Academic Catalog 2020–2021

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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Overview

The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at LAU trains students to act as problem solvers who specialize in all matters related to the electrical engineering and computer engineering disciplines. Graduates go on to work in a variety of industries, including but not limited to electric utilities, electrical equipment manufacturing, conventional and renewable energy production, energy regulation, biomedical systems, embedded systems, sensing, signal processing,  control, telecommunications,  transportation, robotics, autonomous systems, software engineering, computer systems, digital systems, computer networks, and data science. Graduates are also primed to pursue graduate studies.

Degrees and Minors Offered

Faculty and Staff

Professors

  • Chadi Abou Rjeily, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
  • Lina Karam, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, IEEE Fellow    Dean of the School of Engineering
  • Raymond Ghajar, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
  • Samer Saab, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering Interim Dean of Graduate Studies and Research
  • Wissam Fawaz, Ph.D., Computer Engineering

Associate Professors

  • Joe Tekli, Ph.D., Computer Engineering
  • Dani Tannir, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering   Interim Chair
  • Zahi Nakad, Ph.D., Computer Engineering 

Assistant Professors

  • Harag Margossian, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
  • Jawad El Khoury, Ph.D., Mechatronics Engineering

Staff

  • Andrea Jamhour, Senior Academic Assistant  Byblos
  • Charbel Kadi, Lead Engineering Lab Supervisor  Byblos
  • Toni Mezher, Senior Engineering Lab Technician Byblos

Contact Information

Beirut

  • Phone number: Extension 1532
  • Address: Orme Gray Hall 307
  • Website

Byblos

  • Phone number: Extension 2451
  • Address: Bassil Building, Office 109
  • Website