Dr. Elleithy has worked in academia for the past 30 years in various administrative and teaching roles, including Ph.D. Program Director, Online MS Program Advisor, Associate Dean for Engineering, Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, Associate Dean of the College of Engineering, Business, and Education, and Dean of the College of Engineering, Business, and Education.
Dr. Elleithy has published more than 400 research papers in national and international journals and conferences, with over 7,500 Google Scholar citations. His recent research focuses on cybersecurity, wireless communication security, microstrip antenna design, steganography, mobile collaborative learning environments, and quantum cryptography, all of which make significant contributions to science and technology.
Over the past 30 years, Dr. Elleithy has actively participated in numerous professional societies, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). This involvement includes organizing conferences and workshops, serving in leadership roles, editing journals, and other activities.
Over the past twenty years, Dr. Elleithy has served as PI or Co-PI on more than $4 million in funded research projects. Sponsors include the NSF, ARDEC, the United Nations, the Connecticut NASA Space Grant, Cisco, the University of Connecticut's START program, the University of Bridgeport's CTNEXT, Saudi Aramco, and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).
Dr. Elleithy received the University of Bridgeport's Distinguished Professor of the Year Award in 2005. He received the 2015 Connecticut Quality Improvement Award (CQIA) Gold Innovation Award. In December 2017, he was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in recognition of his contributions to Wireless Sensor Networks and Wireless Communications. In 2020, he was honored as the IEEE Connecticut Section Outstanding Member in Academia. In May 2026, he was elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and wireless networks, and for founding the Interdisciplinary Emerging Technology Laboratory.