Dr. Yacob currently serves as the Assistant Vice President for International Affairs at MSU. Dr. Astatke has been a full-time faculty member in the School of Engineering for over 24 years, where he rose to the position of Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education. For over a decade now, Dr. Astatke has facilitated the donation of 250+Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) portable laboratory instrumentation boardsand has conducted capacity-building training workshops for five universities in Ethiopia. This work has improved the education of more than 4,000 ECE students in Ethiopia annually. He has expanded his services to other African countries such as Nigeria, South Africa, and Cameroon. Dr. Astatke is recipient of several awards, including the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) National Outstanding Teaching Award, and more recently the 2016 Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC)-Airbus Diversity Award, andthe 2016 “Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) for College Level Promotion of Education.”
