The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

About Me

I presently serve as the Deputy Dean, Undergraduate Student Affairs (DD-USA), in the Faculty of Engineering (FacEng). In this role, my primary focus is on efficient and effective processing and progressing of undergraduate student matters geared towards academic and personal development of undergraduate students within the FacEng. Some of my responsibilities include overseeing FacEng student support services, and working closely with administrative and academic staff to address academic concerns, facilitate communication between students and administration, and to develop policies aimed at enhancing overall student experience.  In my time in the role I have heavily emphasized connecting with students through multi-channel approaches in support of ubiquitous and personalised Faculty-level advising: with the aim to create a supportive and inclusive environment that fosters student engagement and retention. I also leverage my experience with situational-appropriate digitalization and digital transformation, to enhance engineering students’ experiences as they progress through our undergraduate programmes.  Presently I’m working on more strategic usage of AI technologies to support all aspects of the above.

In addition to my work as DD-USA, I am presently the Leader of the Departmental Group, within the DECE.  This group is tasked with curriculum that support all ECE core courses across all sub-discipline streams, including underpinning mathematics, science, engineering professional practice, and technical and professional communications.  I am also a member of the Communications Systems Group, which has responsibility for those part of the curriculum essential for Communications Systems Engineering.  Both groups cover taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses, also in support of postgraduate research degrees.  I am open to innovative ways to educate, inspire, and innovate, as a part of our curriculum delivery.  I also welcome any opportunity to demonstrate the applicability of our curriculum as the basis for understanding, and proposing solutions to real-world problems.  In the above, I emphasize that we can also have fun learning, solving, and co-creating.

I am the Principal Investigator of the Biomedical Innovation Research & Development Lab – BIRDLab.  My research portfolio at the University of the West Indies (UWI) is characterized by a dynamic integration of biomedical engineering, communication systems engineering, and information and communication technologies (ICT) for development. My research interests are deeply rooted in addressing critical challenges primarily within agriculture, healthcare, and engineering domains: I focus upon regional challenges within Latin American & the Caribbean (LAC), but with global applicability. A significant portion of my work focuses on developing non-invasive monitoring technologies for managing non-communicable diseases such as diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease.  I have leveraged artificial intelligence, as well as microwave and millimeter-wave technologies to blend theoretical innovation and practical application.

My vision is to produce indigenous IoT solutions to address the current healthcare burdens associated with NCDs, regionally.  I aim to use an interdisciplinary approach to advance scientific knowledge, also addressing real-world problems, making significant contributions to both the academic community and society at large. I believe that targeted research within the LAC can facilitate regional innovation to revolutionize personalized healthcare.  I’ve also extended my work to encompass plants and animals, not only in food security use cases but also in energy security.  I also believe that this vision can only be achieved through the efforts of emerging talent: found in our students. 

If you want to know more about my past and present research, please peruse the various links posted on this page.  If interested in collaborating to produce awesome solutions to existing problems, I invite you to contact me for a chat, or maybe a coffee.  :-)