Osamah A. Rawashdeh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Department 102P SEB; (248) 370-2866; Fax: (248) 370-4633 E-mail: rawashd2@oakland.edu sites.google.com/a/oakland.edu/oar Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Curriculum Vitae

Link to Embedded Systems Lab

EDUCATION

• BSEE (Magna Cum Laude), University of Kentucky, 2000
• MSEE, University of Kentucky, 2003
• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2005

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Embedded Systems
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Fault Tolerance and Reconfigurable Computing
• Ubiquitous Computing

ASSOCIATIONS

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Tau Beta Pi (TBP)
• Eta Kappa Nu (HKN)
• Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL)
• Project Lead the Way (PLTW) – Affiliate Professor for Digital Electronics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (out of 20+)

• Osamah A. Rawashdeh and James E. Lumpp, Jr. “Run-Time Behavior of Ardea: A Dynamically Reconfiguring Distributed Embedded Control Architecture,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, IEEEAC Paper# 1516, March 2006.
• Osamah A. Rawashdeh, Garrett D. Chandler, and James E. Lumpp, Jr., “A UAV Test and Development Environment Based on Dynamic System Reconfiguration,” ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Vol. 30, Issue 4, Pages. 1-7, July 2005.
• Sumanth Chikkamaranahalli, R. Ryan Vallance, Afzal Khan, Eric R. Marsh, Osamah A. Rawashdeh, J. E. Lumpp, and Bruce L. Walcott, “Precision Instrument for Characterizing Shape Memory Alloy Wires in Bias Spring Actuation,” Review of Scientific Instruments Journal, Vol. 76-065105, June 2005.
• A. Simpson, O.A. Rawashdeh, S. Smith, J. Jacob, W. Smith, and J.E. Lumpp, JR., “BIG BLUE: A High-Altitude UAV Demonstrator of Mars Airplane Technology,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Paper # 1436, March 2005.
• A. Simpson, O. A. Rawashdeh, J. Jacob, J. E. Lumpp, S. Smith, and W. Smith, “BIG BLUE II: Mars Aircraft Prototype with Inflatable-Rigidizable Wings,” 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Paper# AIAA-2005-0813, January 2005.
• K.N. Roberts, K.M. Miller, J.E. Lumpp, M. Wells, C.P. Harr, O.A. Rawashdeh, and S.W. Scheff, “Computer Controlled Cortical Contusion Device for the Mouse,” Journal of Neurotrauma, Vol. 21, No. 1296, November 2004.

PATENTS

• Vallance, R.R., S. Chikkamaranahalli, O.A. Rawashdeh, J.E. Lumpp, B. Walcott, and E. Wolsing, “System and Device for Characterizing Shape Memory Alloy Wires,” U.S. Patent 6,916,115, July 12, 2005.