Dr. Franklin Fondjo Fotou

Franklin Fondjo Fotou received his B.S. degree in Physics, M.Sc. degrees in Physics (with a minor in Electronics), and M.Sc. Degree in Physics (with a minor in Heat Transfer) from the University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé Cameroon, in 1996, 1998, and 2000 respectively. He received a Ph.D. (Dr.Eng.) degree in Computer Science and Communication Engineering at the Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan, in March 2006. Dr. Fondjo was the recipient of the Japanese government scholarship for excellence, the Munbukagakusho, from April 2003 - March 2006, and has received several the Young Scientist Research Funds from the 21st Century COE Program of Japan in 2004, 2005, and 2006.

Dr. Fondjo Fotou is PI, Co-PI, and Senior personnel on several NSF-funded grants. His current research and research interests include Computational Electromagnetics and SAR, Ad-hoc Wireless & Sensor networks for Tracking, monitoring, and data fusion, the Internet of Things (IoT), and big Data and Data Science. He is currently the Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology (Formerly Technology), Langston University, Langston, OK, the Director of the Langston Computing Center for Research and Education (LU-CCRE), the Director of the Langston Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Education (LU-CIRE), and the Co-Director of the Langston Math, Science and Technology (MST) Summer Program at Langston University.

Dr. Fondjo Fotou is a Campus Champion for Langston University and an active OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative (OneOCII) member. He is also a member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) in the U.S. and the IEICE (The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) in Japan.