Lakehead PhD Student Awarded AFCCE Scholarship

Mohammed Kamel AbuFoul, a graduate student from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Lakehead University, has been awarded the AFCCE Scholarship for the fall 2025 semester by the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers (AFCCE), Washington, D.C., USA. This scholarship recognizes academic excellence in communications engineering and is awarded to graduate students who demonstrate strong potential for a career in telecommunications engineering.

Mohammed Kamel AbuFoul is a PhD candidate at the Thunder Bay campus under the supervision of Dr. Salama Ikki. He specializes in physical-layer communication and integrated sensing in high-mobility environments, including 6G waveform design and OTFS performance analysis.

He is also a sessional instructor in the Software Engineering and Computer Science departments at Lakehead. Recently, he was awarded a research grant from Mitacs–Lab2Market for the project "AutoSAR: Autonomous UAV Search and Rescue Using Deep Learning for Emergency Response in Remote and Infrastructure-Free Regions" (Ontario, Canada, 2025). He has also served as a peer reviewer for leading journals such as IEEE Wireless Communications Letters and SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences.

The Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers (AFCCE) is a professional organization of individuals who are involved in the field of broadcast and wireless communications, many of whom regularly assist clients on technical issues before the Federal Communications Commission, FCC. In addition to its professional activities, AFCCE engages in charitable and educational activities, including the administration of this scholarship fund.