Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) announced today that Yehia Massoud, PhD, will join the university on Sept. 1 as the new head of the university's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was most recently head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, as well as the W. R. Bunn Endowed Chair of Telecommunications and director of the UAB Center for Integrated Systems.

Massoud, whose research spans embedded systems, signal processing, nanotechnology, and biotechnology, says he looks forward to establishing transformational and synergistic, collaborative research programs with various engineering and science departments at WPI and other universities regionally and nationally.

"My goal is to work with WPI's faculty, students, and administration to continue the growth of this electrical and computer engineering department into a world-class program that is internationally recognized for excellence in both undergraduate education and graduate research and for having a significant impact on the future of our society," Massoud said.