Engineering and technology
Ayman Kayssi was born in Lebanon. He studied electrical engineering at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is currently a full professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, AUB. He co-founded, with two other professors, SAUGO 360, the first startup to be incubated at AUB. He teaches courses in electronics, networking, and security, and has received AUB's Teaching Excellence Award. His research interests are in information security & trust, blockchain, networking, and circuit design, and has published articles in the areas of security, networking, and circuits.