Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

June 17, 2021

Howard University Receives Apple Innovation Grant to Expand Silicon and Hardware Engineering

Howard University today announced it is one of four recipients of Apple’s new Innovation Grant, designed to support colleges of engineering in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to develop their silicon and hardware engineering curriculum in partnership with Apple’s experts. The grant was announced this year as part of Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative.

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

May 17, 2021

Electrical Engineering Lecturer Fadel Lashhab Receives 2021 IEEE IEMTRONICS Best Paper Award

Electrical Engineering Lecturer Fadel Lashhab, Ph.D. recently received the 2021 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), International IoT, Electronics and Mechatronics (IEMTRONICS) Best Paper Award in the Mobile Communication track for his paper titled "Water Level Control System Using a Programmable Logic Controller PLC: Rujban Water Supply System". IEEE IEMTRONICS is a multidisciplinary, international conference that aims to bring together scholars from different backgrounds to recognize current research in the fields of IoT, Electronics, and Mechatronics. Research paper submissions describing original works are invited in five tracks: IoT and Data Science, Electronics, Information Technology, Mobile Communication, and Mechatronics. The paper was co-authored by Abdulbasit Alaribi, Ph.D., Yousef Ali, Ph.D., and Omar A. Zargelin, Ph.D., researchers from Al Zintan University, Libya.

Category: Research, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

May 6, 2021

Computer Science Faculty Named Recipients of 2020 Amazon Research Awards

Computer Science Professor Legand Burge and Assistant Professor Gloria Washington have been named recipients of the 2020 Amazon Research Awards. Last week, Amazon announced the 101 award recipients who represent 59 universities in 13 countries. The award recipients’ proposals were selected from a record number of submissions in any of the five areas of AI for Information Security, Alexa Fairness in AI, AWS AI, AWS Automated Reasoning, and Robotics. Each award is intended to support the work of one to two graduate students or postdoctoral students for one year, under the supervision of a faculty member.

Category: Research, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science