meet MAHAMUD HUSSEIN electrical engineering
Hometown: Rochester, Minnesota
Major: Electrical engineering and physics
Best thing about electrical engineering: I like how you can use electrical engineering to innovate to literally create the future, using engineering to make almost anything a reality. Why St. Thomas: I was impressed hearing about the microgrid that is here. Then I talked to some of the faculty and I really liked what is happening at the school. I am currently doing research with one of the faculty founders of the microgrid, Dr. Greg Mowry. Current job: I am a student researcher working on autonomous farming rovers. The rovers navigate remotely without user input to harvest and weed crops in soybean and corn fields but eventually for other crops as well. A goal of this is to reduce or eliminate the need for herbicides, as they have a big effect on crops and the environment. Club involvement: I am involved in three clubs at St. Thomas. I am the president of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE); the volunteer coordinator for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE); and I also am in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Dream job: Work as a humanitarian to bring renewable energy systems to all of Africa.
Where to find you on a Sunday afternoon: Skateboarding, playing drums or reading technical documents. (I particularly like new innovations in computer science, physics and quantum mechanics.)
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