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Sacramento State Faculty

Rohollah (Roham) Moghadam, Ph.D., SMIEEE, Assistant Professor

External Awards and Grants

  • (Co-PI), U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), "Enhancing the Security and Resilience of Cyber-Physical Power Systems", $599,943 (2025-2028). (Award #2523881)
  • (PI), U.S. Department of Defense(DoD)- Army, ”Cyber Security Autonomous Heterogeneous Vehicles Laboratory”, $335,194 (2024-2025). Project repository
  • (PI) CSU Chancellor’s Office (CSUCO), STEM-NET EAGER Program, ”AI-Driven EV Charging and Grid Integration”, $25,000 (2025-2026).
  • (Co-PI) Mineta Transportations Institute, "Autonomous Transportation Workforce Development", $74,297 (2025-2026).
  • (Co-PI, 2023-2024) NSF CYBERCORPS:SFS (#2234922), Cybersecurity Training Expansion, (2023-2028)
  • (PI) IEEE Young Professional Travel Award for IEEE SMC Conference 2023, $500.

Internal Grants

  • (PI) Research and Creative Activity (RCA) Faculty Award, Cyber-Attack Detection in Multi-Robot Collaborations, $10,000 (2024-2025).
  • (PI) Research Enhanced Support Grant (RESG) Award, AI-based Autonomous Control for Robotics, (2024-2025).
  • (PI) Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions (DHSI) Career Mini-Grant, Industrial Control System Training Equipment, $5,000 (2024).
  • (PI) RCA Award, Human-Multi Robot Collaboration via Virtual Reality (VR), $10,000 (2023-2024).
  • (PI) Summer of AI program (NIAIS), Conversational AI for EEE Advising, Summer 2024.
  • (PI) DHSI Career Mini-Grant, Autonomous Ground Robot for Education, $10,000 (2023).
  • (PI) Advancing Early Career Faculty Research and Scholarship (ADVANCE) Award, $5,000 (2023).
  • (PI) Faculty Development Grant, Pennwest-California, $1,000 (2022).

Industry Support

  • AMD University Program: Donation of Kria KV260 & KR260 kits (2025)

Student Achievements

  • Tabark Khalid Al Magsoosi & Jose Salvador Garcia, 2nd Place, Undergraduate Session, Sac State Research Symposium (2026).
  • Josue Marroquin, 1st Place, Undergraduate Session, Sac State Research Symposium (2025).
  • Josue Marroquin, 2nd Place, Undergraduate Session, CSU Student Research Competition (2025).
  • Juan Jose Goiz-Maya, 2nd Place, Graduate Session, Sac State Research Symposium (2025).
  • Bhavatharini Visweswaran, ECS Research Assistantship Award, Mobile Robot SLAM Integration with Virtual Reality (VR), $3,600 (2026).
  • Juan Jose Goiz-Maya, ECS Research Assistantship Award, Human–Mobile Robot Interaction using Virtual Reality, $3,600 (2024–2025).
  • Simran Parkash Jagtap, ECS Research Assistantship Award, Face Recognition Attendance System, $3,600 (2023–2024).

  • Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication for Autonomous Transportation Systems, EEE Senior Design (2026)
  • Autonomous Litter Detection Robot, Computer Science Senior Design (2025)
  • Autonomous Surveying and Monitoring Robot, EEE Senior Design (2025)
  • Autonomous Car (NVIDIA Jetson Nano), Computer Science Senior Design (2024)

Outreach Activities

  • Organized robotics and cybersecurity presentations for high school students
  • Outreach programs supporting STEM education in underrepresented communities