Mohammad Shekaramiz

Faculty Member

Dr. Dr. Mohammad Shekaramiz

Biography

Dr. Shekaramiz earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Utah State University (USU) in 2018. His dissertation title was "Sparse Signal Recovery Based on Compressive Sensing & Exploration Using Multiple Mobile Sensors," (fully supported by a NASA grant). Prior to joining UVU, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Information Dynamics Lab of USU, where he conducted research on developing array processing algorithms to be used in a novel active noise cancellation setting. He has served on the Editorial Board of four Journals and has served as a reviewer for several journals and conferences such as IEEE Trans. Signal Processing and IEEE Trans. Aerospace & Electronic Systems. He is a member of IEEE, Golden Key International Honor Society, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and Honor Society of Tau Beta Pi. He is currently a Senior IEEE member.
Dr. Shekaramiz is heavily involved in applied research projects. He believes the students will learn more when they work on real-world projects, simplified to match the course level. He also believes that the instructor should keep showing the students the big picture of why they are learning the course materials and where they can apply them. He has secured over $1M in research grants including a grant of $979K as a PI from USHE-Deep Technology Talent Initiative. This project is on developing a fully automated system for wind turbine inspection using artificial intelligence and commercial drones.

AWARDS:
- “2023-2024 CET Scholarship Excellence Award,” CET, UVU, Mar. 2024.
- “2022-2023 Faculty Senate Faculty Excellence Award” for excellence in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service, Mar. 2023.
- “UVU Engineering Spot Award” for outstanding contributions to UVU's mission through demonstrated excellence in Service for RTP Task Force, Apr. 2023.
- “UVU Engineering Spot Award” for outstanding contributions to UVU's mission through demonstrated excellence in Scholarship and Service, Sept. 2022.
- Finalist of “2019 Bill E. Ro

Education

PhD, Utah State University, 2018

Major: Electrical Engineering-Statistical Signal Processing

MS, Isfahan University of Technology, 2007

Major: Electrical Engineering - Controls

BS, Yazd University, 2004

Major: Electrical Engineering - Electronics

Teaching

ECE 3710

Applied Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, Fall 2024

ECE 4750

Digital Signal Processing, Fall 2024

ECE 3770

Signals and Systems, Fall 2024

ECE 3710

Applied Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, Summer 2024

ECE 4750

Digital Signal Processing, Spring 2024

ECE 4850

Machine Learning, Spring 2024

ECE 3770

Signals and Systems, Spring 2024

Presentations

Dalsing, Hunter (Author Only), Shekaramiz, Mohammad (Presenter & Author), 2nd Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC 2022), "User Recognizer Drone_ Face Recognition Using Support Vector Machines", IEEE, Orem, UT. (May 14, 2022)
Shekaramiz, Mohammad (Presenter & Author), 2nd Intermountain Engineering, Technology, and Computing Conference (IETC 2022), "Sparse Bayesian Learning Via Variational Bayes Fused With Orthogonal Matching Pursuit", IEEE, UVU, Utah Valley University, Orem ,UT. (May 13, 2022)
Shekaramiz, Mohammad (Author Only), 1st Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC 2020), "Compressive Sensing and Its Applications", IEEE, Orem, UT. (October 2, 2020)
Shekaramiz, Mohammad (Presenter & Author), 1st Intermountain Engineering, Technology, and Computing Conference (IETC 2020), "Compressive Sensing via Variational Bayesian Inference", IEEE, UVU, Virtual- Microsoft Teams. (October 2, 2020)
Shekaramiz, Mohammad (Presenter & Author), 53th Asilomar Conf. on Sig., Syst., and Compt. (ACSSC), IEEE, "Exploration versus Data Refinement via Multiple Mobile Sensors Based on Epistemic Utility Controller", IEEE, Pacific Grove, Cal.. (November, 2019)
Shekaramiz, Mohammad , 53th Asilomar Conf. on Sig., Syst., and Compt. (ACSSC), IEEE, "C-SBL(VB): A Variational Bayes Algorithm for Sparse Recovery of Signals with Unknown Clustering Pattern", IEEE, Cal., USA. (November 1, 2019)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Shekaramiz, Dr. Mohammad , Moeini, Ali , Javan, Abolfazl , (2024) "Tightness of Harary Graphs" (Issue: 18, vol. 12). Journal of Mathematics-MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/12/18/2894
Thomas, Matt , Boettcher, N. , Huish, C. , Seibi, Abdennour , Arias, Daniel , Shekaramiz, Dr. Mohammad , Sherkat Masoum, Dr. Mohammad A. , "Assessing Wind Turbine Blade Durability Longevity Utilizing National Renewable Energy Laboratory Tools" . Wind Engineering.
Huish, Caden , Shakya, Praveen , Thomas, Matt , Boettcher, Noah , Seibi, Abdennour , Shekaramiz, Dr. Mohammad , Sherkat Masoum, Dr. Mohammad A. , (2024) "Comparison of Applied Loads on Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blades using an Open-source Software Qblade and CFD Solver ANSYS-FLUENT" . Wind Engineering. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0309524X241269349
Barfuss, Brennen , N'diaye, Lalle M., Rohani, Dr. Ehsan , Shekaramiz, Dr. Mohammad , Sherkat Masoum, Dr. Mohammad A. , (2024) "Development and Verification of a Wireless Charging Dock for Low-Cost Drones" (Issue: 8, vol. 11). Int. Journal of Engineering Research in Computer Science and Engineering. https_//ijercse.com/development-and-verification-of-a-wireless-charging.php
Davis, Mason , Shekaramiz, Dr. Mohammad , (2024) "Image Classification of Forest Fires Using Machine and Deep Learning" . IEEE-4th IEEE Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10564291
Ward, Zachary , Philips, Austin , Seibi, Cherif , Sherkat Masoum, Dr. Mohammad A. , Shekaramiz, Dr. Mohammad , Seibi, Abdennour , (2024) "Wind Turbine Classification for Autonomous Inspection_ A Case Study Using Deep Learning" . IEEE-4th IEEE Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10564345

Awards

2nd Runner Up Best Engineering Paper Award

4th Annual Intermountain Engineering, Technology, and Computing Conference - May 14, 2024

Paper Title_ Image Classification of Forest Fire Using Machine and Deep Learning
Authors: Mason Davis (UVU ECE Student) and Mohammad Shekaramiz

Conference: 4th Annual Intermountain Engineering, Technology, and Computing (IETC), Logan, UT, May 13-14, 2024

Best Engineering Paper Award

4th Annual Intermountain Engineering, Technology, and Computing Conference - May 14, 2024

Paper Title_ Velocity-Based Wind Turbine Blade Deblurring Using Richardson-Lucy Algorithm
Authors: Bridger K. Altice (USU ECE Master Student), Todd K. Moon, and Mohammad Shekaramiz

Conference: 4th Annual Intermountain Engineering, Technology, and Computing (IETC), Logan, UT, May 13-14, 2024

2023-2024 CET Scholarship Excellence Award

College of Engineering and Technology, Utah Valley University - March, 2024

Awarded by the CET College at UVU for demonstrating excellence in Scholarship activities.

IEEE Senior Member

IEEE - February 1, 2024

have recently been elevated to an IEEE senior member, at this stage of my early career.

IEEE Senior Member - Senior member is the highest grade for which IEEE members can apply.

IEEE Bylaw I-104.3 sets forth the criteria for elevation to Senior Member grade as follows_
A candidate shall be an engineer, scientist, educator, technical executive or originator in IEEE-designated fields Candidates shall have been in professional practice for at least ten years Candidates shall have shown significant performance over a period of at least five of those years. In addition, candidates for Senior Member grade must supply three references from current IEEE members holding the grade of Fellow, Senior Member, or Honorary Member.

Engineering Spot Award

Engineering Department, Utah Valley University - April, 2023

For outstanding contributions to UVU's mission through demonstrated excellence in Service for RTP Task Force.

2022-2023 Faculty Senate Faculty Excellence Award

Utah Valley University - March, 2023

Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship, and Service