Muhammad Rashid
Muhammad H. Rashid (F’01) received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), M.Sc and Ph.D degrees from the University of Birmingham in UK.
He is presently employed by the University of Florida as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the UF/UWF Joint Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Rashid previously worked as a Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Chair of the Engineering Department at Indiana University- Purdue University at Fort Wayne. Also, he worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Connecticut, an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada), a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University Calumet, and Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering at King Fahd university of Petroleum and Minerals (Saudi Arabia), as a design and development engineer with Brush Electrical Machines Ltd. (England, UK), a Research Engineer with Lucas Group Research Centre (England, UK), a Lecturer and Head of Control Engineering Department at the Higher Institute of Electronics (Malta). Dr. Rashid is actively involved in teaching, researching, and lecturing in power electronics and has published more than 100 technical papers and 14 books. His books are adopted as textbooks all over the world. His book on Power electronics has been translated in Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian, Korean and Persian languages. His book on Microelectronics has been translated in Spanish language.
He authored seven Prentice-Hall books: Power Electronics - circuits, devices and applications (1988, 2/e 1993), SPICE For Power Electronics (1993), SPICE For Circuits and Electronics Using PSpice (1990, 2/e 1995), Electromechanical and Electrical Machinery (1986), and Engineering Design for Electrical Engineers (1990). Also, authored five IEEE self-study guides, Self-Study Guide on Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Power Electronics Laboratory Using PSpice, Selected Readings on SPICE Simulation of Power Electronics, and Selected Readings on Power Electronics (IEEE Press, 1996) and Microelectronics Laboratory Using Electronics Workbench (IEEE Press, 2000). Also authored two books: Electronic Circuit Design using Electronics Workbench (January 1998), and Microelectronic Circuits - Analysis and Design (April 1999) by PWS Publishing). Edited: Power Electronics Handbook published by Academic Press, 2001.
He is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario (Canada), a registered Chartered Engineer (UK), a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE, UK) and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Dr. Rashid is the recipient of the 1991 Outstanding Engineer Award from the IEEE Region. Dr. Rashid was an ABET program evaluator for electrical engineering from 1995-2000 and he is currently an engineering evaluator for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), USA.
His detailed contact address is:
Dr. Mohammad H. Rashid
Professor and Director of UF/UWF Joint Program
Dept. of Computer & Electrical Engineering
University of West Florida
Pensacola, FL 32514-5754,USA
Phone: (850) 474-2976 Fax: (850) 474-3412
Email: mrashid@ieee.org