Warsame Ali (born in Mogadishu

Mogadishu

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, 1955) is a Somali

Somali people

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 scientist

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 and assistant professor at Prairie View A&M University

Prairie View A&M University

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, specialized in aerospace technology

Aerospace

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. He has previously worked for NASA

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Biography

Ali graduated from the Somali National University, and in 1986, earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

BSEE

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 (BSEE) degree at the King Saud University

King Saud University

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 in Saudi Arabia

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. He received his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) and doctorate

Doctor of Philosophy

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 degrees in the United States

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, where he joined Prairie View A&M University as a researcher and eventually a professor. ali also has a summer program for middle school children.

Warsame co-founded the Somali Development Foundation, which has established the University of Gedo

University of Gedo

University of Gedo is a public university in the city of Bardera situated in the Gedo region of Somalia.In the past, the higher education system in Somalia was mostly concentrated in the area near Mogadishu, the nation's capital...

 in Somalia

Somalia

Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

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Projects

• Testing and evaluation of various sensors for detection of ice on aircraft wings (1997)
• Use of the computer with DSP interface circuitry to recognize voice commands and issue appropriate control signals, funded by NASA (1997)
• Development and demonstration of a highly efficient hybrid vehicle with better than zero emission (2000)