faculty
Atma R. Sahu PhD
3rd Floor, Room 307
2500 W North Ave
Baltimore, MD 21216
Dr. Atma Sahu, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Coppin State University, brings over 35 years of distinguished service characterized by impactful research in Elastic Turbine Blades Vibrations, AI-driven methodologies, and pedagogical innovation in microteaching and problem solving, as well as significant grant success and prestigious recognitions, including CSU’s 2021 Excellence in Mathematics Research Award and other teaching awards. He has led numerous university committees—such as Curriculum Standards and Policy, Faculty Recognition, and Scholarship Committees—and chaired several university-wide initiatives. More recently, Dr. Sahu led the curriculum development and authorship of the distinctive, enrollment-enhancing Cybersecurity Engineering B.S. program, securing its approval from the department through MHEC and the University System of Maryland Board of Regents. An active scholar, editor, and grant leader, he continues to advance STEM/AI research and academic innovation. Dr. Atma is also a IEEE senior Member.
- Rajeev, S., Sahu, A., Sawarnya, V. (2026). DuckDB-Powered Geo-Spatial Analytics for Hit-and-Run Incidents: A Montgomery County Case Study. In: Rahimi, N., Margapuri, V., Golilarz, N.A. (eds) Software and Data Engineering. SEDE 2025. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2720 . Springer, Cham. Pp 85-87. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-08649-5_6 ; eBook ISBN978-3-032-08649-5; Print ISBN 978-3-032-08648-8.
- Preetha Evangeline D, Atma Sahu, Anandhakumar P (2024), “Framework for Optimizing Distribution of Deep Neural Network Inference Tasks Across Computing Networks”, 2024 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC) AI and ML track. EDAS Conference and Journal Management System. EDAS identifier 987631; paper#217 (1571045423): IEEE Catalog Number:CFP2468Y-ART; ISBN: 979-8-3503-6491-0. (https://edas.info/index.php?c=31963)
- Preetha Evangeline David, Atma Sahu (2024), “Cyber Data Trend and Intelligent Computing”, Advances in Computers, Elsevier, Volume 132, 2024, Pages 141-165 ISBN 978 0 323 88544 7, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065245823000578)
- Sahu, A. R., Williams, C., Rajeev, S., & Sharma, S. (2022). AI-Based Recipient Blood Type Matching Blood Transfusion Medical Device Design System. 2022 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC), 202–204. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEC54952.2022.10025037
- Bodempudi, S.T., Sharma, S, Sahu, A, Agrawal, R. (2019), "Human-Centric Situational Awareness and Big Data Visualization", Proceeding of ISCA 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE 2019) in San Diego, CA, USA, vol 64, pages 51--60, 2019. https://easychair.org/publications/paper/kwnj
- Chair, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science (Aug 15,1990-Jan 1992, Aug 15,2021-Aug 14, 2024)
- 2020- 2024 Council of University System Faculty (CUSF), member ( CSU Nominee)
- 2020 - 2023 Faculty Appeals Committee, Member (2020-2023), Chair (2012-2016)
- 2020- 2022 Cyber Security Engineering Program/NSA-CDIE $300,000 Grant Co-PI
- 2009 - 2016 University Sabbatical Leave Committee, Chair (2009-2013), and Member (2013 -2016)
- 2007 - 2018 University Faculty Recognition Committee, Member (2007-2013), Chair (2013 - 2018)
- 1990 – Present India Continental Scholarship Committee, Member ( 1990-2011), Chair (2012-Present)
- 2012 - Present MCS* Math Major Committee, Member (* MCS = Dept of Math and Computer Science)
- 2016 - 2020 University Curriculum Standards & Policy Committee, Chair
- 2016 - 2019 CASE STEM Scholarship Committee, Member
- 2019 - 2020 MCS Department Math Program Review Committee, Member
- 2005 - 2009 University Faculty Review Committee ( Merit, Tenure and Promotion), Chair
- 2008 - 2019 MCS Department Secondary Mathematics Committee, Chair
- 2010 - 2018 MCS Department College Algebra Program Coordinator/Chair
- 2015 - 2017 University Center of Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Member
- 2011 - 2017 University Policy Committee, Member/Co-Chair/Chair
- 2014 - 2015 University Academic Affairs Strategic Committee, Member
- 2014 - 2015 University Faculty Merit Pay Committee, Member
- 2012 - 2013 University Budget Advisory Committee, Member
- 2007 - 2010 Institutional Research Board, Member
- 2007 - 2010 MCS Department Peer Review (Merit, Tenure, Promotion) Committee, Member
- 2007 - 2009 School of Education, Teacher Education Council, Member
- 2007 - 2009 School of Education Collaborative Committee, Member
- 1990 – 2000 Coordinator, Freshman Mathematics Program and Freshman Math Committee-Chair
- Ph. D. Applied Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology (Univ of Roorkee), 1973, India. Dissertation Topic: On Some Vibrations Problems of Rotating and Pre-twisted Elastic Beams.
- Ph. D. Mathematics Ed, GPA 3.87/ 4.0, University of Maryland College Park, 1984, USA.
- M. S. Applied Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology (Univ of Roorkee), 1971, India.
- B. S, Mathematics, Chemistry & Physics, Meerut University, India, 1969.
- CSMN Computer Systems Management, Graduate Certificate, University of MD Global Campus (formerly UMUC), GPA 3.5/4.0, 1999
- MIT Cybersecurity Certificate, April 2021
- HARVARD Designing and Implementing AI Solutions for Health Care Certificate (June 24, 2021)
IEEE Senior Member
Holds membership in several other professional societies
- Elastic Vibrations of Turbine Blades: Mathematical modeling and AI analytic methods (Machine learning and Deep Learning)
- Teacher Education: Microteaching, Problem-Solving, and Methods
- Online instructional Design: QM-based mathematics courses (College Algebra, Statistics, and Differential Equations)
- 2022 Excellence in Mathematics Teaching Faculty Award, Coppin State University
- 2021 Excellence in Mathematics Research Faculty Award, Coppin State University
- 2020 NSA Cybersecurity Engineering Capacity Building grant award as a PI ($300,000)
- 2020, June 8-11: Online Learning Design Camp, Certificate of Completion-digital badge
- 2020, June 24: Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator
- 2020 July 7-21, Applying the QM Rubric (USM sponsored) Certificate
- 2019 Summer: Army Research Lab, Aerosol Research Faculty Fellow, USA
- 1998 – 2000 Summer: HBCU/MIE Faculty Fellow, Department of Defense, USA
- 2006, May 25, Outstanding Leadership in Technology and Learning faculty award, Coppin State Univ. Multiple Years: Quality Matters/Sloan-C online /University of Phoenix online faculty certifications awards
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