{"id":13,"date":"2017-07-07T20:21:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T20:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utsaengineer.wpengine.com\/faculty-page-example\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2017-08-18T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T20:12:10","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/mshadaram\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> Research Thrusts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mehdi Shadaram has been either PI or Co-PI on numerous grants and contracts, totaling more than <strong>$10 million in the past 20 years<\/strong>.\u00a0 NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Department of Defense, US Department of Education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, UT System, Texas Instruments and Lucent Technologies have funded his research projects. His main area of research activity is in the broadband analog and digital fiber optic communication systems and photonic devices.\u00a0 In addition, he has extensive experience in Engineering Education Research.<\/p>\n<p>Areas of Research Interests<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Optical fiber communications<\/li>\n<li>Broadband communications<\/li>\n<li>Photonic generation of millimeter waves<\/li>\n<li>Photoacoustic imaging<\/li>\n<li>Fiber optic sensing<\/li>\n<li>Engineering Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 135px\">\n<td style=\"height: 135px\"><strong>&#8220;A Comprehensive Strategy Based on Established Best-Practices for Increasing Female Minority Participation and Success in Engineering&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>US Department of Education, PI: M. Shadaram, Center for Excellence in Engineering Education, $557,00, 10\/1\/2009 \u2013 09\/30\/2013.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 103px\">\n<td style=\"height: 103px\"><strong>&#8220;Lift Off: Curriculum Improvement for Enhancing Minority Engineering Education&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National Aeronautic and Space Administration, CIPAIR Program, Co-PI: M. Shadaram (PI: Sharif), Center for Excellence in Engineering Education, $409,000, 01\/01\/1010 &#8211; 06\/30\/2013.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 132px\">\n<td style=\"height: 132px\"><strong>Integrating High Performance Computing in Research and Education for Simulation, Visualization and Real-Time Prediction,<br \/>\n<\/strong>National Science Foundation, CREST, Co-PI: M. Shadaram (PI: Y. Feng), Simulation, Visualization and Real Time Prediction Center (SiViRT), $5,000,000, 10\/0 1\/2009 \u2013 09\/30\/2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 204px\">\n<td style=\"height: 204px\"><strong>&#8220;A National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sub-agreement with the Wright State University, under NSF Prime Agreement DUE-0817332,<\/p>\n<p>PI: M. Shadaram, Center for Excellence in Engineering Education, $100,000, 08\/01\/2008 \u2013 08\/31\/2012.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 92px\">\n<td style=\"height: 92px\"><strong>&#8220;Engineering Summer Residential Camp for Texas High School Students&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, THECB Award Number: 16715, PI&#8221; M. Shadaram,\u00a0 $13,000, 06\/01\/2016 \u2013 12\/30\/2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 26px\">\n<td style=\"height: 26px\"><strong>&#8220;A Structured HS to Engineering Undergraduate Pipeline for Hispanic Females&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>US Department of Education, PI: M. Shadaram, $195,000, 10\/01\/2006 \u2013 09\/30\/2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px\">\n<td style=\"height: 22px\"><strong>&#8220;Distribution of RF Signals via WDM Networks&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Office of Naval Research, PI: M. 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