Kareem Elassy has been awarded as the College of Engineering's Outstanding PhD Student. Kareem has a long list of accolades as a PhD student, including 11 journal and conference papers, 1 patent application and 2 invention disclosures, and a number of entrepreneurial recognitions. In less than 48 hours of signing up to teach EE 324 this summer, the newly minted Dr. Elassy already had 15 students registered.