Demand to bring faster and more efficient wireless communications to industry, business and consumers has created an adhoc global network design, with little known data of exactly how much power an entire network consumes, and this is sounding some environmental alarm bells. Billions of mobile and wired devices invariably connected to power grids, are all vying for stored energy and contributing to global warming. Shahram ShahbazPanahi, Ph.D., Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, is focused on developing co-operative networks to more efficiently share bandwidth, reduce energy consumption, and environmental impact. He is currently working with a world-leading telecommunication firm to develop novel network schemes for 5G networks. He has also worked in the area of source localization, array processing and beamforming, spread spectrum, MIMO communications, dynamic spectrum allocation. Through research funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) and in partnership with the University Network of Excellence in Engineering (UNENE), Dr. ShahbazPanahi is also leading research aimed at using advanced techniques in ultrasonic array imaging to detect defects in pipes that feed into the boiler of a nuclear power plant, which could help prevent an environmental disaster. He joined Ontario Tech University in July 2005 as an assistant professor, and was appointed associate professor in July 2010. During his tenure, Dr. ShahbazPanahi has helped shape the faculty’s graduate programs; his research group has garnered worldwide recognition, his publications have received close to 5,000 citations, and he has established significant industry partnerships, all leveraging Ontario Tech University's status as a signal processing and communications hub. Ranked first in his native country of Iran’s nation-wide entrance exam as an electrical engineering student with a power major, Dr. ShahbazPanahi completed his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, his Master of Science in Signal Processing and Communication Systems, and his Doctorate in Statistical and Array Signal Processing, and Wireless Communications, all in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Sharif University of Technology. During his doctoral studies, he gained industry experience as a hardware and software engineer at Parstel Telecom Co., and a project manager at Emad Semiconductor Co. before moving to Canada for a post-doctoral fellowship at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.