Manohar Das, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Electrical and Computer Engineering Department 102G SEB; (248) 370-2237 ; Fax: (248) 370-4633 das@oakland.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Colorado State University, 1984)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

Member of IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi.

AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST

Adaptive Signal Processing and Control, Digital Signal and Image Processing, Data Compression, Pattern Recognition, Modeling and Simulation.

PUBLICATIONS

Author/co-author of more than 115 technical articles published in various journals and conference proceedings.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Real Time Monitoring and Control of Resistance Spot Welds; sponsored by Daimler Chrysler Corporation. The results of this project will be implemented on the Servo Actuated Adaptive Weld Control System.
• Robust Techniques for Information Hiding in Images. This project is ready for commercialization. Potential uses include secure military communication, hiding of patient information in medical images, and multimedia applications.
• Automated Detection and Classification of Water-Borne Microorganisms. This project is ready for commercialization. Potential uses include automated monitoring of water quality in lakes, rivers, and water purification plants.
• Robust Techniques for Engine Misfire Detection. This project is ready for commercialization. It can be used to detect and monitor occurrences of misfires in internal combustion engines.

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED

• Adaptive Modeling in Lossless Image Compression, Abdul Rahman Itani, 2005.
• Robust Algorithms for Engine Misfire Detection, Abedulah Alkhateeb, 2004.
• Identification of Waterborne Microorganisms Using Motion Characteristics, Devendra Bajpai, 2003.
• High Capacity Information Hiding in Images, Johann Briffa, 2003.
• A Mixture Modeling Approach to Engine Misfire Detection, Nashat Kamal Abdel Jalil, 2002.
• Classification of Spot Welds from a Linear Time-Varying Model of the Resistance Signature, Frank Garza, 2001.
• New Adaptive and Optimal Control Strategies for Active Noise Cancellation in a One-Dimensional Acoustic Duct, Ananth Krishnan, 2001.
• The Classification and Detection of Anomalies in Digitally Sampled Dynamic Data, Thomas Hunt, 2000.
• New Multipulse Excitation Method for the Modeling, Coding and Synthesis of Automotive Acoustic Events, Scott Amman, 1997.
• Techniques for the Detection of Changes in Noisy Signals with Application to Fault Detection in Dynamic Systems, Anthony Cooprider, 1997.
• Image Restoration and Compression Using Two- Dimensional Predictive Models, Jayraman Anand, 1997.
• Lossless and Near-Lossless Compression of Digitized Images, Chi-Dar Lin, 1996.
• Multiresolution Autoregressive Models for Image Compression, Shape Classification, and Texture Synthesis. Chia Che Li, 1995.
• New Approaches for Control of Slowly Varying Systems, Pradeep Y. Kokate, 1992. (Co-advised with Professor N. K. Loh)
• Predictive Image Coding Using Two-Dimensional Multiplicative Autoregressive Models, Scott R. Burgett, 1991.
• Analysis and Classification of Planar Shapes and Textures, Mark J. Paulik, 1989. (Co-advised with Professor N. K. Loh)