Dr. Yehia Massoud is an IEEE Fellow and Dean at the School of Systems and Enterprises, Stevens Institute of Technology. With a Ph.D. from MIT, he leads groundbreaking research in smart cities, autonomous systems, and IoT. His work spans academia and industry, contributing to over 350 publications. Dr. Massoud has been honored as a Fellow of IEEE, OPTICA, IOP, and IET for his contributions to electrical and computer engineering.
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.