About the Authors:

Dr. Khaled Kamel is currently a Professor of Computer Science at TSU. He worked as full-time faculty and administrator at the University of Louisville Engineering School. Dr. Kamel was a professor and the chair of the Computer Engineering and Computer Science department. He also worked as Instrumentation Engineer at GE Jet Engine. He served as the founding dean of the College of IT at the United Arab Emirates University and the College of CS & IT at the Abu Dhabi University. Dr. Kamel received a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University, a BS in Mathematics from Ain Shams University, MS in CS from Waterloo University, and a Ph.D. in ECE from the University of Cincinnati. His current research interest is more interdisciplinary in nature but focuses on the use of IT in Industry and systems. Dr. Kamel’s areas of expertise include digital system design, computer / PLC control, sensory fusion, and distributed computing.

Dr. Eman Kamel holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cairo University, MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and a Ph. D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Louisville. Dr. Eman had more than 20 years of experience in process automation at several companies including Dow Chemical, GE Jet Engine, Philip Morris Co., VITOK Engineers, Evana Tools, and PLC Automation. She designed and implemented PLC based automation projects in several application areas including Tobacco manufacturing, chemical process control, Wastewater Treatment, Plastic Sheets processing, and Irrigation Water level Control. She has extensive experience with Siemens and Allen Bradley PLC programming, instrumentation, communication, and user interfaces. She also used and developed good knowledge and experience with other types of PLC’s including GE, TI, Modicon, Telemechanic, Furnace, and Reliance. Eman developed customized and interactive PLC / Computer Control training for several applications. She has extensive computer aided instruction experience and implementation in the areas of PLC’s, Computer Control, and automation at several universities.

About the Book:

This new book is an introductory microprocessor and embedded system design with emphasis on hands-on hardware fundamentals and real time applications. It is designed for a one CS/IT/ECE junior level semester course and requires no hardware setup.