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Bashir I. Morshed, Ph.D.
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Dr. Bashir I. Morshed, a Canadian Commonwealth Scholar and the Director of ESARP and BioSens labs, is a tenure-track faculty member at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Herff College of Engineering, 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 embedded devices for medical application specifically targeting disorder patients. Dr. Morshed has completed B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2001. Awarded the prestigious Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship, he completed M.A.Sc. in 2004 at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada. He earned Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Department of Electronics, 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 served 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://www.memphis.edu/esarp/

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's List - Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology - Each year of UG program

Teaching Experience

  • Bioelectronics - University of Memphis
  • Introduction to Microprocessor - University of Memphis
  • Computer Organization - University of Memphis
  • VLSI Design - University of Memphis
  • Embedded Systems - University of Memphis
  • Digital Communication - University of Memphis

Student Advising/Mentoring

  • PhD program - Babak Noroozi - Enrolled
  • PhD program - Md Sabbir Bin Zaman - Enrolled
  • PhD program - Ankita Mohapatra - Enrolled
  • PhD program - Sergi Consul-Pacareu - Enrolled
  • PhD program - Saleha Khatun - Enrolled
  • PhD program - Mohammad AbuSaude - Enrolled
  • PhD - Ruhi Mahajan - 2016
  • MS - Ankita Mohapatra - 2015
  • MS - Charvi Majumdar - 2015
  • MS - Md Nazmus Sahadat - 2014
  • MS - Sakib al Soyeb - 2013
  • MS - Mohammad Abu Saude - 2013

Support

  • EAGER: Events-of-interest Capture Using Novel Body-worn Fully-passive Wireless sensors for S&CC - NSF CNS - $150,000 (PI) - 2016-2018
  • Hybrid nanoparticles for capture and detection of circulating tumor cells - NIH R15 - $405,435 (Co-PI) - 2015-2018
  • Fully-passive wireless continuous temperature sensing system using low-cost inkjet printed disposable body-worn sensors - FIT Technology Development Grant - $20,000 (PI) - 2016-2017
  • Dry Electrodes on Flexible Electronics - FedEx Institute of Technology (FIT) Innovation Fund - $189,001 (PI) - 2013-2016
  • Smart Multiple Stimuli-Responsive Biomaterials For Local Drug Delivery - FedEx Institute of Technology (FIT) Innovation Fund - $525,000 (Co-PI) - 2012-2016
  • Feasibility of integrating a flexible wearable neuro-sensing micro device for continuous cognitive neurological tracking in dementia - FedEx Institute of Technology (FIT) Innovation Fund - $290,000 (Co-PI) - 2014-2015
  • Capture and Detection of CTC in Whole Blood Using Hybrid Nanoparticles and Microfluidic Devices - FedEx Institute of Technology (FIT) Innovation Fund - $122,919 (Co-PI) - 2014
  • To Improve Teaching Strategies for Children w/ Developmental Delays Utilizing Wireless EEG - Strengthening Communities Initiative (SCI) Capacity Building - Total: $18,000 (PI) - 2012-2014
Service
  • The University of Memphis - Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Task Force (IGPTF) - 2014-2015
  • The University of Memphis - Faculty Liaison Committee, Center for Research and Innovation in STEM Teaching and Learning (CRISTAL) - 2013-now
  • The University of Memphis - eRA Software Assessment Team - March 2014 - now
  • University of Memphis (EECE) - Undergraduate Curriculum - 2013 - current
  • University of Memphis (EECE) - Technical Area Group - CPE - 2011 - current
  • University of Memphis (EECE) - Technical Area Group - MDE - 2011 - current
  • University of Memphis - College of Engineering Dean Search Committee - 2012
  • IEEE Memphis Section - IEEE EMBS Chair - 2016
  • IEEE BioWireleSS Conf. - Technical Program Committee (TPC) - 2016
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) - Panelist reviewer for CISE Directorate - Dec 2015
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) - Panelist reviewer for CISE Directorate - June 2015
  • IEEE Topical Conf. on Biomedical Wireless Technologies (IEEE BioWireleSS) - Technical Program Committee - San Diego, CA, Jan 25-28, 2015
  • Journal of Zhejiang Univ. Science C - Ad hoc Reviewer - 2014
  • IEEE Conf. Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES) - Reviewer, Technical Program Committee - 2014
  • IEEE Trans on Power Electronics - Ad hoc Reviewer - 2014
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) - Proposal review panel for IIS - 2013
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) - External referee on Grant Review Process - 2013
  • IEEE Transactions of Biomedical Circuits and Systems (TBCAS) - Reviewer - 2013
  • Elsevier J: Sensors and Actuators B - Reviewer - 2013, 2014
  • IAJC/ISAM Joint Intl Conf - Scientific co-chair - 2014
  • IEEE Student Branch - Advisor - 2013 - now
  • IEEE Intl Conf on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE) - Reviewer - 2012
  • IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEMBS) - Reviewer - 2008
Journal Articles
  • R. Mahajan and B. I. Morshed, “Performance Analysis of a DRL-less AFE for Battery-Powered Wearable EEG Measurement”, Measurement Journal Elsevier, vol. 90, pp. 583-591, 2016.
  • C. A. Majmudar and B. I. Morshed, “Autonomous OA Removal in Real-Time from Single Channel EEG Data on a Wearable Device Using a Hybrid Algebraic-Wavelet Algorithm”, ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, (in press), May 2016.
  • S. Khatun, R. Mahajan, and B. I. Morshed, “Comparative Study of Wavelet Based Unsupervised Ocular Artifact Removal Techniques for Single Channel EEG Data”, Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM), vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-8, Dec. 2016.
  • A. Mohapatra, B. I. Morshed, W. O. Haggard, and R. A. Smith, “Stealth Engineering for in vivo Drug Delivery Systems”, Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, vol. 43, no. 5-6, pp. 347-369, 2015.
  • M. J. Abu-Saude, and B. I. Morshed, “Patterned Vertical Carbon Nanotube (pvCNT) Dry Electrodes for Impedimetric Sensing and Stimulation”, IEEE Sensors J., vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 5851-5858, 2015.
  • P. Boyer, B. I. Morshed, T. Mussivand, “Medical Device Market in China”, Artificial Organs, (in press, Early View at wiley.com), 2015.
  • B. I. Morshed, A. Khan, “A Brief Review of Technologies and Challenges to Monitor Brain Activities”, J. Bioengineering & Biomedical Sciences, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-10, 2014.
  • R. Mahajan, B. I. Morshed, “A Fully Automatic Eye Blink Artifact Suppression in EEG with Modified Multiscale Sample Entropy, Kurtosis and Wavelet-ICA”, IEEE J. Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 158-165, 2015.
  • B. I. Morshed, M. Shams, T. Mussivand, “Investigation of Low-voltage Pulse Parameters on Electroporation and Electrical Lysis Using a Microfluidic Device with Interdigitated Electrodes”, IEEE Trans Biomedical Engineering, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 871-882, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/ TBME.2013.2291794.
  • M. J. I. A. Saude, B. I. Morshed, “Electrostatics of Single-Stranded DNA: A Prospective for Single Molecule Sequencing”, Biophysical Reviews and Letters , vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 105-114, 2014. DOI: 10.1142/S1793048013500100.
  • 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
  • C. S. Ivanoff, B. I. Morshed, T. L. Hottel, F. Garcia-Godoy, “Fluoride uptake by human tooth enamel: Topical application versus combined dielectrophoresis and AC electroosmosis”, American Journal of Dentistry, vol. 26, no. 4, June 2013
  • B. I. Morshed, M. Shams, T. Mussivand, “Analysis of electric fields inside microchannels and single cell electrical lysis with a microfluidic device”, Micromachines, Special issue: Micro/Nanofluidic Device for Single Cells Analysis, vol. 4, no. 2, pp.243-256, 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
  • D. Arellano, and B. I. Morshed, “Wireless Analog Passive Sensors for Small Bioelectric Signal Measurement Through Load Modulation”, QuaesitUM UG Research J., Spring 2015 Issue, pp. 31-41, 2015.
  • B. I. Morshed, A. Massa, “Cutting-Edge Technology for a Cognitive Load Performance Assessment System,” MEDS Magazine (Cover article), pp. 16-18, Nov. 2013
Presentations
  • “Wearable and body-worn embedded systems for in-situ patient monitoring”, Semmes Murphey Neurologic & Spine Institute, Semmes Murphey Clinic Educational Seminar Series, 14 Aug. 2014.
  • “Wearable and Implantable Embedded Devices for Biomedical Applications”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Board Meeting, 2 May 2014
  •  “Monitoring of Cognitive States in Practical Settings: A Novel Reconfigurable Wearable Sensor Architecture – BRAiNsense”, IIS Speed Date, University of Memphis, April 25, 2014.
  • “Wearable Body Sensors for Real-Life Real-Time Patient Monitoring”, 1st iBME Symposium, UTK, April 20-21, 2014.
  • “Towards Patient-Centric Healthcare Solution: Ambulatory Electroencephalography Embedded System and Algorithms for Long Duration Continuous Monitoring of Neurological Disorders”, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Aug. 16, 2013
  • “Embedded Systems for Biomedical Applications”, Department of Physics, the University of Memphis, Nov. 28, 2012
  • “Biomedical Microdevices and Sensors for Embedded Systems”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the University of Memphis, Apr. 2012

Appendix A - Teaching Experience

  • EECE 4278/6278 - Computer Organization
  • EECE 4712/6712 - Embedded Systems
  • EECE 4712/6712 - Embedded Systems
  • EECE 3270 - Intro to Microprocessor
  • EECE 7901/8901 - Bioelectronics
  • EECE 4278/6278 - Computer Organization
  • EECE 3270 - Intro to Microprocessor
  • EECE 7234/8234 - VLSI Design
  • EECE 4278/6278 - Computer Organization
  • EECE 4712/6712 - Embedded Systems
  • EECE 3270 - Intro to Microprocessor
  • EECE 7234/8234 - VLSI Design
  • EECE 4278/6278 - Computer Organization
  • EECE 7255/8255 - Digital Communications
  • EECE 4712/6712 - Embedded Systems
  • EECE 7905/8905 - VLSI Design
  • EECE 4712/6712 - Embedded Systems