Howard University computer science assistant professor Anietie Andy, PhD (MSc ’09; PhD ’17), recently received a $500K grant from the National Institutes of Health Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) to build the Howard University Integrated Clinical Data Repository (CDR). Anietie Andy and Abiodun Otolorin, MD, MS, FAAFP, assistant professor of community and family medicine, were named PIs on the project in collaboration with MedStar Health.
Category: Alumni, Research, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
As part of a collaboration that was announced and then subsequently expanded earlier this year, Amazon and Howard University have announced the 2023 recipients of their gift project awards and doctoral fellowship. These accolades recognize individuals whose proposed projects fulfill the collaboration’s mission to bring differentiated research to the forefront.
Category: Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kimberly L. Jones, Ph.D. (BSCE '90) is the first African American in the EPA's 45-year history to be appointed as chair of the board that advises the nation’s top agency responsible for protecting the environment and human health.
Category: Alumni, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture
Tenth anniversary cohort includes 14 Googlers in Residence and 14 partnering institutions across the country. Announcement marks the tenth cohort of the Google in Residence program, which has reached more than 8,000 HBCUs.
Category: College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Howard University Architecture Professor Hazel R. Edwards, Ph.D. (B.Arch. ‘86) was selected as a 2023-2024 fellow of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. According to the Institute, a Radcliffe fellowship offers scholars in the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and arts—as well as writers, journalists, and other distinguished professionals—a rare chance to pursue ambitious projects for a full year in a vibrant interdisciplinary setting amid the resources of Harvard.
Category: Alumni, Architecture, Research, College of Engineering and Architecture
The Howard University student section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (HU ASME) recently received the ASME Student Section Achievement Award for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Category: College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering
Howard University mechanical engineering professor and department chair Nadir Yilmaz, Ph.D., P.E., was recently elevated to fellow member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The ASEE Board of Directors confers the grade of fellow members to recognize outstanding contributions to engineering education or engineering technology education and considerable individual contributions to ASEE.
The Howard University interdisciplinary teams Retro Booming and Team Revive successfully participated in the US Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2023 Design Challenge. The teams are comprised of 21 students from the architecture, clinical laboratory, engineering, environmental science, environmental studies, and sociology disciplines.
Category: Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture
Mechanical engineering professor Gbadebo Moses Owolabi, Ph.D., recently received a $794K grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for his research on enhancing advanced materials produced with additive manufacturing technology (AM), commonly known as 3D printing technology.
This year three outstanding College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) graduates will be presenting at our Spring 2023 CEA Awards and Recognition Ceremony, Olabisi Bello (BSChE ’23), Myles Bostic (BSCS ‘23) and Marie-Chantal Nyirahategekimana (BSChE ‘23).
Category: Alumni, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Expansion includes the creation of interdisciplinary robotics courses and RoboLab, where students will engage in prototype development and feasibility testing.
Category: Research, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Chemical engineering senior Olabisi Bello is recipient of the 2023 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 proven an interest and commitment to volunteering and learning while affecting the academic atmosphere of their campus.
Category: Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture
On Tuesday, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured Howard University, where he visited with middle school students, Howard University students, and was briefed on the University’s expanding research footprint in transportation.
Category: Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture
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The U.S. Department of Transportation has selected Howard University to lead a Tier 1 University Transportation Center through, building on the success of the existing Howard University Transportation Research Center, which is housed in the College of Engineering and Architecture.
Autodesk Inc. has donated $1 million to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Howard University, the largest-ever unrestricted gift to the department. The gift for the Department of Mechanical Engineering expands its manufacturing and making facilities and laboratory facilities for students enrolled in the College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA).
Howard University electrical engineering assistant professor Su Yan recently received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development award, known as the NSF CAREER award, for his research on the modeling and optimization of radiofrequency (RF) and microwave reconfigurable devices.
Howard University architecture assistant professor Dahlia Nduom recently received the AIA|DC 2022 Architect Educator Award sponsored by the Washington Architectural Foundation. The Architect Educator Award recognizes an individual or organization for excellence in the advancement of architectural education through teaching, design, scholarship, research, or service.
Category: Architecture, Research, College of Engineering and Architecture
In an ongoing effort to create enduring pipelines of diverse science talent and differentiated research, Amazon today announced a collaboration with Howard University, a historically Black college or university (HBCU) located in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1867, Howard is a research university comprised of 14 schools and colleges. As part of the collaboration, which will be housed in the College of Engineering and Architecture, Amazon will fund faculty research projects with an initial focus on machine learning and natural language processing.
Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick, M.D., MBA, hosted U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, and U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall to announce that Howard will serve as the 15th University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). With this announcement, Howard makes history as the first HBCU to lead a UARC and the first center to be funded by the Air Force.
Howard University architecture lecturer Nea Maloo recently received the inaugural Planning and Visual Education Partnership (PAVE) Educator of the Year Award. Sponsored by global omnichannel marketing production agency Tag Worldwide, this new award honors the outstanding accomplishments of full-time educators and their dedication to design education.
Howard University chemical engineering seniors Olabisi Bello and Dominic Davis recently received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) National Capital Section’s (NCS) 2022 NCS Outstanding Student Award. The award recognizes students who exhibit outstanding academic achievements and potential in their chosen fields and who demonstrate a strong commitment to service to their department and/or to the chemical engineering profession.
Howard University architecture professor Hazel Ruth Edwards, PhD., FAICP, (B.Arch. ’86) recently received Architectural Record's 2022 Women in Architecture Design Leadership Award in the category of educator.
Category: Alumni, Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture
The Howard University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has awarded its first doctoral degree to Rahil Fofana.
Howard University chemical engineering senior Olabisi Bello, mechanical engineering senior Yaman Siwakoti and computer science senior Deante Taylor recently received prestigious Tau Beta Pi scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year. Scholarships are awarded annually by Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society, to junior members on a competitive basis of high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession.
Category: Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded its first-ever Zero Energy Design Designation (ZEDD) seal of recognition to Howard University for its master of architecture program with an equitable high-performance energy design concentration.
Howard University architecture alumna, professor and former chair of the Department of Architecture Hazel Ruth Edwards, Ph.D., FAICP (B.Arch. ’86) was an invited speaker at a local, independently organized TED event, the TEDxPearlStreet event Mavericks & Moonshots, this past summer.
Howard University architecture assistant professor Dahlia Nduom recently received a 2022 Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in the Fine Arts Grant for her archival research of the architectural morphology of tourist and non-tourist spaces in Jamaica. Her research is titled, “Tourism, Tropicalization and the Architectural Image.”
Howard University computer engineering junior Ayron Fears, mechanical engineering senior Khari Fletcher, electrical engineering Ph.D. student Cameron Lewis (BSEE 2019), and electrical engineering sophomore David Toler launched their RockOn!2022 educational payload experiment on the Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Wallops Flight Facility in Greenbelt, Maryland this past summer.
Category: Research, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering
Howard University civil and environmental engineering assistant professor Jeseth Delgado Vela, Ph.D., recently received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development award, known as the NSF CAREER award, for her biological wastewater treatment research.
