Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy
Director of Research, Interim Director of Knowledge Creation & Education Network, CMU-Africa
Director, Kigali Collaborative Research Center
Timothy X Brown is director of research and a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy Departments at Carnegie Mellon University Africa in Rwanda. He is also director of the Kigali Collaborative Research Center. From 1995 to 2012 he was at the University of Colorado at Boulder, most recently as professor and director of the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program. He received his B.S. in physics from Pennsylvania State University and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology, after which he worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Bell Communications Research. His research interests include adaptive network control, machine learning, and wireless communication systems. His current research funding includes Master Card Foundation and other industry funders. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, and the GWEC Wireless Educator of the Year Award.
As director of research, he is responsible for:
1990 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
1987 MS, Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
1986 BS, Physics, Pennsylvania State University
Carnegie Mellon University Africa
CMU-Africa’s Tim Brown researches the integration of drones in African agriculture.
CMU Engineering
CMU-Africa, CMU-Pittsburgh, and global collaborators create an air quality testing center in Ghana with new funding from the Clean Air Fund.
Carnegie Mellon University Africa
Afretec recently held its inaugural conference at CMU-Africa where it welcomed leadership from member universities across the continent.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
CMU-Africa and the Kigali Collaborative Research Centre are testing and deploying TEOM instruments to partners in Rwanda and throughout East Africa through AfriqAir to monitor air quality.