Dr. Mini Thomas, PhD, P.Eng. Associate Dean

Dr. Mini Thomas, PhD, P.Eng. Associate Dean

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  • About me

    Associate Dean, Electrical, Computer, Mechanical and Building Construction. Professor, Author & Researcher. Mohawk College. McMaster University. IIT Bombay

  • Education

    • Asian College of Theology & Seminary

      2011 - 2014
      Master’s Degree, Divinity Theology
    • PVPIT Engineering College, Maharashtra,India

      1988 - 1992
      Bachelor’s Degree Electrical and Electronics Engineering First Class with honors

      Project: Design, procurement and assembly of the motherboard for a Distributed Process Control System for PID control

    • Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

      1998 - 2000
      Master’s Degree Electrical Engineering 3.98/4.00

      Thesis: Development, implementation, testing and programming a "Real Time Management System" using DSP chip TMS320C51. Programmed further to incorporate features like preemptive scheduling and nested context switching.

    • McMaster University

      2018 - 2024
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Software Engineering

      Thesis: Quantification of Trust in Wearable Medical Devices (WMDs).Developed a methodology to quantify trust in WMDs, tackling two major challenges: identifying trust factors and developing an AI model using data-driven Bayesian networks to quantify trust, and implemented a customized, user-configurable, parameterized prototype to compare the trustworthiness of different WMDs in the healthcare industry.

  • Experience

    • Shah And Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College

      Aug 1992 - Dec 2000
      Lecturer
    • BIN OMRAN TRADING AND CONTRACTING COMPANY

      Apr 2001 - May 2003
      Project Coordinator
    • Qatar University

      Jun 2003 - Jun 2015
      Teaching Assistant - Lab Instructor, Lead- Academic Scheduling, Focal Person Academic Advising

      ► Teaching & Curriculum Development► Leadership Roles Beyond the Classroom ( includes: Organization Dimension Team Lead for FYE-FOE, Scheduling Lead, and Focal Person Academic Advising)► Research (includes Patent work on a Novel Defibrillator, 2015; EEG Seizure detection and analysis for neonates, 2013; LabVIEW based method for rotor angle calculation, 2010; Measurement and Study of Electromagnetic radiation, 2004-2006)

    • TMG Control, Canada

      Aug 2015 - Aug 2016
      Technical Coordinator
    • Mohawk College

      Jan 2016 - now

      Selected Research► Principal Investigator for the ARIE Research project on “Detection of Motion Seizures using Wireless Body Area Network” ,smart sensors IoT, paper accepted for publication in IEEE Xplore, 2017-18.► Co-Investigator for the Research project on , “Design of Reconfigurable Control System for Smart Wheelchair Using capacitive Interface Joystick”, 2017- 18.► Co-Investigator for the Research project on , “Integrated Wireless Sensor Technology for Truck Sail Products to Improve Traffic Safety”,2017- 18.► Working on the research initiative on “ Multimodal Analysis for remote monitoring of seizures”, 2018. Show less

      • Associate Dean, Electrical, Computer, Mechanical & Building Construction

        Apr 2025 - now
      • Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

        Aug 2019 - now
      • Program Coordinator, Digital Health Grad Cert

        Sept 2024 - now
      • International Coordinator

        Sept 2023 - now
      • Research Ethics Board Member, Mohawk College

        Sept 2020 - now
      • Technical Coordinator

        Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
      • Panel Member , Applied Research Skills Development Program

        Oct 2019 - Jan 2020
      • Researcher

        Apr 2017 - Jan 2020
      • Lab Coordinator , PT Professor & Researcher

        Jan 2016 - Aug 2019
    • McMaster University

      Sept 2022 - now
      Adjunct Professor
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Emergency First Aid, CPR and AED , DISS, Qatar, 2014.

      Doha Industrial Safety Services
      May 2014
    • EMONA TIMS SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE

      Emona Instruments
      Nov 2011
    • Feedback Systems

      Feedback Instruments
      Jan 2009
    • NI PXI Vector Signal Analyzers and Generators

      National Instruments
      Sept 2010
    • Project Management Professional Certificate of Achievement

      Project Management Institute - Los Angeles Chapter
      May 2016
      View certificate certificate
    • LabVIEW, NI Elvis & MultiSim

      National Instruments
      Sept 2009
    • Biomedical Instrumentation

      K&H Precision Products Inc.
      Dec 2012
    • FANUC - Handling Tool Operations and Programming Certificate

      FANUC FA America
      May 2018
    • OFDM and CDMA wireless Technologies,

      Agilent Technologies
      Nov 2009
    • Certified Business Analysis Professional Certificate of Achievement

      Simplilearn
      Feb 2016
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Dr. Mini Thomas, PhD, P.Eng. Associate Dean
      Outstanding Instructor Electrical Engineering Department May 2013
    • Awarded to Dr. Mini Thomas, PhD, P.Eng. Associate Dean
      Outstanding Teacher Special Needs Department Sep 2008
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Member, Research Ethics Board

      Issued by Mohawk College on Sept 2020
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    • Member , Organization Dimension, FYE- Foundation of Excellence , John. N Gardener Institute for Excellence

      Issued by Qatar University on Feb 2014
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    • Team Member, Shell Eco Marathon

      Issued by Shell on Feb 2014
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    • Event Coordinator

      Issued by Qatar University on Nov 2013
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    • Key Member,IEEE Student branch,Doha,Qatar

      Issued by Qatar University on Oct 2008
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    • Leader and Counsellor

      Issued by Social Community on Nov 2012
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    • Mentor and Teacher

      Issued by Route5812 Youth Fellowship on Feb 2010
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    • Trainer

      Issued by Church for all nations CFAN on Nov 2014
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    • Teacher & Coordinator

      Issued by El-Shaddai - Non- Profit Organization on Oct 2011
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    • eKidz Leader

      Issued by Elevation Church on Feb 2016
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