Widad Ibrahim Elmahboub
Widad Ibrahim Elmahboub | |
|---|---|
وداد المحبوب | |
| Born | Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Hampton University Langley Research Center, NASA |
| Thesis | An integrated atmospheric correction and classification system for remote sensing data to improve correction and classification accuracy (2000) |
Widad Ibrahim Elmahboub is a Sudanese applied mathematician, astrophysicist and aerospace engineer. She has worked at Hampton University and NASA in the United States.
Biography
Elmahboub's hometown is Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan.[1] She was educated to college level in Sudan and Egypt.[2][3] As a schoolgirl, she would read scientific books and journals at the American Cultural Center in Khartoum.[4]
In 1988, Elmahboub was granted an academic scholarship by the Sudanese National Council for Research for further study in the Netherlands for a year.[1][4] She then studied a master's degree in Engineering Physics and a PhD in Space Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States.[4] Her thesis was titled "An integrated atmospheric correction and classification system for remote sensing data to improve correction and classification accuracy."[5][6]
After graduating, Elmahboub was an Assistant Professor of Astrophysics and Remote Sensing Systems in the Department of Mathematics at Hampton University (HU), Virginia, United States.[3][7][8] Whilst at this institution, she was Chair of the HU Research Center of Earth, Space and GIS Analysis (RCESG) Mathematics,[8][9] analyzing hyper-spectral data on super-computers. She co-authored research on "Modeling and Simulation on Signatures of Mars Minerals."[10]
Elmahboub was then employed as the first Sudanese woman to work as an aerospace scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center for Atmospheric Science.[3][4][11] At NASA, has worked on the research and analysis of planetary components.[2] She has also introduced a computer-simulated mathematical model and algorithm and atmospheric correction method which has enabled scientists to obtain more accurate and refined satellite images of the surface of the planet Mars.[2]
Elmahboub is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[4] and holds American citizenship.[12]
References
- ^ a b al-Shafee, Rogia (January 27, 2019). "Widad Almahboub: One Of Most Notable World Scientists And Astrophysicists". Sudanow Magazine. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
- ^ a b c "11 Sudanese Scientists You Should Know About". 500 Words Magazine. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
- ^ a b c "SUDAN: 11 Inspiring Sudanese Scientists". Arabian Records. September 8, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "السودانية وداد المحبوب تحلّل باطن المريخ والأرض تعمل في وكالة ناسا". Sudaress (in Arabic). June 6, 2013. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
- ^ el Mahboub, Widad Ibrahim Mohamed. (2000) An integrated atmospheric correction and classification system for remote sensing data to improve correction and classification accuracy. PhD Thesis, The University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- ^ American Doctoral Dissertations. University Microfilms. 1999. p. 332.
- ^ Ndungidi, Patrick (January 16, 2021). "80 Africaines qui font avancer l'Intelligence Artificielle en Afrique et dans le reste du monde". African Shapers (in French). Retrieved October 6, 2025.
- ^ a b "HU Mathematician Honored in Who's Who". Hampton University News. September 1, 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
- ^ Who's Who in America. Marquis Who's Who, LLC. 2002. p. 1497. ISBN 978-0-8379-6966-4.
- ^ Elmahboub, Widad; Yankey, Edward; Kerwin, Olivia (October 1, 2010). "Modeling and Simulation on Signatures of Mars Minerals". Virginia Journal of Science. 61 (3). doi:10.25778/afr9-8x35. ISSN 3064-7576.
- ^ "تعرف على عالمة الفيزياء والفلكية وداد المحبوب أول سودانية تعمل في ناسا". إم آي تي تكنولوجي ريفيو (in Arabic). February 21, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
- ^ "بعد توليها أخطر مهمة بناسا.. 7 معلومات عن عالمة الفضاء وداد المحبوب - اليوم السابع". اليوم السابع (in Arabic). October 3, 2016. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2025.