acknowledgment scheme over GEO-satellite links,” In Proc. of IEEE Wireless Communicationand Network Conference (WCNC), New Orleans, March 2005.R. Wang and S. Bonasu, “Analysis of optimal ACK frequency over asymmetric GEO-spacelinks,” In Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2004, Dallas, TX, 2004.Scientific and professional societies of which a member: IEEE Communication Society IEEE Personal Communications (TCPC) Technical Committee IEEE Computer Communications (TCCC) Technical Committee IEEE Satellite and Space Communications (TCSSC) Technical CommitteeHonors and awards: MS Degree with Honors, Roosevelt <strong>University</strong>, 1997 Who is Who among American Colleges and Universities, 1998Institutional and Professional service in the last five years: Co-chair, the 5 th Annual <strong>Lamar</strong> Student Research Conference 2004 Served as a committee member of College Selection Committee for <strong>University</strong> Professor and<strong>University</strong> Merit Award Served as a committee member of <strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong> Academic Information TechnologyCommitteeProfessional and development activities in the last five years:Conference Chair IEEE International Conference on Communications 2007 (ICC 2007) Wireless CommunicationsSymposium (co-chair)Technical Committee Member Technical Committee of Satellite and Space Communications (TCSSC) Technical Committee of Personal Communications (TCPC) Technical Committee of Computer Communications (TCCC) IEEE GLOBECOM 2006 Satellite and Space Communication Symposium 3rd International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks (WOCN) 2006 1st First International Workshop on Wireless Softswitch and Mesh Networks (SMN) 2006 1st International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2006Session Chair IEEE GLOBECOM 2004, 2005 IEEE ICC 2005 IEEE ICCCN 2004Reviewer IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems IEEE Wireless Communication Magazine IEEE Communication Letters Wiley Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Computer Networks Journal International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking IEEE GLOBECOM 2004, 2005, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2005EE Program Self-Study Report-2006 123
Name and Academic Rank:Cristian Bahrim, Assistant ProfessorDegrees:<strong>University</strong> of Paris, Orsay (France), 1992-1997, “Atomic collisions and interactions” Ph.D. 1997.<strong>University</strong> of Bucharest (Romania), 1987-1991, major in Physics with the specialization in“Optics, Spectroscopy, Plasma and Lasers”, degrees B.S., M.S. 1991.Number of years service on this faculty:Since Spring 2005 Joint-appointment in the Dept. of <strong>Electrical</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> at <strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong>.Since Fall 2004 Assistant Professor of Physics, <strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong>.2002–2004 Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, <strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong>.2001–2002 Adjunct Assistant Professor, <strong>Lamar</strong> <strong>University</strong>.Other related experience-teaching, industrial, etc.:1999-2001 Postdoctoral Research Associate at Kansas State <strong>University</strong>.1998 Adjunct instructor of physics at Kansas State <strong>University</strong>.1991-1997 Research Assistant, Institute of Atomic Physics, Romania.Consulting, Patents, Etc.:States in which registered:NoneNonePrincipal publications of last five years:Papers in peer-review journals:(1) “In search of a new molecule”, Hunt J.F. and Bahrim C., International Journal of ScholarlyAcademic Intellectual Diversity, vol. 8, no.1 (2006) (http://www.nationalforum.com).(2) “Disalignment rate coefficient of neon excited atoms due to helium atom collisions at lowtemperatures.”, Seo M., Shimamura T., Furutani T., Hasuo M., Bahrim C., and Fujimoto T.,Journal of Physics B, vol. 36, pp. 1885 (2003).(3) “Near-threshold photodetachment of heavy alkali-metal anions.”, Bahrim C., Thumm U.,Khuskivadze A.A. and Fabrikant I.I., Physical Review A, vol. 66, 052712 (2002).(4) “Boundary Conditions for the Pauli Equation: Application to Photodetachment of Cs - .“,Bahrim C., Fabrikant I.I. and Thumm U., Physical Review Letters vol. 87, 123003 (2001); vol.88, 109904 (2002).(5) “Angle-differential and momentum-transfer cross sections in e - + Rb, Cs, and Fr collisions atlow energies. 3 F o shape resonances in Rb - , Cs - and Fr - ions.”, Bahrim C. and Thumm U.,Physical Review A, vol. 64, 022716 (2001).(6) “ 3 S e and 1 S o scattering lengths for e- + Rb, Cs and Fr collisions.“, Bahrim C., Thumm U., andFabrikant I.I., Journal of Physics B, vol. 34, pp. L195-L201 (2001).(7) “Negative ion resonances in cross sections for electron-heavy alkali atom scattering.”, BahrimC., Thumm U. and Fabrikant I.I., Physical Review A, vol. 63, 042710 (2001).Contributions to books:(8) “A modern optics laboratory for undergraduate students”, Cristian Bahrim.(will appear in the Innovations 2006 – World Innovations in <strong>Engineering</strong> Education andResearch of the International Network for <strong>Engineering</strong> Education and Research, iNEER).EE Program Self-Study Report-2006 124