Dr. Mohammed M. Olama

     
    Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
    The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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Email: molama@utk.edu
Phone: (865) 974-9737
Fax: (865) 974-5483

FH 314
1508 Middle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-2100

Research Interests


Wireless communications, wireless channel modeling, power control for communication systems, mobile location determination, estimation and identification, wireless sensor networks, ad hoc networks, control systems, robust control, and information theory.

Education


Ph.D.        Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department,
                 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Dec. 2007
                 Dissertation: Stochastic Signal Processing and Power Control for Wireless
                                    Communication Systems
                 Supervisor: Dr. Seddik Djouadi.
                 G.P.A. 4.0/4.0  

M.S.         Applied Science Department, University of Arkansas at Little Rock,
                 Little Rock, AR, Aug. 2003
                 Completed 33 credit hours graduate courses
                 G.P.A. 4.0/4.0

M.S.         Electrical Engineering Department, University of Jordan. Amman, Jordan, Jan. 2001
                 Thesis: Arabic Vowel Phonemes detection and Categorization in Speech Processing
                 G.P.A. 3.81/4.0

B.S.          Electrical Engineering Department, University of Jordan. Amman, Jordan, Aug. 1998
                 Project: Design  and Implementation of DC Chopper

Work Experience


11/07 - Present   Computational Science and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
                           Oak Ridge, TN
                           Research Associate: Performed studies related to wireless sensor networks,
                           control of power grid over communication networks with application to wide area
                           measurement systems (WAMS), and discrete event modeling of air cargo flow in
                           the CVG international airport.

05/07 - 08/07     Computational Science and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
                           Oak Ridge, TN
                           Summer Internship: Performed studies and experiments related to channel 
                           modeling, power control, and mobile location estimation in wireless sensor networks

08/99 - 08/01      National Electric Power Company (NEPCO), The National Control Center
                           Full-Time Engineer: Maintained and operated the SCADA Ranger system,
                           both the hardware and software fields

Academic Experience


01/07 - 12/07     Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
                           Oak Ridge, TN
                           Research Assistant: Performed studies and experiments related to wireless sensor
                           networks and discrete event systems

08/03 - 12/07     Electronic and Computer Engineering Department, University of Tennessee,
                           Knoxville, TN
                           Research Assistant: Performed studies related to wireless communications
                           Teaching Assistant: Supervised laboratory and graded assignments for Electrical
                           and Electronic Circuits (ECE 300, 301, 302) and Probability Theory (ECE 313)

08/01 - 07/03      System Engineering Department, University of Arkansas at Little Rock,
                           Little Rock, AR
                           Research Assistant: Performed studies related to ground penetrating radar
                           Teaching Assistant: Supervised Electronic Circuits laboratory

02/99 - 07/99      Electrical Engineering Department, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
                           Teaching Assistant: Supervised Electrical Circuits laboratory

Publications

Y. Li, M.M. Olama, S.M. Djouadi, A. Fathy and T. Kuruganti, Stochastic UWB Wireless Channel Modeling and Estimation from Received Signal Measurements, accepted for publication in the IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, 2009.

S.M. Djouadi, M.M. Olama and Y. Li, Optimal Approximation of the Impulse Response of Wireless Channels by Stochastic Differential Equations, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, vol. 15, 2008.

M.M. Olama, Y. Li, S.M. Djouadi and C.D. Charalambous, Stochastic Wireless Channel Modeling, Estimation and Identification from Measurements, Proceedings of the 1st Mediterranean Conference on Intelligent Systems and Automation, June 30 - July 2, 2008. (Best Paper Award).

M.M. Olama, S.M. Djouadi, C.D. Charalambous, and I.G. Papageorgiou, Position and Velocity Tracking in Mobile Networks Using Particle and Kalman Filtering with Comparison, IEEE Transactions on Vehicle Technology, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 1001-1010, March 2008.

M.M. Olama, K.K. Jaladhi, S.M. Djouadi, and C.D. Charalambous, Recursive Estimation and Identification of Time-Varying Long-Term Fading Channels, Research Letters in Signal Processing, Volume 2007, Article ID 17206, 5 pages, 2007.

M.M. Olama, S.M. Djouadi, and C.D. Charalambous, Stochastic Power Control for Time-Varying Long-Term Fading Wireless Networks, EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, Volume 2006, Article ID 89864, 13 pages, 2006.

M.M. Olama, S.M. Djouadi, I.G Papageorgiou and C.D. Charalambous, Estimation of Mobile Station Position and Velocity in Multipath Wireless Networks Using the Unscented Particle Filter, Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4590-4595, Dec. 12-14, 2007.

M.M. Olama, Y. Li, S.M. Djouadi, T. Goodspeed and P.T. Kuruganti, Recursive Estimation and Identification of Wireless Ad Hoc Channels from Measurements, 2nd International Workshop on Performance Control in Wireless Sensor Networks (PWSN 2007), Austin, Texas, Oct. 23, 2007.

M.M. Olama, S.M. Djouadi, and C.D. Charalambous, A General Framework for Continuous Time Power Control in Time Varying Wireless Networks, Proceedings of the Ninth IASTED International Conference on Control and Applications, pp. 69-74, May 30-June 1, 2007.

M.M. Olama, S.M. Djouadi, and C.D. Charalambous, Distributed Stochastic Power Control for Time Varying Long-Term and Short-Term Fading Wireless Networks, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 3088-3093, July 11-13, 2007.

M.M. Olama, Y. Li, S.M. Djouadi, and C.D. Charalambous, Time Varying Wireless Channel Modeling, Estimation, Identification, and Power Control from Measurements, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 3100-3105, July 11-13, 2007.

M.M. Olama, K.K. Jaladhi, S.M. Djouadi, and C.D. Charalambous, Estimation and Identification of Time Varying Long-Term Fading Wireless Channels with Application to Power Control, Proceedings of the European Control Conference, pp. 1886-1893, July 2-5, 2007.

M.M. Olama, S.M. Djouadi, and C.D. Charalambous, A Comparison of the Particle and Extended Kalman Filters for Position and Velocity Tracking in Mobile Cellular Networks, Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1315-1320, Dec. 13-15, 2006.

M.M. Olama, S.M. Djouadi, and C.D. Charalambous, Stochastic Channel Modeling for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 6075-6080, June 14-16, 2006.

M.M. Olama, S.M. Djouadi, and C.S. Pendley, Position and Velocity Tracking in Mobile Cellular Networks Using the Particle Filter, Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, vol. 1, pp. 165-170, April 3-6, 2006.

M.M. Olama, S.M. Djouadi, and C.D. Charalambous, Time Varying Channel Modeling for Ad-hoc Mobile Wireless Networks, Proceedings of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, vol. 3, pp. 1277-1282, April 3-6, 2006.

M.M. Olama, S.M. Shajaat, S.M. Djouadi, and C.D. Charalambous, Stochastic Power Control for Time-Varying Long-Term Fading Wireless Channels, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 1817-1822, June 8-10, 2005.

M.M. Olama, S.M. Shajaat, S.M. Djouadi, and C.D. Charalambous, Stochastic Power Control for Time-Varying Short-Term Flat Fading Wireless Channels, Proceedings of the 16th IFAC World Congress held in Prague, July 4-8, 2005.

M.M. Olama, S.M. Djouadi, and C.D. Charalambous, Stochastic Power Control for Time-Varying Wireless Fading Communication Networks, Proceedings of the 13th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation and the 20th IEEE ISIC'05, Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 713-718, June 27-29, 2005.

Mohsen Olama Mohammed and Abdallah Moussa, Nonlinear Analysis of Arabic Vowel Phonemes Using Lyapunov Algorithm, Proceedings of the 6th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cypernetics, and Informatics, Orlando, Florida, vol. 3, July 15-18, 2002.

Abdallah Moussa and Mohsen Olama Mohammed, A Highly Efficient Technique for the Detection of the Arabic Vowels, Proceedings of the 6th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cypernetics, and Informatics, Orlando, Florida, vol. 3, July 15-18, 2002. 


Awards and Honors


Best Paper Award in the 1st Mediterranean Conference on Intelligent Systems and Automation, 2008

Significant Event Award (SEA), Computational Science and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2007

Scholarly Activities Research Incentive Fund (SARIF) Summer Graduate Research Assistantship for two consecutive years 2006 and 2007

Member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2006

Overall 4.0 GPA Award, Applied Science Department, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2003

First Class Honors, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Jordan, 2001

Courses Selected


ECE 511, Linear System Theory
ECE 512, Robust Control Theory
ECE 543, Digital Communications I
ECE 544, Digital Communications II
ECE 618, Estimation and System Identification
ECE 644, Information Theory and Coding
ECE 699, Multi-Variable Linear Control Systems
MATH 424, Stochastic Processes
MATH 523, Probability I
MATH 524, Probability II
MATH 545, Real and Complex Analysis
MATH 623, Advanced Probability I
MATH 624, Advanced Probability II

Special Courses


Attended 24 hours course on Windows NT.  The course was held by the University Of Jordan, the IEEE student branch in May 1999. Attended 16 hours course on Visual Basic.  The course was held by the University Of Jordan, the IEEE student branch in June 1999. Attended 18 hours course on MATLAB.  The course was held by the University Of Jordan, the IEEE student branch in June 1999.

Professional Membership


IEEE Communication Society since 1998.
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society since 2006.
The Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) since 2004.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) since May 2005.
Member at the Jordanian Engineers Association since 1998.

Hobbies

Reading
Soccer and Swimming
Collecting Stamps