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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    Chair & Director of Research and Graduate Programs at the School of Engineering
  • Raymond Ghajar, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
  • Samer Saab, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering  Dean of Graduate Studies and Research
  • Wissam Fawaz, Ph.D., Computer Engineering

Associate Professors

  • Harag Margossian, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering     Coordinator for the Mechatronics Engineering Program
  • Zahi Nakad, Ph.D., Computer Engineering 
  • Dani Tannir, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering      Assistant Dean
  • Joe Tekli, Ph.D., Computer Engineering      Assistant Provost for Strategic Planning and Academic Initiatives & Partnerships

Assistant Professors

  • Nagham El Ghossein, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
  • Noel Maalouf, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Assistant Professors of Practice

  • Maria Abi Saad, Ph.D., Computer Engineering

Visiting Assistant Professors

  • Lina Abou-Abbas, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

Staff

  • Gretta Kabalan, Lead Academic Assistant Byblos
  • Toni Mezher, Senior Engineering Lab Coordinator Byblos

Contact Information

Beirut

  • Phone number: Extension 1532
  • Address: Gezairi Building, Office 1122
  • Website

Byblos

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