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Dr. Mohd. Hasan Ali, Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
was awarded $500,000 by the Department of Homeland Security for his project “DHS/FEMA-CTG
25: Cybersecurity in Drone and AI-Enabled Threat Detection.”
Dr. Mohammadreza Davoodi was invited and gave a talk on “Deploying Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems for Efficient
Monitoring in Precision Agriculture” at the QUAD-AI ENGAGE Workshop, held in June
2025 at Georgia Tech. https://sites.gatech.edu/quad-ai-engage-workshop-2025/
Dr. Davoodi showcased some of his lab's robots and spoke with kids about robotics at the Robot
CAMP held at the Memphis Museum of Science & History (Pink Palace Museum).
Dr. Eddie Jacobs received the 2025 Feinstone University Professorship. Also, he is the recipient of
the 2025 Herff Outstanding Faculty Research Award.
Dr. Davoodi received the 2025 Herff Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award.
Dr. Hasan Ali received the 2025 First Horizon University Professorship. Also, he is the recipient
of the 2025 UofM Alumni Association Distinguished Research Award in Science, Engineering,
and Mathematics.
Dr. Hasan Ali served as an Organizer and Speaker of the Workshop 'Cyber Resilient Electric Vehicle
Charging Infrastructure' held on August 22 2025 at the FedEx Institute of Technology
of the University of Memphis.
