November 7, 2025

Rania Hussein is a Teaching Professor, the Founder and Director of the Remote Hub Lab (RHLab), and an Associate Director of the UW Industrial Assessment Center (IAC). Her research focuses on embedded systems, digital twinning, remote engineering, medical image analysis, and engineering education.

She has over 15 years work experience in higher education as an educator and mentor to hundreds of students and alumni of electrical and computer engineering and computer science. Before joining UW, she was a research engineer at the Walt Disney Company where she worked on software development and the evaluation of disruptive and cutting edge technologies.

In addition to her technical expertise, Dr. Hussein has extensive experience in project management and community leadership. She has served as a founder, board member or executive director for non-profits to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. She contributed to the building and passing of SB-5166 Bill into Washington State law in 2019. This law requires post secondary institutions to provide alternate exam accommodations for students due to religious observance. This accommodation became part of the syllabi of higher educational institutions in the State of Washington.

Dr. Hussein is an award-winning educator who has been nationally recognized for her contribution to mentorship and research in engineering education. She is the recipient of the Innovative Program Award from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA) of 2021. She is also the recipient of IEEE region 6 outstanding engineering educator, mentor, and facilitator in the area of STEM award for the year 2022.