NIT Strategic Workshop Emerging Technologies for Future Optical and Wireless Networks September 8 & 9, 2003 Dispersion Engineering: The Use of Abnormal Velocities and Negative Index of Refraction to Compensate Dispersion Prof. Mohammad Mojahedi Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Toronto Biography. Mohammad Mojahedi received his Ph.D. from the Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM) at the University of New Mexico (UNM) in December 1999. He was the recipient of the Popejoy award for the outstanding doctoral dissertation in Physics and Engineering in UNM for the years 1997-2000. Immediately after his Ph.D. he worked as the Research Assistant Professor at the CHTM. On August 2001, he joined the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His research interests are: Matter wave interactions, abnormal velocities, meta-materials, photonic crystals, dispersion engineering, quantum dots and wells lasers, fundamental electromagnetic theory, periodic structures, macro and nano-scale microwave and photonic systems. More info: Prof. Mojahedi's web site