Faculty and Staff Profiles

Bashir I. Morshed, Ph.D.
Asst Professor, Electrical Computer Engineering
Email: bmorshed@memphis.edu
Office Location:
Office Hours: ES 204C
Profile

Bashir I. Morshed, Ph.D., a Canadian Commonwealth Fellow and Director of Embedded Systems Advanced Research and Prototyping (ESARP) lab, is a faculty member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Herff College of Engineering of the University of Memphis. His primary research area is embedded systems with the applications focused towards biomedical devices. His current research interest focuses on wearable and implanted embedded devices for neurobiological interfacing in cyber-physical systems (CPS). Dr. Morshed has completed his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2001. He then moved to Canada with the prestigious Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship to complete his M.A.Sc. in 2004 at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada. He then earned his Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada in 2010. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Medical Devices Innovation Institute (MDI2) of the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada till 2011. He also worked as a part-time faculty at Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada from 2009 to 2011. He is a member of The University of Memphis faculty since 2011. For more information, please visit http://esarp.memphis.edu/

Education
  • Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering - Carleton University - 2010
  • M.A.Sc. Electrical and Computer Engineering - The University of Windsor - 2004
  • B.Sc. Electrical and Electronics Engineering - Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology - 2001

Work Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering - The University of Memphis - 2011 to present
  • Lead Researcher, Applied Research and Innovation - Algonquin College - 2011
  • Faculty (part time), School of Advanced Technology - Algonquin College - 2009-2011
  • Post-doctoral Fellow, Medical Devices Innovation Institute - University of Ottawa - 2010-2011
  • Lecturer, Electrical and Electronics Engineering - Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology - 2001-2002
Honors/Awards
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship for Science and Technology - Ontario ministry of training - 2008
  • Academic Excellence for Domestic Students - Carleton University - 2007,2008
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Ontario ministry of training - 2007
  • Indira Gandhi Memorial Fellowship - Carleton University - 2004,2006
  • Academic Excellence for International Students - Carleton University - 2005,2006
  • Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship - Government of Canada - 2002 to 2004
  • Dean List - Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology - 1994 to 1998

Teaching Experience
  • Computer Organization - The University of Memphis
  • Digital Communication - The University of Memphis
  • VLSI Design - University of Memphis
  • Embedded Systems - University of Memphis
  • Advanced Wireless Technologies - Algonquin College
  • Microprocessor Interfacing - Algonquin College
  • Project Management - Algonquin College
  • Digital Electronics III and Signal Processing - Algonquin College
  • Applied Programming i - Algonquin College
  • Advanced Micro Applications - Algonquin College
Journal Articles
  • S. Li, Q. Yuan, B. I. Morshed, C. Ke, J. Wu, H. Jiang, “Dielectrophoretic Responses of DNA and Fluorophore in Physiological Solution by Impedimetric Characterization”, Elsevier J. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 41, pp. 649–655, 2013
  • B. I. Morshed, M. Shams, T. Mussivand, “Electrical Lysis: Dynamics Revisited and Advances in On-chip Operation”, Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 37-50, 2013
  • B. I. Morshed, M. Shams, T. Mussivand, “Deriving an Electric Circuit Equivalent Model of Cell Membrane Pores in Electroporation”, Biophysical Reviews and Letters, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 1 – 12, 2012
  • B. I. Morshed, M. Shams, T. Mussivand, “Identifying severity of electroporation through quantitative image analysis,” Applied Physics Letters, vol.98, no. 14 (143704), Apr. 2011. (Selected as frontiers of research in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, April 15, 2011)
  • B. I. Morshed, M. Shams, T. Mussivand, “A simple and effective fluidic encapsulation protocol for bioMEMS devices”, IEICE Electronics Express, vol. 8, no. 19, pp. 1549-1555, Oct. 2011
  • B. I. Morshed, B. Shahrrava, “A Low Complex Decoding Method for Space-Time Block Codes with Partial CSI”, GESTS Intl. Trans. on Computer Science and Engineering, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 53-64, Jan. 2006