P Mohana Shankar | Dr. P.M. Shankar @ Drexel ECE

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P. M. Shankar received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in physics from Kerala University (India), master’s in applied Optics and Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. After spending some time at the University of Sydney, Australia as a visiting scholar, he joined Drexel in 1982.

Dr. Shankar has put together new MS programs in Telecommunications Engineering (ECE department), and in Software Engineering (a joint program of the Colleges of Engineering, Arts & Sciences and Information Science and Technology). He also developed a BS in Software Engineering program, jointly with the College of Information Science and Technology and the Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences. In addition, he setup a practical training program for all MS students in the College of Engineering (Career Integrated Education). He also set up the on-line MSEE program in the ECE department. He served as the Assistant Department and Graduate Advisor (ECE Department) from 1993 to 1997 & 1999 to 2004, the Director of Graduate Programs (COE) from 1996 to 2000 and Interim Department Head (ECE) from 2006 to 2007.

He has developed multiple graduate and undergraduate courses in the area of fiberoptic communications and an undergraduate course in wireless communications. He also updated the undergraduate course in Probability and Statistics by incorporating data analytics.

He received several awards in Pedagogy and Assessment:

2023 Provost Award for Pedagogical Innovation.
2019 University Award for Pedagogy and Assessment.
2006 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching.

He is the author of several books:

P M. Shankar, Probability, Random Variables, and Data Analytics with Engineering Applications, Springer, March 2021.
M. Shankar, Differential Equations: A Problem Solving Approach Based on MATLAB, CRC Press, April 2018.
M. Shankar, Fading and Shadowing in Wireless Systems, Second Edition, Springer, 2017.
M. Shankar, Fading and Shadowing in Wireless Systems, Springer, 2012
M. Shankar, Introduction to Wireless Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
M. Shankar, ‘Propagation characteristics of wireless channels,’ Chapter in the Internet Encyclopedia on Wireless, H. Bidgoli (Ed.) John Wiley& Sons, 2003.

P. M. Shankar and R. Mutharasan, ‘Tapered Fibers for Cell Studies,’ in Reviews in Fluorescence 2005, Vol. 2, pp. 63-74, Chris Geddes and Joseph Lakowicz (Ed.), Springer, New York 2005.

P. M. Shankar, ‘Wireless Channels,’ in Handbook on Wireless Information Security, H. Bidgoli (Ed.), John Wiley, July 2005.

Current Resume with list of Journal Publications

https://faculty.coe.drexel.edu/pmshankar/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Shankar_BIO_complete_May2023.pdf

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS: A Problem Solving Approach Based on Matlab®

https://www.crcpress.com/Differential-Equations/Shankar/p/book/9781138501607

P. M. Shankar

Faculty and instructors interesting in accessing the solutions to the exercises may contact Professor Shankar at shankapm@drexel.edu to get the password to access the solutions posted at https://faculty.coe.drexel.edu/pmshankar/differential-equations-a-problem-solving-approach-based-on-matlab/

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