Kamrul Hasan

Assistant Professor

Dr. Hasan is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department. His research interest includes Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), CPS Security, Computer networks and security; Software enabled network security, Machine Learning (ML), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) empowered automation in cybersecurity. Since 2020,  he has worked as PI/Co-PI for four research projects funded by the Department of Defense (DoD), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy (DoE), and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). He authored and co-authored 17 peer-reviewed journal/conference papers, one book chapter, and one US patent.

 

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Office: ET-232 Torrence Hall
Phone: 615-963-7539  
Fax: 615-963-2165
Email: mhasan1@tnstate.edu

 

EDUCATION:

2016-2020 Ph.D., Computational Modeling and Simulation Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
2014-2016 M.S., Computer Information and Systems Engineering, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN.
2001-2006 B.Sc., EEE, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

EXPERIENCE:

Academic Experience

Jan. 2021- present, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN.

Industrial Experience

5/2019-8/2019 PDU Cybersecurity Researcher, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA.

5/2018- 8/2018 Cybersecurity Researcher, Accenture Cyber Fusion Lab, Arlington, VA.

Grant Awarded

1. Principal Investigator, CISE-MSI: " Enabling Secured and Artificial Intelligence Assisted Cell-Free Communications" NSF, Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS), 2022-2024, Grant amount: $157,432.00.

2. Principal Investigator, TIP: " Collaborative Cloud-Edge Artificial Intelligence in Cyber-physical Systems" NSF, Division for Excellence in STEM (EES), 2022-2024, Grant amount: $399,795.00.

3. Co-Principal Investigator, FRA-RSI-001: "Preparing Minority Scholars for Railroad-Highway Safety Workforce (RH-SAW)" Federal Railway Administration, 2022-2027, Grant amount: $ 4999,875.00.

4. Co-Principal Investigator, CISE-MSI: "Analytically-based frameworks for AI model verification and improvement in cyber-physical systems" NSF, Division of Computer and Network Systems, 2021-2023, Grant amount: USD 239,848.00.

PUBLICATIONS:

Patent

1. Hassanzadeh, Amin, Kamrul Hasan, and Anup Nayak. "Criticality analysis of attack graphs." U.S. Patent 11,252,175, issued February 15, 2022.

Journal

1. Hasan, Kamrul, Sachin Shetty, Md Ullah, Amin Hassanzadeh, and Tariqul Islam. "Criticality-based Optimal Cyber Defense Remediation in Energy Delivery Systems."  EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety  8, no. 28 (2021).

Book Chapter

1. Hasan, Kamrul, Sachin Shetty, Amin Hassanzadeh, Malek Ben Salem, and Jay Chen. "Software‐Defined Networking for Cyber Resilience in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)." Modeling and Design of Secure Internet of Things (2020): 453-477.

Conference

1. Hasan, Kamrul, Sachin Shetty, Tariqul Islam, and Imtiaz Ahmed. "Predictive Cyber Defense Remediation against Advanced Persistent Threat in Cyber-Physical Systems." In  2022 International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) , pp. 1-10. IEEE, 2022.

2. For more publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KYNWQ1UAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

HONORS AND AWARDS:


3/2003           Selected to TSU Million Dollar Research Club, Charter Member, March 2003

12/1999         Dean’s Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Engr. & Tech. Tenn. State Univ.

2009-2014     Program Evaluator for Electrical Engineering,, EAC of ABET, 3rd 5-year term

5/1994          Outstanding Researcher Award for Excellence in Research, Tenn. State Univ.

6/1990          Selected nationally by IEEE EAB to participate in an IEEE sponsored workshop to develop a book titled, "Teaching  Design in Electrical Engineering."

 

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION:

Registered P.E. in State of Tennessee (# 018410) and Illinois (# 062-025523) (inactive).


Guided MS Thesis (11), ME Projects (16) and B.S. Capstone Projects & Student Publications

1. Dwayne Arnold," Design of a Hybrid Wind Power System for a small Farming Community." December 1996. Presented the paper at the PICA'97 International Conference in Cleveland, OH and won First Place Award.

2. Devgan, S.S. and Walker, D.R., “Design of a hybrid wind power storage and generation system for a remote community. Published in the WEEANN'95 Proceedings published by World Scientific Publishing of U.K. Paper presented at the 1995 Workshop on Environmental and Energy Applications of Neural Networks held at Battelle Pacific Northwest laboratories, Richland, WA. March 30-31, 1995.

Experiences in development and implementation of Systems Engineering based (M.S. and Ph.D.) programs and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in electric power systems, complemented by NREL funded wind energy research experience, will provide me unique opportunity to contribute to Smart Grid implementation.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Program Chair - Systems Engr. Div., 2011 ASEE Annual Conference , Vancouver, Canada.

• ABET Evaluator - ABET Program Evaluator for EE programs for 3rd 5 year term.

• Program Chair – ASEE ECE Division, 2004 ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT

• Secretary – Board of Directors of Southeastern Center for Electrical Engineering Education

• Life member ASEE, and IEEE, and member Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi

 

COLLABORATORS AND CO-AUTHORS WITHIN PAST 48 MONTHS:

Lee Keel (Tenn. State Univ.), Mohan Malkani (Tenn. State Univ.), Ned Mohan (Uni. of Minnesota), M.S. Zein-Sabatto (Tenn. State Univ.)

GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED

None in the last five years.

GRADUATE AND POST-DOCTORAL SPONSORS

Dr. Edwin R. Whitehead, (thesis advisor), and Dr. William A. Lewis (advisor), both deceased.