Dr. Rafik Goubran is a distinguished researcher with extraordinary contributions to the field of Digital Signal Processing and its applications to sensors, speech, audio and multimedia communications, biomedical engineering and healthcare. He is among a select group of engineering professors capable of producing high-quality scientific research and taking the results to technology transfer and commercialization level, as shown by the important number of refereed publications and patents. He is also a gifted educator and accomplished administrator. Under his leadership as Dean of Engineering, new programs in biomedical engineering and renewable energy have been created. The rare distinction of being elected as Fellow of IEEE was conferred upon him in 2012.