Prior to joining Farmingdale, he worked as a research scientist and adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Old Dominion University, VA. He has also worked as a visiting assistant professor at the University of West Florida and as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of South Alabama. He received Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1991 and 1994, respectively. He then earned a PhD from Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan, in 1999. He has authored and coauthored more than 120 publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He is a senior member of the IEEE and also of SPIE.