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Degrees

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995

M.S., Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992

B.E., Computer & Communication Eng'g, American University of Beirut , 1989

French Bac., Concentration in Math & Physics (Serie C), 1985

Awards, Scholarships, and Honors

NASA Technical Innovation Award and Recognition, 2006

Outstanding Technical Contributions Award, Digital Signal Processing, IEEE Phoenix Section, 2005

Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), (2003)

Associate Editor Service Award, awarded by the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (2002)

Professional Leadership & Service Recognition from the IEEE Signal Processing and the IEEE Communications societies (1999)

U.S. National Science Foundation CAREER Award (1998)

Society of Women Engineers Outstanding Graduate Student Award (1994)

Hariri Foundation Graduate Student Scholarship (1990--1995)

Bachelor degree received with Highest Honor (1989)

Charles Whittlesey Undergraduate Student Scholarship (1986--1988)

Hassan Samadi Undegraduate Student Scholarship (1988--1989)