Background
Abidi, Mongi A. was born on December 31, 1955 in Gaafour, Tunisia. Arrived in the United States, 1981. Son of Ali and Chelbia (Kebil) Abidi.
Abidi, Mongi A. was born on December 31, 1955 in Gaafour, Tunisia. Arrived in the United States, 1981. Son of Ali and Chelbia (Kebil) Abidi.
Engineer, National Engineering School Tunis, 1981. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University Tennessee, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy of Electrical Engineering, University Tennessee, 1987.
Graduate research assistant, instructor National Engineering School Tunis, Tunisia, 1979—1981. Graduate research assistant, assistant professor, associate professor University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1981—1998, professor, associate department head, since 1998. Consultant Computer Application Systems, Inc., Chattanooga, 1992—1994, Whitson Company, Nashville, 1991, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1989, Crossville Ceramics, Inc., Tennessee, 1988, Sensitive End-Effector Systems, Inc., 1987—1988.
Lecturer North America Philips, Inc., 1988, 87.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, International Society Optical Engineering, Association Computing Machinery, Pattern Recognition Society (Honorary Mention Paper award 1996), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Robotics and Automation Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Besma Roui; children: Samy, Ramzy.