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Dr. Lewis Thigpen

Howard University Professor Emeritus Lewis Thigpen Publishes on Mechanical Engineering at Howard University from 1911-2023

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 degree 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

Dr. Gloria Washington

Howard University and Google Research Enhance A.I. Speech Recognition of African American English

Howard University and Google researchers release dataset of over 600 hours of African American English dialects to improve AI speech recognition

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

Harry Robinson

Howard University Mourns the Passing of Harry Granville Robinson III

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.

Category: Alumni, Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture

Collage of HU architecture faculty exhibit

Howard University Architecture Faculty Curate Exhibitions at The Octagon

Howard University architecture professors Nea Maloo, FAIA, NOMA, LEED AP, ICC, and Dahlia Nduom, AIA, NOMA, have curated exhibitions this past academic year at The Octagon, a local museum that serves as the historic headquarters for the American Institute of Architects.

Category: Architecture, Research, College of Engineering and Architecture

Dr. Kimberly Jones

Howard University Alumna Kimberly L. Jones Appointed New CEA Dean

From President Ben Vinson, III, Ph.D.: I am pleased to announce the appointment of alumna Kimberly L. Jones, Ph.D., as the dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture. In this role, Dr. Jones will report to Provost Anthony K. Wutoh, Ph.D., R.Ph. A tenured full professor, she has held roles of increasing responsibility at Howard University, and most recently served as the associate provost for faculty affairs.

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

Dr. Sonya Smith

Howard University CEA Researchers Honored at Inaugural Research and Leadership Awards

The President’s 1867 Award, Howard’s highest honor for research, was presented to Sonya Smith, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering and executive director of the Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy (RITA). Danda B. Rawat, Ph.D., and Nea Maloo, FAIA, NOMA, LEED AP, ICC, were also honored at the awards ceremony with the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards and Su Yan, Ph.D., was honored with the Up and Coming Researcher of the Year award.

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

Eric Scandrett in cap and gown

Meet Our 2025 CEA Awards and Recognition Ceremony Student Speaker Eric Scandrett

Presenting this year is Eric Scandrett (BSME ‘25), who in his own words shared that graduating from Howard University with his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering is a moment he will cherish forever—a milestone that represents not only years of hard work, but also a journey filled with growth, discovery, and unforgettable experiences.

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

Dr. Nadir Yilmaz

Howard University Engineering Professor Nadir Yilmaz Elected to ASEE Board of Directors

Yilmaz will serve as Professional Interest Council V Chair for the 2025-2028 term.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Chandran receives award

Howard University Engineering Professor Preethi Chandran Receives 2024 President’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Chandran’s work has empowered many students from underrepresented communities with her mentorship and summer STEM workshops, inspiring them to work towards achieving prestigious academic and professional positions.

Category: Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture

Howard NSBE 2025 conference attendees

Howard NSBE Wins Region II Large Chapter Award

The Howard University chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (Howard NSBE) was presented the 2024-2025 Large Chapter of the Year Award by the NSBE Region II Executive Board at the annual national convention earlier this month.

Category: Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Charles Kim

Dr. Charles Kim: The Innovator Behind Howard’s First Commercialized Patent, the "Brownout Detector"

Charles Kim, Ph.D. is the inventor behind Howard’s very first commercialized patent—a groundbreaking device that has the potential to transform how cities prepare for and prevent electrical brownouts. Kim, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is a trailblazer in innovation and exemplifies Howard's forward-thinking research.

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

Moriah Hamilton

Howard University Engineering Senior Moriah Hamilton Named to Schwarzman Scholars 2025-2026 Class

Howard University civil and environmental engineering senior Moriah Hamilton has been named to this year’s cohort of Schwarzman Scholars. The 150 scholars named to this year’s cohort were selected from a record high of 5,000 candidates worldwide. This year’s scholars hail from 38 countries and 105 universities from around the world.

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

Dr. Su Yan

Howard University Engineering Professor Su Yan Receives Prestigious DOE Early Career Award

Howard University electrical engineering associate professor and director of graduate studies Su Yan, Ph.D. was recently announced as a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Award recipient for his research on randomized algorithms for solving large-scale and multiscale problems in electromagnetics and multiphysics. The $875,000 award will span over the course of five years.

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

Architecture lecturer Nea Maloo

Howard University Architecture Professor Nea Maloo Awarded 2024 Fair Housing Award

Howard University architecture assistant professor Nea Maloo, FAIA, was recently awarded the 2024 Fair Housing Award for Consumer Education by the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials. The Fair Housing Awards recognize programs that promote fair housing and work to eliminate housing discrimination.

Category: Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture

Dow SURE Scholars Fall 2024 site visit

Howard University Dow SURE Scholars Tour Dow Research Facilities

Howard University Dow Scholars Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Program participants from the departments of biology, chemistry, computer science, and chemical engineering visited the Dow Chemical Company at the end of the Fall semester.

Category: Research, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture

LAI Recognizes Hazel Ruth Edwards, Ph.D. as Richard T. Ely Distinguished Educator of 2024

Source: Land Economics Society

Category: Alumni, Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture

Chinwe Kamma

Howard University Engineering Graduate Student Chinwe Kamma Receives 2024 STEMNoire Outstanding Research Poster Presentation Award

Howard University chemical engineering graduate student Chinwe Kamma received the 2024 Outstanding Research Poster Presentation Award at the STEMNoire 2024: Black Women Leading the STEM Renaissance Conference.

Category: Research, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture

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Howard University Selected to Participate in $160M EPA Project to Help Reduce Climate Pollution from Construction Materials Manufacturing

On July 16, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that Howard University has recently been selected to participate in the $160M U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) project for reducing embodied greenhouse gas emissions for construction materials and products. Nea Maloo, assistant professor in the Howard University Department of Architecture, will be collaborating with researchers from the University of Washington, the University of California, Berkeley and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on validating and expanding research and education for life cycle assessment (LCA) policy. 

Category: Architecture, Research, College of Engineering and Architecture

Brianna Alexander

Howard University Architecture Graduate Brianna Alexander Elected to AIAS Board of Directors

Howard University architecture recent graduate Brianna Alexander (M. Arch. ‘24) was elected to the American Institute of Architecture Students as the Northeast Quad Director.  Elected for a one-year term, after a successful campaign including speeches, meeting chapter leaders and hosting events, Alexander will be officially inaugurated at AIAS Grassroots Leadership Conference 2024 in July. 

Category: Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture

Howard and Drexel PIs

Howard University Receives DOE HBCU Clean Energy Education Prize

DOE launched its inaugural HBCU Clean Energy Education Prize Partnerships Track earlier this year, naming Howard University as one of only ten prize winners.

Category: Architecture, Research, College of Engineering and Architecture

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Howard University Engineering Students Named NSBE 50 Student Competition Winners

Howard University engineering students were named student competition winners at the National Society of Black Engineer’s 50th annual convention. Chemical engineering rising sophomore Oluchi Emenike and electrical engineering rising sophomore Nathaniel Crosse won first place in the Let’s Debate: Generative AI Competition in which they debated the pros and cons of generative AI. 

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

Rubaai at the opening of the Silicon Design and Validation Laboratory

The Howard University Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Opens its New Silicon Design and Validation Laboratory

The Howard University Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science recently opened its state-of-the-art Silicon Design and Validation Lab. This cutting-edge facility, funded primarily with Apple’s generous $1.3M Innovation Grant, is designed to foster innovation and excellence in the fields of semiconductor design, testing, and validation. Electrical engineering professor and department chair Ahmed Rubaai, Ph.D., is serving as the principal investigator and lab director to further expand silicon and hardware engineering at Howard University.

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

Howard University engineering students

Howard University College of Engineering and Architecture Receives $5M Record-Setting Gift from Autodesk

This unrestricted gift will fund student preparation for an AI-Powered workforce – leveraging a new state-of-the-art Design and Make lab.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering

Julian Owens AIA Profile

Howard University Architecture Lecturer Julian Owens Receives 2024 Architectural League Prize

Architecture lecturer Julian Owens, NOMA, AIA, NCARB, was recently announced a winner of the 2024 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers, as a founding director of the Partners of Place design collective.

Category: Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture

Architecture Assistant Professor Dahlia Nduom Headshot

Howard University Architecture Professor Dahlia Nduom Named 2024 Diverse Education Emerging Scholar

Nduom is one of only 15 scholars highlighted in the 2024 Emerging Scholars edition of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, a publication dedicated to special reporting on diversity in higher education for over four decades.

Category: Architecture, College of Engineering and Architecture

Arriel Barganier and Alrick Davis

Meet Our 2024 CEA Awards and Recognition Ceremony Student Speakers

Our Spring 2024 CEA Awards and Recognition Ceremony will feature two outstanding College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) graduates selected from a group of candidates who submitted entries based on a set of criteria. Presenting this year are Arriel Barganier (B.S. Arch. ‘24) and Alrick Davis (BSChE ‘24).

Category: Architecture, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture

Dr. Nadir Yilmaz

Howard University Mechanical Engineering Professor Receives a Distinguished Honor from the American Association for the Advancement of Science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently announced its distinguished 2023 Class of AAAS fellows, which includes two Howard University professors -- Janelle Burke, Ph.D. and Nadir Yilmaz, Ph.D. -- among the list of 502 scientists, engineers, and innovators.

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

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Howard University Engineering Professor Awarded $900K ED Grant for Integrating Leadership Education in STEM Programs

Howard University mechanical engineering professor Mohsen Mosleh, Ph.D., was recently awarded a $900K grant by the U.S. Department of Education for the Integrating Leadership Education and Development (I-LEAD) into Minority STEM Education program. The I-LEAD program will span over the course of three years.

Category: College of Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering

Winning HU team pictured with judges

Howard University Computer Science Students Named a Winning Team at 8th Annual Black Enterprise Smart Hackathon

Howard University computer science juniors Myles D. Block, Matthew A. Getachew, Malik Y. Stewart, Brandon Clarke and Ryan Taylor were named a winning team at the 8th Annual Black Enterprise Smart Hackathon. Anietie Andy, Ph.D. (MSc ’09; Ph.D. ’17), assistant professor of computer science, served as faculty advisor for the team. 

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

Aprille Ericsson, Ph.D.

Howard University Mechanical Engineering Alumna Aprille J. Ericsson Nominated to Be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology

Howard University mechanical engineering alumna Aprille J. Ericsson (MEng ‘90; Ph.D. ‘95) has been nominated by United States President Joseph Biden to serve as the assistant secretary of defense for science and technology.

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

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