, Kignston, Canada (1996).
T. Oser, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey (1993).
C. Chen, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey (1997).
D. Mathur, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey (1994).
KMK. Ramamoorthy, PhD, Computer Science, San Diego State University (2023).
This award is bestowed on individuals whose patents and inovations make significant impact on economic growth and technology advancement around the world.
Best paper award in IEEE CAMAD in 2022 for the paper_
Uberization of NOMA Wireless Network Resource Sharing_ A Driver- Passenger Game-Theoretic Approach
Representing community.
Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology for contributions to the fields of engineering and technology.
Recognition for Contributions to Information Theory and Communications Systems
Best paper award for the paper_ “PERFORM - WWMCCS Intercomputer Network (WIN) Performance Research Model”. Presented at IEEE MILCOM 1982.
