Howe School Faculty

Dr. Kevin Michael Ryan

Distinguished Associate Professor

Courses:

BT 223 - Applied Models and Simulation

EE 583 - Wireless communications

EE 586 - Wireless Networking: Architecture, Protocols and Standards

Education
Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering (1996), Stevens Institute of Technology Ph. D. Dissertation; "Overload Performance and User Mobility for a Mobile Communication System" M.S. (1980), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thesis: "Parallel Algorithms and Techniques For Solving Linear Equations" B.E. (EE) (1978), Manhattan College. Summa Cum Laude

Research
Application of Mobile Wireless Technologies to the Delivery of Healthcare Services Dynamic Spectrum Allocation and Dynamic Spectrum Access Wireless Networks 3G and 4G Mobile Wireless Networks Evolution of Wireless Networks Network Architecture and Quality of Service

Experience
Stevens Institute of Technology, 2001-Present AT&T Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies; Distinguished Member of Technical Staff/MTS, 1978 - 2001 New York Institute of Technology, 1997-1999, Adjunct Faculty Stevens Institute of Technology, 1993; 1998-2001, Adjunct Faculty Monmouth University, 1992. Adjunct Faculty. Monmouth University, 1990-91 Advisor for a Master's Thesis in the field of congestion control in BISDN/ATM networks.
Institutional Service
Howe School – Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2004 – 2007 Academic Research Committee, 2004 – 2006 Business and Technology Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2006 – Present Telecommunications Management Academic Committee, 2002 - Present AACSB Accreditation – Assurance of Learning Committee, 2005 – Present Participation Standards Committee, 2005 – Present Annual Giving Council (Faculty EAS Representative), 2006 – Present Health Insurance Advisory Committee, 2007 - Present
Professional Service
Invited reviewer for IEEE conference and transaction papers

General Information
AT&T Bell Laboratories (now Alcatel Lucent Technologies) 1978 to 2001.Dr Ryan worked in wireless communications,education and training (wireless and data networks), high-speed networking and local access.
Appointments
Manhattan College Information Technology Board of Advisors Passaic County Technical Institute (NJ High School) Advisory Board

Honors & Awards
2005/2006 Alexander Crombie Humphery's Distinguished Associate Professor Teaching Award 2002/2003 Wesley. J. Howe School of Technology Management Outstanding Teacher Award. Bell Labs Distinguished Member Technical Staff Award Manhattan College Engineering Award Listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers

Grants, Contracts & Funds
Dynamic Intelligent Management of Spectrum for Ubiquitous Mobile Networks NSF Grant; 9/1/04 - 8/31/07; Co-Principle Investigator Mobile Technologies as Healthcare Delivery Innovations Howe School Alliance for Technology Management/Center for Technology Management Research Grant; Awarded July, 2009 (Joint work with Dr. Carol Brown)
Professional Societies
Member of Tau Beta Pi Member of Eta Kappa Nu Member of the IEEE

V. Gunasekaran, F. Harmantzis, and K. Ryan. "Strategic Investment Analysis for Migration Beyond 3G Wireless Networks", NETNOMICS: Economic Research and Electronic Networking: Volume 9, Issue 1 (2009), Page 47., Springer

K. Ryan, E. Aravantinos, and M. Buddhikot (Aug 2006). "A New Pricing Model for Next Generation Spectrum Access", First International Workshop on Technology and Policy for Accessing Spectrum (TAPAS 2006), Boston, MA.
K. Ryan, M. Buddhikot. (Nov 2005). "Spectrum Management in Coordinated Dynamic Spectrum Access Based Cellular Networks", The First IEEE International Symposium on New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks Conference, USA
K. Ryan, M. Buddhikot, P. Kolodzy, S. Miller, and J. Evans. (Jun 2005). "DIMSUMNet: New Directions in Wireless Networking using Coordinated Dynamic Spectrum Access", The IEEE WoW MoM Conference, Italy
Ryan, K., Sohraby, K.. (Jul 2002). "An Architecture for Signaling and Control in Optical Networks", The 6th, World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics, Orlando, FL.
Ryan, K., Heffes, H.. (1998). "Analysis of a Class of Overload Control Schemes for a Mobile Communication System", Applied Telecommunication Symposium, Washington D.C
Ryan, K., Heffes, H.. (May 1997). "User Mobility and Channel Holding Time in Mobile Communications", Proceedings of IEEE Vehicular, Technology Conference, Phoenix AZ