Fathi Amsaad

Fathi Amsaad (M’12) was born in Benghazi, Libya, in 1980. He received the B.Sc. degree in computer science from the University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya, in 2001, the dual M.Sc. degrees in computer science and computer engineering from the University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, USA, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in engineering science from the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA, in 2017, with a focus on computer science and engineering. He was a Teaching and Research Graduate Assistant with the EECS and Engineering Technology (ET) Departments, University of Toledo. In 2014, he joined the Electronic and Computer ET Department, College of Technology Architecture and Applied Engineering, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA, as an Adjunct Instructor. He was a Project Adviser for several groups of senior undergraduate students. He was a Full-Time Visiting Instructor with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA. He has authored or/and coauthored more than 25 peer reviewed papers. His current research interests include cyber security and cyber-physical systems with special interests in hardware oriented security and trust, embodied systems design, ASICs/FPGAs security, digital/VLSI systems testing, fault tolerance hardware, detection of hardware Trojans, network security, and security of smart grids. Dr. Amsaad is an Active Member and serves as a reviewer for ACM and IEEE conferences. He was a recipient of the IEEE Best Graduate Student Award in 2016, by the IEEE region 4 and the College of Engineering, University of Toledo.