A. Anil Kumar
	"Partnering with industry, government and academia on developing enabling technologies for future communication systems." Title: Department Head, Physics &         Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Phone: (936) 261-3130/3140 Fax: (936) 261-3148 Email: aakumar at pvamu.edu Office Hours: Open door policy

Brief Resume

Education:

B.Sc., Osmania University, Hyderabad, 1971
M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1973
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1978

Teaching Schedule, Fall 2008

Current Research:
Project XLR8 - A High School Redesign Program, funded by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2005-2010)

Most Recent Research:
Small Business mentoring Program, funded by EPA, DARPA through the SEA (1999-2006)

M.S. Theses supervised:

• A Theoretical Analysis of p-n Junctions with Non-Uniform Doping Profiles, Cletus Udoye
• Vector Quantization Modulation (VQM), Million Woldesenbet
• High Temperature Superconductors - Applications in Telecommunications, Ming-Fang (Kate) Zhang
• Communication Systems Simulator (CSIM) - A Novel Program for Simulating and Evaluating Modern Communication Systems, Adriana Caceres
• Image Compression Techniques For Digital Image Libraries, Mayra Caceres
  
• Estimation Of The Channel Transfer Function Using Higher Order Statistics (HOS), Anowarul Huq
  
• Bone Conduction Headset Development, Gerardo Novelo
• Electromagnetic Compatibility Simulation Laboratory (ECSL), funded by Motorola, Inc. ('96-'98), Singhquaverton Madden
• Circuit Simulation & Analysis In The Presence Of Fatal Faults, Nadine Hobson-Bonamy

• Databases for the Internet
• TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORY AND CULTURE (TIPHC)
• WIRELESS ACADEMIC ENTERPRISE NETWORK
• Infographia Africana Texana
• Theory of Reliability and Radiation Tolerance, funded by NASA-JSC ('91-'95)
• Electromagnetic Compatibility Simulation Laboratory (ECSL), funded by Motorola, Inc. ('96-'98)
• Project EXCITE - A Program to Heighten the Interest of Minority Students in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology (SMET), funded by General Electric Fund ('97'-'98)