Curriculum Vitae

Faculty Name: John Okyere Attia Work Address: P.O. Box 519; MS 2520 Prairie View, TX 77446 Position Title: Professor Office Location: Electrical Engineering Building, Room 318 Office Phone: 936-261-9916 Email Address: [email protected]

Education: Degree and Area of Study Institution Name Degree Date PhD, Electrical Engineering University of Houston 1984 MS, Electrical Engineering University of Toronto 1978 BS, Electrical Engineering University of Science and 1974 Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Teaching Position Title Institution Name Position Dates Experience (Beginning and End) Professor Prairie View A&M University 1997 to present Associate Professor Prairie View A&M University 1988 to 1997 Assistant Professor Prairie View A&M University 1984 to 1988 Visiting Associate Professor Texas A&M University 2005 to 2006 Instructor University of Houston 1980 to 1983

Professional Publications: Attia, J ( 2010). PSPICE and MATLAB for Electronics: An Integrated Approach, 2nd Edition, CRC Press.

Attia, J ( 2004). Electronics and Circuit Analysis Using MATLAB, 2nd Edition, CRC Press.

Attia, J, Obiomon, P, and Tembely, M. “Hands-on Learning for Engaging Freshman Students through the Electrical Engineering Practicum and the Infinity Project.” Proc. of 2016 ASEE GSW Conference, March 6 – 8, 2016.

Connor, K. A., & Attia, J.O and et al., “Simultaneous Implementation of Experimental Centric Pedagogy in 13 ECE Programs,” Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, Washington, June 2015.

Nan Zou, Lijun Qian, John Attia, Changsheng Ai, “Cost and Peak-to-Average Ratio Reduction of Electricity Usage via Intelligent EV Charging,” IEEE 9th Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications (ICIEA), Hangzhou, June 9 – 11, 2014.

M. Golam Faruk, R. Wilkins, R. Dwivedi, D. Kalaria, M.Patel, S. Binzaid, J. Attia, “Proton and Neutron Radiation Effects Studies of MOSFET Transistors for Potential Deep-Space Mission Applications,” 2012 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 3 – 10, 2012.

Nan Zou, Lijun Qian, John Attia, Le Xie, “Optimization of Home Energy Usage by Intelligently Charging/Discharging EV/PHEV,” 2012 International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo

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(ICCVE), December 12 – 16, 2012.

Ozegbe J. Chukwuma and John Attia, Single Event Transients in Scaled CMOS Operational Amplifiers, Proceedings of 10th European Conference on Radiation Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS 2009), Bruges, Belgium, September 14 – 18, 2009.

S. Binzaid and J. O. Attia, “Compound Active-Region-Cutout-Enclosed-Layout-Transistor for Space Electronic Applications”, International Review of Physics (IREPHY), , August 2009 Issue.

Additional Trainings/Skills: FUNDED PROJECTS “Center for Advancing Innovations in Smart Microgrid at Prairie View A&M University,” funded by as Chancellor’s Research Initiative, Grant amount of $6,412,000, Duration:2016-2019, Other Investigators are Drs. W. Ali, P. Cofie, M. Sadiku and L. Qian.

“Experimental Centric Based Engineering Curriculum,” funded by the National Science Foundation, Grant amount of $240,000, Duration: 2013 to 2016, Other Investigator: P. Obiomon

“Modeling and Simulation of Advanced Mixed Signal System;” funded by National Science Foundation; Grant amount of $1Million, Duration: 2005 to 2009. Other investigators: Drs. Akujuobi, , Sadiku and Qian.

HONORS Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical Engineering Honor Society Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society DuPont Fellow (1990)

AWARDS 1995 Torch Bearer - Exemplary University Achiever 1992 Prairie View A&M University Leader Award 1991 Prairie View A&M University New Achiever Award 1990 Excellence in Teaching Award 1984 Excellence in Teaching Award 1974 Most Outstanding Graduating Senior, College of Engineering., University of Science and Tech., Ghana

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Registered Professional Engineer (Texas #66109) Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Member of American Society of Engineering Education

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION I became a Commissioner of ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission effective July 1, 2015 I was raised to the Senior Membership in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2002.

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