Research Interest

Mehdi Shadaram has been either PI or Co-PI on numerous grants and contracts, totaling more than $15 million in the past 20 years.  NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Department of Defense, US Department of Education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, UT System, Texas Instruments and Lucent Technologies have funded his research projects. His main area of research activity is in the broadband analog and digital fiber optic communication systems and photonic devices.  In addition, he has extensive experience in Engineering Education Research.