Dr. Payman Arabshahi

Professor

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Biography

Payman Arabshahi is a Professor and Associate Chair Education at the University of Washington's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He previously served on the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Alabama in Huntsville from 1994 to 1996, and worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from 1997 to 2006, focusing on deep space communication networks and protocols for planetary exploration missions. Arabshahi has a broad research interest in the fundamentals of network applications, with specific topics including environmental monitoring through wireless sensor networks, emergency communications, resilience of critical networks, and challenges in social networks. His work spans multiple areas such as graph theory optimization and smart cities, encompassing both theoretical research and practical experiments. He is also the director of the NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center Soil Technologies.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2006-01-01 — Present

University of Washington • Seattle, WA

Professor and Associate Chair Education at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Senior Technical Staff

1997-01-01 — 2006-12-31

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory • Pasadena, CA

Worked in the Communications Architectures Research Section focusing on deep space communications.

Awards

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Department Chair’s Award

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Technology Teaching Fellow Award

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JPL Innovation Awards

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NASA Tech Briefs Award

Requirements for University of Washington

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:105
Overall
Required:105
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university
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Specialization Notes

Standard Graduate School requirements for University of Washington apply to most departments listed unless specified otherwise by the program.