On December 8, 2021, Prof. Yehia Massoud, Director, Innovative Technologies Laboratories (ITL), KAUST met with engineering students to share recruitment opportunities at the Innovative Technologies Laboratories in KAUST. Prof. Massoud talked about the current research projects that might interest students in electrical and software engineering as a summer internship or student researchers.
Massoud has held several leading positions at renowned institutions of higher education and respected industry names including Rice University, Stevens Institute of Technology, WPI, Stanford University's SLAC National Laboratory, and Synopsys Inc. He has served as Dean of the School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE), Stevens Institute of Technology, USA. As the Dean of SSE, he led the school to unprecedented growth in industrial partnership, patents, student enrollment, publications, translational research, funding, and visibility. Prior to Stevens, he served as the head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) between 2012 and 2017. During that period, the ECE department saw a considerable growth in research expenditures, research output, industrial partnerships, undergraduate and graduate student enrollments, unrestricted funds, and recognition. The department also rose 26 positions in the U.S. News & World Report department rankings.