EDUCATION

• Delhi University, Delhi, India
  Ph.D. Applied Mathematics (1968)
• University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
  M.Sc. Computer Science (1978)
• Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
  M.Sc. Computer Engineering (EE) (1981)

TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• 1/84 - Present
  Associate Professor, Professor, and Head Department of Computer Science
  Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL
• Summer 1997
  Faculty Research Participant
  Oakridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN
• Summer 1996
  Faculty Research Participant
  Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
• Summer 1995
  Faculty Research Participant
  Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
• Summer 1994
  Faculty Research Participant, Computing and Telecommunication Division
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
• Summer 1993
  Faculty Research Participant
  NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
• Summer 1992
  Faculty Research Participant
  Army Missile Command, NASA, Huntsville, AL
• Summers 1988, 1989, 1990
  Faculty Research Participant
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
• Summers 1985-87
  Member of Technical Staff
  AT&T Information Systems, Summit, NJ
• 9/80 - 1/84
  Research Specialist, Computer Applications Section
  Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, TX

SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

1. "Filtration-Diffusion Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Medium", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 8, pp. 567-573, 1965.
2. "Drying of a Moist Capillary-Porous Body in Moving Air", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 9, pp. 95-102, 1966.
3. "Heat and Mass Transfer in Semi-Infinite Porous Cylinder", Defense Science Journal (India), Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 135-144, 1967.
4. "Parallel Solution of 2-D Phase Change Problems on a Hypercube', Tech. Research Report #6504. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 1988.
5. "Phonon Interaction and Their Role in Phonon Conductivity of Solids: Application to Carbon Tetrabromide", JI Alabama Academy of Science, Vol. 59, No. 4, October 1988.
6. "Design of a User Interface for Simulation in Parallel Computing Environment", Proceedings of ACM Conference, South East Region, pp. 116-122, April 1991.
7. "Biodegration Simulation in Parallel Environment", Proceedings of ACM Conference, South East Region, April 1991.
8. "Parallelization of Fast Fourier Transform with C-Linda and its Performance Evaluation", Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel/Distributed Processing, October 1995, Washington D.C.
9. "Finding Impersonators in an Internetworking Environment", Proceedings of the International Conference on Automation (India), December 1995.
10. Narang, Hira and Ryan Zarrieff, "Wavelet Based Parallel Solution of Two-Point Boundary Value Problems", Fifth International Conference of the Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, International Conference on Combinatorics, Statistics, Pattern Recognition and Related Areas, Mysore University, Mysore, Karnataka, India, December 28-30, 1998.

CURRENT AND PROJECTED RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Heat and Mass Transfer with and without Change of Phase
2. Computer Networks Performance Analysis and Programming
3. Software Engineering
4. Parallel/Distributed Scientific Algorithm Design and Development
5. Wavelet Based parallel/Distributed Solution to Two-point Boundary Value Problems

SELECTED FUNDED PROPOSALS

1. Planning Grant Proposal for setting up a Center for Parallel Processing at Tuskegee University
   Year: 1989
   Amount: $50,000
   Company: National Science Foundation
2. Established the NSFNET Connections at Tuskegee University
   Year: 1991
   Amount: $35,518
   Company: National Science Foundation
3. Establishment of High Performance Computer Lab at Tuskegee University
   Year: 1994
   Amount: $137,000
   Company: Hewlett Packard
4. Establishment of Infrastructure for High Performance Computing Program for Teaching and Research at Tuskegee University
   Year: 1996
   Amount: $1,200,000
   Company: National Science Foundation
5. Establishment of Multimedia Computer Lab at Tuskegee University
   Year: 1996
   Amount: $165,000
   Company: Hewlett Packard
6. Establishment of Summer Programs - FPICS, PREFICS - in Computer Science at Tuskegee University
   Year: 1996
   Amount: $50,000
   Company: Coca-Cola
7. Establishment of a Network Design, Performance and Analysis Lab at Tuskegee University
   Year: 1998
   Amount $191,000
   Company: Hewlett Packard
8. Feeder and Pre-freshman Programs in Computer Science
   Year: 1998
   Amount: $20,000
   Company: Microsoft