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Dr. Sayeed Sajal

Email: [email protected]
Office: CS-519B
Mail Stop: 129
https://shorturl.at/adSW3
Curriculum Vitae: Sayeed Sajal CV

Biography

Dr. Sayeed Sajal is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at Utah Valley University. He earned his Master's and Doctoral degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from North Dakota State University. He also has an MBA in Finance and Marketing. In addition, he has 5 years of industrial experience in the wireless telecommunications industry. His research focuses on secure wireless communications, cyber-physical systems, cybersecurity, data science, and sensor design. He passionately loves to teach, believing in the "ripple effect of teaching" that will continue even after his death.

Education

Certificate in "Organizational Leadership", Harvard Business School, 2024

Major: Organizational Leadership

PhD, North Dakota State University, 2017

Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering

MS, North Dakota State University, 2014

Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering

MBA, East West University, 2009

Major: Finace & Marketing

BS, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, 2007

Teaching

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Spring 2025

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Spring 2025

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Spring 2025

CS 4200

Secure Computing Capstone, Spring 2025

Presentations

Walden, Ashton , Sajal, Sayeed (Author Only), 2024 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR 2024), "A Global Pandemic's Effect on Mobile Device Security", Orem, UT. (February 16, 2024)

Thompson, Spencer , Sajal, Sayeed (Author Only), 2024 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR 2024), "Crafting Secure System Messages", Orem, UT. (February 16, 2024)

Alsharif, Asmaa , Sajal, Sayeed (Author Only), 2024 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR 2024), "Ransomware Resilience and Ethical Dilemmas_ A Comprehensive Review of Threat Landscape, Impact, and Mitigation Strategies", Orem, UT. (February 16, 2024)

Scott, Connor , Sajal, Sayeed (Author Only), 2023 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR 2023), "A Review of The Use of Machine Learning in Cybersecurity and Cyber Attacks", Salt Lake City, UT. (February 17, 2023)

Wadsworth, Russell (Presenter & Author), Sajal, Sayeed (Author Only), 2023 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR 2023), "Spear Phishing Simulation", University of Utah, Salt Lake city, UT. (February 17, 2023)

Wilkinson, Christopher (Presenter & Author), Sajal, Sayeed (Author Only), 2023 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR 2023), "Unleashing the Power of USB Keystroke Injection_ A Study on Cybersecurity Implications", University of Utah, Salt Lake city, UT. (February 17, 2023)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Nieman, Katherine , Sajal, Sayeed , "A Comparative Analysis on Load Balancing and gRPC Microservices in Kubernetes" . Provo, UT: IEEE.

Corbett, Mary , Sajal, Sayeed , "AI in Cybersecurity" . Provo, UT: IEEE.

Nielson, Kolin , Sajal, Sayeed , "Art of RFID Hacking" . Provo, UT: IEEE.

Leon, Luis , Contreras, Nicolas , Polanco, Fantaysia , Fentry, Ebony , Sajal, Sayeed , Parvez, Imtiaz , (2023) "A Skin Sensor for Epileptic Seizure Detection and Notification Applications" . IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/southeastcon51012.2023.10114958

Parvez, Imtiaz , Leon, Luis , Contreras, Nicolas , Polanco, Fantaysia , Fentry, Ebony , Sajal, Sayeed , "CO2 Emission Forecasting for Living Standards in Smart Cities" . Orlando, FL: IEEE.

Kalubi, Nemese , Sajal, Sayeed , (2022) "Cloud Computing_ Arduino Cloud IoT Integration with REST API" . Mankato, MN: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9814027

Awards

2024 Faculty Champion of Inclusion

Office of Inclusion, UVU - April, 2024

It was awarded to recognize extraordinary contributions to Inclusion at UVU.

2024 Global Spotlight Fellow

Global Events and Global Engagement, UVU - April, 2024

It was awarded for exceptional contributions to organizing global events and increasing engagement.

2024 Global Spotlight Initiative Award

Global Events and Global Engagement, UVU - February, 2024

It was awarded for organizing “International Mother Language Day 2024,” which promotes diversity and inclusion.

2023 Faculty Excellence Award

UVU Faculty Senate - April, 2023

It is a university-level award for exceptional performance in teaching, scholarship, and service.

2022 Global Spotlight Initiative Award

Global Events and Global Engagement, UVU - February, 2022

It was awarded for organizing “International Mother Language Day,” which promotes diversity and inclusion.

2020 Cyber Security Workshop Mini-Grant

National Science Foundation (NSF) - November, 2020

Awarded for organizing and leading a “Cyber Security” workshop for the students and community.

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Fall 2024

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Fall 2024

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Fall 2024

CS 4670

Undergraduate Research Project for Networking Specialization, Fall 2024

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Spring 2024

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Spring 2024

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Spring 2024

CS 4670

Undergraduate Research Project for Networking Specialization, Spring 2024

CS 2600

Computer Networks I, Fall 2023

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Fall 2023

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Fall 2023

CS 4670

Undergraduate Research Project for Networking Specialization, Fall 2023

CS 3320

Numerical Software Development, Summer 2023

CS 3320

Numerical Software Development, Summer 2023

CS 4670

Undergraduate Research Project for Networking Specialization, Summer 2023

CS 2600

Computer Networks I, Spring 2023

CS 2600

Computer Networks I, Spring 2023

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Spring 2023

CS 491R

Independent Study, Spring 2023

CS 281R

Internship, Spring 2023

CS 481R

Internship, Spring 2023

CS 481R

Internship, Spring 2023

CS 481R

Internship, Spring 2023

CS 4670

Undergraduate Research Project for Networking Specialization, Spring 2023

CS 2600

Computer Networks I, Fall 2022

CS 2600

Computer Networks I, Fall 2022

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Fall 2022

CS 3320

Numerical Software Development, Summer 2022

CS 3320

Numerical Software Development, Summer 2022

CS 2600

Computer Networks I, Spring 2022

CS 2690

Computer Networks II, Spring 2022

CS 4670

Undergraduate Research Project for Networking Specialization, Spring 2022

CS 2600

Computer Networks I, Fall 2021

CS 2600

Computer Networks I, Fall 2021

CS 3100

Data Privacy and Security, Fall 2021

CS 3320

Numerical Software Development, Summer 2021

CS 3320

Numerical Software Development, Summer 2021

CS 4670

Undergraduate Research Project for Networking Specialization, Summer 2021

CS 2600

Computer Networks I, Spring 2021

CS 2690

Computer Networks II, Spring 2021

CS 4670

Undergraduate Research Project for Networking Specialization, Spring 2021

CS 2600

Computer Networks I, Fall 2020

CS 2600

Computer Networks I, Fall 2020

CS 2690

Computer Networks II, Fall 2020

2020 Cyber Training Curriculum Development Mini-Grant

National Science Foundation (NSF) - November, 2020

Awarded for developing the curriculum on “Data Privacy & Security"

2019 Cyber Security Workshop Mini-Grant

National Science Foundation (NSF) - November, 2019

Awarded for organizing and leading a “Cyber Security” workshop for the students and community.

2019 Cyber Training Curriculum Development Mini-Grant

National Science Foundation (NSF) - November, 2019

Awarded for developing the curriculum on "Ethical Hacking"

2019 Governor’s Roaming Bison Award

North Dakota Governor - October, 2019

For excellence in public service for the K-20W Cyber Security initiative.

2018 Cyber Security Workshop Mini-Grant

National Science Foundation (NSF) - November, 2018

Awarded for organizing and leading a “Cyber Security” workshop for the students and community.

2018 Cyber Training Curriculum Development Mini-Grant

National Science Foundation (NSF) - November, 2018

Awarded for developing the curriculum on "Applied Cryptography"

2017 TEDxNDSU invited Speaker

2017 TEDxNDSU - April, 2017

Invited speaker at 2017 TEDxNDSU, Fargo, ND, USA

Carlisle, Quinton (Presenter & Author), Roundy, Ethan (Presenter & Author), Evans, Jefferson (Presenter & Author), Sajal, Sayeed (Author Only), 2022 Utah Valley University Showcase (UVU Showcase 2022), "Seamless Parking Solution for UVU", , Utah Valley University, Orem, UT. (April 5, 2022)

Thatcher, Koby (Presenter & Author), Sajal, Sayeed (Leader), 2022 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR 2022), "Encryption—The ultimately a question of economics", , UCUR, St. George, UT. (February 25, 2022)

Holt, Gavin (Presenter & Author), Sajal, Sayeed (Leader), 2022 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR 2022), "Insecure design—problems and solutions", , UCUR, St. George, UT. (February 25, 2022)

Shill, Talmage (Presenter & Author), Sajal, Sayeed (Leader), 2022 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR 2022), "The security risks due to human—the weakest link", , UCUR, St. George, UT. (February 25, 2022)

Nicholls, Jeremiah (Presenter & Author), Sajal, Sayeed (Leader), 2022 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR 2022), "Threats and prevention of injection attack", , UCUR, St. George, UT. (February 25, 2022)

Mangum, Marc (Presenter & Author), Sajal, Sayeed (Leader), 2022 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR 2022), "We have a security breach. Now what?", , UCUR, St. George, UT. (February 25, 2022)

Idim, Confidence (Presenter & Author), Sajal, Sayeed (Author Only), 2020 South Dakota State University Data Science Symposium , "Collaborative Filtering in E-commerce Business", , SDSU, Brookings,SD. (February, 2020)

Yang, Zhuoyu (Presenter & Author), Sajal, Sayeed (Author Only), 2020 South Dakota State University Data Science Symposium , "Predicting severity and Frequency of Automobile Accidents, and Identification of Accident Hotspots in the U.S.", , SDSU, Brookings,SD. (February, 2020)

Kadry, Ziad (Presenter & Author), Sajal, Sayeed (Author Only), 2020 South Dakota State University Data Science Symposium , "Simplifying User Interfaces for Data Science and Machine Learning Applications", , SDSU, Brookings,SD. (February, 2020)

Jahan, Israt (Presenter & Author), Sajal, Sayeed (Presenter & Author), 2018 South Dakota State University Data Science Symposium , "Prediction on Oscar Winners Based on Twitter Sentiment Analysis Using R", , SDSU, Brookings,SD. (February, 2018)

Sajal, Sayeed (Presenter & Author), Braaten, Benjamin (Author Only), 2017 Faculty and Students Research Poster Session, "Implementation of Self-Healing Techniques Using 97% Carbon Content Graphene-Based Conductors (GBC) on Flat and Conformal Antennas", , Minot State University, Minot, ND. (April 27, 2017)

Sajal, Sayeed (Presenter & Author), Braaten, Benjamin (Author Only), 2017 IEEE Red River Valley Conference, "Implementation of Self-Healing Techniques Using 97% Carbon Content Graphene-Based Conductors (GBC) on Flat and Conformal Antennas", , IEEE, Fargo, ND. (March 31, 2017)

Lauder, J , Sajal, Sayeed , (2022) "Jaxium: A Trusted Social Network with Maximum Privacy" . Mankato, MN: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9814062

Kuttler, Reid , Sajal, Sayeed , (2022) "Low-cost Subscription-less Home Security System" . Mankato, MN: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9813968

Durfey, Nyles , Sajal, Sayeed , (2022) "A Comprehensive Survey_ Cybersecurity Challenges and Futures of Autonomous Drones" . Orem, UT: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9796881

Keisel, Clay , Sajal, Sayeed , (2022) "BabelFish: A Seamless Solution to Communicate with Multi-Lingual Individuals" . Orem, UT: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9796846

Neilan, Jonathan , Sajal, Sayeed , (2021) "Creating Hands-on Assignments to Teach Symmetric Encryption with Increased Student Involvement" . Westminster, CO: ACM Digital Library. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.5555/3503984.3503995

Sajal, Sayeed , Latif, Saeed , (2021) "Hybrid Perturbation Technique Applied to Stacked Patches for Circular Polarization" . Rochester, MI: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8500097

Sajal, Sayeed , Jahan, Israt , Nygard, Kendall , (2019) " A survey on Cyber Security Threats and Challenges in Modern Society" . Brookings,SD: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8833829

Sajal, Sayeed , Braaten, Benjamin , (2019) "Implementation of Redundancy Techniques using 97% Carbon Content Graphene-based Conductors" . Brookings, SD: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8834301

Moat, Taylor , Latif, Saeed , Lazarou, Georgios , Sajal, Sayeed , (2019) "Large-Scale Planar Arrays with Orthogonal Elements for 5G Mobile Terminals" . Brookings, SD: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8834007

Sajal, Sayeed , Braaten, Benjamin , (2019) "On the Reliability of 97% Carbon Content Graphene-based Transmission Lines in Bending Applications and Comparison to Copper and Aluminum Conductors" . Brookings, SD: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8834322

Jahan, Israt , Sajal, Sayeed , Nygard, Kendall , (2019) "Prediction Model Using Recurrent Neural Networks" . Brookings, SD: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8834336

Sajal, Sayeed , Jahan, Israt , Nygard, Kendall , (2019) "Cyber-Physical System Security Treats_ Challenges and Solutions" . Fargo,ND: MICS.

Abbas, Christopher , Sajal, Sayeed , (2019) "Impact of Software Tools and Environment to the Development Process" . Fargo,ND: MICS.

Jahan, Israt , Sajal, Sayeed , Nygard, Kendall , (2019) "Mobile Applications Online Review and Rating Research_ A Systematic Analysis and Heuristic-Systematic Model" . Fargo,ND: MICS. https://www.micsymposium.org/mics2019/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MICS_Paper_Review_Israt.pdf

High, Elizabeth , Sajal, Sayeed , (2019) "Need and Challenges of Edge Computing in Software Engineering for the Internet of Things (IoT)" . Fargo,ND: MICS. https://www.micsymposium.org/mics2019/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MICS_Paper_IOT_Liz.pdf

Nwachukwu, Humphery , Sajal, Sayeed , (2019) "Software Project Management and its Related Factors" . Fargo, ND: MICS.

Ibeabuchi, Princewill , Sajal, Sayeed , (2019) "Software Project Management and Underlying Development Factors" . Fargo, ND: MICS.

Idim, Confidence , Sajal, Sayeed , (2019) "System Issues in Software Development-Problems, Effects and Solutions," . Fargo, ND: MICS.

Adhikari, Nishan , Sajal, Sayeed , (2019) "Test-Driven Development (TDD)—Challenges and Potential Pitfalls" . Fargo,ND: MICS. https://www.micsymposium.org/mics2019/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Final_Paper_TDD.pdf

Sajal, Sayeed , Latif, Saeed , Spencer, Edmund , (2019) "Circularly Polarized Small-Footprint Hybrid Ring-Patch Stacked Antenna For Pico-Satellites" . Boston, MA: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8608288

Henderson, Kendrick , Latif, Saeed , Lazarou, Georgios , Sharma, Satish , Tabbal, Azzam , Sajal, Sayeed , (2019) "Dual-Stub Loaded Microstrip Line-Fed Multi-Slot Printed Antenna for LTE Band" . Boston, MA: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8608453

Salekin, Sirajul , Agaian, Sos , Jahan, Israt , Sajal, Sayeed , (2018) "Image De-noising through Symmetric, Bell-shaped, and Centered Weighted Median Filters Based Sub-Band Decomposition" . Rochester, MI: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8500238

Jahan, Israt , Sajal, Sayeed , (2018) "Stock Price Prediction using Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) Algorithm on Time-Series Data" . Duluth MN: MICS. https://micsymposium.org/mics2018/proceedings/MICS_2018_paper_55.pdf

Roy, Sayan , Sajal, Sayeed , Braaten, Benjamin , (2017) "A Phase Correction Technique based on Spatial Movements of Antennas in Real-Time (S.M.A.R.T.) for Designing Self-Adapting Conformal Array Antennas" (Issue: 12, vol. 59). USA: 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Optical Technology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.30861

Sajal, Sayeed , Braaten, Benjamin , (2017) "A Conformal Antenna on a Passive UHF RFID tag using 97% Carbon Content Graphene-Based Conductors and Paper Substrates" . San Diego, CA: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8073256

Braaten, Ream , Noghanian, Sima , Sajal, Sayeed , (2017) "Efficiency Comparison of Inductive and Radiative Power Transfer for Biomedical Applications" . San Diego, CA: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8072239

Roy, Sayan , Qureshi, Muhammad Bilal , Asif, Sajid , Sajal, Sayeed , Braaten, Benjamin , (2017) "A Study of Microstrip Transmission Lines on Substrates Created using Additive Manufacturing and Flexible or Semi-rigid Filaments" . Lincoln, NE: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8053355

Obaida, Md , Jahan, Israt , Sajal, Sayeed , (2017) "Analysis on Interactive Data Race Checker_ IDRC" . Lincoln, NE: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8053367

Qureshi, Muhammad Bilal , Roy, Sayan , Asif, Sajid , Sajal, Sayeed , Ulven, Chad , Braaten, Benjamin , (2017) "On using Biocomposite Filaments to Additively Manufacture Substrates for Microstrip Transmission Lines" . Lincoln, NE: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8053354

Obaida, Md , Nelson, Eric , Jahan, Israt , Sajal, Sayeed , (2017) "Static Analysis on Interactive Sensitive Data Exposure Detection" . Lincoln, NE: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8053368

Sajal, Sayeed , Braaten, Benjamin , Tolstedt, Travis , Asif, Sajid , Schroeder, Mark , (2017) "Design of a Conformal Monopole Antenna on a Paper Substrate using the Properties of Graphene-Based Conductors" (Issue: 6, vol. 59). USA: 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Optical Technology Letters. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mop.30524

Sajal, Sayeed , Braaten, Benjamin , Marinov, Val , Atanasov, Yuriy , Swenson, Orv , (2017) "A Low-Cost Antenna Design on a Paper Substrate for Near-Field Passive UHF RFID Tags" (Issue: 5, vol. 59). USA: 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Optical Technology Letters. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/mop.30460

Iftikhar, Adnan , Parrow, Jared , Asif, Sajid , Sajal, Sayeed , Braaten, Benjamin , Allen, J , Allen, M , Wenner, B , (2016) "A Printed Dipole Reconfigured with Magneto-Static Responsive Structures that do not require a Directly Connected Biasing Circuit" . Fajardo, Puerto Rico: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7696236

Sajal, Sayeed , Braaten, Benjamin , Tolstedt, Travis , Schroeder, Mark , (2016) "Design of a CPW-Fed Graphene-Based Conformal Monopole on a Paper Substrate" . Fajardo, Puerto Rico: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7695960

Sajal, Sayeed , Iftikhar\, A , Spencer, Array , (2016) "Analysis of an Array with Graphene-Based Conductors" . Honolulu,HI: IEEE Xplore.

Sajal, Sayeed , Braaten, Benjamin , Marinov, Val , (2015) "A Microstrip Patch Antenna Manufactured with Flexible Graphene-Based Conducting Material" . Vancouver, BC: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7305596

Asif, Sajid , Iftikhar, Adnan , Sajal, Sayeed , Braaten, Benjamin , Khan, Muhammad Saeed , (2015) "On Using Graphene-Based Conductors as Transmission Lines for Feed Networks in Printed Antenna Arrays" . Dekalb, IL: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7293438

Sajal, Sayeed , Atanasov, Y , Braaten, Benjamin , Marinov, V , Swenson, O , (2014) "A Low Cost Flexible Passive UHF RFID Tag for Sensing Moisture Based on Antenna Polarization" . Milwaukee, WI: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6871822

Braaten, Benjamin , Iftikhar, A , Rafiq, M , Naqvi, A , Nariyal, S , Taylor, A , Sajal, Sayeed , Iskander, M , Anagnostou, D E, (2013) "An Initial Investigation on the use of Carbon Microfibers for Conformal Transmission Line" . Rapid City, SD: IEEE Xplore. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6632711