Ph.D. Dissertation Title: A Mathematical Resolution to Log Transformations and the Binning Effect in Applied Processing of Data in Flow Cytometry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU. Outstanding Ph.D. graduate award, Spring 2003, College of Engineering.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Statistical Analysis and Optimal Classification of Blood Cell Populations Using Gaussian Distributions, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Spring 2003.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Shift Decomposition Method in Wavelet Domain Motion Estimation and Compensation for Video Compression, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2003.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Security Issues and Risk Modeling when Architecting a Healthcare System, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU. Fall 2004 Outstanding Ph.D. graduate award, Fall 2004, College of Engineering.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Three-Dimensional Brain Fiber Tracking Modeling in Diffusion Tensor Imaging”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU Graduated Spring 2006. Outstanding Ph.D. graduate award, Spring 2006, College of Engineering and Computing.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Subdural EEG Analysis for Extracting Discriminating Measures in Epileptogenic Data”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Summer 2006.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Multidimensional Pattern Recognition and Classification of White Blood Cells Using Support Vector Machine”, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Summer 2006.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “An Integrated Functional Mapping and Source Localization Platform for Brain Research”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Spring 2007.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “A Multimodal and Adaptive Real-Time Human-Computer Interface for Persons with Severe Motor Disability”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Spring 2007.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “An Automated Book Reader Design as an Assistive Technology Tool for Persons with Blindness, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2007.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Seizure Detection in Subdural Recordings Using Nonlinear Decision Functions”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Spring 2008.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Design and Implementation of a Multisite Data Repository for Pediatric Epilepsy. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2008.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Development Of A New Client-Server Architecture For Context Aware Mobile Computing”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Spring 2009.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “A Research Platform for Artificial Neural Networks with Applications in Pediatric Epilepsy”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU. Outstanding Ph.D. graduate award, Fall 2009, College of Engineering and Computing

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Principal Component Analysis and Assessment of Language Network Activation Patterns in Pediatric Epilepsy”, Department of Biomedical Engineering, FIU. Outstanding Ph.D. graduate award, Spring 2010, College of Engineering and Computing

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “A Highly Efficient Biometrics Approach for Unconstrained Iris Segmentation and Recognition”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2010.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “An Incremental Multilinear System for Human Face Learning and Recognition”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2010.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Automated Detection of Hematological Abnormalities through Classification of Flow Cytometric Data Patterns”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Spring 2011, FIU.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Color-Based Surface Reflectance Separation for Scene Illumination Estimation and Rendering”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Spring 2011, FIU.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Neural Network Based Off-line Handwritten Text Recognition System”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Spring 2011, FIU.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Thermal Imaging as a Biometrics Approach to Facial Signature Authentication”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2011.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “A Novel 3-D Segmentation Algorithm for Anatomic Liver and Tumor Volume Calculations for Cancer Treatment Planning”, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Outstanding Ph.D. graduate award, Spring 2012, College of Engineering and Computing.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Scheduling Medical Application Workloads on Virtualized Computing Systems”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Spring 2012.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Network Construction and Graph Theoretical Analysis of Functional Language Networks in Pediatric Epilepsy”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2013.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Modeling, Simulation, and Characterization of Space Debris in Low-Earth Orbit”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU. Worlds Ahead Graduate, Acknowledged at FIU graduation Ceremony in Fall 2013.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “A Novel Signal Processing Method for Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring in Spinal Surgeries”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Worlds Ahead Graduate, Acknowledged at FIU graduation Ceremony in Spring 2014.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Intracranial Volume Estimation and Graph Theoretical Analysis of Brain Functional Connectivity Networks”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Spring 2015. Worlds Ahead Graduate, Acknowledged at FIU graduation Ceremony in Spring 2015.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “An Integrated Neuroimaging Approach for the Prediction and Analysis of Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Prodromal Stages”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Summer 2015.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “System Design and Implementation of a Fast and Accurate Bio-Inspired Spiking Neural Network”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ECE department, FIU, Summer 2015.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “A Novel Optical Design Configuration for Wireless Data Transmission”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Spring 2016.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “A Biologically Plausible Supervised Learning Method for Spiking Neurons with Real-world Applications”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2016.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “A Book Reader Design for Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, ECE department, FIU, Fall 2017.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “An Integrated Multimodal Registration Technique for Medical Imaging”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2017.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “Multimodal Imaging for Enhanced Diagnosis and for Assessing Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Spring 2018. Worlds Ahead Graduate, Acknowledged at FIU Graduation Ceremony in Spring 2018.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “A Neuroimaging Web Interface for Data Acquisition, Processing and Visualization of Multimodal Brain Images”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2018.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Connectivity Analysis of Electroencephalograms in Epilepsy”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2018.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Brain Connectivity Networks for the Study of Nonlinear Dynamics and Phase Synchrony in Epilepsy”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2018.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “Machine Learning and Image Processing for Noise Removal and Robust Edge Detection in the Presence of Mixed Noise”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2019.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “Development of Gaussian Learning Algorithms for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Spring 2020.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “A Multimodal Neuroimaging Approach for Classification and Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Machine Learning”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,, FIU, Fall 2020.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “Development of a Realtime Single-Lead Single-Beat Frequency-Independent Myocardial Infarction Detector”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Spring 2021. Real Triumphs Graduate award, formerly known as Worlds Ahead Graduate, Acknowledged at FIU Graduation Ceremony Spring 2021

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “Machine Learning for Enhanced Multiclass Classification and Prediction in Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Studies of Alzheimer’s Disease”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2021. Real Triumphs Graduate award, formerly known as Worlds Ahead Graduate, Acknowledged at FIU Graduation Ceremony Fall 2021

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “Deep Learning for Multiclass Classification, Predictive Modeling and Segmentation of Disease Prone Regions in Alzheimer’s Disease”, School of Computing and Information Sciences, FIU, Fall 2021.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title : “A Novel Power-Efficient Wireless Multi-Channel Recording System for the Telemonitoring of Electroencephalography (EEG)”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Summer 2022.

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: “Neuroimaging Feature Fusion and Multimodal Classification of Alzheimer’s Disease”, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, FIU, Fall 2022.