The one-year grant will also fund the acquisition of major advanced research instruments, strategically positioning Howard University as the nation’s capital hub for advanced research in geomechanics and materials science.
Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture
The university will advance AI research, expand infrastructure capacity, and help institutions build sustainable AI readiness across the Washington, D.C. metro area and beyond.
Category: College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Jayson Johnson (BSME ’26) has been named to this year’s cohort of 87 Knight-Hennessy Scholars (KHS), becoming the first Howard alumnus to be accepted into the program. (KHS) is a multidisciplinary, multicultural graduate scholarship program. Each Knight-Hennessy scholar receives up to three years of financial support to pursue graduate studies at Stanford while engaging in experiences that prepare scholars to be visionary, courageous, and collaborative leaders who address complex challenges facing the world.
Category: College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering
Howard University joins consortium member institutions Texas Southern University and Texas A&M University in partnering with Los Alamo National Lab (LANL) and Idaho National Lab (INL) to help enhance national security.
Category: Research, College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering
Howard University architecture professor Nea Maloo, FAIA, received the 2026 AIA/ACSA Practice and Leadership Award Honorable Mention from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) in partnership with the American Institute of Architects. Maloo’s project, Entrepreneurship Is Leadership: Redefining Professional Practice, was recognized as an example of best practice in the areas of professional practice and leadership for highly effective teaching, scholarship, and outreach.
Category: Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture
This Howard civil engineer is a uniquely creative and talented dancer who balances rigorous academic demands with the most challenging dance performances and competitions.
Category: Alumni, Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture
The celebration featured demonstrations from College of Engineering and Architecture students
Howard University and Autodesk today announced an expansion of its longstanding partnership through a $1.95 million unrestricted donation to support the development of a construction engineering and management program in Howard’s College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA). The announcement comes as the university announced today the grand opening of the CEA Makerspace, a collaborative space focused on AI-powered design and digital fabrication where students can transform ideas into prototypes using the same technologies as industry professionals.
In a new collaboration between CodePath, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and Howard University, Howard’s Intro to Artificial Intelligence course reimagines preparation for leading-edge engineering roles through hands-on, industry-aligned training.
Robert Russum, chemical engineering (ChE) senior, Kaedan Hendrix, ChE sophomore, and Quentin Taylor, ChE senior, placed in the top three of their respective thematic tracks for their research poster presentations at the 2025 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Student Conference.
Category: Research, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture
The CEA researchers focus on integrating AI, big data, and high performance computing to improve predictions of extreme events such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves. Two of their studies have been published in Nature Scientific Reports.
Category: Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The focus of this project is to serve a national need and empower K-12 educators from underrepresented school districts in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area with innovative teaching strategies and hands-on research experiences.
Category: Research, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Tabatabaei and her research team are creating a sustainable separation process for biomass residues that will eliminate the need for chemicals and water, and that will generate zero waste, all while preserving structural integrity.
Issac Adjei, Howard University computer science senior, and Howard Prioleau, Howard University computer science Ph.D. student, won first place in student research competitions at the 2025 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Richard Tapia Conference.
The Howard University Office of External Affairs collaborated with the College of Engineering and Architecture to highlight national priorities and regional initiatives that are designed to expand opportunities for HBCU students to shape the future.
The Washington chapter of the American Institute of Architects through its Architect Educator Award recognizes excellence in the advancement of architectural education.
Goodridge was recognized for her strong dedication to advancing healthcare architecture and promoting excellence in the field.
Howard University architecture students competed and placed on each of the four winning teams during the local 2025 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Interschool Student Design Competition. This year’s theme was developed by the Howard University architecture faculty.
Source: National Society of Professional Engineers
Source: American Urban Radio Networks
Her election makes history as the first Latina to serve as AIA president, a role in which she will advance initiatives on inclusive design, community impact, and climate justice.
It is with heavy hearts that we share news of the recent passing of James E. Silcott, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA), (B.Arch. ‘57), a most distinguished architecture alumnus and esteemed member of the Howard University Board of Trustees from 2003 to 2009.
Category: Alumni, Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture
This is the first sufficient study to date that reveals the extent to which smart devices are hacked and used in financial cybercrime.
Water inequality remains one of the most urgent challenges in the world today, adversely affecting the quality of life for millions of people.
The inaugural bootcamp hosted more than 200 faculty and administrators through a hybrid format, combining on-site programming at the Howard University College of Engineering and Architecture’s Innovation Space.
Nominated by industry peers, recipients exemplify leadership in advancing building science, sustainability, and climate-responsive design education.
Category: Architecture, Research, College of Engineering and Architecture
It all started with a chance encounter on Howard University’s campus. Just after finishing his undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia in 2018, DeMarcus Edwards (M.S. ’20, Ph.D. ’24) was spending time at one of his favorite places to unwind when he struck up a spontaneous conversation with a faculty member.
Category: Alumni, Research, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The book provides the background and history of the establishment of the Howard University mechanical engineering program from which the first two people graduated with their bachelor’s degrees in 1934. It also provides an overview of the curriculum, faculty, student organizations, achievements of alumni, industry and government support, and shares important milestones.
Category: Alumni, College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering
Howard University and Google researchers release dataset of over 600 hours of African American English dialects to improve AI speech recognition
It is with extraordinary reverence that we acknowledge the irreplaceable contributions of Harry Granville Robinson III (B. Arch. ’66, M.C.P. ’70), who passed away on Friday, June 13. Over the course of a career that spanned decades, he was instrumental in the transformation of the University into a modern, relevant, highly regarded institution of higher learning — serving as vice president for University administration, interim vice president for academic affairs, and dean of the School of Architecture and Planning [now the Department of Architecture in the College of Engineering and Architecture] for 16 years. We remain in his debt.
