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April 8, 2021

Assistant Professor Hessam Yazdani and Senior Kamau Sykes Receive Awards at the ASCE-NCS Annual Awards Ceremony

Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Assistant Professor

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture

April 1, 2021

Alumnus David Canada Receives BEYA 2021 Science Spectrum Trailblazers Award

Mechanical Engineering Alumnus David Canada (BSME ‘04) received the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) 2021 Science Spectrum Trailblazers Award. The award recognizes distinguished individuals who are making a difference in mathematics, biological sciences, physical sciences and social sciences.  

Category: Alumni, College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering

March 26, 2021

Honoring our Alumnae and Leaders Hazel R. Edwards and Kimberly L. Jones this Women’s History Month

​​​​​​​This Women’s History Month we honor and share the stories of two alumnae who are dedicated College of Engineering and Architecture leaders, Hazel R. Edwards, Ph.D. and Kimberly L. Jones, Ph.D. Department of Architecture Chair Hazel R. Edwards, Ph.D., FAICP (B. Arch. ‘86) made history when she became the first female architecture department chair at Howard University (HU) in 2016. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair Kimberly L. Jones, Ph.D. (BSCE ‘90) is in our spotlight as an alumna who serves and leads her alma mater in various leadership roles. Dr. Jones also serves as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education for the College of Engineering and Architecture.

Category: Alumni, Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture

March 18, 2021

Mechanical Engineering Junior Oluwatisefunmi Ayo-Idowu Receives 2021 BEYA Student Leadership Award

Mechanical Engineering Junior Oluwatisefunmi Ayo-Idowu recently received the 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Student Leadership Award. The BEYA Student Leadership Award serves to recognize students who are striving to make outstanding contributions to the varied aspects of science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) education and who have proved an interest and commitment to volunteering and learning while affecting the academic atmosphere of their campus (BEYA). Ayo-Idowu also received the 2021 BEYA Student Community Award.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering

March 1, 2021

Professor Bradford Grant Receives 2021 ACSA Distinguished Professor Award

Architecture Professor Bradford Grant recently received the 2021 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Distinguished Professor Award. According to the ASCA website, the ASCA Distinguished Professor Award honors architectural educators for exemplary work in areas such as building design, community collaborations, scholarship, and service.

Category: Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture

February 18, 2021

Alumnus and Professor Emeritus Lewis Thigpen Publishes Autobiography

Alumnus and Professor Emeritus Lewis Thigpen, Ph.D., PE (BSME ’64) recently published his autobiography, Born and Rai

Category: Alumni, College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering

February 8, 2021

Alumnus James E. Silcott Elevated to the 2020 AIA College of Fellows

Architecture Alumnus James E. Silcott (B.Arch. ‘57) has been elevated to the 2020 College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA). Silcott was selected for his notable contributions to the advancement of architecture education and the profession through his philanthropy and as a role model and leader in public service.

Category: Alumni, Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture

December 17, 2020

Sophomores Rutledge and Abraham Publish in Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal Diamond and Related Materials

Civil and Environmental Engineering Sophomores Jade Rutledge and Brandon Abraham recently published a paper titled “Mechanical Properties of C3N Nanotubes” in the peer-reviewed scientific journal in materials science Diamond and Related Materials. Rutledge and Abraham worked in collaboration with Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. student Hamid Ghasemi under the mentorship of Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Hessam Yazdani.

Category: Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering

December 3, 2020

A Tribute to Professor Emeritus and Alumnus Victor C. W. Dzidzienyo

We celebrate the life of Architecture Professor Emeritus and Alumnus Victor C. W. Dzidzienyo (B.Arch. '67; MCP '69). We deeply appreciate his dedicated service and extend our condolences to family and friends.

Category: Alumni, Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture

November 25, 2020

McFadden Wins Grand Prize at AT&T HBCU Innovation Challenge

Mechanical engineering senior Saleah McFadden won the $50K grand prize at the AT&T HBCU Innovation Challenge along with Howard University (HU) School of Business team members, Ashlynn Donelson, Keoniah Phillips, and Zakiyah Walker. The HU winning team, 4twenty1, competed against 24 other student teams from across seventeen HBCUs.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering

November 20, 2020

Recent Computer Science Ph.D. Graduates Join Industry as Outstanding Researchers

Recent Computer Science Ph.D. graduates Abdulhamid Adebayo (far right) and Ronald Doku (second to the right) joined tech giants IBM Research and Oracle as researchers in cybersecurity and data science. Dr. Adebayo joined IBM Research as Hybrid Cloud Security Researcher and Dr. Doku joined Oracle, Inc. as Data Scientist. Both were graduate research assistants and advisees of Danda B. Rawat, Ph.D., Computer Science Professor and Director of Howard University’s Data Science & Cybersecurity Center (DSC2).

Category: Alumni, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

November 5, 2020

Howard University Receives $570K DURIP Grant for Interdisciplinary Research and Education

Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Hessam Yazdani, Ph.D. has received a $570,000 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) to support research and education in advanced materials, water treatment and environmental chemistry, orthotics and prosthetics, and traumatic brain injury.

Category: Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering

October 30, 2020

Architecture Alumnus Julian Arrington Lead Designer for Society's Cage

Architecture Alumnus Julian Arrington (‘15) of SmithGroup, an international architecture, engineering and planning firm, served as one of two lead designers for Society’s Cage, an art installation that makes “a statement on the forces of systemic racism” (SmithGroup).

Category: Alumni, Architecture

October 23, 2020

Electrical Engineering Lecturer Fadel Lashhab Receives 2020 IEEE IEMTRONICS Best Paper Award

Electrical Engineering Lecturer Fadel Lashhab, Ph.D. recently received the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), International IoT, Electronics and Mechatronics (IEMTRONICS) Best Paper Award in the Mechatronics track for his paper titled “Estimation of Dynamic Laplacian Eigenvalues in Dynamic Consensus Networks”.

Category: Research, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

October 19, 2020

Professor Danda Rawat to Launch HU Center of Excellence with $7.5M DoD Award

Howard University’s College of Engineering and Architecture has received a five-year $7.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to create a Center of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, known as CoE-AIML. The project is led by Danda B. Rawat, Ph.D., professor of Computer Science and director of Howard’s Data Science & Cybersecurity Center (DSC2).

Category: Research, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

October 8, 2020

Professor Claudia Marin to Lead NSF Convergence Accelerator Team

Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Claudia Marin, Ph.D., P.E. is leading a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Convergence Accelerator team to develop an Intelligent Surveillance Platform for Damage Detection and Localization of Civil Infrastructure. The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Dr. Marin a $760,000 grant over nine months for Phase I of a two-phased project through the NSF Convergence Accelerator program which is a highly competitive program designed to leverage a convergence approach to transition basic research and discovery into practice. Architecture Professor Bradford Grant will be contributing to the research alongside Dr. Marin.

Category: Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering

September 29, 2020

Associate Professor Preethi Chandran Awarded $500K NSF Grant for Biological Research

Chemical Engineering Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Preethi Chandran, Ph.D., received a $500K grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Excellence in Research (EiR) program to study the biophysics of the shield of sugars (glycans) that typically covers pathogens.

Category: Research, Chemical Engineering

September 18, 2020

Howard University Receives Top Award for Diversity and Retention in Computer Science

Howard University has been recognized by the Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in IT (CMD-IT) as a recipient of the 2020 CMD-IT University Award for Retention of Minorities and Students with Disabilities in Computer Science.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

September 16, 2020

National Science Foundation Awards $3.75M for Collaborative Research on AI Driven Cyber-Manufacturing of Quantum Material Architectures

Computer Science Professor and Director of the Data Science & Cybersecurity Center (DSC2) Danda B. Rawat, Ph.D. is part of a team of researchers working to develop data science and artificial intelligence driven cyber-manufacturing of quantum material aimed at exploring the integration of artificial intelligence and cyber manufacturing towards future manufacturing for quantum materials.

Category: Research, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

September 11, 2020

Associate Professor Preethi Chandran Partners with Heart of Tabitha Foundation on STEM and College Readiness Workshop

The Heart of Tabitha Foundation partnered with Howard University Chemical Engineering Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Preethi Chandran, Ph.D., and Catholic University Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor Otto Wilson, Ph.D., to continue offering its annual summer workshop for local high school students in a virtual setting. The workshop focused on college readiness and STEM careers and featured speakers from several professions.

Category: Chemical Engineering

August 18, 2020

Professor Danda B. Rawat Receives $300K NSF Grant for Integrating AI and Cybersecurity

The Howard University Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science recently received a two-year, $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation through the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program. The grant will support integrating artificial intelligence and cybersecurity research and education.

Category: Research, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

August 17, 2020

Assistant Professor Solmaz Tabtabaei Receives $450K USDA Grant to Research 3D Food Printing for Plant Proteins

Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Solmaz Tabtabaei recently received a four-year $450K grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for her research on the classification of legumes and cereals for 3D food printing.

Category: Research, Chemical Engineering

August 11, 2020

Assistant Professor Su Yan Receives 2020 IEEE APS Best Paper Award

Electrical Engineering Assistant Professor Su Yan recently received the prestigious IEEE Antennas and Propagation Edward E. Altschuler AP-S Magazine Prize Paper Award for his paper titled “Multiphysics Modeling in Electromagnetics: Technical Challenges and Potential Solutions”. The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Edward E. Altschuler AP-S Magazine Prize Paper Award was established in 2010 to recognize the best contribution published in the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine during the previous year. The paper is co-authored by Jian-Ming Jin, Ph.D.

Category: Research, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

August 3, 2020

Alumnus Oscar Barton, Jr. Named Morgan State Engineering Dean

Mechanical Engineering Alumnus Oscar Barton, Jr. (MSME ‘87, Ph.D. ‘93), the first African American to receive the Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Howard University, was recently named dean of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering at Morgan State University. Dr. Barton’s leadership will assist with the efforts of engineering deans at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to diversify the engineering fields and promote the position of HBCUs as leading research institutions in science and engineering.

Category: Alumni, Mechanical Engineering

July 24, 2020

Professor Bradford Grant Named First Smithsonian Instagram Artist-in-Residence

Architecture Professor Bradford Grant has been named the first Instagram artist-in-residence at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery “seeks to collaborate with artists both within and outside the Smithsonian to create dynamic public outreach, engage diverse national and international audiences, and explore the infinite richness and complexity of American history through the art of portraiture and biography to advance the Smithsonian’s fundamental mission to increase and diffuse knowledge”.

Category: Architecture

July 14, 2020

Commemorating the Life of Professor Emeritus Arthur Sanderson Paul, Ph.D.

We commemorate the life of Alumnus and Professor Arthur Sanderson Paul, Ph.D., professor emeritus in the Department of Computer Science. Dr. Paul served at Howard University for over 38 years as a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Architecture, then known as the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Sciences. After graduating from Presentation Brothers College in St. George’s, Grenada, Dr. Paul attended Howard University as a mechanical engineering major.

Category: Alumni, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

July 7, 2020

ME Chair Nadir Yilmaz Honored with SAE International Leadership Citation

Department of Mechanical Engineering Chair and Professor Nadir Yilmaz, Ph.D., P.E., recently received the prestigious SAE International Leadership Citation from SAE International, formerly known as the Society of Automotive Engineers. The SAE International Leadership Citation provides public recognition to one individual annually who is internationally acknowledged for continuous professional involvement and participation in SAE programs and events worldwide.

Category: Mechanical Engineering

July 3, 2020

Meet Karsh STEM Scholar Nicole Sullivan

A native of Cerritos, California, rising Computer Science Junior Nicole Sullivan always wanted to be a scientist. Science was her favorite elementary school subject because she loved discovering things. When she was in middle school, Sullivan came across a website that featured computer games created by students. She was intrigued. In that moment she decided that computer science was the path for her.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

June 12, 2020

Alumna Sylvia Wilson Thomas Inducted into the AIMBE College of Fellows

Electrical Engineering Alumna Sylvia Wilson Thomas (Ph.D. ‘99) was recently inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows Class of 2020. The AIMBE College of Fellows has inducted 2,000 fellows since it was founded in 1991. According to the AIMBE website, “fellows are nominated each year by their peers and represent the top 2% of the medical and biological engineering community. They are considered the life-blood of AIMBE and work towards realizing AIMBE’s vision to provide medical and biological engineering innovation for the benefit of humanity.”

Category: Alumni, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

June 10, 2020

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Lead Free Online Summer Immersion Program

College of Engineering and Architecture Director of Innovation and Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Grant Warner, Ph.D., along with Mechanical Engineering Professor Gbadebo Moses Owolabi, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Hyung Bae, Ph.D., will be leading the AMP3 Summer Immersion Program at Howard University.

Category: Mechanical Engineering

June 3, 2020

Assistant Professor Jeseth Delgado Vela Collaborates on Wastewater Testing for Coronavirus Levels

Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Jeseth Delgado Vela is part of a team of researchers from North Carolina State University, Rice University and the University of Southern California who are collaborating on nationwide efforts to monitor SARS-CoV-2 viral particles in wastewater. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus responsible for causing COVID-19.

Category: Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering

May 19, 2020

Oluwade Receives Tau Beta Pi Fellowship Award

Abimbola Oluwade, a 2020 mechanical engineering graduate, has been awarded a graduate fellowship from Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society. Oluwade will receive a cash stipend of $10,000 to pursue graduate studies in mechanical engineering. Oluwade plans to obtain his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a concentration in fluid mechanics and thermal processes. Tau Beta Pi Fellowships are awarded on the basis of high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession.

Category: Alumni, Mechanical Engineering

May 15, 2020

Student Speaker Melissa Douglas Receives 2020 BEYA Student Leadership Award

Mechanical engineering graduate Melissa Douglas will serve as the student speaker for the 2020 College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) Awards and Recognition Ceremony. This spring, Douglas received a 2020 BEYA Student Leadership Award for her outstanding leadership as president of both the DC Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society, and the Howard University chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Category: Alumni, Mechanical Engineering

May 13, 2020

Howard University Appoints John M. M. Anderson, Ph.D., as CEA Dean

WASHINGTON – Howard University announces John M. M. Anderson, Ph.D. as dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA), effective immediately. Anderson most recently served as interim dean of the College of Engineering after holding various positions of increasing responsibility within the College since joining the University in 2002 as an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture

May 12, 2020

Howard Architecture Partners on Smart Habitat Research Funded by $15M NASA Grant

The Howard University Department of Architecture faculty and students are part of a seven-university team funded by a $15 million NASA grant. The grant establishes the Habitats Optimized for Missions of Exploration (HOME) Space Technology Research Institute for Deep Space Habitat Design, one of two space technology research institutes selected by NASA in 2019.

Category: Architecture, Research

May 12, 2020

Howard Team Participates in AMIE Design Challenge

Computer Science Junior Joseph Fletcher, Seniors Kendal Hall and Tyler Ramsey, and Ph.D. student Abdulhamid Adebayo participated in the Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) Design Challenge at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) 2020 STEM Conference. Computer Science Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director Danda B. Rawat, Ph.D. served as their faculty advisor.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

May 4, 2020

Professor and Chair Hazel R. Edwards Invited to Serve on Docomomo US Awards Jury

Architecture Professor and Department Chair Hazel Ruth Edwards, Ph.D., has been invited to serve on the Docomomo US 2020 Modernism in America Awards jury. Docomomo US was founded in the United States in 1995, to “share its members’ knowledge of and enthusiasm for modern architecture and design”.

Category: Alumni, Architecture

April 29, 2020

Seniors Respond to COVID

Mechanical Engineering Seniors Melissa Douglas, Jibri Wright, Alli Ashby, and Brad LeBlanc designed masks in response to the current global crisis and shortage of personal protective equipment. The designs are printable substitutes for traditional protective masks that help prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Category: Mechanical Engineering

April 15, 2020

Commemorating the Life of Distinguished Professor Peter Bainum, Ph.D.

We celebrate the life of Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus, Peter Bainum, Ph.D. Dr. Bainum served as a Howard University Department of Mechanical Engineering faculty member from 1969 to 2003. Throughout his academic career, Dr. Bainum held many other professional positions in his field.

Category: Mechanical Engineering

April 9, 2020

Dept. of Arch. and NOMAS Host 2019 DC Hip Hop Architecture Camp Music Video Premiere

The Department of Architecture and the Howard University National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS) hosted the 2019 DC Hip Hop Architecture Camp Music Video Premiere.

Category: Architecture

April 6, 2020

Professor Bradford Grant Receives ACSA 2020 Course Development Prize

Architecture Professor Bradford Grant is one of five recipients of the 2020 Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change and Society for his course proposal titled Public Issues, Climate Justice, and Architecture. The Association for the Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) and Columbia University’s Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture (Buell Center) invited course proposals from universities around the globe to compete for the prize.

Category: Architecture

March 11, 2020

Seniors Place Second in 2019 ACI Concrete Construction Competition

Civil and Environmental Engineering Seniors Travis Flowers, Grace Glenn, Darien Mercado, Binaya Paudel, Sigmund Skinner, Camille Wallace, and Alfred Wallfall placed second in the 2019 ACI Concrete Construction Competition, an international competition sponsored by the American Concrete Institute (ACI).

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering

March 4, 2020

Associate Professor Danda Rawat to Lead Cybersecurity Partnership on $3M NNSA Grant

WASHINGTON – Howard University is the recipient of a three-year, $3 million grant from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, alongside two partnering minority-serving institutions, for The Partnership for Proactive Cybersecurity Training, a cybersecurity research project based on human biological system-enabled machine learning models.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

March 3, 2020

Professor Mohsen Mosleh Leads I-RISE Initiative with $750K ED Grant

The Howard University Industry-Research Inclusion in STEM Education (I-RISE) initiative is a cross-cutting institutional project. Mechanical Engineering Professor and Principal Investigator Mohsen Mosleh, Ph.D. was recently awarded $750K for I-RISE by the U.S. Department of Education (ED).

Category: Research, Mechanical Engineering

February 28, 2020

HUWEA Officially Chartered by WEF

Members of the Howard University Water Environment Association (HUWEA) were recognized by the Water Environment Federation (WEF) for HUWEA being officially chartered by WEF.

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering

February 13, 2020

Martin Conquers Hackathons with Accessibility Software

Computer Engineering Freshman Devin C. Martin recently conquered at two hackathons: HackHarvard at Harvard University and HackDuke – Code for Good at Duke University. Martin came in third place for Hack Harvard, which had over 400 international participants from across five continents. For HackDuke, Martin placed first among over 300 participants from the nation's top engineering schools, such as the Georgia Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, and Yale University. The participants for each hackathon included both undergraduate and graduate students.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

January 23, 2020

Assistant Professor Tao Wei Receives NSF Early Career Development Award

Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Tao Wei recently received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for his research on multiscale simulations of metal oxide nanoparticle-protein electron transfer.

Category: Research, Chemical Engineering

January 22, 2020

Meet Karsh STEM Scholar Naomi Rankin

In addition to her love of the great outdoors, Rankin has loved math and science from early childhood. She even loved receiving extra math homework. It was in elementary school that Rankin began taking STEM classes. From this young age Rankin began to realize she was different from her peers, being the only student of color in her STEM classes. She longed for more diversity in her surroundings.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

January 16, 2020

ASCE NCS Board Commends ASCE HU Student Chapter on Outstanding Performance

The Board of Directors of the National Capital Section (NCS) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) commended the ASCE Howard University Student Chapter (ASCE HU) for its exceptional performance this academic year.

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering

December 12, 2019

Professor Charles Kim Receives 2019 VIP Consortium Award

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Charles Kim received the 2019 VIP Consortium Outstanding Research and Dissemination Award for the Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) program at Howard University (VIP@Howard) for his “creation and leadership of the VIP site at Howard University, his introduction of VIP members of a consortium of HBCUs, and for very thought-provoking papers on VIP”. Dr. Kim currently serves as the VIP@Howard coordinator.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

December 4, 2019

Professor Achille Messac Named AAAS Fellow

Mechanical Engineering Professor Achille Messac has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. This year’s AAAS Fellows will be formally announced in the AAAS News & Notes section of the journal Science on Nov. 29.

Category: Mechanical Engineering

November 12, 2019

Assistant Professor Hassan Salmani Publishes Book on Cybersecurity Issues

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Assistant Professor Hassan Salmani’s Trusted Digital Circuits: Hardware Trojan Vulnerabilities, Prevention and Detection was recently released by the global publishing company Springer.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

October 29, 2019

CEE Speaker Series Kicked off the Year with “Robust Design of Geotechnical Systems in Urban Environments”

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) kicked off its speaker series with “Robust Design of Geotechnical Systems in Urban Environments” by guest lecturer Dr. Lei Wang of the University of the District of Columbia.

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering

October 28, 2019

Welcoming Interim Dean John M. M. Anderson, Ph.D.

The College of Engineering and Architecture welcomes the appointment of John M. M. Anderson, Ph.D. as interim dean. His appointment was officially announced to the university community by President Wayne A.I. Frederick on April 15, 2019.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture

October 18, 2019

Meet the CEA Forbes Under 30 Scholars

Six of our students have been selected as Forbes Under 30 Scholars for the 2019 Forbes Under 30 Summit. A summit with a social reach of 2.3B that attracts celebrities, business leaders, mentors and visionaries, and the world’s best selection of young entrepreneurs is no ordinary event.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture

October 1, 2019

Meet Bison STEM Scholar Jordan Smith

Chemical Engineering Sophomore Jordan Smith is passionate about climate change research and finding renewable energy solutions. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Smith made the move to Washington, D.C. after he was selected as a Howard University Bison STEM Scholar.

Category: Chemical Engineering

September 19, 2019

C. D. Moody to be Named First African American President of AGC of Georgia

Architecture Alumnus Charles David Moody (C. D. Moody) (B.Arch. ‘81) will be the first African American to serve as president of the Associated General Contractors of Georgia. Moody will serve as 2020 President. His firm C. D. Moody Construction is “a recognized leader in the construction industry” and “has been delivering quality products since 1988”, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Category: Alumni, Architecture

September 10, 2019

Cooley Pays it Forward with Tech 4.0 STEAM Technology Teen Workshop

omputer Science Senior Jasmon Cooley is paying it forward with her non-profit startup Tech 4.0. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Cooley witnessed the absence of engineers and information technology professionals in her environment. She recognized this as a lack of available opportunities and resources. Her goal is to create a pipeline for African American engineering talent, multiplying the number of African American engineers in the United States.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

August 28, 2019

College of Engineering and Architecture Decanal Transition

On Monday, April 14, 2019, Achille Messac, Ph.D., current dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) officially announced his resignation to college faculty and staff, giving way to another dean to plan and lead the next phase of advancement for the College of Engineering and Architecture. Dean Achille Messac shared his excitement “about the historic progress of the college over the past three and a half years.” He will continue to serve as dean through the end of the semester, after which he will take sabbatical leave for a year. We welcome Interim Dean John M. M. Anderson.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture

August 23, 2019

Celebrating the Life of Architecture Alumnus Eddie Jerome Strachan, Ph.D.

We celebrate the life of Architecture Alumnus Eddie Jerome Strachan, Ph.D. (B.Arch. ‘53). We are perpetually grateful for his contributions to our college – his college.

Category: Alumni, Architecture

August 9, 2019

Commemorating the Lives of Esteemed Architecture Faculty

We commemorate the lives of several former Department of Architecture faculty members who have recently passed away. Three former faculty members, Jose J. Mapily (B.Arch. ’65; MCP ’72), Ahmed Elnaggar, Ph.D., and Philip Freelon, FAIA, passed away this July, and Oswald Glean Chase, B.S.Arch., MScs, within the past year.

Category: Architecture

August 3, 2019

Diaz-Caez Visiting Graduate Researcher at Tsinghua University this Summer

Electrical engineering Ph.D. student Christian Diaz-Caez was selected to participate in an NSF IRES project as a visiting graduate researcher at Tsinghua University this summer. The U.S. News and World Report ranks Tsinghua University as No. 1 in Global Universities in China rankings. The NSF-sponsored project primarily focused on energy-harvesting wearable embedded computer systems. The project was hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and Tsinghua University.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

May 29, 2019

Meet Bison STEM Scholar Cameryn Burnette

Born at Fort Hood military base in Killeen, Texas into a Howard family, Civil and Environmental Engineering Rising Sophomore Cameryn Burnette was always inclined to one day attend Howard University, as her mother did. Burnette would have it no other way.

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering

May 16, 2019

Meet HU Commencement 2019 Student Speaker Renee Whiteley

Class of 2019 Architecture Magna Cum Laude Graduate Renee Whiteley addressed her class and the university community at Howard University’s 151st Commencement Convocation on May 12, 2019.

Category: Alumni, Architecture

May 1, 2019

Lewis Receives 2019 BEYA Student Athlete Award

Computer Engineering Senior Cameron Lewis received the 2019 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Student Athlete Award for his high academic and athletic performance – mastering his skills in the classroom and on the court. BEYA represents global excellence and competitiveness in STEM (BEYA).

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

April 9, 2019

Department of Architecture Welcomes 2019 AIA President

The Department of Architecture welcomed William J.

Category: Architecture

April 2, 2019

Creating a Healthy Global Water Environment

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), in coordination with the newly-formed Howard University Water Environment Association (HUWEA), hosted a panel on careers in protecting human health and the environment – becoming a water professional. The theme: “A community of empowered professionals creating a healthy global water environment”.

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering

March 29, 2019

Meet Bison STEM Scholar Christopher Flowers

Born and raised in Columbia, Maryland, Computer Science Sophomore Christopher Flowers always loved math and science. Both of his parents being English and math teachers, they may have helped instill in him the love for STEM. However, he also entertained a passion for music from an early age.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

March 28, 2019

Associate Prof. Robert Efimba Receives the ASCE-NCS Lifetime Excellence in Service Award

Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Robert Efimba received the American Society of Civil Engineers National Capitol Section (ASCE-NCS) Lifetime Excellence in Service Award. The award “recognizes individual members of the Section who have made outstanding contributions to its work over their lifetime” (ASCE). Awardees are required to be active members with at least 10 years of service and to have set “a high standard of professionalism through service” (ASCE).

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering

March 28, 2019

Architecture Alumni Among Top Five Finalists for Parliament Design Competition in Kingston, Jamaica

One of the finalist teams for the Government’s Houses of Parliament Design Competition in Kingston, Jamaica stands out as it includes Howard University trained architects. GSA Architects and Planners, led by Jamaican architect Guenet Anderson, includes Howard architecture alumni Leland Edgecombe, AIA, ASLA, AICP, CNU (B.Arch. 1978), Emerson Hamilton, AIA (B.Arch. 1979, M.Arch. 1982), Emmanuel Mdingi, AIA (B.Arch. 1996), and Nicholette Gordon (B.Arch. 2016).

Category: Alumni, Architecture

February 19, 2019

Associate Professor Stephen Arhin Named ITE Fellow

Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor and Howard University Transportation Research Center (HUTRC) Director Stephen Arhin has been elected Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). Dr. Arhin’s nomination was supported by ITE Fellows from industry, academia and government positions. The ITE confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements, including at least ten years of professional experiences.

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering

February 12, 2019

Meet Our Bison STEM Scholars

Howard University’s Bison STEM Scholar Program (BSSP) is its most challenging program yet. The BSSP is a program intended to attract high-achieving and community-service oriented high school students into various STEM disciplines. These students must maintain a minimum required GPA, along with a rigorous academic plan towards obtaining a Ph.D. or medical degree, and demonstrate excellent leadership and team-working skills with the discipline to motivate themselves and others. They must also have research interests which they actively develop throughout their tenure at Howard University.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture

January 29, 2019

DDOT Awards $3.75M for Traffic Research and Analysis

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has awarded a five-year grant of $3,750,000 to Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor and Howard University Transportation Research Center (HUTRC) Director Stephen Arhin to conduct various traffic studies, traffic safety improvements and crash data analysis for the District of Columbia (DC) as part of the city’s Vision Zero Initiative.

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering

January 23, 2019

Commemorating the Life of Alumnus and Former Operating Dean Jerome W. Lindsey

Alumnus and former Operating Dean Jerome W. Lindsey, Jr. passed away on New Year’s Day. Lindsey leaves behind a legacy of community engagement and activism, passionate learning and teaching, and paving the way for black architects and planners.

Category: Architecture

January 18, 2019

CEA Quadruples Ph.D. Graduation Rate and Increases Ph.D. Enrollment by 38%

The College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) has seen a 38% increase in Ph.D. program enrollment and a quadrupling of the number of doctoral degrees awarded since 2015.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture

January 10, 2019

Associate Dean and Department Chair Kimberly Jones Addresses First Grand Challenge in Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Chair Kimberly L. Jones served as a committee member for the development of a National Academies of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering report on the "Grand Challenges and Opportunities in Environmental Engineering for the 21st Century."

Category: Alumni, Civil and Environmental Engineering

December 11, 2018

Professor Tepper Gill Receives 2018 R.M. Santilli Foundation Scientific Award

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Professor Tepper Gill recently received the 2018 R.M. Santilli Foundation Scientific Award for Unprecedented Advances on Isotopies. The R.M. Santilli Foundation Scientific Awards were presented at the International Conference on Pure and Applied Mathematics (ICPAM 2018).

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

December 10, 2018

Thomas Brings Home a Win from 2018 Annual AIChE Meeting

Chemical Engineering Junior Jamaka Thomas won second place in the Food, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology category at the 2018 Annual AIChE Meeting for her research submission titled: “Enrichment of Oat Protein by Means of Gravity and Electrostatic Forces.” Thomas co-authored her submission with Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Dinara Konakbayeva.

Category: Research, Chemical Engineering

December 3, 2018

Three Researchers Awarded $1.8M in NSF Grants this Fall

Three of our researchers have recently been awarded $1.8 million in National Science Foundation (NSF) grants this fall. Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Tao Wei, Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Hyung Bae, and Computer Science Assistant Professor Gedare Bloom share their research objectives and goals.

Category: Research, College of Engineering and Architecture

November 20, 2018

Department of Architecture Hosts ARE 5.0 Workshop with NOMA, NCARB and DCRA

The Department of Architecture hosted a workshop on the Architect Registration Examination (ARE) and the path to licensure, in collaboration with the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) on November 14, 2018. The workshop was facilitated by representatives of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) and the District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) Board of Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture.

Category: Architecture

November 14, 2018

AIA President Carl Elefante Talks about Architecture’s Relevance Revolution with Our Students

Carl Elefante, FAIA, president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) delivered a powerful talk on “Architecture’s Relevance Revolution” Monday, October 15 in our Innovation Space. Elefante is Principal and Director of Sustainability for Quinn Evans Architects, which has offices in Washington, D.C., Ann Arbor and Detroit, Michigan, and Madison, Wisconsin.

Category: Architecture

October 12, 2018

Bringing the Local Perspective of Black Architects and Planners to Coincide with NMAAHC Symposium

The Department of Architecture was invited by Dr. Michelle Wilkinson of the National Museum of African American History and Culture to collaborate in bringing the local perspective of Black architects and planners to coincide with the museum’s symposium, Shifting the Landscape: Black Architects and Planners, 1968 to Now. Architects, planners, historians, and community members engaged in conversations on Thursday, September 27, 2018 in our Innovation Space about the shared local experiences of the 1968 urban rebellions throughout Washington, D.C. following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Category: Architecture

September 24, 2018

CEA Women Faculty Doubles, While Women Assistant Professors Quadruple

The percentage of women faculty in the College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) has doubled since 2015. The percentage of women assistant professors has quadrupled.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture

September 4, 2018

NSF Awards $1M Grant for CEA Cybersecurity Project

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three-year grant of $1M to Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Associate Professor and Data Science and Cybersecurity Center Director Danda B. Rawat and Associate Dean Moses Garuba for their research project titled "Security Engineering for Resilient Mobile Cyber-Physical Systems".

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

July 13, 2018

Alumnus Dereje Agonafer Achieves Highest Professional Accolade

Mechanical Engineering Alumnus Dereje Agonafer has been elected as a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow. The NAI Fellows Program was established to highlight academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society. Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.

Category: Alumni, Mechanical Engineering

July 6, 2018

Ghasemi Wins the 2018 ASNE Student Paper Competition

Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. student Hamid Ghasemi wins first place in the 2018 student paper competition of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE) for his research titled “Atomistic Insight into Anti-Corrosion Role of Graphene as a Coating in Metals: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach”.

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering

June 21, 2018

CEA Sees 66-point Increase in U.S. News 2019 Best Graduate Schools Rankings

The College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) sees a 66-point increase in ranking in the U.S. News 2019 Best Graduate Schools Rankings. This historic increase over the past three years places CEA in the nation's top 12 percent of engineering colleges.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture

June 19, 2018

CEA Partnership with the College of Engineering of Carnegie Mellon University

The College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) has partnered with the College of Engineering of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to develop a dual degree program that enables Ph.D. level candidates at each institution to simultaneously earn a Ph.D. degree at each institution with an advisor at each institution in the relevant department.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture

June 19, 2018

Professor H.A. Whitworth Named ASME Fellow

Professor of Mechanical Engineering H.A. Whitworth, Ph.D. has been elected Fellow of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) in July 2017. Dr. Whitworth was nominated by Mechanical Engineering Department Chair Nadir Yilmaz, with letters of support from academia, industry and national labs. The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. Nominated by ASME Members and Fellows, an ASME Member has to have ten or more years of active practice and at least ten years of active corporate membership in ASME.

Category: Mechanical Engineering

May 30, 2018

Howard West: A First Step in Creating More Opportunities for African-American Engineers

Howard West, an educational and career development initiative between Howard University and Google, Inc., is a first step in creating more opportunities for African-American engineers. Howard West, a vision of President Frederick, was realized in 2017 with a successful pilot program.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

May 17, 2018

Professor James A. Momoh Confirmed Chairman of the Board of NERC

Electrical Engineering Professor James A. Momoh has been confirmed as Chairman of the Board of Nigeria Electricity Commission (NERC) after consideration of President Muhammadu Buhari's nomination by Nigerian Senate.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

May 15, 2018

Highlights from Our 2018 Recognition and Awards Ceremony

Days before our CEA Recognition and Awards Ceremony, campus grounds were buzzing with the excitement of family members anticipating the moment that their graduates would walk the stage. Staff and faculty were equally excited!

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture

May 8, 2018

Meet 2018 Spring Ceremony Student Speaker Breyonna Pinkney

In loving memory of her mother, Pinkney decided to dedicate her life to the service of others. Pinkney started Pinkney Promise, a non-profit organization through which she would host varied events for the community. The goal was to provide inspiration to others through holistic activities that support mental health awareness.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

May 4, 2018

Professor Emmanuel Glakpe Named ASME Fellow

Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emmanuel Glakpe has been elected American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow after nomination from Mechanical Engineering Department Chair Nadir Yilmaz. Dr. Glakpe’s nomination was supported by ASME Fellows from within academia, industry and government positions.

Category: Mechanical Engineering

April 30, 2018

Bui Receives Honorable Mention in eVolo Magazine 2018 Skyscraper Competition

Fourth year architecture student Huy Bui's project receives one of twenty-seven honorable mentions out of 526 projects that were submitted to the eVolo Magazine 2018 Skyscraper Competition.

Category: Architecture

April 27, 2018

Perfect Timing for CEA End-of-the-Year Student Appreciation BBQ

As we close in on another amazingly productive and successful academic year, our student council met with Dean Messac to brainstorm an idea to appreciate our students who are all extremely well-deserving, diligent and hard-working. The result: The CEA End-of-the-Year Student Appreciation BBQ!

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture

April 25, 2018

Associate Professor William W. Taylor Publishes Book of Architectural Theory

Associate Professor William Wesley Taylor’s book Drylongso: Excursions in the Production of Place and the Maintenance of Identity was released by college textbook publisher Linus Learning. Professor Taylor comprehensively writes about place and identity from a perspective of over forty years of design practice and thirty-three years of teaching.

Category: Architecture

April 24, 2018

Second Annual EECS Senior Design Day Is a Major Success

EECS students presented their senior capstone projects in the Innovation Space for their second year as an integrated department. These final designs are the products of the EECS Senior Design program, intended to prepare students for the workplace and provide research experience for those students who are pursuing advanced degrees.

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

April 23, 2018

Joseph Receives the 2018 NCC ACI Outstanding Student Award

Florantine Monica Joseph, a graduating senior in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is the recipient of the 2018 National Capital Chapter - American Concrete Institute (NCC ACI) Outstanding Student Award. Joseph was recognized at the NCC ACI Student Award Dinner on April 18, 2018 in Tysons Corner, Virginia.

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering

April 20, 2018

Assistant Professor Patrick Ymele-Leki Mentors Postdoctoral Researcher and 2018 Research Week Winner

Chemical Engineering postdoctoral researcher Jyothirmai Simhadri was announced as the Post Doc/Resident/Fellow/Research Associate winner in the Physical Sciences and Engineering category for her research submission "Development of Shewanella Oneidensis MR-1 Biofilms for Iodate Reduction in Groundwater".

Category: Research, Chemical Engineering

April 17, 2018

Williams Announced 2018 Research Week Winner

Computer Science undergraduate student Candace Williams was announced as the undergraduate winner in the Physical Sciences and Engineering category for her research submission titled "Safe Space: Using Gamification to Provide Medical Recommendations for Sickle Cell Patients in Preadolescence."

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

April 17, 2018

Dr. Stacey Dixon Confirmed 2018 Spring Ceremony Keynote Speaker

Dr. Stacey Dixon, Deputy Director of Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), will be the 2018 CEA Recognition and Awards Ceremony Keynote Speaker. The 2018 CEA Recognition and Awards Ceremony will be held in the Cramton Auditorium at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, May 11, 2018.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture

April 16, 2018

HU Research Week Attracts CEA Student Researchers

Howard University held its 2018 Research Week Symposium, April 9-13. Research Week 2018 is part of Howard University's "ongoing efforts to foster the research mission and to celebrate the University’s research enterprise, which is comprised of external grants and contracts, distinguished scholarly projects, and outstanding creative works."

Category: Research, College of Engineering and Architecture

April 11, 2018

Architecture and Computer Science Students Collaborate on Howard West Design

The architectural design process of Howard West is underway. Architect Danish Kurani, in partnership with Google, Inc., led the Vision Workshop in the Howard H. Mackey Building yesterday to gauge computer science students' learning space needs directly through students' thoughts and suggestions.

Category: Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

April 5, 2018

Architecture Department Chair Hazel R. Edwards Elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners

Architecture Department Chair Hazel R. Edwards has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners (FAICP) and will be inducted on April 22, 2018 at the 2018 Induction Ceremony in New Orleans.

Category: Alumni, Architecture

April 5, 2018

Associate Professor and Alumna Ahlam I. Shalaby Publishes Fluid Mechanics Textbook

Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Ahlam I. Shalaby recognizes three basic problems in fluid mechanics, which she meticulously addresses in her recently published textbook Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Environmental Engineers.

Category: Alumni, Civil and Environmental Engineering

April 5, 2018

Professor Ahmed Rubaai Named an IEEE Fellow

Electrical Engineering Professor Ahmed Rubaai has been named an IEEE Fellow and is being recognized for “Contributions to The Development of High-Performance Controls for Electric Motor Drives.”

Category: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

April 5, 2018

Mechanical Engineering Department Chair Nadir Yilmaz Receives National Engineering Educator Award

Mechanical Engineering Department Chair and Professor Nadir Yilmaz recently received the 2017 NSPE Engineering Education Excellence Award from the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). The Sustaining Universities Program of the Professional Engineers in Higher Education of the National Society of Professional Engineers has established this award to recognize one engineering educator each year from among all engineering disciplines. This national award recognizes engineering faculty who have demonstrated the ability to link engineering education with professional practice.

Category: Mechanical Engineering

April 3, 2018

Howard, Bajracharya & Shakya Win 2017 ExxonMobil/AIChE-NCS Award

Each year, with the generous sponsorship of the ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, AIChE-NCS presents award

Category: Chemical Engineering

March 26, 2018

Associate Professor Robert Efimba Recognized for Lifetime Achievements

Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Robert Efimba was recognized for his lifetime of outstanding achievements and contributions in civil engineering by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in the February 2018 issue of the ASCE National Capital Section eNewsletter. 

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering

March 11, 2018

Associate Professor Grant Warner Receives 2018 BEYA Innovators Award

Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Grant Warner, Ph.D. received the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Innovators Award. Dr. Warner was honored along with Computer Science Professor Legand Burge, Ph.D. for their collaborative work to build the entrepreneurial mindset throughout Howard University.

Category: Mechanical Engineering

March 8, 2018

Assistant Professor Farhana Ferdous Awarded AAHF Research Grant

Joining Howard University in Fall 2017 as an assistant professor in the department of architecture, Farhana Ferdous, Ph.D. has already been awarded a research grant by the Academy of Architecture for Health Foundation (AAHF). Dr. Ferdous also brings her Toyota Foundation Individual Research Grant awarded in Summer 2017 to Howard University.

Category: Architecture

February 27, 2018

Professor Ronnie McGhee Elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects

Professor Ronnie McGhee has been elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA). AIA Fellows are recognized with the AIA’s highest membership honor for their exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society.

Category: Architecture

February 6, 2018

Associate Professor Edward D. Dunson Appointed to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts

Associate Professor Edward D. Dunson, AIA, has been appointed to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts by President Obama. He will be the fifth African-American and the second Howard University architect to serve on the Commission.

Category: Architecture

February 6, 2018

Mechanical Engineering Department Chair Nadir Yilmaz Named SAE International Fellow

SAE International announced that Mechanical Engineering Department Chair Nadir Yilmaz was elected as a 2016-2017 SAE Fellow. Dr. Yilmaz was recognized during ceremonies at the WCX 17: SAE World Congress Experience. The highest grade of membership, SAE Fellow recognizes and honors long-term members who have made a significant impact on society's mobility technology through leadership, research, and innovation. Established in 1975, the grade of Fellow is administered by the SAE Fellow Committee.

Category: Mechanical Engineering

February 5, 2018

Architecture Graduates Elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects

We are pleased to announce that two graduates of the Howard University Department of Architecture, Kwendeche (B.Arch. 1976) and Kathy Dixon (B.Arch. 1991), have been elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA).

Category: Alumni, Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture

March 1, 2017

Stanley Wins First Place at 2016 AIChE Annual Student Conference in San Francisco

Chemical engineering students participated in the 2016 AIChE Annual Student Conference in San Francisco, CA, November 14-18, 2016. Senior Simone Stanley and juniors April Howard, Anayia Reliford, Mahtab Waseem, Bekuechukwu Uzondu, Diwash Bajracharya and Okeoghene Osevwe were our shining participants.

Category: Research, Chemical Engineering

May 24, 2016

Department Chair Ramesh Chawla Invited to Serve on EPA's National Advisory Council

Chemical Engineering Department Chair Ramesh Chawla has been invited to serve on the U.S Environmental Protection Agency's National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology for a two-year term. As a representative member, he will represent the interests of the Howard University Department of Chemical Engineering.

Category: Chemical Engineering

April 30, 2015

Congratulations to Dr. Kimberly Jones, the 2015 HU ADVANCE-IT Researcher of the Year

Washington, DC – HU ADVANCE-IT presented its Woman in STEM Researcher of the Year Award to Dr. Kimberly L. Jones on Friday, April 17, 2015. The award, first given in 2014, recognizes the distinguished scholarship and leadership of women faculty in STEM at Howard University. HU ADVANCE – IT was a platinum sponsor of this year’s Research Week which culminated with this award presentation.

Category: Alumni, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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