Mar 16, 2016

Professor Ayanna Howard has been named associate chair for faculty development in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), effective April 1.

Mar 03, 2016

ECE Professor Ayanna Howard has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the A. Nico Habermann Award, given by the Computing Research Association (CRA).

Oct 21, 2016

Do cyborgs really need to eat? Granted, there’s no practical way to answer this question at the moment, but with robotics technology improving rapidly each year, the question of fuel sources is a fascinating one. Is organic fuel for cyborgs a necessity?

Aug 01, 2016

Ayanna Howard has been named to the Invention Ambassadors Program, sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Lemelson Foundation.

Oct 11, 2017

ECE Professor Ayanna M. Howard has been named as a recipient of the Walker’s Legacy Power25 Atlanta Awards.

Jun 08, 2017

ECE Professor Ayanna Howard is featured in Atlanta magazine's Women Making a Mark.

Mar 20, 2017

ECE Professor Ayanna Howard has been selected as one of Atlanta magazine’s 2017 Women Making a Mark, a distinction reserved for a select group of women working to grow and strengthen the metro Atlanta community.

Dec 04, 2017

Following a national search, the Georgia Tech College of Computing has selected Ayanna Howard, professor and Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) to chair its School of Interactive Computing.

Dec 04, 2017

Following a national search, the Georgia Tech College of Computing has selected Ayanna Howard, professor and Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) to chair its School of Interactive Computing.

Aug 08, 2018

The Richard A. Tapia Award is awarded annually to an individual who demonstrates significant research leadership and strong commitment and contributions to diversifying computing.

Sep 09, 2012

ECE Professor Ayanna Howard has been named as the Motorola Foundation Professor, effective August 15.

May 09, 2011

ECE Ph.D. student Douglas Brooks won the Best Poster Award at the 2011 Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference, held April 3-5 in San Francisco.

Mar 23, 2011

ECE Associate Professor Ayanna Howard was featured on a CNN segment about using robots for search and rescue missions.

Oct 29, 2008

Howard to receive Georgia Tech Faculty Woman of Distinction Awar

Nov 20, 2013

ECE Professor Ayanna Howard has been named to Atlanta Magazine's Innovation Index.

Feb 07, 2013

ECE Professor Ayanna Howard explains how robots can become smarter.

Nov 21, 2013

ECE Professor Ayanna Howard and GSU's Yu-ping Chen have been named to Atlanta Magazine's 2013 Innovation Index.

Jun 07, 2013

ECE Professor Ayanna Howard has been appointed as a member of the 2014-2015 Defense Science Study Group.

May 31, 2013

ECE Professor Ayanna Howard and two of her Ph.D. students, Hae Won Park and Richard Coogle, took the first place prize at the DARwIn-OP Humanoids Application Challenge at the 2013 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013).

Aug 08, 2014

The Anita Borg Institute (ABI) has announced that ECE Professor Ayanna Howard will receive the prestigious A. Richard Newton Educator ABIE Award.

Mar 31, 2014

ECE's LaVonda Brown and Ayanna Howard received the Best Paper Award at the 2014 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, held March 8 in Princeton, N.J.

Sep 10, 2015

ECE Professor Ayanna Howard has been named to The Root 100 2015, a list of 100 African-Americans ages 25 to 45 who are responsible for the year’s most significant moments, movements, and ideas.

Aug 17, 2015

Ayanna Howard has been appointed to the Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), effective August 17.

May 18, 2015

ECE Professor Ayanna Howard has been named as one of the 23 most powerful women engineers in the world by Business Insider.

Feb 18, 2016

Focus is continued development of accessible education platforms for children with special needs.

Feb 29, 2016

In emergencies, people may trust robots too much, a new study has found.

Jul 10, 2014

With the help of a smart tablet and Angry Birds, end users can now program a robot to learn new tasks.

Oct 06, 2014

Underrepresented students are more likely to pursue graduate school after summer undergraduate research experience.

Apr 22, 2019

Devleena Das was presented with the Helen Grenga Outstanding Woman Engineer Award at the 2019 Women in Engineering Awards Banquet, held on April 11 at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center.