Dr. Nader F. Mir is currently a Professor, and served as the Associate Chair, at the Electrical Engineering Department of San Jose State University, California. He also serves as the Director of University off-campus Master’s Program in several companies in Silicon Valley such as the Lockheed-Martin Space Systems Corporation. He is also an expert in intellectual property development and a consultant for patent litigation cases in the areas of communications, telecommunications and computer networks at both the protocol and hardware levels.