Dr. Ramazan Demirli received his MS and Ph.D. degrees in 1995 and 2000 respectively, both in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL. From 2000 to 2010 Dr. Demirli has worked in the industry, first at BrainMedia, LLC., New York, NY, assuming a major role in the development of a proprietary audio codec, then at Canfield Scientific, Inc., Fairfield, NJ, as a senior scientist involved in the research and development of skin imaging systems and software. Since June 2010, he has been with the Center for Advanced Communications, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, where he is now a Research Assistant Professor and the Director of the Acoustics and Ultrasound Lab. He specializes in statistical signal processing with extensive emphasis on ultrasound signal modeling and parameter estimation. His research interests include acoustic signal processing, ultrasound imaging and nondestructive evaluation, and image processing. Dr. Demirli is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).



