About
About
This website was developed to assist students who are pursuing telecommunications with their understanding of fiber-optic, light of sight microwave and satellite design.
Team
Richelle Adams
Richelle Adams received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1998 and the M.Sc. degree in Communication Systems in 2001 from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Her beginnings in the profession were in wireless communications systems, and she continues to keep abreast with contemporary technologies through the pursuit of a number of industry-recognized certifications.
In 2007, she received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. Her Ph.D. thesis was entitled, “Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis for Active Queue Management”. In 2011, she was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at the Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. , USA. There she investigated the role of telecommunications in disaster management - the US perspective. Also, in 2013, she participated in Disaster Communications training offered by the United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI).
Currently, she is a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of the West Indies. Together with students (undergraduate and postgraduate) and colleagues, she conducts research on the efficacy of the communications function in disaster management (preparation, response, mitigation) and investigates approaches to improve such in different contexts.
Her other main research interests include infinitesimal perturbation analysis for active queue management in communication networks and simulation of queuing systems.
Email: Richelle.Adams@sta.uwi.edu
David Akim
David Akim received his BSc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and his MASc degree in Communication Systems from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. He has done research in transmission systems, performance engineering of computer communication systems and data communication networks. Currently, he is a Development Engineer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of the West Indies where he develops various online teaching tools including this website.